The Cajun Cowboy

Whooee! Hot, hot, hot!: In this book, Sandra Hill continues the fun with the outrageous LeDeux sibling, the poufy-hair loving Charmaine. If having the Dixie mafia on her delectable backside isn't bad enough, Charmaine finds out that she hasn't really been married and divorced four times. But is it really that bad??? Hmmm... In walks Raoul Lanier with the news that he and she are still married and now co-owners of the Triple L ranch. And he wants her to sign over her share to him for a mere dollar before he would agree to a divorce. But St Jude has other plans for these two and what better way to start the ball rolling than have Tante Lulu tell Raoul that his wife's life is in danger. Whooee! Now the fun starts...

When I first read show more about Raoul's return in the second book and how Charmaine has been hiding from him, I knew that their story would be one to watch out for. And I was not wrong. While I agree that there wasn't too much going with the plot, the laughter and outrageousness makes up for this. Raoul and Charmaine absolutely sizzle together! The byplays, sexual innuendoes and verbal sparring were great to read. And let's not forget the spandex-wearing Tante Lulu whose undying devotion to St Jude and utter determination to marry the LeDeux siblings off provide much laughter. And of course, we also see the characters from the previous books.

If you're simply after a quick, witty and hilarious read, THE CAJUN COWBOY is the book for you. Yes, it is a very fluffy read, but it is a good escape from all the drama around us. show less

2.5 stars

"It never occurred to me that you would cry over me."
"And why is that?" she asked contrarily. Clueless… the man is clueless. I cried a river over you, baby. "Do you think you're the only one who was hurt over our breakup? Do you think you can holler at me, and my feelings won't get hurt? Do you think I don't feel bad that you feel bad? Do you ever even goddam think?"

This quote is perfect, because especially the hero, our main couple's relationship suffered from a lot of miscommunication and misunderstandings. If they had taken the time to think or talk, they could have fixed things pretty early, was mildly annoying. But really, where is the fun in reading about well adjusted people? ;)

If Cajun cowboys are your thing (and if show more they're not, the description of this hero will make you want them to be) then this is pretty close to a must read. The humor crosses over to slapstick a couple times, which is not my favorite, but not overly hokey. I was also not a fan of the characters saying something and then a few sentences of their inner thoughts (most of the hokey humor can be found here) immediately following. This broke up the flow of the story for me. This is a little older but I think it has aged well, no problems there.
The leads had hot chemistry and I'll never tire of reading and thinking about our hero in his scuffed boots, tight wranglers, snap button cowboy shirt, and beat up cowboy hat. show less

I normally don't read contemporary romance genre books, but got handed this one and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I especially liked the humor scattered throughout the story line.

I liked the hero and heroine of The Cajun Cowboy. Charmaine LeDeux is a bit of a bimbo, but don’t tell her that. It makes her very angry, and she’s never forgiven her (first) ex-husband for calling her one. She has a great personality though, and at the start of the book declares that she is going to change her life around. Things haven’t been going so well, what with a bad loan having gone sour. Now she owes money to some scary people. And she hasn’t been on a date in six months. So, as a step towards reform, she’s going to become a “born-again virgin.”

Her (first) ex-husband, Raoul Lanier, tests her resolve as soon as he makes his appearance. He’s found out that they were never actually divorced, and he’s hunted her show more down because, for another surprise, it turns out his father named her in his will and has given her half of his ranch. Raoul gets the other half. Neither of them are pleased about the arrangement, but old flames rekindle nonetheless.

Raine and Charmaine have good chemistry. And Raine is a very sexy cowboy. The book has some cute, funny moments – the character’s interior monologues, the imaginary conversations with St. Jude. All the secondary characters, who are also supposed to be funny, I could do without though. I skimmed the whole Thanksgiving feast part - all the characters from previous and future books were a distraction. The bare bones of plot itself are pretty threadbare - the hit men after Charmaine or whatever, the oil company that’s after the ranch, and her evil father, some misunderstandings between a couple that is obvious mad for each other so that we can have some conflict to keep them apart a while longer. A light, fluffy, quick read that didn’t test my patience too much. show less

This is the one that killed Sandra Hill for me. I know she said "Who knew you didn't peel Okra" in an interview but if she had half a brain she would have looked it up. Not looking it up when you have NO clue about the thing means you are solely in this for the buck and if you got paid by the word your books would look as long as Stephen Kings [yes that was intended]. The other half lasted a bit longer until Hill had a character walk from the South of England to Northern part of Scotland in a week.

She use to be funny and she use to be good but I haven't looked at a book by her since this one came out. It is indeed write what YOU KNOW and if you don't, don't put in on blanking paper.

I enjoyed the whole series. I couldn't put in down once I started reading. I just loved Tante Lulu.

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