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beyondevak's review against another edition
4.0
Playful and cute. I was totally cheering when the heroine overcame her fear! I loved the ending. These two were both winners. Also, the author did a great job with the supporting characters.
thisbookishcat's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
3.5
Okay, this is super cheesy but I enjoyed it more than I'd anticipated.
Except Madelyn, someone slap that bitch (but like, with their words or something). And except all of the toxic nonesense that comes with the backgrounds of people in these stories - I really just want someone to have a happy life and childhood for once.
Overall though, billionaire, a game show which is different, and a little fun in the tent; you really can't go too wrong.
Except Madelyn, someone slap that bitch (but like, with their words or something). And except all of the toxic nonesense that comes with the backgrounds of people in these stories - I really just want someone to have a happy life and childhood for once.
Overall though, billionaire, a game show which is different, and a little fun in the tent; you really can't go too wrong.
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
4.0
*I received a free ARC of The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire from One Acre Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest reivew*
This is part of my Clean out your E-Reader challenge for the month of November.
Full review to come soon.
This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
This is part of my Clean out your E-Reader challenge for the month of November.
Full review to come soon.
This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
geo_ix's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved this one! It was a little bit like a low key survivor between two contestants. Honestly, I don't see how any of it was legal, and I don't know why the producer kept threatening legal action when she was harassing and doing illegal shit to get what she needed and why Evan didn't turn around with his wealthy little brain and threaten her with his legal team, especially when he knew they didn't have the money for the show anymore he's clearly more wealthy and they'd bend to his demands.
Anyway, basically if she wins she receives 5 MILLION dollars (ridiculously unrealistic prize pool) and his prize is she has to marry him for one year... anway, so instead of lowering the poor persons winnings after a whole heap of them won in previous episodes that season, they decide to try rig everything in Evans favour. Now just saying, again, illegal, and they could have sued the shit out of the company after the show.
They spend the whole week filming and stuck in a tiny one man tent together which i didn't understand because they want Evan to win but purposefully play on his claustrophobia in the cable car and the tents every night? How would that help you win? And there's a heap of silly tasks of finding crap and of course the last day there's a horse related task and she's got a phobia of horses and the producer spooks the horse and pretends like she did nothing to ruin her chances and it legit made me so mad this chick was so dangerous. You know how bad she'd be sued if that horse had hurt her in any way? As if you'd be that crazy! Not only would you be fired but you'd never get a job producing again! Then she throws a kitten in front of them in a race to go drown hoping Bella throws the race to go save it? What?! You couldn't edit that out! You'd legit look CRAZY and people would go right off on the animal cruelty. My mind was legit blown.
Anyway, besides how much I thought the producer was stupid I LOVED the story, and if I looked past the stuff I couldn't quite believe, whether that producer was desperate or not, it was really engaging and I enjoyed every minute. SUPER different feel to the last few books because it's not really set in Chance Creek (they're in a forrest in Canada) but it was also a nice change from all them muscly cowboys riding horses because it started to feel stale in terms of characters personalities.
Anyway, basically if she wins she receives 5 MILLION dollars (ridiculously unrealistic prize pool) and his prize is she has to marry him for one year... anway, so instead of lowering the poor persons winnings after a whole heap of them won in previous episodes that season, they decide to try rig everything in Evans favour. Now just saying, again, illegal, and they could have sued the shit out of the company after the show.
They spend the whole week filming and stuck in a tiny one man tent together which i didn't understand because they want Evan to win but purposefully play on his claustrophobia in the cable car and the tents every night? How would that help you win? And there's a heap of silly tasks of finding crap and of course the last day there's a horse related task and she's got a phobia of horses and the producer spooks the horse and pretends like she did nothing to ruin her chances and it legit made me so mad this chick was so dangerous. You know how bad she'd be sued if that horse had hurt her in any way? As if you'd be that crazy! Not only would you be fired but you'd never get a job producing again! Then she throws a kitten in front of them in a race to go drown hoping Bella throws the race to go save it? What?! You couldn't edit that out! You'd legit look CRAZY and people would go right off on the animal cruelty. My mind was legit blown.
