Janette Kenny

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Trey has been on his own most of his life and after a falling out with his foster brothers, he's become even more closed off. When the pampered daughter of the rich rancher he works for, takes a liking to him, he knows he should stay away but he feels something for her too.
Daisy knew falling for one of her father's loner ranch hands would be a bad idea but Trey drew her to him like no other. When someone with a vendetta finds out about them, it starts off a chain of misunderstandings, hurt, and angry that Trey and Daisy have to fight themselves out of. Texas life isn't for everyone but if Trey and Daisy can find their way back to each other, they just might be able to make a go of it.

Trey March had been the forbidden fruit. The man who was more exciting, more dangerous, more man than the one she'd been engaged to marry.

This is third in the Lost Sons series and if you haven't read the other two books, like me, it will become immediately clear that this is not a standalone. I checked twice to make sure I hadn't missed or skipped over a prologue as I felt jarringly thrust into Trey and Daisy's aftermath of relationship, a relationship we never see at this point. Later on we are told they were drawn to one another and meet secretly in a barn but that's it, no flashbacks to their first attraction and growing of relationship. What we do get to see is Trey thinking Daisy's father was a villain and blaming Daisy by association and Daisy being hurt by what she thought was Trey's voluntary absence. I feel like a broken record but where was the romance? I want to see my leads falling in love, which was absent here. In fact, I never felt any chemistry between the leads. Even when their misunderstandings get figured out, all we get is Daisy still saying she’s drawn to Trey and Trey not thinking he loves Daisy because he doesn’t know what that emotion feels like. It’s not until the very, very end, after spending a week alone, that he begins to think he could love Daisy.

He'd come a long way in miles, but no closer to finding any kind of peace.

The series seems to be about three men who meet each other at an orphanage, are sent west by train, and end up being adopted by the same man. While our hero Trey talks fondly of his brothers, they seem to have had some falling out that isn't described too clear here but if you had read the previous books, would understand. Daisy our heroine ends up being connected to that storyline also, which was a bit of an over coincidence. Towards the end, the heroes and heroines from the previous books make appearances and the storyline of the brothers' discontent with each other is resolved, continuing readers of the series will appreciate this.

Cowboy Come Home was originally published in 2011 and is being reissued; I wish they had re-edited it too. There were some choppy scenes but what really stagnated my reading was the numerous repeated scenes. The characters would repeat and rehash statements and facts that had already been told to the reader, it got very bogged down in repetitiveness.

If you've read the first two in the series then you'd probably enjoy this third one and how it wraps up the brothers' story. If you're new, I wouldn't suggest starting here. There was a lack of romance between the leads and the villain storyline got convoluted with minor characters trying on the role and our leads being dragged around on some pointless excursions.
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Reviewed by Jen
Book purchased by the reviewer
Originally posted at Romancing the Book

I want to start my review by saying how excited I am that this is the first in a new series. Janette has created an interesting place in the Wild West that I look forward to revisiting. Ellie Jo and Reid are characters that take hold of your heart and don’t let go. I cared what was going to happen to them as they worked through their personal issues and fought the attraction between them. I laughed at the Ellie Jo’s cooking attempts and cried during the climax of the book. Janette also created the perfect villain — the man you just have to hate. Add in several well-developed secondary characters, a couple plot twists, and a holiday theme and we have a special book.

I highly recommend adding A Cowboy Christmas to your holiday library.… (plus d'informations)

Review by: Desere

Every girl dreams of having the perfect magical life of being rich, famous, beautiful and having the arm candy to match. This is the case for the gorgeous Leila Santiago ,world famous supermodel. She has it all,including the incredibly sexy technology tycoon Rafael Wolfe by her side as her loving husband.

To the outside world it seems they have the perfect life and the perfect marriage. But behind the flash of the camera their lives each holds untold secrets, For Leila has not told Rafael that eight months ago she was expecting the child they both so desperately wanted or of the miscarriage that followed not to mention the guilty implications that caused the miscarriage.Rafael has also not revealed his truth of his past to Leila and why he so badly wishes for them to start a family.

However Leila and Rafael see very little of each other in their busy lives but when together they cannot get enough and a few magical night leads to trouble! Leila comes clean and tells Rafael that she is pregnant again. She shares her fears with Rafael and he is turn promises her if she does as he says everything will be all right and he will take care of her and their unborn child.

However Rafael insists Leila resigns and become a stay at home mother. She in turn believes this will send her into the ugly world of a relapse and she will suffer the same fate as her beloved friend. Rafael and Leila continues to argue at each and every opportunity even after arriving at Rafael's stunning "farm" where serenity and quiet would calm the fears of even the most unprepared mother to be.

Janette Kenny delivers a powerful explosive page turner where one cannot wait to see if Rafael and Leila can overcome their fears and believes to make a loving and balanced home for their children. With the authors passionate writing style one cannot but wonder what amazing tales she will deliver next!

http://www.romancing-the-book.com/2011/08/review-illegitimate-tycoon-by-janette....… (plus d'informations)