Rancher Jacob falls for a woman, Sallie, from his past - 3 years have passed and he hasn't recognised her, and therefore she doesn't make herself known to him. Admittedly, she's on the run from some mysterious danger, but why she sits on this knowledge, which is about the most important thing in her life is maddening. Especially, when his reason for not recognising this woman, who made such an impact on him, is explained as a medical issue following a dangerous incident during his former life as a CIA Agent. Finally, they connect and even then, it takes some time before he gets there on his own that she is the woman he has idolised.

It's not much of a plot. I can imagine that's why other Library Thingers have given this a low score. That said, I enjoyed it and I finished it, though I probably should have been more discerning.

I've read two other novels by Lora Leigh - I would have thought it was more as her name crops up often. ( )

Strong, Silent Cowboy by Lora Leigh and Veronica Chadwick
A Moving Violation Novel #2

Hot steamy second chance at love romantic suspense that sees two people that truly deserve a HEA find one by the end of the book.

What I liked:
* Sally/Kyra: a woman who has endured much and come into her own. She is smart, strong, resilient, plucky, and enduring. I liked her.
* Jacob “Jake” Donovan: ex-CIA operative, cowboy, dealing with memory issues, good friend, HOT, demanding, stalwart, lethal, good friend – I like him for and with Sally.
* The Culpepper brothers: intriguing guys that could easily star in their own books…one after the other.
* Tara: seems a good friend to Sally.
* Jake’s grandmother: feisty and fun – could definitely relate to her.
* The steamy bits that seemed fitting for the main characters
* That the threat is finally figured out and dealt with
* Knowing that there will be more books in the series

What I didn’t like:
* The bad guys…all of them
* The way both main characters were manipulated and how that manipulation impacted them and their relationship the first time around

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more in the series? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Paperbacks for the ARC – This is my honest review.

3-4 Stars ( )

I am voluntarily posting an honest review after reading an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) of this story.

Strong, Silent Cowboy, by Lora Leigh & Veronica Chadwick, is available at booksellers on 3-9-2021. This book is #2 in the Moving Violations Series. I hate to say it but I did not like this story. I found the female lead to be annoying and the male lead to be silly. I had a hard time suspending my sense of belief to enjoy this far fetched plot. It just didn't hold my attention. The female had too much inner dialog for my taste. It also repeated itself. The male didn't have enough inner dialog, what was he thinking? Besides sex. Their sex scenes are put out there as dominate/submissive about to happen at any time. It didn't really. It seemed a little 1o shades of grey, not really one or the other.

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