Spotlight – Resisting the Rancher

18 Friday Apr 2014

Posted by romanticreadsandsuch in Blog Tour, Contest

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Resisting the Rancher, Roxanne Snopek, Three River Ranch

Happy Friday y’all! Today is a fantastic day to take a look at the yummy, sexy cowboy in Roxanne Snopek’s Resisting the Rancher. It’s the newest in her “Three River Ranch” series and I actually did a review of book 3, His Reluctant Rancher, which I found to be fantastic.

And I know that Roxanne actually has a couple of different contests going on so once you check out the below (and enter this one giving away a gift card and copies of the books in the series), make sure you head over to her site and enter her contest to win a $15 Amazon gift card … http://bit.ly/P6dbOd

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Resisting the Rancher

Series: Three River Ranch #4

Author: Roxanne Snopek

Release Date: 4/14/14

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Blurb:

Country veterinarian Celia Gamble is in trouble. A misunderstanding from her past is rearing its ugly head and the only person she can turn to is Jonah Clarke—her family’s lawyer and, as it turns out, her brother Zach’s best friend and her childhood crush. She always wanted Jonah to see her as a bona fide woman, but as a woman who’s being wrongfully blackmailed for seducing a married man? Not on her life.

Jonah is happy to help little CeeCee Gamble, if only she’d come clean about why she’s being blackmailed. But with Zach’s wedding on the horizon and Zach’s fashionista fiancée Desiree giving CeeCee a makeover, the little duckling Jonah remembers is turning into a definite swan. And the unwritten law on sisters is clear—hands off. Jonah must resist Celia or lose the only true family he’s ever known.

Goodreads book link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17925997-resisting-the-rancher?from_search=true

Amazon buy link: http://www.amazon.com/Resisting-Rancher-Three-River-Entangled-ebook/dp/B00J6U7M88/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397605705&sr=8-1&keywords=resisting+the+rancher

Barnes and Noble buy link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/resisting-the-rancher-roxanne-snopek/1118956757?ean=9781622661688

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Author Info:

Roxanne Snopek has been writing professionally for more than two decades and her work has appeared in publications varying from The Vancouver Sun and Reader’s Digest to newsletters for Duke, Cornell and Tufts Universities. She’s done corporate copywriting on topics ranging from pet food for Iams/Eukanuba, to employee profiles for VersaCold to air-conditioner maintenance for Home Depot. (That’s right. Air conditioner maintenance.)

But she’s also had a bunch of other stuff published, including one mystery novel, a couple of literary short stories and a non-fiction series. One summer, she wrote video game dialogue and narrative for Silicon Sisters Interactive, a project that combined her two favourite genres – mystery and romance – with the world of casual gaming.

In 2012 she sold her first romance novel to Entangled Publishing. THREE RIVER RANCH made the Barnes & Noble Top Ten list, The Amazon Top 100 list and is now the foundation of a multi-book series. Recently, the first three books sold to France.

Website: http://www.roxannesnopek.ca/

Blog: http://www.roxannesnopek.ca/blog/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoxanneSnopek

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/RoxanneSnopek

Newsletter: http://roxannesnopek.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=d22dda67e438e47752dfd9d58&id=b111721cd7

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Giveaway:

Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a set of signed print copies of the 3RR books (1, 2, 3, 3.5)

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1cb554305/

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His Reluctant Rancher

12 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by romanticreadsandsuch in Book Review

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Book Review, His Reluctant Rancher, Roxanne Snopek, Three River Ranch

In His Reluctant Rancher, Desiree Burke has come to Twinridge to escape trouble at work and help the Gamble family. They’re recovering from a tragedy – a horrible car accident that killed one son, left his father paralyzed, and gave a load of survivor’s guilt to everyone. Zach Gamble is doing everything he can to shoulder the burden of keeping his family and their ranch going. Bringing physical therapist Des in to help his father is a last ditch effort to save their home, but as the two work together around the ranch, their attraction may be more than they can handle.

This is part of Roxanne Snopek’s Three River Ranch series and there is some overflow from a previous story. Des and Zach have met a couple of times before and flirted but nothing ever came of it. Des is big city and Zach is all rancher. I got the basics of their previous interactions as the story progresses so I don’t think it is necessary to have read anything else before giving this one a chance.

I really liked both Des and Zach. Des has some commitment issues left over from growing up in foster care. She learned early on to not open herself up and get attached, since everything was temporary. She’s sassy and fun, and it was a treat to watch her fall for Zach. Zach has his own issues. He was adopted and always felt a little on the outside. Now, having been the driver when the natural born son died, but making it out without a physical scratch, he’s got some serious emotions scars. It was heartbreaking to have him come to grips not only with the accident but also where he stands in the family. There is a conversation with his father toward the end of the story that brought me to tears.

I think my only complaint is that not enough time was spent on the rehabilitation of Joe, the whole reason why Des is at the ranch. She’s there as a hail mary to get him back on his feet but we see very little of the actual therapy. There are a couple of sweet interactions between the two but I would really have liked to see much more. The time, though, is spent on developing her relationship with Zach and I have to say that was very satisfying. They make a very good match and I really enjoyed seeing the two of them interact.

His Reluctant Rancher is a fantastic story about healing, falling in love, and finding your footing again.