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kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
Fourth in the Blacktop Cowboy erotic romance western series. The couple focus is on Kyle Gilchrist and Celia Lawson.
It's erotic mostly in the sense that Kyle is, um, dominating.
My Take
It's a lesson in not getting drunk in Vegas, LOL! Seriously though, this was cute with a few twists on the typical romance with the not-so-happy couple getting married right off the bat. Instead of Celia wanting to be married, it's Kyle and he does what he can to entice Celia into wanting to stay married. Although, for a guy who wants to be married to her, he sure doesn't behave like it.
The other twist is that Kyle has always wanted to be a rancher, but he hasn't a clue what's involved. And he's man enough that he's comfortable following his wife's lead.
It's the weirdest marriage; it's more like they're living it in reverse. Instead of growing miserable after the initial lovey-dovey romance, they're working it in reverse.
One of the things I enjoyed about this story was how real it was. Just everyday issues. Grocery shopping, cattle sorting, problems with relatives, fence mending, furnishing the house, calving...
Both of them have psychological issues. Kyle never had much money and he's sensitive to others' comments as well as feelings of inadequacy when he learns how little he knows about ranching while Celia feels homeless, unwanted, and unsexy.
The wedding shower everyone throws sounds like an absolute hoot.
This was a sweet read without scandalous dramas. A clash of feelings and a lack of communication keeps it real.
The Story
It was that kiss at New Year's Eve, and twenty-four hours after a drunken celebration, followed by an impromptu wedding, a sudden phone call finally reveals Kyle Gilchrist's father's name. He's dying and wants to see Kyle before he goes. There's an inheritance involved. Something Kyle has dreamed about, slaved for.
When Abe and Hank find out...hoo, boy, it's fireworks and the shunning. Later on, there's more fireworks between Kyle and Celia and Tanna's needing Celia is a welcome cry.
The Characters
Celia Lawson is Hank and Abe's little sister. She's also a barrel racer on the CRA circuit and gettin' mighty tired of it. Tanna Barker is one of Celia's few friends. Breck is an ex-boyfriend and a jerk. Michael is his boyfriend.
Hank and Lainie Lawson (they enjoyed a threesome with Kyle back in Corralled, 1) are focusing on baby Brianna's eye surgery while Abe Lawson is focused on his wife Janie (see Wrangled and Tangled, 3) and the baby that's due any week now (Tyler is a boy). Eli Whirling Cloud is another friend, and he's been caring for Celia's horses and pickup.
Kyle Gilchrist is a bastard---the legal kind, not the behavioral---and a bull rider on the CRA circuit. He and Celia have known each other prit' near all their lives---they've been pulling pranks on each other about that long as well. Marshall Townsend is Kyle's biological father. I think Kyle was better off not knowing him. Sherry Gilchrist is his mother; Rick is her current boyfriend.
Josh and the pregnant Ronna Jones are Kyle and Celia's new neighbors. The Mud Lilies, a group of seventy- and eighty-something-year-old women, are all here: Garnet, Bernice runs the beauty salon, Tilda, Pearl, Maybelle, and Vivien.
Devin McClain is a childhood friend of Celia's and Kyle's. He's also a hot Western music sensation. Harper and Bran Turner are more friends (see Saddled and Spurred, 2). Renner and Tierney Jackson have the Split Rock Ranch and Resort down the road (see Wrangled and Tangled, 3). Toby works for Renner at the resort. Hugh Pritchett manages Renner's stock contracting; he's not doing so well since his wife filed for divorce. Fletch is the vet who's hoping to snag Celia as an assistant. Susan Williams is looking to sell Buckeye Joe's
The Cover
The cover is gorgeous with a tan and gleaming Kyle standing with his thumb hooked into one pocket and holding a coil of rope while the other hand is resting on a hip, his plaid shirt open and some very low-hanging jeans. The background is almost more gorgeous with a lilac sunset hanging over the vast open prairie of Wyoming. Nice use of complementary color with the lilac and gold.
Oh, LOL, that title...! I suspect that Celia was only expecting a One Night Rodeo...!
It's erotic mostly in the sense that Kyle is, um, dominating.
