Stampede of Love by Erin Wright

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Stampede of Love: A Long Valley novel by Erin Wright is a tale about a bull rider named Rex who is determined to win the rodeo so he can get back on Bodacious the bull that nearly killed him two years ago (that is a special kind of crazy right there) and Kimber-not-Kimberly who meet at a bar and are totally drunk so they have a one night stand (or did they?).

Rex was on his way to the next rodeo when his truck broke down and he walked all the way back to Sawyer where as fate would have it Kimber's dad owns the mechanic shop. It is all gold from down there.

I laughed when I found out what Rex's real name and now I want to read the book because I have never heard of it. The relationship between Rex and Kimber was magical because I loved how yes they had sex, but it was not the entire premise of their relationship (yeah who else is exhausted with the whole oh we had sex so that is now all we can do in our relationship?) It was a breath of fresh air and I found myself enjoying this novella quite immensely because of it. Also, because Kimber was all oh he is a bull rider my heart is going to get broken and Rex is all I found home.

This book made me laugh and cry and sometimes together. I loved how the author did draw from her own experiences and put it in the book. It felt so real like if you went into town you would come across this wonderful cast of characters.

The only other thing I will say besides you should all sign up for her newsletter so you can all read this book is that I dread to know what the first two videos were like for bull riding catastrophes.

Let me put it this way, Rex's video was number three and he got his skull smashed in by the bull's skull and got stomped on like a child having a tantrum on a rag doll by Bodacious (so I guess you could see his drive to beat the bull). Anybody who can watch those videos must have an iron stomach because I would not be able to do that I would be peeking through my fingers like it is a horror movie. Why do they even exist? Is it so mother's can pull it up and be like "now watch child if you continue down this road this is all the things that could happen to you" or is it more of a humans are sadists and need to see other people suffer to thrive?

This book is adorable and I highly recommend this book.

500 out of 5 stars.