Author: Sam Everingham
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0857965522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
'A rollicking good yarn about a national icon... well worth the journey.' Herald Sun In 1853, a young American arrived in the new colony of Victoria hoping to make his fortune from the world's greatest gold rush. He soon realised where the real money was to be made, and established a coach company that would eventually carry his name onto every household in the land: Cobb & Co. But Freeman Cobb himself was long gone by the time the company bearing his name became an Australian legend. Wild Ride is the story of the two extraordinary men, James Rutherford and Frank Whitney, who along with their business partners took Freeman Cobb's humble company and made it into an Australian legend. These were pioneers, carving a path through otherwise impassable terrain, settling unsettled land, enduring bushrangers and terrible accidents, and making their fortunes. The Rutherford and Whitney families became two of the most significant of their era, unrivalled in their influence and, finally, vicious in their falling out. Written with unprecedented access to these families' letters and diaries, Wild Ride reveals the Cobb & Co story in all its drama, conflict and tragedy. It is the compelling and human story of Australia's first great company and the people who made it an icon. 'A lively, popular history with broad appeal, Wild Ride is full of colourful detail and anecdotes.' The Age
Wild Ride
Author: Sam Everingham
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0857965522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
'A rollicking good yarn about a national icon... well worth the journey.' Herald Sun In 1853, a young American arrived in the new colony of Victoria hoping to make his fortune from the world's greatest gold rush. He soon realised where the real money was to be made, and established a coach company that would eventually carry his name onto every household in the land: Cobb & Co. But Freeman Cobb himself was long gone by the time the company bearing his name became an Australian legend. Wild Ride is the story of the two extraordinary men, James Rutherford and Frank Whitney, who along with their business partners took Freeman Cobb's humble company and made it into an Australian legend. These were pioneers, carving a path through otherwise impassable terrain, settling unsettled land, enduring bushrangers and terrible accidents, and making their fortunes. The Rutherford and Whitney families became two of the most significant of their era, unrivalled in their influence and, finally, vicious in their falling out. Written with unprecedented access to these families' letters and diaries, Wild Ride reveals the Cobb & Co story in all its drama, conflict and tragedy. It is the compelling and human story of Australia's first great company and the people who made it an icon. 'A lively, popular history with broad appeal, Wild Ride is full of colourful detail and anecdotes.' The Age
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0857965522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
'A rollicking good yarn about a national icon... well worth the journey.' Herald Sun In 1853, a young American arrived in the new colony of Victoria hoping to make his fortune from the world's greatest gold rush. He soon realised where the real money was to be made, and established a coach company that would eventually carry his name onto every household in the land: Cobb & Co. But Freeman Cobb himself was long gone by the time the company bearing his name became an Australian legend. Wild Ride is the story of the two extraordinary men, James Rutherford and Frank Whitney, who along with their business partners took Freeman Cobb's humble company and made it into an Australian legend. These were pioneers, carving a path through otherwise impassable terrain, settling unsettled land, enduring bushrangers and terrible accidents, and making their fortunes. The Rutherford and Whitney families became two of the most significant of their era, unrivalled in their influence and, finally, vicious in their falling out. Written with unprecedented access to these families' letters and diaries, Wild Ride reveals the Cobb & Co story in all its drama, conflict and tragedy. It is the compelling and human story of Australia's first great company and the people who made it an icon. 'A lively, popular history with broad appeal, Wild Ride is full of colourful detail and anecdotes.' The Age
Wild Ride
Author: Joel H. Bernstein
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586857455
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"Rodeos" presents a fascinating history of this Western American institution,rom its rugged beginnings on the ranch to today's very lucrativerofessional circuits. This book captures the mystique of the cowboy and hislace in Western folklore, from the early days when groups of cowboys fromeighboring ranches met to settle arguments over who was the best aterforming ranching tasks to the multi-million dollar prizes and endorsementswarded to professionals today. Experience first-hand the energy, electricity,nd exhilaration of the rodeo through stunning colour photography andintage illustrations that tell the stories of these courageous and athleticodeo characters, and highlights of important moments throughout rodeoistory.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586857455
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"Rodeos" presents a fascinating history of this Western American institution,rom its rugged beginnings on the ranch to today's very lucrativerofessional circuits. This book captures the mystique of the cowboy and hislace in Western folklore, from the early days when groups of cowboys fromeighboring ranches met to settle arguments over who was the best aterforming ranching tasks to the multi-million dollar prizes and endorsementswarded to professionals today. Experience first-hand the energy, electricity,nd exhilaration of the rodeo through stunning colour photography andintage illustrations that tell the stories of these courageous and athleticodeo characters, and highlights of important moments throughout rodeoistory.
