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Ready for the Rancher

de Zuri Day

Séries: Sin City Secrets (2)

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"Wealthy rancher Adam Breedlove won't compromise his professional plans for anyone. But when a chance encounter leads to Ryan Washington's bed, their chemistry spells trouble. She's headstrong, seductive, stands for everything Adam's against. And she's his business partner's sister--a partner with ulterior motives. Is Ryan's heady passion a fun fling, something more serious ... or cover for her brother to destroy the company?"--Back cover.… (mais)
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Can I just say how wonderful it is to read really good CR with actual, adult human beings in the lead roles? Because it really is wonderful.

This is the second book in the Sin City Secrets series. It stars Adam Breedlove (brother of Book #1's hero, Christian), who in addition to his roles in the family empire is the cowboy of the bunch. He runs the Breedlove ranch and as the book begins is in the final stages of setting up his own on-premises meat-packing plant. This is all on the eve of launching Breedlove Beef, the ultra-luxurious meat supplier and Adam's baby. He is involved in all aspects of the family ranch, and is eager to carve out his own niche.

He runs into old friend Dennis Washington one evening at the CANN casino and when he learns that Dennis is in the meat-packing industry, he sets up an appointment to talk shop. Dennis brings along his younger sister, Ryan, hoping to sweeten the deal. Ryan is a vegetarian, so she's not exactly impressed when they meet at BBs, the local diner the features Adam's meat. She's also not too wild about being used to further her brother's ambitions, because Dennis is pretty shady and is also pretty insulting towards her. Adam picks up on this during their meeting and wonders WTF but doesn't wade into the Washington family drama. He's interested in seeing Dennis's current place of employment, and is especially interested in seeing more of Ryan.

Their attraction is definitely mutual, and they quickly act upon it, though each realizes that it's probably not a good idea to get involved with each other, considering the tricky situation of Adam possibly hiring Dennis to work for him. They agree to keep it simple and casual. That's all either one of them has time for, as Adam is working hard on launching Breedlove Beef, and Ryan is working equally hard to launch her own business. She has a degree in naturopathy (ND) and is setting up shop with her best friend.

Ryan's got other things going on as well. She has always known that she was adopted, and this has caused a lot of tension in her relationship with her adoptive mother, especially. She wants to find her birth parents. Her adoptive father has kidney disease and his health is declining rapidly. Her father has always been her champion, so his failing health is especially hard for her to deal with. And then there's Dennis: he's shady and he hangs around shady people, and Ryan just generally doesn't have a good feeling about anything he puts his hand in. She learns that he's keeping secrets, and it worries her. Almost against her will she's becoming attached to Adam, and she doesn't want to be caught in the middle of him and Dennis if their business relationship turns sour.

Adam launches Breedlove Beef to much acclaim, but soon thereafter inferior product starts leaking out of his plant. Finding the culprit consumes him, just in Ryan's life begins to fall apart: her father needs a kidney transplant in order to live; she finds out more about Dennis's secrets; Dennis threatens to reveal her secrets if she sticks her nose any further into his business, and their mother backs him 100%. Needless to say, things quickly become a tangle.

This is only the second book by Ms. Day that I've had the pleasure of reading, but it has truly been that: a pleasure to read. It's very easy to get lost in this world of luxury, with this warm cast of characters. Everyone is intelligent, mature, and hard-working, with strong familial relationships. It's really great to have such a strong foundation for a story, because it makes it easy to believe in the characters and their actions.

I enjoyed both Adam and Ryan in this novel (though Adam does some stupid/stubborn shit that seems OOC in service of the plot). I don't quite understand what's so controversial about Ryan's secrets (namely, her adoption and who her real mother is), but that could very well be a cultural note that I've missed. Either way, when secrets are revealed, the fallout is tremendous, and it ripples through all aspects of the plot and affects all of the characters. There's no whiny angsting or immature drama, though: we are dealing with adults who deal with the situation in a very adult manner.

I don't personally hold much store by Ryan's chosen career, but it was presented in a very no-nonsense way - 100% credible, 0% woo-woo bullshit. Even if her family doesn't take her seriously, she believes in what she does and has positive results from her treatments, so hey: more power to her!

Another thing I loved is that the characters have shades of gray, even the obviously horrible ones, like Dennis and Ida, his mother. Nobody is 100% evil; there is good reason why they act the way they do, even if it is toxic. It would've been incredibly easy to make Ryan's BFF and business partner Brooklyn come off as a manic pixie magic girl, but she doesn't. She's a wonderfully supportive friend who's not afraid to give Ryan a reality check every once in awhile, as all best girlfriends do :)

I really enjoyed the sappy ending (that hits me right in the feels, every time!), and I also enjoyed the hints sprinkled liberally throughout about the last two Breedlove brothers, twins Noah and Nick. I think I'm going to like Noah's book, especially - he seems very much my type, LOL.

I was ecstatic when I found some of Ms. Day's paperback backlist at a recent library sale, so I'm looking forward to reading more of her work while we wait for Book #3 in this series. ( )
  eurohackie | Oct 30, 2019 |
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"Wealthy rancher Adam Breedlove won't compromise his professional plans for anyone. But when a chance encounter leads to Ryan Washington's bed, their chemistry spells trouble. She's headstrong, seductive, stands for everything Adam's against. And she's his business partner's sister--a partner with ulterior motives. Is Ryan's heady passion a fun fling, something more serious ... or cover for her brother to destroy the company?"--Back cover.

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