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  • Taken, Not Spurred

  • Lone Star Burn, Book 1
  • By: Ruth Cardello
  • Narrated by: Mary Kowal
  • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)

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Taken, Not Spurred

By: Ruth Cardello
Narrated by: Mary Kowal
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Publisher's Summary

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ruth Cardello comes the steamy debut to the Lone Star Burn series.

Would-be writer Sarah Dery has just turned twenty-five and feels like her life is on hold. She’s done squat with her English degree and is just killing time working for her parents. So, when the opportunity to spend the summer working on a ranch in Texas comes her way, she jumps at the chance - figuring it might be just the jolt she needs to get her creative juices flowing.

Tony Carlton is a handsome and reclusive horse trainer with a tortured past and an eye for trouble, this time in the form of a naked blonde stranger he finds in his shower.

The wrong turn that led Sarah into the arms of this sexy, brooding cowboy turns out to be just what she needed to find her steamy inner voice, but will their connection be enough to break down Tony’s defenses?

©2014 Ruth Cardello (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Enjoyable enough, excellent narrative by Mary Kowal considering the books was written in 3rd person. At times I did find it a little confusing if I`m being honest, she said, he said, I said. But all in all it was enjoyable and the narrator did a great job.

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Love story with a Cowboy

Listened the whole way through. Love story with a happy ending. Easy to listen to with some raunchy bits...

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Read and listened through Kindle Unlimited.

Listened to the audible version for this story. Wasn’t quite keen on the narrator’s choice of accent but did enjoy it overall. Did find humour in this but just had too much thinking about sex, having sex and wanting sex to make this enjoyable at the beginning. Smoothed out and became enjoyable. Liked the positivity that comes out of tragedies. Sarah seemed immature at first but this is not true. She is just trying to find her life balance after her own family tragedy. I liked that the hero had some growing to do before he was ready to move on. I thought Kimberley’s dad Evan, was way out of order in what he said at first. Accidents happen all the time and Tony was not totally to blame; Kimberly’s choices were just as much at fault. Evan does accept that he was also at fault, finally. And I loved how things smoothed out between them with the Expo. Long overdue. Read and listened through Kindle Unlimited.

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