Wild Ride
Author: D. Eric Horner
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490707220
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
You would think that finding a dead drug dealer who was involved in the murder of a former classmate would be enough closure, maybe even a little satisfying, but not for David Baker. He wants more. In his heart, he knows he cannot stop the flow of drugs up and down Interstate 71, but he knows that he can make a difference, even if that means joining a biker gang and going deeply undercover to find the kingpins. Take the wild ride with David Baker as he totally immerses himself into the gritty motorcycle gang known as the New Sons, where he sees more drugs and partying than he has ever seen while on the force. Find out if his internal moral compass is working properly or if he bends the laws and his promises too far. He knows that drugs played a role in the murder of his high school friend, Peggy, all those years ago. He owes it to her memory and himself to find out just what that role was, but is he in too deep?
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490707220
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
You would think that finding a dead drug dealer who was involved in the murder of a former classmate would be enough closure, maybe even a little satisfying, but not for David Baker. He wants more. In his heart, he knows he cannot stop the flow of drugs up and down Interstate 71, but he knows that he can make a difference, even if that means joining a biker gang and going deeply undercover to find the kingpins. Take the wild ride with David Baker as he totally immerses himself into the gritty motorcycle gang known as the New Sons, where he sees more drugs and partying than he has ever seen while on the force. Find out if his internal moral compass is working properly or if he bends the laws and his promises too far. He knows that drugs played a role in the murder of his high school friend, Peggy, all those years ago. He owes it to her memory and himself to find out just what that role was, but is he in too deep?
Wild Rides and Wildflowers
Author: Scott Abbott
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1937226239
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Two guys on bikes offer often-humorous, always poignant insights into the male psyche, botany, philosophy, and true friendship.
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1937226239
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Two guys on bikes offer often-humorous, always poignant insights into the male psyche, botany, philosophy, and true friendship.
Exorcising our Demons: Magic, Witchcraft and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe
Author: Charles Zika
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
This collection of sixteen essays deals with the role of magic, religion and witchcraft in European culture, 1450-1650, and the critical role of the visual in that culture. It covers the relationship of humanism and magic; the intersection of religious ritual, orthodoxy and power; the discursive links between the visual language of witchcraft and contemporary anxieties about sexuality and savagery. The introductory chapter urges us to exorcise our tendency to reduce historical experiences of the demonic to forms of unreason created in a distant past. Only then can we understand the role of the demonic in our historical definition of the self and the other. Richly illustrated with 112 images, the book will interest historians and art historians.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
This collection of sixteen essays deals with the role of magic, religion and witchcraft in European culture, 1450-1650, and the critical role of the visual in that culture. It covers the relationship of humanism and magic; the intersection of religious ritual, orthodoxy and power; the discursive links between the visual language of witchcraft and contemporary anxieties about sexuality and savagery. The introductory chapter urges us to exorcise our tendency to reduce historical experiences of the demonic to forms of unreason created in a distant past. Only then can we understand the role of the demonic in our historical definition of the self and the other. Richly illustrated with 112 images, the book will interest historians and art historians.
After the Camera
Author:
Publisher: Amherst Media
ISBN: 1682030067
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Thom Rouse seems to have an unbridled artistic sensibility. In this book, he offers up for review sixty of his favorite fine-art images. Rouse takes photographers behind the scenes of his creative process, showing the starting point—always a portrait, captured by him—and then details the Photoshop tools and techniques he used and, sometimes, some “accessory” images that he adds into the mix, to create a dramatically different work of art. While the components and tone of each image vary from page to page, Rouse strictly maintains that his creative process is based on the idea that each work of art must, at its core, remain photographic. In other words, his fine-art works are enhanced, stylized portraits that transcend the limits typically self-imposed by portrait artists. His goal in creating the book is to educate and inspire other photographers—or, in the words of the artist—to “show you something you haven’t seen before.” This book features a collection of beautiful portraits that collide with a strange collections of elements—one portrait, entitled Shhhh, is coupled with ornamental wooden fish, goose wings, and parts of an aircraft; another, called Andromeda, uses complex Photoshop blending techniques and texture layers to create a Gustav Klimt-inspired feel in the photograph—to create a storytelling piece that elevates the portrait to a fine art category. On page after page, you’ll discover how Rouse conceptualized the featured work of art, the steps he took to bring the concept to life, and the curiously beautiful artistic portrait result.
