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Wind River Wrangler

By: Lindsay McKenna
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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From the moment Roan Taggart picked up the pretty redhead at the Jackson Hole airport, his training and experience told him she was spooked. She's left New York City to visit the Wind River Ranch, where Roan is a wrangler, and just as he can pick up a horse's mood, he can feel the tension coming off her body. And that vulnerability is triggering all his protective instincts.

Shiloh Gallagher likes the gray-eyed cowboy's dry humor - and the Special Forces background that lends him a stoic, powerful presence. But she's been scarred by trauma and her mother's murder and knows a strong man can be dangerous. She came to wide-open Wyoming to flee a threat that's left her unable to write her novels. Now, as she rides horses with Roan and helps him build an isolated cabin, she's slowly letting down her guard. But danger has followed her west, and they won't have a future together unless they defeat a killer from her past.

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Awful!!!

First chapter, I thought "this should be pretty good." By the 4th chapter, I was ready to strangle something!! How many times did the author have to repeat the same things over and over. How many times does the cowboy and the main lady have to go over how he smells, how she tastes, over and over,,,,. I thought the third chapter would never end!!! I skimmed over the next 6 chapters, and listened to the 10th where the story line started and the awful supposedly romantic stuff ended for a little bit. This story was supposedly about a terrorized woman trying to escape a stalker. I'm on chapter 12 and I honestly don't think I can handle anymore of this mush!!! Rarely do I not finish a book, reading it or audible, but I'm about to pull the plug on this one.
I love Johanna Parker and she is awesome as usual as an auditor, but the book is too heavy on unbelievable mushy crap and not enough about the actual story line.

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Don’t waist your time!

This has to be the worst book I have ever listened to. The story could have been very good but it was so drawn out it was boring. “Black Ops” was said so many times it was ridiculous! Don’t waist your time !

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Wyoming moving

well written. and told story, think I have to move to Wyoming. Can picture the country must have been beautiful.

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Not good for me!

This might have been good but way too much over and over! Reader was not good at all for male part!

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realy like this one ...tho

this is one of my first romance books tho … I liked the whole ex black ops

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Wrangler with military edge? No.

I was disappointed with several issues. Editing should have caught all the repetition throughout the novel. Characters weren’t as “fleshed out” as in other McKenna’s works. Felt a little empty. Areas that should have been “more real” were left flat. Too much emphasis was mentioned on the “Black Ops” background that really didn’t fit with issues. Not her best work.

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Roan Taggart and Shiloh Gallagher

*****SPOILER ALERT*****

Wind River Wrangler by Lindsay McKenna, book 1 on the Wind River Valley series. Borrowed through both Audible Premium Plus and KU. Four POV. Slow burn forced proximity romance. Narrator Johanna Parker read well. Listed as 10 hours 39 minutes; I listened at speed 2.50 for 4 hours 15 minutes. Repetitive words/phrases: "black ops" (40 times) and "operator" (23 times). Content warnings: h has a stalker; h witnessed her abusive stepfather stab her mother to death when she was 10; h father died of a heart attack 2 years before her mother's murder; h was sexually assaulted by her stepfather when she was 10; h is abducted and a bear k¡lls her captor.

Locations: New York and Wyoming

Shiloh Gallagher (29) is a best-selling romance author being stalked by her former stepfather. The New York police aren't taking her complaint seriously, so she goes to Wyoming to visit a family friend. Roan Taggart (over 34 years old) is former Army Special Forces (from 18 to 32 years old) and has been working for the Whitcombs on their Wind River Ranch for two years. Roan is immediately attracted to Shiloh but gives her space because she's on edge. They fall hard and, in the end, aren't married or even engaged. JP

Villain: Anton Leath (h stepfather/h mother's murderer)

2 out of 5 on my spice scale (very vanilla)

1st listen 12-11-23

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Repeated things too many times and a lot of whining.

At first, I thought it was me. It seems like things are being repeated too many times, and I thought I was just being excessive over certain words (black ops) I was thinking it was maybe the my ADHD being triggered. But certain word she repeated consistently. oh my goodness, it drove me crazy. I had to pause the book a bunch of times, but I wanted to give it a chance. I did end up finishing it. The good part only lasted like 30 minutes at the last hour of the book. The rest of the book was about the main character whining and crying about somebody trying to kill her. I think that was the biggest part that I dislike. All the whining, goodness gracious. Yes the man is there to kill you, get over it. I don’t think it’s my cup of tea. I don’t want to down this book because everybody’s taste is different, but I have to warn you if you’re the type of person who does not like for the main character to be so weak this is not a book for you. If you don’t mind for the main character to whine and cry, this book is for you.

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Not quite out of the ballpark

Good story, but parts were repetitive, like the reader could t remember details. The narrator got “breathy” where a straight voice would have been more interesting. The hero was “perfect”. Then again it is a romance with a HEA.

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ugh but the story

the story line was good but so wordy. the writer used incorrect words and constantly repeated herself. at one point she made the heroine seem like an idiot. couldn't get past ch 11. the narrator whispers her dialogue and puts me to sleep.

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