My Take
It's a lesson in not getting drunk in Vegas, LOL! Seriously though, this was cute with a few twists on the typical romance with the not-so-happy couple getting married right off the bat. Instead of Celia wanting to be married, it's Kyle and he does what he can to entice Celia into wanting to stay married. Although, for a guy who wants to be married to her, he sure doesn't behave like it.
The other twist is that Kyle has always wanted to be a rancher, but he hasn't a clue what's involved. And he's man enough that he's comfortable following his wife's lead.
It's the weirdest marriage; it's more like they're living it in reverse. Instead of growing miserable after the initial lovey-dovey romance, they're working it in reverse.
One of the things I enjoyed about this story was how real it was. Just everyday issues. Grocery shopping, cattle sorting, problems with relatives, fence mending, furnishing the house, calving...
Both of them have psychological issues. Kyle never had much money and he's sensitive to others' comments as well as feelings of inadequacy when he learns how little he knows about ranching while Celia feels homeless, unwanted, and unsexy.
The wedding shower everyone throws sounds like an absolute hoot.
This was a sweet read without scandalous dramas. A clash of feelings and a lack of communication keeps it real.
The Story
It was that kiss at New Year's Eve, and twenty-four hours after a drunken celebration, followed by an impromptu wedding, a sudden phone call finally reveals Kyle Gilchrist's father's name. He's dying and wants to see Kyle before he goes. There's an inheritance involved. Something Kyle has dreamed about, slaved for.
When Abe and Hank find out...hoo, boy, it's fireworks and the shunning. Later on, there's more fireworks between Kyle and Celia and Tanna's needing Celia is a welcome cry.
The Characters
Celia Lawson is Hank and Abe's little sister. She's also a barrel racer on the CRA circuit and gettin' mighty tired of it. Tanna Barker is one of Celia's few friends. Breck is an ex-boyfriend and a jerk. Michael is his boyfriend.
Hank and Lainie Lawson (they enjoyed a threesome with Kyle back in Corralled, 1) are focusing on baby Brianna's eye surgery while Abe Lawson is focused on his wife Janie (see Wrangled and Tangled, 3) and the baby that's due any week now (Tyler is a boy). Eli Whirling Cloud is another friend, and he's been caring for Celia's horses and pickup.
Kyle Gilchrist is a bastard---the legal kind, not the behavioral---and a bull rider on the CRA circuit. He and Celia have known each other prit' near all their lives---they've been pulling pranks on each other about that long as well. Marshall Townsend is Kyle's biological father. I think Kyle was better off not knowing him. Sherry Gilchrist is his mother; Rick is her current boyfriend.
Josh and the pregnant Ronna Jones are Kyle and Celia's new neighbors. The Mud Lilies, a group of seventy- and eighty-something-year-old women, are all here: Garnet, Bernice runs the beauty salon, Tilda, Pearl, Maybelle, and Vivien.
Devin McClain is a childhood friend of Celia's and Kyle's. He's also a hot Western music sensation. Harper and Bran Turner are more friends (see Saddled and Spurred, 2). Renner and Tierney Jackson have the Split Rock Ranch and Resort down the road (see Wrangled and Tangled, 3). Toby works for Renner at the resort. Hugh Pritchett manages Renner's stock contracting; he's not doing so well since his wife filed for divorce. Fletch is the vet who's hoping to snag Celia as an assistant. Susan Williams is looking to sell Buckeye Joe's
The Cover
The cover is gorgeous with a tan and gleaming Kyle standing with his thumb hooked into one pocket and holding a coil of rope while the other hand is resting on a hip, his plaid shirt open and some very low-hanging jeans. The background is almost more gorgeous with a lilac sunset hanging over the vast open prairie of Wyoming. Nice use of complementary color with the lilac and gold.