Publisher: Amherst Media
ISBN: 1682030067
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Thom Rouse seems to have an unbridled artistic sensibility. In this book, he offers up for review sixty of his favorite fine-art images. Rouse takes photographers behind the scenes of his creative process, showing the starting point—always a portrait, captured by him—and then details the Photoshop tools and techniques he used and, sometimes, some “accessory” images that he adds into the mix, to create a dramatically different work of art. While the components and tone of each image vary from page to page, Rouse strictly maintains that his creative process is based on the idea that each work of art must, at its core, remain photographic. In other words, his fine-art works are enhanced, stylized portraits that transcend the limits typically self-imposed by portrait artists. His goal in creating the book is to educate and inspire other photographers—or, in the words of the artist—to “show you something you haven’t seen before.” This book features a collection of beautiful portraits that collide with a strange collections of elements—one portrait, entitled Shhhh, is coupled with ornamental wooden fish, goose wings, and parts of an aircraft; another, called Andromeda, uses complex Photoshop blending techniques and texture layers to create a Gustav Klimt-inspired feel in the photograph—to create a storytelling piece that elevates the portrait to a fine art category. On page after page, you’ll discover how Rouse conceptualized the featured work of art, the steps he took to bring the concept to life, and the curiously beautiful artistic portrait result.
Realizing the Witch
Author: Richard Baxstrom
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823268268
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under torture, possession, and persecution, Häxan creatively blends spectacle and argument to provoke a humanist re-evaluation of witchcraft in European history as well as the contemporary treatment of female “hysterics” and the mentally ill. In Realizing the Witch, Baxstrom and Meyers show how Häxan opens a window onto wider debates in the 1920s regarding the relationship of film to scientific evidence, the evolving study of religion from historical and anthropological perspectives, and the complex relations between popular culture, artistic expression, and concepts in medicine and psychology. Häxan is a film that travels along the winding path of art and science rather than between the narrow division of “documentary” and “fiction.” Baxstrom and Meyers reveal how Christensen’s attempt to tame the irrationality of “the witch” risked validating the very "nonsense" that such an effort sought to master and dispel. Häxan is a notorious, genre-bending, excessive cinematic account of the witch in early modern Europe. Realizing the Witch not only illustrates the underrated importance of the film within the canons of classic cinema, it lays bare the relation of the invisible to that which we cannot prove but nevertheless “know” to be there.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823268268
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under torture, possession, and persecution, Häxan creatively blends spectacle and argument to provoke a humanist re-evaluation of witchcraft in European history as well as the contemporary treatment of female “hysterics” and the mentally ill. In Realizing the Witch, Baxstrom and Meyers show how Häxan opens a window onto wider debates in the 1920s regarding the relationship of film to scientific evidence, the evolving study of religion from historical and anthropological perspectives, and the complex relations between popular culture, artistic expression, and concepts in medicine and psychology. Häxan is a film that travels along the winding path of art and science rather than between the narrow division of “documentary” and “fiction.” Baxstrom and Meyers reveal how Christensen’s attempt to tame the irrationality of “the witch” risked validating the very "nonsense" that such an effort sought to master and dispel. Häxan is a notorious, genre-bending, excessive cinematic account of the witch in early modern Europe. Realizing the Witch not only illustrates the underrated importance of the film within the canons of classic cinema, it lays bare the relation of the invisible to that which we cannot prove but nevertheless “know” to be there.
