He’s the last cowboy she wants to ask for help. He’s the only one offering a chance…

Never in her wildest dreams did equine specialist Maclyn Kane imagine she’d beg her ex for help five years after he tanked her shot at her dream job. But once again, she’s out of work with two horses and a dog to feed, and the independent cowgirl can’t pass up any offers—even humiliating and grudging ones.

Rancher Trev Matthews is desperate to find someone to help him through calving season, so when Maclyn, the woman who wrecked his truck and lied about it at the end of their rodeo careers, responds to his job posting, he reluctantly hires her—temporarily. As soon as he finds someone with experience, she’s out. Or so he thinks.

Time supposedly heals all wounds. It can also provide clarity and proof that he was too quick to judge. But how can the former rodeo star convince the woman who refuses to depend on anyone except herself to trust him, and that the temporary can become permanent?

Titles in the Bad Boys of the Rodeo series include:  Unforgettable Cowboy** ~Taming the Wild Cowboy** ~ The Cowboy’s Reckoning ~

Connected to the multi-author series, Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys.  Unforgettable Cowboy started off both series.  Titles in the Montana’s Rodeo Cowboys multi-author series include: Unforgettable Cowboy by Jeannie Watt ~ Headstrong Cowboy by Nicole Flockton ~ Rogue Cowboy by Sinclair Jayne ~ Forever Cowboy by Nan Reinhardt ~

 

This story may contain language, violence, and/or sexual situations intended for an adult 18+ audience.

Title:  Taming the Wild Cowboy
Series:  Bad Boys of the Rodeo #2
Author:  Jeannie Watt
Published:  April 28, 2026
Publisher:  Tule Publishing
My Rating:  4.5 stars

Taming the Wild Cowboy is the second title in the Bad Boys of the Rodeo series.  This time around, Trev is the brother spending time on their uncle’s ranch.  He might be a big tech guy in the city, but out here, he’s all cowboy who desperately needs some help with the upcoming calving season.  He just never expected his past to show up at the ranch, practically begging for work, any work at all.  Years ago, back when he’d been engaged, and on the rodeo circuit, he’d been told a story… a lie.  Now, his ex-fianceé’s former friend shows up at the ranch, desperate for work to feed her horses and beloved dog.  He’d love to let the past stay back there, but today he needs Mac just as badly as she needs the job.

Maclyn (Mac) would love to turn around at the entrance to this ranch and just hightail it to anywhere else.  But.  Right now, there isn’t anywhere else to go, and she needs this job that she’s mostly qualified for, if Trev will overlook the calving experience.  Once, Mac lost out on her dream job because of the lie her former friend, and Trev’s then fianceé told.  She moved on to find work on a ranch for years, yet when she couldn’t follow a demand about a horse, and instead did the right thing for that horse… well, the owner didn’t care beyond the fact that she didn’t do as she was told.  Fired.  Again.  Now sleeping in her truck, her horses boarded elsewhere, and her constant companion of the canine variety at her side, she had to find a way to feed them all… and if need be, she’d beg Trev for the job for their sake, not hers.

Taming the Wild Cowboy is the perfect example of why I’ll always grab anything that Jeannie Watt writes.  Trev and Mac were both betrayed by someone they trusted.  That lie impacted Mac’s future.  Now that they’re working together, slowly, those past memories surface again, bringing painful answers to questions neither really wanted to face.  Mac and Trev’s romance is definitely slow-burning as they have baggage to work out before they have any hope of going forward.  As Trev finally begins to believe the truth behind the night his truck was wrecked, old lies and misunderstandings come back to haunt him.  Their story is an insightful, complicated, slow trip to the happy-ever-after ending they both deserved.  I enjoyed watching walls tumble, as the truth emerged; the attraction they both felt was acted upon without the lie of the past.  It’s well-written, emotional, and complex enough to evoke both the truth and the lie as the full story of their past is revealed.  If you love a romance that faces the past, a couple who you’ll root for to find their happiness together, and seeing a wrong corrected, then you’d love this one.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the author or the author’s team via Booksprout, and I sincerely thank them for their trust. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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