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Monday, August 26, 2013

4 Star Review: Roping Love by Tamara Hoffa





Ten Years ago love slipped through Chance’s lasso. This time “He was going after her and she didn’t stand a chance, just like a calf in a chute, he was going to rope her with his love and ride back into her life.”
Carrie Stewart is a dedicated horsewoman. She runs a successful breeding and training program. She is a good friend, a good sister and a favorite aunt, but she has been burned by love. Carrie has never gotten over her first love, Chance Ryan. After ten years of absence Chance shows back up in her life. Should she risk her heart again, with the man who left it broken at her feet in the past? Chance has some serious work ahead of him to win back the one woman he could never forget.




Chance felt like he’d been thrown from a bucking bronco. Ten years. He hadn’t seen her in ten years. And it was just like before. God, she was even more beautiful than she had been at eighteen. Time had matured her body, her curves a little fuller than they had been. Her hair was short now, almost boyish in length, but curling softly around her face it looked feminine and flirty. It was a deeper shade of blonde now too, a golden honey color that looked stunning against her sun-bronzed skin. What the hell was she doing here? And who the hell was the kid with her? Chance was busy doing mental math, the kid looked nine or ten. Carrie had called him several times in the months after he left. He’d never returned her calls. Could she have been trying to tell him she was pregnant? No it couldn’t be, she would have told him. Wouldn’t she have?
“I’d say small world, but since it really is a small world and we haven’t run into each other in ten years…”
Carrie arched one eyebrow, he always loved when she did that, it looked so haughty and hot.
“What brings you here?” Chance asked
“Same as you I guess, looking for some brood mares.”
“Actually, we’re selling this mare.” Nodding at the other, nearly forgotten man in the stall. “This is my brother, Chase.”
“Nice to meet you,” Carrie said, looking down at Tyler, “Well, we need to get to the Coliseum, Tyler wants to see the cutting.” Keeping her arm around his shoulders they turned to leave.
“We should talk,” Chance said
Carrie looked over her shoulder and stared him straight in the eye. “I think the time for talking is long past.”
The phrase she was so mad she could chew nails and spit screws ran though his mind at her look. Damn. He had really fucked things up between them. Why hadn’t he taken her calls again?
Oh, yeah, to give her a chance at a good life.
“I really need to talk to you.”
“There’s nothing left to say.”









I received a copy of Roping Love from the author in exchange for an honest review. 

Tamara did an excellent job at putting together the back drop of this story.  I to have a love for horses, bull-riding and cowboys and really love that she chose to use The All American Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio. (My home state!!) Tamara used wonderful detail that showed the event as it really is in true life. It made Roping Love more realistic and easier for a reader to believe and connect with the characters. This made the story special for me and the perfect weekend read. 

So grab your bubble bath, slip into the tub and relax with the hot and steamy Chance Ryan. 

Although it may be a short read it was filled with a heartwarming story of a second chance at love. Carrie and Chance fell in love and then Chance broke her heart. Although he felt he wasn't good enough and had nothing to offer her he never stopped loving her. Ten years later and a lot of anger Carrie runs into Chance at Congress. The spark is still there but so is the anger and the heartache. 


Will they find the love that was once there?? Can Carrie forgive Chance for walking away?? Has Chance finally come to terms with his troubled family life??
I'm not telling but I promise when you read Roping Love you will not be disappointed. 














Tamara Hoffa lives in central Tennessee, with her husband of 30 years, her three grown children, two grandchildren, 5 dogs and 1 cat. Tamara started reading when she was four years old and has rarely been seen without a book at hand since. At home you will usually find her in “nana’s chair” with her kindle, her laptop or one of her precious, precocious grandson’s in her lap. Tamara is a reviewer, a professional reader and can now add author to her repertoire.  Tamara is proof positive that it’s never too late to reach for your dreams.

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1 comment:

  1. Thank you so much for the lovely review. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. The graphics you did are wonderful!
    Sincerely,
    Tamara Hoffa

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