Roped In edition by Marie Sexton LA Witt Literature Fiction eBooks
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Graham and his roping partner, Jackson, have been friends since they were boys. They've ruled the rodeo scene for ten years running, but lately, Graham’s heart isn’t in the game. He’s tired of the bruises, the cowboy mentality, and the animal rights activists who picket every event. He's also tired of being in love with Jackson, and nothing’s been the same between them since their disastrous drunken encounter the year before.
Then Graham has a run-in with one of the rodeo protesters, and everything changes. Kaz is young, idealistic, and sexy as hell. But he's also a know-it-all, animal-loving vegan, bent on saving the world one cow at a time. They have next to nothing in common, but Graham can't stop thinking about what might happen if they can stop butting heads long enough to give it a try. Unfortunately, no matter how attracted Graham is to other men, he always panics and runs when the clothes start to come off. But Kaz has an idea for getting Graham past his nerves and into bed.
All they need is a bit of rope.
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE This is a re-edited second edition of a previously published title.
Word count 41,100; page count 155
Roped In edition by Marie Sexton LA Witt Literature Fiction eBooks
This book is Marie Sexton at her best. Wonderful characters, excellent story, surprising complex considering it is a relatively short book and of course a lovely, romantic HEA.Graham believes he is in love with his best friend and is tired of hiding how he is feeling and he is tired of being on the rodeo circuit. He meets his polar opposite Kaz who is an animal rights protestor and Graham realises that Kaz can give him something that his best friend never could
I really like Graham and Kaz relationship, I liked the bondage and D/s elements and I loved the way Graham slowly but surely became comfortable in his own skin. The book focussed on Graham and as a result Kaz wasn’t as fully realised as a character as I would have liked. This book was a sweet, sexy read and the only thing that would have made it better would have been if it had been longer.
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Roped In edition by Marie Sexton LA Witt Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I really enjoyed this enemies-to-lovers M/M romance.
Graham is a cowboy, or horseman, through and through. He owns his own horse ranch and training stable and competes in team roping rodeo events with his childhood best friend, Jackson. He's long harbored a crush for Jackson, but he's been surrounded by super-macho cowboys his whole life, and Jackson--despite one botched, drunken experience nearly a year ago--is staunchly hetero. Plus, there's tons of homophobia in their circle. Graham is unwilling to come out, but--at 30 years of age--he's tired of being alone. One major obstacle for him to overcome is his fear of intimacy. Methinks it's some inbred self-loathing homophobia that keeps Graham from sealing the deal, but he's never been able to have sex. He's stricken by a panic attack anytime he gets close to a man--which is why his tryst with Jackson was aborted.
While out at an event, Graham is so upset by the animal rights protesters that are (loudly) picketing the rodeo and spooking his horse, he lights into one of the protesters, Kaz. And, bam! He's never been attracted to smallish, academic-type men, but something about Kaz strikes an unexpected spark. Kaz later takes Graham up on his offer to meet at a local bar to actually discuss the issues the protesters have with the rodeo. This meeting is enlightening.
Kaz is a grad student learning all about non-profit management. He's sickened by the inhumane activity of sport rodeo--particularly calf-roping. He agrees to meet Graham and is surprised it's not a set-up for his own bashing. He hadn't expected Graham would find him attractive. Graham's anxiety intrudes, however, and it's Kaz who takes Graham in hand, er, in rope. Yep, it seems Kaz likes a bit of kink, and Graham thrives under bondage and submission.
This isn't all sweaty sexytimes, but, there's lots of those packed into this short novel/novella. No, Graham has some reckoning to make with Jackson--who, man, I can't give it away, but DANG! It's so bittersweet!!! I need there to be some resolution to that situation.
Naturally, while Graham and Kaz are of single purpose in the bedroom, they are still divided on the rodeo issue. And, when Graham recognizes Kaz's unwillingness to budge, he doesn't bother to tell him when his own feelings change. It looks like Graham might be a forever single, but Kaz reaches out in a moment of equine need--and a new partnership is forged. One in which both Graham and Kaz can equally participate. I really loved how Kaz had to trust Graham's knowledge and experience regarding the ethical--if sometimes dubious-appearing--treatment of horses. It was a moment of acknowledgement that Graham had doubted ever arriving. (Disclaimer, I'm not necessarily sympathetic to the Animal Rights Movement, so I really identified with Graham in these scenes.)
I so liked how these guys filled a need in the other, and expect that they will make it, though I really would have liked a longer story so I could see how they did fare after their reunion.
Also, I need Jackson's story. So, uh, let me know when it's written, k? K. I received a review copy of this book via NetGalley.
Roped In, Marie Sexton, L.A. Witt
Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews
Genre Romance, LGBTQIA
I didn’t realise this was a re-release. Usually I love L A Witts writing, and that’s why I requested without looking further.
I didn't realise it was so short, my bad, I should have checked. I'm not a fan of shorts, they feel too much crammed into too short a space usually, and this was what happened here IMO. Its 109 ebook pages and there’s such good potential here with the absolute opposites that Graham and Kaz are but I just felt there was far too much conflict to get solved in such a short novel.
I couldn’t really feel the romance between Kaz and Graham, lust yes but I didn’t really get the sense there could be more. They were such total opposites its hard to see how they could meet and the ending just felt a little too simple, given the absolutes they were. I felt Jackson had more potential than Kaz for Graham -(
I’m a horse lover/owner but not a fan of the part of rodeo that involves calf tying, bull roping/riding etc. I can see though how for Graham it was an essential part of his business, the advertising of him as a brand almost, but there has to be other ways of doing that. I didn’t feel Kaz really understood that – I would have had more respect for him if he’d suggested alternatives rather than the “its all cruel” mantra. Likewise Graham didn’t really seem to grasp why Kaz had such a passionate hatred of the industry, even if he didn’t actually understand parts of it.
I’m with Kaz, hate anything that causes such stress to animals just for entertainment. We had hunting here in the UK for many years, another industry that supplied jobs for many, and I was always opposed to it as a sport. Chasing and/or killing animals for fun is abhorrent to me, but there is an alternative in drag hunting, chasing a scent trail. It would take a huge change to get Rodeo banned though, and Kaz and his friends weren’t achieving anything in their protests, just antagonising the cowboys by their ignorance of how the animals were treated.
There’s a huge potential here IMO for a great read, but the differences between them were so vast it needed to be a solid, full length book where we could really get to know the characters and see changes in action.
Still, shorts do it for many readers and if some hot sex, and a quick read is what you want its a five star read, but for me I needed a bit more.
Stars Three, a bit short for me.
ARC supplied by Netgalley and publisher
Not a bad read for the genre. Fast read, but fairly predictable.
This book is Marie Sexton at her best. Wonderful characters, excellent story, surprising complex considering it is a relatively short book and of course a lovely, romantic HEA.
Graham believes he is in love with his best friend and is tired of hiding how he is feeling and he is tired of being on the rodeo circuit. He meets his polar opposite Kaz who is an animal rights protestor and Graham realises that Kaz can give him something that his best friend never could
I really like Graham and Kaz relationship, I liked the bondage and D/s elements and I loved the way Graham slowly but surely became comfortable in his own skin. The book focussed on Graham and as a result Kaz wasn’t as fully realised as a character as I would have liked. This book was a sweet, sexy read and the only thing that would have made it better would have been if it had been longer.
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