Pamela Britton, Cowboy Trouble

Cowboy Trouble

Pamela Britton

Harlequin American, Oct 2004, $4.99, 250 pp.

ISBN: 0373750447

New York based public relations specialist Lani Williams of Abernathy and Cornblum travels to the Running L Ranch near Los Molin, California, on an assignment that means quite a bonus. However, the recipient of her skills, rancher Chase Cavanaugh, thinks she is a reporter, but when he learns that his neighbor's wife hired her to help him deal with the media, he still tells her to leave. She persuades him to at least let her enter his home.

For the two weeks Chase has been the latest victim of media frenzy due to a country western song he recorded. The former rodeo performer knows he is a one hit wonder, but the press seems to think otherwise. Lani takes over handling of the media and makes life easier for the frantic Chase when it comes to reporters, but their attraction to one another makes it even more difficult to keep his blood pressure down.

This entertaining contemporary romance stars two individuals who would be the last pairing anyone would expect, yet Pamela Britton persuades the audience that Lani and Chase make a fine couple. The storyline focuses on Chase's aversion to fame that he handles poorly, almost as badly as he deals with his desire for Lani. Fans of opposites attract tales will enjoy the big city woman and the rural man, although the final compromise seems too easily negotiated.

Harriet Klausner