Blog Tour & Review::: Change Rein~ Series: Willow Bay Stables #1 by Anne Jolin

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CHANGE REIN

Author: Anne Jolin

Series: Willow Bay Stables #1

Genre: Contemporary Romance & Sports Equestrian Romance

~ SYNOPSIS ~

London Daniels is returning home to Willow Bay, Alberta, on the heels of a televised loss. She blew her shot at the Summer Olympics and cost Canada the gold medal in dressage.

During her years of training abroad, her family's stable has fallen on hard times, and thus, they’ve accepted an offer to board the racehorses of Branson Tucker, the infamous tycoon, for the winter.

London lacks conviction after her ill-fated fall. And as if returning to her hometown to watch her epic failure replay on everyone's big screen isn't torture enough, she’s expected to cater to a man with an ego bigger than her hundred-acre farm just to earn a dime.

Is London saddling up for another ride that will leave both her heart and her ass in the dirt? Or could the handsome, unwanted guest at Willow Bay Stables be her second chance to go for gold?

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~ EXCERPT ~

After helping her up onto the tailgate, I grab the wine and two glasses. When I join her in the bed of the truck, I pour us each a cup and then lift my glass up to hers for a toast.

“Here’s to first dates.”

After clinking her cup with mine, she takes a delicate sip, and the rumble in my chest comes unexpectedly as she swallows the wine.

As if on cue, the radio changes, and the first twangs of Jackson Young’s “If It Ain’t Too Much To Ask” drift out across the lake.

After we set our cups down on the edge of the truck bed, her arms wrap around my neck. My palm splays over her lower back as I tuck the sweetness of her body against mine.

“You makin’ it a habit of wooing me with your dancin’ skills, cowboy?” She laughs, and the way it mixes with the song has to be the most heavenly thing I’ve ever heard.

My cheek brushes hers as we dance closer. “That depends.”

“On?” Her breath whispers against my ear.

“If it’s working or not.”

She laughs again, and with God as my witness, I’m a lucky bastard to be holding her right now. “It might be,” she teases.

Her body was made for mine. Pressed together, we’re even more perfect. Strawberry wine dousing our inhibitions in wild desire.

The chorus to the song is coming up, and knowing I don’t suck at least half as much as she does, I sing softly into her ear, albeit still out of tune. She joins me, singing adorably off tune into my ear. “I know it ain’t an easy life, people can tell you that”—She hums along, folding her body closer around mine—“but to ask for a little bit, just a little bit back, If it ain’t too much to ask..”

“If it ain’t too much to ask,” her voice sings adorably off tune into my ear.

I chuckle, and she reaches down to elbow me in the side before her eyes find mine once again.

“If it ain’t too much to ask, cowboy…I could really go for that kiss right about now.” She tries to sing along with the song, but by adding her own words, she fails miserably.

But it’s the thought that counts.

Do I hate that she felt she had to ask for it? Bet your ass I do. Will it stop me from giving her what she wants? Not a chance in hell.

Tipping my invisible cowboy hat towards her with one hand, I put the other in the hair at the base of her neck. “Nothing you ask will ever be too much, London.” With that, I give in to the greatest temptation I’ve ever had and every desire I’ve ever dreamed of.

It’s only with unique restraint that I’m able to keep my lips from fully crashing down onto hers. Instead, I take her softly, certain I’ve died and gone to heaven at the first taste of her. When she whimpers, the greed in me takes the opportunity to slip my tongue into her mouth, claiming all she’ll give me. Her hands pull at the base of my neck, desperate to have me closer as the heat in our kiss grows deeper as the song comes to a close.

After breaking apart, I rest my forehead on hers, running my thumb across her bottom lip. Then I sing the very last line, holding her close.

I kissed the prettiest girl I’ve every laid eyes on while dancing on the tailgate of my truck in the middle of nowhere, and it was the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

Guaranteed.

Rating: 4.5 of 5 Hearts

This book was so different from what I normally read from Anne Jolin. The beginning of this story I was not sure if it was the story for me but after that first 10% I completely fell in love with this story. I am a sucker for a fun western read. Anne did a fantastic Job rotating between her two leads. I loved being in Branson’s and London’s heads.

The story is well written and let’s the reader get lost in the story. I loved that it was a quick read filled with humor in all the right places. It had two very dominate characters that keep you in stitches. I was laughed so much a London’s smart mouth and quick wit.

Another favorite of mine with the story was the Daniels siblings love and banter towards one another. I am really hoping to see more of Aurora and Owen in the future.

When the story starts, we are with London Daniels at the Olympics. Things do not go according to plan and she heads home devastated about what happened and furious at what people are saying about the love of her life. Her horse Achilles War. Her bond with ‘Chil’ as she called him was spot on. Growing up on a farm, I understood her love and devotion for Chil. He was her world.

London is the type of woman who is absolutely stunning but doesn’t see herself that way. She dresses comfortably and does what makes her happy. Oh! Did I mention that London has a wee bit of a temper. I loved when someone riled her all up.

Once London is home we get introduced to Branson Tucker. From the moment Branson is comes into play, I knew I would love him. This man knows what he wants and goes after it. He has a love for life and just needs his special someone to settle down with him. When he pursues London I was snorting. This man is dominant and most definitely an alpha. Even the bartender he meets tells calls him out on his dominance.

“Today was about getting to know you, and you getting to know me so that, when I pick you up for our first date tomorrow, where will be no mistaking that you are mine entirely.” ~ Branson Tucker

Both characters grew during this story. By the end of the book I was a swooning and a little sniffly.

~ PLAYLIST ~

If It Ain’t Too Much To Ask – Jackson Young

Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton

My Heart Skips a Beat – Dwight Yoakam

Angels Fall Sometimes – Josh Turner

Love on Me – Brent Cobb

Ride (feat. Macy Maloy) – Chase Rice

Cowboys and Angels – Dustin Lynch

A Soft Place to Fall – Allison Moorer

Sober Me Up – Frankie Ballard

How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls – George Straight