Review : Hard Ride

Hard Ride by A.M. Arthur

(Clean Slate Ranch #5)
Genre: LGBT, Romance, Western, Contemporary,

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Pages: 336

Published:  February 17th 2020 by Carina Press

Five Weddings and a Fake Boyfriend

City slicker Derrick Massey has always had a thing for cowboys. So a roll in the hay with Kendall “Slater” Stamos during a rustic weekend wedding is more than A-OK. But when Slater’s forced to hang up his saddle for the season, Derrick surprises even himself with his proposition: be my fake boyfriend and get my family off my back about finding a permanent partner.

Though unexpected, the arrangement is a win-win. Derrick gets a plus-one for a slew of summer weddings and Slater gets a place to stay while he recuperates…with lots of casual fun in between. Which is just how the sexy cowboy likes it: casual. Yet it’s obvious the chemistry between them is anything but.

With the countdown to their “breakup” on, the more time the two men spend together. And the more it becomes clear that what they have could be real, if only they let it be.

This book is approximately 83,000 words

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Derrick is swamped with invites as wedding seasons approaches with no date to attend with means getting hassled and set up from well wishers. Slater and Derrick have a hot night together and pretty much left it there. But when Slater ends up with an injury that leaves him out for work for a bit of time while healing. Derrick ends up coming up with the idea of giving Slater a place to stay to heal but also help out by being his fake boyfriend while he gets.  They got enough chemistry to convince those around them but its going to be hard to break it off once the arrangement ends.

Not sure how I got an ARC of this book. I think it was a random pick for me when I chose it, I like western books so it was probably the cover that interested me. I don't remember reading the descritption or antyhing and wasn't expecting an lgbt book. But I will say that once I started the book I really could'nt put it down. I was enjoying the characters and getting to know them. Then there was that undeniable chemistry between the two and you really can't help but root for the characters to end up together. There are plenty of steamy scenes, I'm not really into any steamy scenes in general but if your into that then you might enjoy the ones here. Overall just a enjoyable contemporary romance.