Eliana Sanderson has accepted that love—and everything that comes with it—isn’t in the cards for her. Thanks to a centuries-old family curse, every attempt at romance ends in chaos, calamity, or combustion. Literally. Appliance fires, allergic reactions, and awkward exits have all sealed her reputation as Wild Rose Point’s most unlucky-in-love woman.

But when Halloween season rolls into town, Eliana makes a deal with her longtime crush—rugged, no-nonsense cowboy Cooper Langdon. If he helps with the town’s haunted hayrides, she’ll pull some strings with the council to support the brewery he wants to build on his ranch.

It’s a win-win… until Eliana accidentally confesses her secret: she’s cursed, and still very much untouched.

Cooper doesn’t believe in curses, but he does believe in Eliana—and he’s more than willing to prove that some sparks are strong enough to defy fate. But as their chemistry sizzles and the town’s spooky season gets underway, it becomes clear that falling for each other might be the most dangerous thing of all.

Titles in the multi-author Wild Rose Point series include:  Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates ~ Still a Cowboy by Delores Fossen ~ Caught Looking by Nicole Helm ~ The Accidental Christmas by Lori Foster ~ Her Christmas Fix by Michelle Major ~ Fake Date with the Runaway Bride by Elle Douglass (2026) ~ The Tortured Marine’s Sunshine Girl by Caitlin Crews (2026) ~

This story may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult 18+ audience.

Title:  Charming the Cowboy
Series:  Wild Rose Point #1
Author:  Maisey Yates
Published:  October 25, 2025
Publisher:  Little Bandit Press
My Rating:  4.5 stars

When several of my favorite writers (and most are Harlequin authors) come together to create a unique, spooky, charming, small-town community in the Paranormal Romance series, Wild Rose Point… well, I am going to sit up and take notice!  Especially when this town has one very cranky, very annoying, totally mischievious seagull who has shown up in at least the first two stories that I’ve read so far!  He’s fast, he’s precise, and he’s a perfect comedy foil with his birdly shenanigans.

Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates gets the Wild Rose Point series off to a spooky, delightful start.  Eliana has been in love with her brother’s best friend, Cooper, for, well, it seems like forever.  But even though there were times when she thought Cooper would cross that firm friend-zone line he’s drawn in the sand, it’s never happened.  Stupid bro code!  It shouldn’t bother her so much, really, for there is that family curse that the women in her family are destined to never find true love, and mayhem is the result when they try.  And she’s seen and experienced the truth of that curse firsthand… so maybe she’s keeping Cooper safe?  But that doesn’t stop the longing for a way to break the curse and have Cooper love her as much as she loves him.  And maybe putting together a Halloween hayride event for their small town with Cooper might change things… or it might result in bodily harm, only the fates know for certain!

I had so much fun with Charming the Cowboy by Maisey Yates!  I loved this magical community that we’ve been introduced to, and one maniacal seagull is only the beginning of the chaos about to be rained down on Wild Rose Point.  Eliana and Cooper fit together so well, they counterbalance each other, and really, unrequited love (on both sides) can only go on for so long before something has to give or break.  Their story is well-written, emotional, steamy, and full of laughter and charm.  If you love your romances filled with a wee bit of magic, a couple you’ll be cheering on for their happy ending, and a magical town with charm, then you’re going to love this one.

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