Hello My Name Is
Author: Christopher Daniels
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244499322
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
'Hello My Name Is', is the follow up to 'Sitting Under The Wisdom Tree'. This is the 2019 re-release version with bonus material, even less spelling mistakes and a few extra hello's thrown in. In 'Hello My Name Is', the author deals with subjects like the end of the world, death, betrayal, love, dreams, hope, politics, dinosaurs, depression, celebrities, drugs, the future and much more. All presented in a variety of different styles to keep the reader turning the pages to find out more. 'Hello My Name Is' caries on the journey that started with 'Nomadic Inspirations From The Rear-view Mirror' carrying on to 'A Vigil Amongst The Wilderness Of Paradox Realities' and in to 'Sitting Under The Wisdom Tree' and beyond.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244499322
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
'Hello My Name Is', is the follow up to 'Sitting Under The Wisdom Tree'. This is the 2019 re-release version with bonus material, even less spelling mistakes and a few extra hello's thrown in. In 'Hello My Name Is', the author deals with subjects like the end of the world, death, betrayal, love, dreams, hope, politics, dinosaurs, depression, celebrities, drugs, the future and much more. All presented in a variety of different styles to keep the reader turning the pages to find out more. 'Hello My Name Is' caries on the journey that started with 'Nomadic Inspirations From The Rear-view Mirror' carrying on to 'A Vigil Amongst The Wilderness Of Paradox Realities' and in to 'Sitting Under The Wisdom Tree' and beyond.
The Curvy Girl's Pool Boy
Author: Adriana French
Publisher: Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
My pool boy is fifteen years younger than me and should be completely off limits, so why can't I stop thinking about him? Megan I was the last to know my husband had traded me in for a younger model and was fooling around on me. The new pool we installed out in back didn’t give us the fresh start I hoped it would, and now I’m a rudderless, fifty-year-old divorcee. The only bright spot of my week is watching my hot A.F. pool boy swagger around my yard in his swimming trunks. All broad shoulders, and muscles glistening in the sun, Liam's better than any fantasy I could dream up. And when we talk, he makes me laugh. I swear, his visits give me life. I guess my feelings don't matter now. Once I sell the house, I’ll never see him again. Liam For all these months, I’ve had to hold myself back from interfering between Megan and her lying husband. Time and time again when I’d be working on their pool, I’d overhear him treating Megan like garbage. It made my blood boil. Now that they’ve finalized their divorce, it’s my turn. This is my chance to treat her like the dynamic, drop dead gorgeous, curvy stunner she is. Once I finally claim Megan, she’ll believe me when I tell her that age is just a number, and nothing will stop me from making her mine forever. Saved by the Cowboy Pool Boy is a short, sweet, rough, and dirty cowboy-loves-his-curvy woman, reverse age-gap romance. The story is a perfect length for when you’re craving a romantic escape on a short flight, while soaking in the tub, or just before bed. So, grab the reins, and start your quickie with this sexy cowboy!. . Keywords related to this steamy cowboy romance: Billionaire best friend romance, forbidden romance, sports romance, fake engagement, pretend relationship, possessive cowboy, alpha cowboy, steamy western romance, possessive cowboy romance books, contemporary cowboy romance novels, steamy cowboy romance novels, steamy alpha cowboy romance, alpha cowboy romance books, hot alpha cowboy romance books, most popular possessive hero alpha male western romance, standalone romance books, western romance book, spicy western romance novel, best contemporary western romance novels, best contemporary western second chance romance books, age gap cowboy romance books, age gap cowboy romance books series, western romance, spicy steamy western romance, steamy billionaire cowboy romance, billionaire romance, instalove romance, insta love romance, curvy girl romance, BBW romance. Fans of the following authors are known to enjoy this steamy cowboy romance series: Vanessa Vale, Hope Ford, Kaci M. Rose, Molly Maco, Anya Summers, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Em Petrova, Cat Johnson, Lorelei James, and Vivian Arend Fans of the following books and series are known to enjoy The Curvy Girl's Pool Boy: Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Wild for Her (Free) Wild Thing Wild Nights Wild Side Wild Card Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Boxed Set (1-3) The Wild Wests Ride 'em Hard (Free) Easy Rider Long Hard Ride Forbidden Ride Joy Ride Cowboys Love Curvy Girls The Curvy Girl's Cowboy Treat The Curvy Girl's Thankful Cowboy The Curvy Girl’s Hot Cowboy Summer The Curvy Girl’s Firefighter The Curvy Girl’s Pool Boy
