Wilder Carey has always enjoyed living up to his name. When he spots pretty Cat Lisle in the seediest bar around, he ignores the bad blood between their families to step in. But his uncharacteristic good intentions scatter when she kisses him—and this unrepentant heartbreaker faces three uncomfortable truths:

1. He’s been nursing an attraction to an innocent.
2. He’s not a man built to resist temptation.
3. And Cat is not only not the little girl he’s been pretending she is, but she might also be the one woman worth the trouble.

Cat’s over being well-behaved, but thanks to her grumpy and overprotective older brothers, she’s had no choice. Now that she’s ready to ruin her reputation, she lucks into an encounter with the cowboy of her hottest fantasies. Cat knows she’s supposed to avoid the Carey family, but Wilder is everything deliciously naughty and if she doesn’t take her shot, she’ll regret it forever…

Soon Wilder is secretly teaching her every sexy trick he knows, and Cat is falling in love… but what happens when sworn enemies want to go public?

Titles in The Careys of Cowboy Point series include:  The Cowboy’s Mail-Order Bride* ~ The Cowboy’s Forbidden Bride *~ The Cowboy’s Secret Babies* ~ The Cowboy’s Best Friend* ~ A Christmas Baby for the Cowboy ~

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

Title:  The Cowboy’s Forbidden Bride
Series:  The Careys of Cowboy Point #2
Author:  Megan Crane (aka Caitlin Crews)
Published:  September 5, 2024
Publisher:  Tule Publishing
My Rating:  4.5 stars

How I love returning to Marietta, Montana… okay, Cowboy Point, but it’s right next door to Marietta, and we’ll run into a lot of familiar faces and places, like The Wolf’s Den a bar that doesn’t quite have that stellar reputation like Gray’s does, but it’s the perfect place for Wilder and Cat to get their first forbidden cute meet.  Their families have been feuding for, well, a long time, generations perhaps.  But that small fact only enhances the beginning feelings between these two; after all, forbidden seems to be their “thing”.  But when “forbidden” becomes more, when love steps into a relationship neither expected… well, that’s when the sparks are really going to start flying.

I enjoyed Cat and Wilder’s romance so much.  Perhaps, on the surface, they shouldn’t “work” as a couple, but with their feelings running rampant, the sensual sparks flickering between them, and a deeper look into their actions, all prove that love isn’t so forbidden after all.  Their story is well-written and emotional, with their feelings for and about each other so easy to see, and a bit of tension that kept me flipping pages and enjoying every single moment spent with this couple.  If that sounds like your kind of romance, then you’d fall in love with Cat and Wilder in The Cowboy’s Forbidden Bride by Megan Crane.

*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. I am leaving a review to share my personal opinion of this book.*  I also own a Kindle edition of this title.

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