Anyway, besides how much I thought the producer was stupid I LOVED the story, and if I looked past the stuff I couldn't quite believe, whether that producer was desperate or not, it was really engaging and I enjoyed every minute. SUPER different feel to the last few books because it's not really set in Chance Creek (they're in a forrest in Canada) but it was also a nice change from all them muscly cowboys riding horses because it started to feel stale in terms of characters personalities.
chelsea_jack's review against another edition
3.0
A middle-of-the-road romance, Seton's characters are endearing but there's not much else to recommend this novel.
I enjoyed the reality show component - though it seemed a little slipshod to me, there was some truth, I think, in the ways in which the show interfered with the 'game'. I also appreciated the constant presence of cameras, the re-dos and the urging for more interesting television and how that might impact the psychology of contestants.
On the downside, the way the book starts - with the heroine's best friend throwing her under the bus, so to speak, by committing her to the reality show and either winning $5 million or marrying a stranger for a year? Not cool.
To see my complete review:
To Each Their Own Reviews
I enjoyed the reality show component - though it seemed a little slipshod to me, there was some truth, I think, in the ways in which the show interfered with the 'game'. I also appreciated the constant presence of cameras, the re-dos and the urging for more interesting television and how that might impact the psychology of contestants.
On the downside, the way the book starts - with the heroine's best friend throwing her under the bus, so to speak, by committing her to the reality show and either winning $5 million or marrying a stranger for a year? Not cool.
To see my complete review:
To Each Their Own Reviews
chelsea_not_chels's review against another edition
3.0
More reviews available at my blog, Beauty and the Bookworm.
This was one of my choices for the Unapologetic Romance Readers' 2017 Reading Challenge, specifically for the category of "A millionaire/billionaire romance." I decided on this one because I got it for free on my Kindle at some point and it had been languishing ever since.
Okay, guys, let me get it out of the way up front: It's not as bad as it looks. In fact, it was quite good. But it doesn't really involve a cowgirl. It involves a veterinarian. Though there is a billionaire involved. But the non-cowgirl doesn't particularly want to marry him. Oi. Let me start from the beginning.
Bella is a veterinarian living in Chance Creek, Montana. She owns both a vet clinic and an animal shelter where she takes care of the areas neglected, abandoned, and generally unwanted pets. Her older brother is the area's livestock vet, and Bella has a bit of an inferiority complex about this, as well as tense relations with her family in general because she blames herself for the loss of half the family farm, and it seems like her brother and father blame her, too, while her mother is torn between the two halves. But Bella's big heart where needy animals are concerned does not go well with the expenses that are coupled with running a shelter, and she's broke. In fact, she's about to go out of business...so her assistant/secretary/coworker Hannah signs Bella up to participate on a show called Can You Beat a Billionaire? The show's premise is that billionaire and a poor person compete against each other; if the billionaire wins, he or she gets to impose some condition on the loser. If the poor person wins, he or she gets five million dollars.
The billionaire in the scenario is Evan Mortimer, who owns a company that does a lot of stuff but he really wants to get into changing the world through green technology. His problem is that, unless he gets married within the month, he'll lose his controlling shares and they'll go to his brother, based on an arcane condition in his great-grandfather something-or-another's will (I think) that states the head of the company has to be married. Yes, it's that trope. But Evan both acknowledges this is ridiculous and that he wouldn't mind being married to Bella/would like to have a year (the amount of time he has to stay married) to get her to like him, too. And he's not completely obnoxious, there's some stuff going on behind his issues, so that wasn't so bad.
So, rather than pastures and horses and untied ties, as the cover of the book indicates, the story is actually comprised of Bella and Chase competing against each other reality-show style in Jasper Park in Canada. They hike, they compete challenges, they are filmed all the time. This was, in fact, extremely better (to me) than what the cover had indicated. Too bad I'll have to read that category for the challenge eventually... Sigh. Anyway, Evan and Bella end up spending quite a bit of time together and grow closer, though each of them still wants to win. There's no colluding here. The challenges are the sort of thing that you'd see on something that's a combination of Survivor and, I don't know, something...not Survivor-like. There's also this behind-the-scenes view that the show isn't as "rough" as they make it out to be, which I liked, because I'm always so skeptical of those shows. Despite them hiking and kayaking and digging through the woods, they have their meals prepped for them, they have a makeup artist, there's a possibility to win a hot shower...stuff like that.
