Bareback
by Chris Owen
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Author: Chris OwenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-16
ISBN: 1933389192
Number of pages: 372
Publisher: Torquere Press
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- ISBN13: 9781933389196
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Gay Cowboys, WOW
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book several years ago and I was immediately hooked on M/M romances with cowboys in the starring roles. Bareback is just as fresh today as the first time I read it in 2003, and Chris Owen has become one of my favourite authors since then.
The story is not very complicated. Jake Taggart is the foreman on a ranch in Arkansas and loves his job and its challenges except for one cowboy with an attitude, Tornado, who took every opportunity to torment him, until one day a thunderstorm and a mud fight made them realize that what was simmering underneath the surface was not anger, but a different type of raging emotion - lust. As they make out in the mud and rain (and this is only page 16) I could feel the emotion driving these two characters, neither one giving an inch in their game of oneupmanship. The sex was raw and unrestrained as they ripped their clothes off to get naked in the shortest possible time and I knew that this was going to be one helluva book and it was - it exceeded all of my expectations.
The teasing and the sex were so incredibly hot I thought that the book would go up in flames. These two characters were tough, uncompromising hell-raisers but soft where it counted, with each other. They were probably two of the most memorable characters that I ever fell in love with and they made each other work for every wonderful moment in their relationship. Tor's and Jake's relationship was rocky at best but clearly they loved each other. After hanging around they decided to try commitment and it worked ... for a while; they even considered themselves married and everything seemed to be going fine for our two guys but, of course, true love never runs smoothly and there is always a serpent in the Garden of Eden. Jake had a pretty horrific past and that helped to define the man he had become and how he dealt with issues like trust which was in short supply and hard to earn. His faith and belief in Tor was put to the severest test when Tor committed the ultimate act of betrayal of their love and marriage and Jake could not deal and totally fell apart.
What I like about this author is that she is real. In this book she did not create two perfect characters who were totally unrealistic. She made them imperfect like the rest of us with flaws that caused significant problems in their relationship. Some readers and reviewers have been very outspoken about the major plot point in the story - Tor's infidelity - and a few of them have crapped all over the book because they personally don't approve of cheating and all the sex in the book. I'm not giving away any secrets because this book has been around long enough and everything has been revealed, but most reviwers seem to forget that M/M romance is about gay men, some of whom don't play by society's rules for the most part where sex is concerned, and the characters do what many gay men and some het men and women do, they play around and sometimes they get caught.
Chris Owen handled this difficult situation in a way that was realistic and she demonstrated how difficult Jake found it to forgive Tor as well as the major personal toll Tor's infidelity took on both of them. It was not easy for either man to swallow his pride - one to ask for forgiveness and the other to grant it. This is such a powerful book about the human condition and how we as people always manage to screw up despite good intentions.
There were wonderful supporting characters as well to round out the story - Elias, a very complicated cowboy who never said much; the Big Boss, who was tough but had a very soft core; Missy, his daughter, who was a little brat and was always trying to get into Tor's pants and sought revenge when he wouldn't play; and a whole lot of other personalities who made this still the best cowboy book I have read to date.
This is one terrific story and I highly recommend it to any fan of the genre who is not turned off by a cheating spouse either in real life or in the fantasy world of books.
Summary of Bareback
Jake Taggart?s life was almost perfect--he?d worked hard to overcome his past, and he loved his job as foreman on a ranch in Arkansas. The only thorn in his side was a dark eyed cowboy named Tornado whose stubborn attitude brought frustration and confusion to Jake?s mostly happy existence. A late spring rainstorm brings out hidden passions and unleashes a chain of events neither of them expected--and eventually brings about events that threaten to destroy them and what they worked to create. Strong wills and forceful personalities make for intense encounters.... but is it enough to keep love alive?Erotica Books
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