Another introductory novella to this author’s upcoming new series, Four Corners Ranch. I enjoyed this one much more than the previous. They have their similarities, but I felt the characters connected a lot better with each other and the reader in this one. Maybe because the characters, while never close friends, have known each other most of their lives and lived within each other’s bubbles.

It’s very up front and out there that this is another virgin story. In fact, that’s the premise of the story. A quick “rip off the band aid” way for Nelly to have her first sexual encounter so she’ll stop thinking about it and therefore it will no longer be a big deal. The only problem being that these two characters, who are under the illusion that they dislike one another, actually have deep feelings that have manifested in ways to make it so they are protecting their egos and their hearts.

Since this is a short story, they get right to their issues. No beating around the bush. Yet the author was able to pack in a lot of warm-fuzzies on top of more information about the denizens of Four Corners that will, I’m sure, come into play as this series goes along.

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