The writing here was actually decent, too. Though the book took place over a relatively short period of time, Bella and Evan's attraction seems to grow naturally. The conflict also seems natural, because the two of them can't communicate in a meaningful way because they're being filmed all the time and any time something goes away from how the show's producer wants, she interrupts and reminds them of contracts, what they might lose, etc. And as soon as the show is over, they're whisked off and don't really get a chance to wrap things up. This all made sense in the context.
Some other reviews mentioned a lack of consistency, but if that was an issue with this book, I think it's been resolved by now, because I went into the book with an eye out for those issues but didn't find anything glaring.
Overall, this was cute, and with a romance that seemed natural and a plot that was not as painful or cliched as I thought it would be. This was a huge relief. While some of the other books in the series got a raised eyebrow from me (the one after this appears to have a heroine who's escaping Middle Eastern terrorists?) this was just fine. I don't think I'd go back to it, it was a fine choice for this category.
3 stars out of 5.
This was one of my choices for the Unapologetic Romance Readers' 2017 Reading Challenge, specifically for the category of "A millionaire/billionaire romance." I decided on this one because I got it for free on my Kindle at some point and it had been languishing ever since.
Okay, guys, let me get it out of the way up front: It's not as bad as it looks. In fact, it was quite good. But it doesn't really involve a cowgirl. It involves a veterinarian. Though there is a billionaire involved. But the non-cowgirl doesn't particularly want to marry him. Oi. Let me start from the beginning.
Bella is a veterinarian living in Chance Creek, Montana. She owns both a vet clinic and an animal shelter where she takes care of the areas neglected, abandoned, and generally unwanted pets. Her older brother is the area's livestock vet, and Bella has a bit of an inferiority complex about this, as well as tense relations with her family in general because she blames herself for the loss of half the family farm, and it seems like her brother and father blame her, too, while her mother is torn between the two halves. But Bella's big heart where needy animals are concerned does not go well with the expenses that are coupled with running a shelter, and she's broke. In fact, she's about to go out of business...so her assistant/secretary/coworker Hannah signs Bella up to participate on a show called Can You Beat a Billionaire? The show's premise is that billionaire and a poor person compete against each other; if the billionaire wins, he or she gets to impose some condition on the loser. If the poor person wins, he or she gets five million dollars.
The billionaire in the scenario is Evan Mortimer, who owns a company that does a lot of stuff but he really wants to get into changing the world through green technology. His problem is that, unless he gets married within the month, he'll lose his controlling shares and they'll go to his brother, based on an arcane condition in his great-grandfather something-or-another's will (I think) that states the head of the company has to be married. Yes, it's that trope. But Evan both acknowledges this is ridiculous and that he wouldn't mind being married to Bella/would like to have a year (the amount of time he has to stay married) to get her to like him, too. And he's not completely obnoxious, there's some stuff going on behind his issues, so that wasn't so bad.
So, rather than pastures and horses and untied ties, as the cover of the book indicates, the story is actually comprised of Bella and Chase competing against each other reality-show style in Jasper Park in Canada. They hike, they compete challenges, they are filmed all the time. This was, in fact, extremely better (to me) than what the cover had indicated. Too bad I'll have to read that category for the challenge eventually... Sigh. Anyway, Evan and Bella end up spending quite a bit of time together and grow closer, though each of them still wants to win. There's no colluding here. The challenges are the sort of thing that you'd see on something that's a combination of Survivor and, I don't know, something...not Survivor-like. There's also this behind-the-scenes view that the show isn't as "rough" as they make it out to be, which I liked, because I'm always so skeptical of those shows. Despite them hiking and kayaking and digging through the woods, they have their meals prepped for them, they have a makeup artist, there's a possibility to win a hot shower...stuff like that.
The writing here was actually decent, too. Though the book took place over a relatively short period of time, Bella and Evan's attraction seems to grow naturally. The conflict also seems natural, because the two of them can't communicate in a meaningful way because they're being filmed all the time and any time something goes away from how the show's producer wants, she interrupts and reminds them of contracts, what they might lose, etc. And as soon as the show is over, they're whisked off and don't really get a chance to wrap things up. This all made sense in the context.
Some other reviews mentioned a lack of consistency, but if that was an issue with this book, I think it's been resolved by now, because I went into the book with an eye out for those issues but didn't find anything glaring.
