The Forlorn Cowboy (The Studs of Clear Creek County Book #2) by Stacy-Deanne – Review by Angela Hayes

The Forlorn Cowboy by Stacy-Deanne by Stacy-Deanne
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 Stars

“Are you just gonna stand there watching me, sir?” she asked. “Or are you gonna be a gentleman and introduce yourself?”
He cleared his throat. “Uh, you see me?”
“Yep.” She wiggled her feet in her black leather boots. “You got a name or not?”
Christopher stepped out, feeling himself blush all over. “My name is C…” For some reason, he didn’t wanna give her his real name. Perhaps it was fear of how he’d be looked at conversing with a colored girl in this fashion, but he decided on giving a fake name instead. “My name’s Cal Ray.”
She turned her swanlike neck, and he almost fell to his knees, just looking into her sensual eyes.
He recognized her immediately.
“You’re Greta Fay Wills.” He swaggered toward her, playing with a leaf. “The Negro activist.”
“You mean public enemy number one in Clear Creek County?” She turned up her cute little pouty lips. “You wanna run now?”
“Heck, naw.” He plopped down in the grass so fast he bruised his backside. “Why would I?”
“Because I’m trouble.” Two long ringlet curls bounced on both sides of her face. “The town’s higher-ups are trying to put the squeeze on me to shut me up. But they can’t stop me. I’m the Harriett Tubman of Clear Creek County.”
Christopher snickered, sitting with his knees up. He couldn’t ignore how she smelled like raisin bread pudding, and he loved raisin bread pudding.

“Will a broke lovesick cowboy choose a life of everlasting bliss with the woman he loves or a life of endless prosperity with the woman he doesn’t?”

The Forlorn Cowboy is the second book in The Studs of Clear Creek County Series by Stacy-Deanne. This is a BWWM (interracial) historical western romance with an age gap, cowboys, forbidden romance, a tormented hero and a damaged heroine, chemistry, angst, drama, emotion, choices, challenges, opposites attract, small town, and finding love unexpectedly.
Another very short story from Stacy-Deanne, which made this novella a very quick and easy read. I would have liked to have read a longer version of this, as I think it would have been even better with more detail, depth, and development- which would have allowed me to really immerse myself into the story and connect with the characters more. I do like Stacy- Deanne’s storytelling and am curious to see what the rest of the series holds.
The Studs of Clear Creek County Series contains:
-The White Knight Cowboy (Book #1)
-The Forlorn Cowboy (Book #2)
-The Lavish Cowboy (Book #3)
-The Lovelorn Cowboy (Book #4)
Happy reading!

Thank you, Stacy-Deanne!

Reviewed by @angelahayes

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