Book Review - One Wild Weekend With Tyler by Lexi Hart #NewAdult #RomanticSuspense

 

One Wild Weekend With Tyler

By Lexi Hart 

Horses aren't the only thing to ride...

I should be a little more excited about visiting a working ranch in Montana.

I mean, there is an actual cowboy on the brochure, and he is smoking hot.

And maybe if I wasn’t a workaholic, I’d be looking forward to getting away from it all more than I am.

But my brain doesn’t have an off switch, and the cowboy who looked good enough to eat on the brochure, just doesn’t cut it in the flesh.

While Liam is an over the top flirt who grates on my nerves, his half-brother Tyler is the exact opposite.

He’s just as gorgeous, but he’s rude, gruff, and hates his brother’s agritourism idea as much as he hates his long-lost brother.

Something is decidedly off at the Laughing Cat Ranch, and I aim to get to the bottom of it…

Well, after Tyler and I make use of the bed in the fishing cabin.

Horses aren't the only thing to ride... well, Lexi Hart, wasn't kidding. In fact, there wasn't a whole lot of horse riding in this novel!! 

Let's start at the beginning - Zoe is this workaholic heroine, who is dedicated to her job and when she isn't working, which isn't often, she spends her time trying to avoid Derek, her rather persistent ex. Anyroads, her best friend, Molly, was meant to be going to a dude ranch for the weekend, but she can't go, so she persuades Zoe to take some time off. But there is something off at the ranch. The owner, Liam, despite his good looks and charms, gives Zoe the creeps. His half-brother, however, the smouldering Tyler, is an altogether different story.

This novel is a super-fast read, perfect to while away an hour or so. But I must admit, I did enjoy the second half of this novel more than the first, especially when Zoe puts on her detective hat and begins to piece together exactly what has been going on at the ranch. By the time she discover the harrowing truth behind the glossy website and the beautiful location, I was hooked, there was no way I was putting this novel down!

Zoe was a character that I really came to care about. She is very independent, very driven, and it was a pleasure to read about a heroine, who doesn't uproot her whole life because she has fallen in love. She doesn't have to change who she is, and although Tyler does not either, he certainly seems to develop a confidence and understanding as the novel progresses.

I really liked Tyler. He is a very down to earth character who is determined to keep the ranch going, but he is also in a very abusive relationship with his brother and is blindsided by his father's death and the disappearance of his girlfriend, which perhaps explains why he seems so terribly blinkered to what is actually going on around him. His fear of disappointing his dead father keeps him tied to the ranch, Which unfortunately means he is controlled to quite an extent by his brother.

Liam, the antagonist in this tale, is a really vile man. Zoe instantly takes a dislike to him, which is not surprising as she is meant to be on holiday, not trying to avoid the predators glare of her host. Liam's treatment of Tyler is appalling. He gives him all the horrible jobs, he undermines him and cares not one wit about the animals on the ranch. Tyler spends so much time banging his head against a wall that he does not see Liam for what he truly is - an abusive and vile individual. Liam certainly brought a darker, menacing side to this story which made it unputdownable.

I really enjoyed this novel and I look forward to reading more books by this author.

I grabbed my copy of this novel from Amazon.

Lexi Hart

Lexi Hart is the pen name of a crazy Kiwi romance junkie who prefers to live in the heads of her characters than her own.

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