Publisher: Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
My pool boy is fifteen years younger than me and should be completely off limits, so why can't I stop thinking about him? Megan I was the last to know my husband had traded me in for a younger model and was fooling around on me. The new pool we installed out in back didn’t give us the fresh start I hoped it would, and now I’m a rudderless, fifty-year-old divorcee. The only bright spot of my week is watching my hot A.F. pool boy swagger around my yard in his swimming trunks. All broad shoulders, and muscles glistening in the sun, Liam's better than any fantasy I could dream up. And when we talk, he makes me laugh. I swear, his visits give me life. I guess my feelings don't matter now. Once I sell the house, I’ll never see him again. Liam For all these months, I’ve had to hold myself back from interfering between Megan and her lying husband. Time and time again when I’d be working on their pool, I’d overhear him treating Megan like garbage. It made my blood boil. Now that they’ve finalized their divorce, it’s my turn. This is my chance to treat her like the dynamic, drop dead gorgeous, curvy stunner she is. Once I finally claim Megan, she’ll believe me when I tell her that age is just a number, and nothing will stop me from making her mine forever. Saved by the Cowboy Pool Boy is a short, sweet, rough, and dirty cowboy-loves-his-curvy woman, reverse age-gap romance. The story is a perfect length for when you’re craving a romantic escape on a short flight, while soaking in the tub, or just before bed. So, grab the reins, and start your quickie with this sexy cowboy!. . Keywords related to this steamy cowboy romance: Billionaire best friend romance, forbidden romance, sports romance, fake engagement, pretend relationship, possessive cowboy, alpha cowboy, steamy western romance, possessive cowboy romance books, contemporary cowboy romance novels, steamy cowboy romance novels, steamy alpha cowboy romance, alpha cowboy romance books, hot alpha cowboy romance books, most popular possessive hero alpha male western romance, standalone romance books, western romance book, spicy western romance novel, best contemporary western romance novels, best contemporary western second chance romance books, age gap cowboy romance books, age gap cowboy romance books series, western romance, spicy steamy western romance, steamy billionaire cowboy romance, billionaire romance, instalove romance, insta love romance, curvy girl romance, BBW romance. Fans of the following authors are known to enjoy this steamy cowboy romance series: Vanessa Vale, Hope Ford, Kaci M. Rose, Molly Maco, Anya Summers, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Em Petrova, Cat Johnson, Lorelei James, and Vivian Arend Fans of the following books and series are known to enjoy The Curvy Girl's Pool Boy: Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Wild for Her (Free) Wild Thing Wild Nights Wild Side Wild Card Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Boxed Set (1-3) The Wild Wests Ride 'em Hard (Free) Easy Rider Long Hard Ride Forbidden Ride Joy Ride Cowboys Love Curvy Girls The Curvy Girl's Cowboy Treat The Curvy Girl's Thankful Cowboy The Curvy Girl’s Hot Cowboy Summer The Curvy Girl’s Firefighter The Curvy Girl’s Pool Boy
The Curvy Girl's Hot Cowboy Summer
Author: Adriana French
Publisher: Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A mix up with accommodations leaves a grumpy cowboy and a curvy bombshell stranded at their friend’s ranch resort wedding on the Santa Barbara Coast. I’d given up on ever finding another woman to share my life with. When Amanda died, my world ended too. But the work on my family’s Montana ranch leaves me too exhausted to waste time reminiscing about what might’ve been. Even though I’ve soured on love, I didn't have the heart to turn down the invitation to my buddy’s destination wedding in California. To say I was surprised when I discovered I wasn’t alone in my seaside cottage, is putting it mildly. One look at Sophia’s curves in that short little nighty was enough to make my head spin. I won’t even mention what I was tempted to do to her the next day on a public beach. Let’s just say slathering that suntan lotion on her luscious body put me over the edge. I’m not the kind of man to kiss and tell, so don’t expect me to divulge what we did during the rehearsal dinner. I’ll let you find that out for yourself. One thing is for sure though, when the time comes for us to head back home to Montana, if I have it my way, Sophia will be mine forever. Hot Cowboy Summer is a short, sweet and steamy, cowboy-loves-his-curvy girl romance. The story is a perfect length for when you’re craving a satisfyingly romantic escape during a flight, while lounging