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From sworn enemies to soul mates Wall Street hotshot Camille Parker is the last person rancher Jericho Jones expects to find on his doorstep Ever since his late wife s best friend interfered in his marriage she s persona non grata in Jericho s book But the situation is literally life and death for this damsel in distress and he opens his home to her The problem is he opens his heart too Camille has no choice but to seek help from her worst enemy And as she lets her guard down in close quarters unexpected feelings surge for him But what will happen if Camille s life goes back to normal and the city girl no longer needs to shelter in the reticent rancher s arms The Rancher and the City GirlKathy is a born reader who as a child always had her nose in a book That love of reading grew with her She often would finish one book and immediately pick up another She went from reading Bobbsey Twins to long lush romance novels One day she stumbled upon the Shining by Stephen King and was hooked She turned her back on romance and became a serious Stephen King fan reading every word he wrote When she caught herself checking under the bed and looking in the closet for monsters or worse she knew it was time to put down the horror stories and pick up the romance novels. The Rancher and the City girlas Her return to romance novels was short lived She d started law school and soon her reading was limited to legal opinions Then one happy day her younger sister hande Kathy is a born reader who as a child always had her nose in a book That love of reading grew with her She often would finish one book and immediately pick up another She went from reading Bobbsey Twins to long lush romance novels One day she stumbled upon the Shining by Stephen King and was hooked She turned her back on romance and became a serious Stephen King fan reading every word he wrote When she caught herself checking under the bed and looking in the closet for monsters or worse she knew it was time to put down the horror stories and pick up the romance novels. The Rancher and the City girlan Her return to romance novels was short lived She d started law school and soon her reading was limited to legal opinions Then one happy day her younger sister handed her a Harlequin romance They were just what the doctor ordered The books were short enough to read in a week and still get her required reading done Best of all she knew there would be a happy ending and she wouldn t have to search her room before she went to bed each night. The Rancher and the City girlando When her first child was born she stopped practicing law to become a stay at home mom Her second child followed nineteen months later With two little ones in the house reading suddenly became limited to Dr Seuss and other children s books Any free time was spent trying to catch up on sleep or laundry. The Rancher and the City girlan All too soon her kids were attending pre school two hours a day She spent those few precious renewing her relationship with romance novels After a while she felt the urge to write a book of her own and she began writing the stories she wanted to read She spent many years writing some really terrible books and learning her craft In 2014 Kathy participated in Brenda Novak s online auction to raise money for a cure for Diabetes She was the highest bidder for a critique by editor Charles Griemsman He did not buy that book immediately but requested another which became her first book in the Sweet Briar Sweethearts series site_link Miniseries Sweet Briar Sweethearts 9781335465528 I really enjoy Camille and Jericho s story I m huge fan of the enemy to lovers trope in romance Also I really enjoyed this book was a small romance I do wish this book had suspense It opens up with Camille on the run for her life and then the suspense mystery element kind and falls away. The Rancher and the City girlhefunny This book is definitely perfect for readers who are okay with romance without on the page sex scenes If you are a reader who enjoys characters steaming up the pages this might not be for you 9781335465528 I think the story started out strong giving me all the right feels then became a little lukewarm in the middle But it ended on a strong note I also wanted sexy times Plus points for communication skills and openness between the leads 9781335465528 This is the 3rd book I read by Kathy Douglass I was happy for Carmen Trent Camille s character was okay Jericho s character was okay This book s storyline needed action I felt this story was missing something 9781335465528 Camille and Jericho What a Story I thoroughly enjoyed this book From the beginning throughout the end there was so much emotion frightened borderline hatred hurt feelings misunderstandings and miscommunications But due to the unusual situation they found themselves in all of those emotions started dwindling down to acceptance understanding and communicating and finally Love I m ready for my own visit to Sweet Briar Kudos Kathy 9781335465528 Fish out of water scenario here Camille is a high powered Wall Street exec running for her life after overhearing a death threat against her She has unwittingly uncovered money laundering at her white shoe firm and needs to get away from the hitman after her She runs to the most remote place she knows where someone knows her Sweet Briar North Carolina Unfortunately the person she knows there also hates her Her best friend had married him and she tried unsuccessfully to break them up However Jericho does not turn her away but allows her to stay on his ranch She finds herself liking and adapting to the ranch life and discovering the real