Oh, LOL, that title...! I suspect that Celia was only expecting a One Night Rodeo...!
inconspicuousbookshelf's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
bhookjunkhie's review against another edition
5.0
Wow!...Loved it!...Ive been waiting for Kyles book..and it lived up to all my expectations:)...Kyle was sexy, sweet, romantic...OMG the pages were on fire this cowboy was so smokin hot!...There were so many memorable quotes in this book that just melted my heart, made me sigh and had me falling in love with these two...and of course the sex was smokin hawt!..yes I said that twice!!..no one knows how to write an erotic cowboy story like Lorelei...she'll always be on my autobuy list:)
kaydanielsromance's review against another edition
5.0
This has to be my favorite in the Blacktop Cowboy series so far. Each book in the Blacktop series has had a small build up for these two characters and Lorelei didn't disappoint.
Celia and Kyle have been dancing around one another basically since the age of six, but One Night Rodeo is finally the book that gets these two not only into close quarters, but into a quick marriage. After a night in Vegas where they both awoke the next morning with wedding bands upon their fingers and no recollections of how they got there, it is then a quick ride into a relationship, a new house, experiencing ranching together, things this couple had never experienced before, and had thought they never would while living on the rodeo circuit.
Inheriting a ranch and with Celia at his side, Kyle is more determined than ever to keep the stubborn woman he married in his bed. Kyle knew even if the wedding ceremony wasn't memorable, the woman herself was. He'd wanted Celia longer than he'd ever let on, but the woman was too proud to ever let their past die. Their marriage now seemed like the perfect opportunity to win her affections, and hopefully win her love before she up and left him, because she only decided to pretend their marriage was the real deal for six months if he agreed to pay for her school. What she doesn't count on is falling for the man she married, the one man who has the potential to break her heart
and shatter all her dreams.
This book was funny, heart warming, a great look at marriage and how open and even at times how closed off you can be with your partner. It was open and honest and a real true look (aside perhaps from the 20 times in the sack a day, that is where the fantasy part kicks in :)) at married life. We've all had those great highs where our spouse is the greatest, superhero, top,of the world kind of person, then the next minute you want to strangle him because they've left the toilet seat up and you've fallen in the cold bowl in the middle of the night. Lorelei is fantastic at writing great scenes where you can laugh one moment and get hot under the collar the next. I absolutely loved this book and loved finally reading Kyle's and Celia's story.
Celia and Kyle have been dancing around one another basically since the age of six, but One Night Rodeo is finally the book that gets these two not only into close quarters, but into a quick marriage. After a night in Vegas where they both awoke the next morning with wedding bands upon their fingers and no recollections of how they got there, it is then a quick ride into a relationship, a new house, experiencing ranching together, things this couple had never experienced before, and had thought they never would while living on the rodeo circuit.
Inheriting a ranch and with Celia at his side, Kyle is more determined than ever to keep the stubborn woman he married in his bed. Kyle knew even if the wedding ceremony wasn't memorable, the woman herself was. He'd wanted Celia longer than he'd ever let on, but the woman was too proud to ever let their past die. Their marriage now seemed like the perfect opportunity to win her affections, and hopefully win her love before she up and left him, because she only decided to pretend their marriage was the real deal for six months if he agreed to pay for her school. What she doesn't count on is falling for the man she married, the one man who has the potential to break her heart
and shatter all her dreams.
This book was funny, heart warming, a great look at marriage and how open and even at times how closed off you can be with your partner. It was open and honest and a real true look (aside perhaps from the 20 times in the sack a day, that is where the fantasy part kicks in :)) at married life. We've all had those great highs where our spouse is the greatest, superhero, top,of the world kind of person, then the next minute you want to strangle him because they've left the toilet seat up and you've fallen in the cold bowl in the middle of the night. Lorelei is fantastic at writing great scenes where you can laugh one moment and get hot under the collar the next. I absolutely loved this book and loved finally reading Kyle's and Celia's story.
jetenold's review against another edition
4.0
This was a good book. Loved how they came together in the end.
inmyhumbleopinion's review against another edition
For cowboy kink the queen is Lorelei James. And while I prefer her Rough Riders series the Blacktop Cowboys are a nice fantasy too.
In One Night Rodeo Kyle Gilchrist finally gets corralled. By Celia Lawson of all people. For anyone who has read the series up till now will know that Kyle is a horndog and Celia is Abe and Hanks little sister. Kyle and Celia haven’t had much good to say to each other until they wake up married in Vegas.