by the pool, or just before bed. *Standalone Read. *Happily ever after guaranteed. . . . . Keywords related to this steamy cowboy romance: Billionaire best friend romance, forbidden romance, sports romance, fake engagement, pretend relationship, possessive cowboy, alpha cowboy, steamy western romance, possessive cowboy romance books, contemporary cowboy romance novels, steamy cowboy romance novels, steamy alpha cowboy romance, alpha cowboy romance books, hot alpha cowboy romance books, most popular possessive hero alpha male western romance, standalone romance books, western romance book, spicy western romance novel, best contemporary western romance novels, best contemporary western second chance romance books, age gap cowboy romance books, age gap cowboy romance books series, western romance, spicy steamy western romance, steamy billionaire cowboy romance, billionaire romance, instalove romance, insta love romance, curvy girl romance. Fans of the following authors are known to enjoy this steamy cowboy instalove romance series: Vanessa Vale, Hope Ford, Kaci M. Rose, Molly Maco, Anya Summers, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Em Petrova, Cat Johnson, Lorelei James, and Vivian Arend Fans of the following books and series are known to enjoy Hot Cowboy Summer: Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Wild for Her (Free) Wild Thing Wild Nights Wild Side Wild Card Drive me Wild Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Boxed Set (1-3) The Wild Wests Ride 'em Hard (Free) Easy Rider Long Hard Ride Forbidden Ride Joy Ride Cowboys Love Curvy Girls The Curvy Girl's Cowboy Treat The Curvy Girl's Thankful Cowboy The Curvy Girl's Hot Cowboy Summer The Curvy Girl's Firefighter The Curvy Girl's Pool Boy
Publisher: Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A mix up with accommodations leaves a grumpy cowboy and a curvy bombshell stranded at their friend’s ranch resort wedding on the Santa Barbara Coast. I’d given up on ever finding another woman to share my life with. When Amanda died, my world ended too. But the work on my family’s Montana ranch leaves me too exhausted to waste time reminiscing about what might’ve been. Even though I’ve soured on love, I didn't have the heart to turn down the invitation to my buddy’s destination wedding in California. To say I was surprised when I discovered I wasn’t alone in my seaside cottage, is putting it mildly. One look at Sophia’s curves in that short little nighty was enough to make my head spin. I won’t even mention what I was tempted to do to her the next day on a public beach. Let’s just say slathering that suntan lotion on her luscious body put me over the edge. I’m not the kind of man to kiss and tell, so don’t expect me to divulge what we did during the rehearsal dinner. I’ll let you find that out for yourself. One thing is for sure though, when the time comes for us to head back home to Montana, if I have it my way, Sophia will be mine forever. Hot Cowboy Summer is a short, sweet and steamy, cowboy-loves-his-curvy girl romance. The story is a perfect length for when you’re craving a satisfyingly romantic escape during a flight, while lounging by the pool, or just before bed. *Standalone Read. *Happily ever after guaranteed. . . . . Keywords related to this steamy cowboy romance: Billionaire best friend romance, forbidden romance, sports romance, fake engagement, pretend relationship, possessive cowboy, alpha cowboy, steamy western romance, possessive cowboy romance books, contemporary cowboy romance novels, steamy cowboy romance novels, steamy alpha cowboy romance, alpha cowboy romance books, hot alpha cowboy romance books, most popular possessive hero alpha male western romance, standalone romance books, western romance book, spicy western romance novel, best contemporary western romance novels, best contemporary western second chance romance books, age gap cowboy romance books, age gap cowboy romance books series, western romance, spicy steamy western romance, steamy billionaire cowboy romance, billionaire romance, instalove romance, insta love romance, curvy girl romance. Fans of the following authors are known to enjoy this steamy cowboy instalove romance series: Vanessa Vale, Hope Ford, Kaci M. Rose, Molly Maco, Anya Summers, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Em Petrova, Cat Johnson, Lorelei James, and Vivian Arend Fans of the following books and series are known to enjoy Hot Cowboy Summer: Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Wild for Her (Free) Wild Thing Wild Nights Wild Side Wild Card Drive me Wild Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild Boxed Set (1-3) The Wild Wests Ride 'em Hard (Free) Easy Rider Long Hard Ride Forbidden Ride Joy Ride Cowboys Love Curvy Girls The Curvy Girl's Cowboy Treat The Curvy Girl's Thankful Cowboy The Curvy Girl's Hot Cowboy Summer The Curvy Girl's Firefighter The Curvy Girl's Pool Boy