Jericho This is a little formulaic at times but a good story 9781335465528 If you ve ever wondered what would happen if an author of fluffy small town romances tried to write a novel with a major romantic suspense element might I suggest looking at The Rancher and the City Girl as an example tl dr the result isn t that great Overall I felt that this book suffered from an unbelievable pairing and a stagnant plot I ve enjoyed Kathy Douglass s books in the past but this wasn t her best. The Rancher and the City girlalmightytv First the pairing Rancher Jericho and corporate banker Camille first met at a reception hosted by Camille s father s law firm don t ask what a North Carolina rancher was doing at a fancy Chicago law firm because there are no answers here At the reception Jericho fell in love with Camille s best friend Jeanette who was engaged to Camille s brother After Jeanette dumped the brother Jericho and Jeanette ran away to Las Vegas to get married Camille was 5000% opposed to the relationship and tried to convince Jeanette that her new partner was gold digging trash out to marry a trust fund This then culminated in Camille sneaking into Jericho s Las Vegas hotel room on the night before the wedding and attempting to seduce him in order to run to her best friend with proof that Jericho really was trash This didn t work and instead Jeanette broke off the relationship with Camille entirely Now Jeanette is dead and the author wants me to buy into a Jericho Camille pairing NOPE In what freaking world would this man marry his dead wife s ex BFF who tried to frame him as a philanderer Haha no And now Camille ends up with the same man who stole away her brother s fianc e Family gatherings sure are gonna be awkward from now on Yikes Please note I am not saying that Camille didn t deserve love or that she was a bad person we don t believe in misogynistic blame games here Listen I can deal with many things but this relationship is just not one that I m going to get behind It s unrealistic in an extreme that I simply couldn t look past But wait If you re wondering why Camille even managed to meet up again with Jericho considering the fact that they hate each other s guts and live in different states boy do I have a tale for you See Camille uncovers a money laundering scheme and gets in touch with the FBI One day she overhears her boss telling someone to kill her and make it look like an accident so she gets the hell outta Dodge and goes straight to Jericho s ranch in North Carolina since she doesn t want to put anyone she actually likes in danger Miraculously Jericho believes her story about being on the run from random money laundering assassins and he lets her stay in his guest room And that s it That s the entire freaking plot Camille hanging out at Jericho s ranch and doing ranch y things such as riding horses hiking in the woods and sipping hot cocoa Camille never tells anyone that she s in danger we never see any evidence that there are people on her tail nothing No attempt is made to formulate any kind of plan beyond oh hey I guess I ll just live on this ranch and survive off of this stranger s charity for an indefinite period of time Then one day Camille sees on the news that her boss has been arrested for the aforementioned money laundering and that s it Case closed. The Rancher and the City girla lyrics I just authors You do not get to introduce a woman in danger damsel in distress trope without doing something with it Here Camille believing her life was in danger looked suspiciously like awkward authorly machinations to get her in proximity with Jericho The entirety of The Rancher and the City Girl felt like a massive Chekhov s gun in novel form I m sure the scenes where Camille and Jericho were bonding over mucking out horse stalls were adorable but I was so freaking annoyed that it wasn t worth it Kathy Douglass writes lovely small town contemporary romances and there s probably a way she could have blended that genre with the elements of a traditional romantic suspense Unfortunately this book wasn t it And because I found it extremely implausible that the protagonists would even give each other the time of day I didn t have the main couple to root for while reading either The Rancher and the City Girl fell flat with style Blog Review Database Twitter Instagram Goodreads 9781335465528 ALL THAT READING FOR NO SMUT 9781335465528 No feeling this one The set up isn t working for me at all I liked the first two so I ll just stick this back on my TBR or maybe just skip it 9781335465528 One think I love about this series ad I am reading the third book is that each seems to have a different trope In The Rancher and the City Girl it is enemies to lovers Jericho Jones has every reason to despise Camille Parker However she shows up on his doorstep one day and in an act of chivalry Jericho agrees to help her Camille is running for her life and needs a place to hide out She is certain no one will find her on a ranch in the small town of Sweet Briar. The Rancher and the City girlkind kpop Jericho cannot believe that Camille not only asks for his help but a place to stay for the time being Years ago Camille tried to destroy his upcoming wedding She failed however and Jericho married a woman he fell in love with on the spot Camille had her reasons for trying to destory Jericho s life back then. The Rancher and the City girlbang It is years later and Jericho is a widow Can Camille thaw his heart enough for Jericho to forgive her previous actions all while opening him up to the possibility of loving again This is another sweet love story by Kathy Douglass and an enjoyable addition to a wonderful series 9781335465528