Overall, this was cute, and with a romance that seemed natural and a plot that was not as painful or cliched as I thought it would be. This was a huge relief. While some of the other books in the series got a raised eyebrow from me (the one after this appears to have a heroine who's escaping Middle Eastern terrorists?) this was just fine. I don't think I'd go back to it, it was a fine choice for this category.
3 stars out of 5.
pms's review against another edition
4.0
Another good Cora Seton Cowboys of Chance Creek. This one just seemed a bit different than the other books in this series. I loved how Evan want to win the challenge but doesn't quite want Bella to lose either. They both want to win in all ways. Bella wants to save her clinic, but still wants Evan. She doesn't want to be a temporary wife. Evan wants the wife he needs, wants to help save Bella clinic and wants her for keeps. Will recommend to others.
jemifraser's review against another edition
A fun read! The characters are interesting and the situation creates all kinds of twists and turns. I look forward to more in the series! :)
bookishmews's review against another edition
2.0
Why did I just read that? It was fine I guess... but I finished it 5 minutes ago and I don't even remember the characters names.
booksuperpower's review against another edition
3.0
The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire by Cora Seton is a 2013 One Arce publication. I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Bella, a veterinarian will lose her business and countless homeless animals that need care will suffer if she doesn't come up with a large chunk of change in a hurry.
Evan is a billionaire with his own agenda and that is how he and Bella become contestants on a reality show called "Can you Beat a Billionaire". Bella could walk away with millions if she wins, but if she loses she will have to marry Evan and live with him an entire year.
Like all reality shows, this one features some difficult challenges and some really silly ones too. Evan and Bella go for the jugular and fight each other every step of the way. But, as the competition heats up, each of them will learn something about the other that puts things in a new perpective.
Bella is haunted by an event that took place in her childhood that caused her family to undergo serious financial hardship. For years she has blamed her carelessness for what happened and her family has never contradicted that feeling.
Evan had an isolated childhood and a clingy, sickly, controlling mother that caused him many issues in adulthood. These issues are often misunderstood by others and he has managed to gain a reputation for being selfish lover who loses interest in a woman after only a few weeks.
This installment is really light and is very much like a real reality show. It turns out to be a good experience for both Bella and Evan and many old wounds are finally healed. The thing I liked best in this one was the message that if we would only communicate with one another so many misunderstandings could be cleared up before they turn into bitter feelings that tear relationships apart. I also loved that animals were a part of the story and caring for them was a theme throughout.
I must confess though, that of all the books in this series, this was my least favorite. I don't really like reality shows so maybe that was part of it. I also didn't feel like I got enough of Evan's story and the ending was just a little too rushed. Other than that , it was still a quick, enjoyable read.
This one gets 3 stars.
Bella, a veterinarian will lose her business and countless homeless animals that need care will suffer if she doesn't come up with a large chunk of change in a hurry.
Evan is a billionaire with his own agenda and that is how he and Bella become contestants on a reality show called "Can you Beat a Billionaire". Bella could walk away with millions if she wins, but if she loses she will have to marry Evan and live with him an entire year.
Like all reality shows, this one features some difficult challenges and some really silly ones too. Evan and Bella go for the jugular and fight each other every step of the way. But, as the competition heats up, each of them will learn something about the other that puts things in a new perpective.
Bella is haunted by an event that took place in her childhood that caused her family to undergo serious financial hardship. For years she has blamed her carelessness for what happened and her family has never contradicted that feeling.
Evan had an isolated childhood and a clingy, sickly, controlling mother that caused him many issues in adulthood. These issues are often misunderstood by others and he has managed to gain a reputation for being selfish lover who loses interest in a woman after only a few weeks.
This installment is really light and is very much like a real reality show. It turns out to be a good experience for both Bella and Evan and many old wounds are finally healed. The thing I liked best in this one was the message that if we would only communicate with one another so many misunderstandings could be cleared up before they turn into bitter feelings that tear relationships apart. I also loved that animals were a part of the story and caring for them was a theme throughout.
I must confess though, that of all the books in this series, this was my least favorite. I don't really like reality shows so maybe that was part of it. I also didn't feel like I got enough of Evan's story and the ending was just a little too rushed. Other than that , it was still a quick, enjoyable read.
This one gets 3 stars.