Riding Out the Bull by Catt Ford

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Doug is a bull rider at the sunset of his rodeo career and instead James is a bronco rider at the apex of the career, the loved champion of the public. When the story starts, Doug and James behave as friendly strangers, but bit of info here and there, the reader arrives to know that there is a past history between the two, James recovering from an accident and Doug helping him, only to later pushing him away. Doug is older and openly gay and when he met James, the younger cowboy was apparently straight; Doug doesn't want to restrain the man, both from his rodeo career than from having a normal life with a woman and 2.5 kids.

But James is stubborn and strong and very good in playing the seduction card, and when he realizes that Doug didn't push him away since he didn't love him, but since he loved him to much, he goes for his man, and he is not willing to be denied.

In 45 pages there is barely the time for the two to meet, be together again, and "straighten" out their reason. It would be interesting to read also about that past history, even if, also in this way, we can understand that Doug is the quite and steady man on the relationship and James is the fire that feed their passion. Maybe Doug has some reason, not in believing that he is influencing a younger man in taking some decision before the time, but maybe in fearing that an open gay relationship, like the one James wants, is still a bit to forward for the rodeo circuit. But then, this is a romance, and in a romance you want an happily ever after.

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