Kyle has an unexpectedly sweet side and we know Celia is made of some tough stuff but even she is surprised by Kyle’s refusal of an annulment and request to continue the marriage for six months. Can he turn that six months into a lifetime?
In One Night Rodeo Kyle Gilchrist finally gets corralled. By Celia Lawson of all people. For anyone who has read the series up till now will know that Kyle is a horndog and Celia is Abe and Hanks little sister. Kyle and Celia haven’t had much good to say to each other until they wake up married in Vegas.
Kyle has an unexpectedly sweet side and we know Celia is made of some tough stuff but even she is surprised by Kyle’s refusal of an annulment and request to continue the marriage for six months. Can he turn that six months into a lifetime?
kristadeanne's review against another edition
5.0
I can't say one bad thing about this book it was all so amazing!! Lorelei James never lets me down!!
romance_book_obsessed's review against another edition
3.0
I love a cowboy romance and I liked this one better than Hank’s story from book 1.
This was an accidental Vegas wedding between Celeste and her brother’s best friend. When Kyle discovers his biological father has left him a ranch, he needs help. Celeste has experience in ranching so he asks her to stay married for 6 months and he’d pay for her schooling. She agrees. They both want the marriage to be real but neither reveal that.
I didn’t love the third person pov. It disconnects me from the story.
This was an accidental Vegas wedding between Celeste and her brother’s best friend. When Kyle discovers his biological father has left him a ranch, he needs help. Celeste has experience in ranching so he asks her to stay married for 6 months and he’d pay for her schooling. She agrees. They both want the marriage to be real but neither reveal that.
I didn’t love the third person pov. It disconnects me from the story.
bmurray91's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
chelseaj91's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
My lord! I've been kind of waiting for Kyle/Celia to get together since I read Corralled and this did not disappoint!
Celia was decent although I did get a little frustrated at how quickly she jumped to "Kyle's only doing X so that I'll stick around and give him my ranching knowledge" when in his own way, Kyle was proving how much he wanted her to stay because he wanted her. Granted, Kyle was also doing the "Celia's only staying around because I'm going to pay for school" so I guess in a way things evened out on that front.
NGL, Kyle was amazing. A great blend of dominant and romanticly goofy and I loved how he was with Celia. He figured out what she needed in the bedroom and he knew how to get her there. He also picked up on a lot of what made Celia Celia and did his best to help. Sometimes they both kind of got in each other's way and in their own but still. I loved how much Celia saw Kyle and showed him what she knew about ranching and never held it against him that he didn't know all the things.
I have mixed feelings on the way Kyle's mother handled things regarding Marshall. On the one hand, no mother wants their child to get rejected or hurt in any way. And I could see her not saying anything while Kyle was a kid. But once he turned 18 and especially once the paternity test proved things, she should have just laid out everything and put the ball in Kyle's court. Understanding that the book wasn't about Kyle's (lack of) relationship with his father, I still didn't like that situation.
Celia was decent although I did get a little frustrated at how quickly she jumped to "Kyle's only doing X so that I'll stick around and give him my ranching knowledge" when in his own way, Kyle was proving how much he wanted her to stay because he wanted her. Granted, Kyle was also doing the "Celia's only staying around because I'm going to pay for school" so I guess in a way things evened out on that front.
NGL, Kyle was amazing. A great blend of dominant and romanticly goofy and I loved how he was with Celia. He figured out what she needed in the bedroom and he knew how to get her there. He also picked up on a lot of what made Celia Celia and did his best to help. Sometimes they both kind of got in each other's way and in their own but still. I loved how much Celia saw Kyle and showed him what she knew about ranching and never held it against him that he didn't know all the things.
I have mixed feelings on the way Kyle's mother handled things regarding Marshall. On the one hand, no mother wants their child to get rejected or hurt in any way. And I could see her not saying anything while Kyle was a kid. But once he turned 18 and especially once the paternity test proved things, she should have just laid out everything and put the ball in Kyle's court. Understanding that the book wasn't about Kyle's (lack of) relationship with his father, I still didn't like that situation.