Pseudonym site_link Cynthia SterlingCindi Myers worked as a newspaper reporter travel agent and medical clinic manager before turning to writing full time Shes written both historical and contemporary romance as well as dozens of short stories and nonfiction articles Cindi thinks writers have the best job in the world. She and her husband and their two dogs live in the mountains Southwest of Denver When shes not caught up in creating new characters and stories Cindi enjoys reading quilting gardening skiing and hiking Shes also in demand as a speaker teaching workshops and making presentatio Pseudonym site_link Cynthia SterlingCindi Myers worked as a newspaper reporter travel agent and medical clinic manager before turning to writing full time She s written both historical and contemporary romance as well as dozens of short stories and nonfiction articles Cindi thinks writers have the best job in the world. She and her husband and their two dogs live in the mountains Southwest of Denver When she s not caught up in creating new characters and stories Cindi enjoys reading quilting gardening skiing and hiking She s also in demand as a speaker teaching workshops and making presentations to both local and national writing groups site_link Can she open her heart The Hartland Herald isn t exactly the big leagues But for army widow Amy Marshall it s the first step to a career that will allow her to support her young daughter and start a new life in the city Unfortunately writing a story that will get her noticed requires stepping on a few toes Josh Scofield s toes to be exact. Sure her article was less than flattering She probably shouldn t have suggested the injured veteran got his teaching position unfairly but a real reporter can t pull punches And she hadn t pegged the former military man as someone who cared what other people thought. As she digs deeper though Amy realizes there s to Josh than just a good story But it will be hard to win his trust and is there any point when she doesn t plan on sticking around Her Cowboy SoldierThis book had a promising start I liked the idea The characters seemed relatively well thought out The lot could have gone in 10 different directions and most of them would have been a satisfying book. And then I got a quarter of the way in and the hero and heroine are bickering And Amy turns into an extremely unlikable person Why Because of the asinine article she writes about Josh She s a hack journalist not even a pro she s moonlighting this is her FIRST writer s gig and she hides behind her notebook I just wanted to stab her in the eye with her pencil What she did was reprehensible ESPECIALLY for a small town You d think he was embezzling or into kiddie porn or an arsonist the way she was going on about how she was entitled to twist his words against him That single act turned me off of her from the start and things only went downhill from there. Josh I never bought as the wounded warrior Sure he lost his hand serving but the whole woe is me act was trite and forced In fact throughout the whole book there was only ONE instance where it impacted him in any meaningful way and even then it was external Geezus fuck if you re going to hack off someone s hand make it an impediment Make him struggle Don t just have him live in his head moaning and groaning every month or so about how nobody will ever love him because he wasn t whole and then have him able to do ann teh same normal shit like everyone else does WITH NO ISSUES I m still puzzling over how he managed the chainsawAnd the whole book the two were at each other s throats Moan and groan interspersed with bickering But NEVER did the two have a spark Not even a tiny bit No yearning No does s he even like me And then the ending Please two people who go out of their way to avoid each other walk out of the room when the other walks in share ONE chaste kiss that was barely a peck DO NOT up and propose marriage a day later Oh and the job offer Amy got from the magazine No way in HELL she would have been considered with the portfolio she had and the interview that happened let alone with ONE submission to the magazine And no offense but there is ZERO reason she has to move to write If there is any job where you can work from home it s being a journalist which Amy is NOT but I digress Dumb plot point dumb turning point dumb everything Paperback This is an engrossing uplifting story of two people who learn through love how to overcome losses brought on by war RT Book Reviews rated 4 stars Paperback Loved every part of this book Such a nice read Paperback
.. Former president of San Antonio Romance Authors Cindi is a member of Romance Writers of America Novelists Inc, Former president of San Antonio Romance Authors Cindi is a member of Romance Writers of America Novelists Inc. and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
