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Signs of Trouble: A Grumpy Cowboy Romance (Montgomery Brothers Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Anna Alkire (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.0 140 ratings

Book 2 of 3: Montgomery Brothers

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Romance is the one thing they both need…and the one thing neither wants.

Austin Montgomery, a single dad and reclusive cowboy, is dragged out of his comfort zone by his young son, a little boy who’s determined to find a mom. Ellie Buckley has just been through a surprise pregnancy, shotgun wedding, and the sudden death of her new husband right after she moved across the country to be with him. She stayed with his family to have her baby but she needs a change. Pink hair and an escape to the Oregon coast are a place to start.

Forced together on opposing sides of a vacation rental, Austin and Ellie struggle to stay apart even as their kids conspire to bring them together. Ellie is grieving and not willing to risk loving again. Austin is in an angry place after finally ending his toxic relationship with his ex-wife. The timing couldn’t be worse. Their lives are headed in different directions. But like a couple of magnets, they can’t resist when fate puts them together, until disaster strikes and they’re pulled apart again.

Can a vacation fling cut short draw two opposites back together? How much sunny personality can one grumpy cowboy take?

From Anna Alkire, the author of Buck Up, Buttercup, comes a grumpy cowboy romance that mixes the romance of Lucy Score’s Things We Never Got Over, the fun of Christina Lauren’s The Soulmate Equation, and the passion of Melanie Harlow’s Ignite. Anyone looking for love, excitement, and adventure will find it in this delightful Western romance with a contemporary spin—grab your copy of Signs of Trouble today!

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Anna Alkire has been a long-term college student, a business owner, and a world traveler. Now "settled"-with a sigh and a cup of decaf-Anna lives in Washington state, where she splits her time between a husband who thinks the North Pole would be a great place to live, chasing her hurricane of a son, learning new handicrafts, and creating worlds full of the kind of romance and fun she most wants to read. Find more about her (and grab a freebie or two) at her website, annaalkire.com. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BQB2QCCH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Water's Edge Publishing LLC (December 27, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 27, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1790 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BR2QRL1W

Best Sellers Rank: #59 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #6 in Romantic Comedy (Kindle Store)
- #8 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #18 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)

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Anna Alkire has been a long-term college student, a business owner, and a world traveler. Now “settled”—with a sigh and a cup of decaf—Anna lives in Washington state, where she splits her time between a husband who thinks the North Pole would be a great place to live, chasing her hurricane of a son, learning new handicrafts, and creating worlds full of the kind of romance and fun she most wants to read. Find more about her (and grab a freebie or two) at her website, annaalkire.com.

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A little matchmaker not only for his dad but for himself too!

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023

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A little matchmaker not only for his dad but for himself too! This is about Austin, his son Ryder, Ellie, and her baby Kinley. Austin is about to be divorced as his son’s mother is off doing his own thing, and Ryder doesn’t like being with her. Ryder is a sensitive boy, and Austin does his best even if everyone around him tells him he is too soft. Ryder meets his new neighbor and loves that she has pink hair and a baby girl. He starts to ask questions like any kid would do when curious about something and learns that Kinley’s father died, so she doesn’t have a daddy, and well he doesn’t have a mommy, so why not – right? Austin is a bit short with her at the beginning as he is older than her, but he soon realizes that she is precisely what he needs.

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Ellie and Austin

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023

I liked Signs of Trouble much better than I did Buck Up Buttercup. I love that the author creates characters that are easy to relate to, especially Ellie. I felt like I knew her and that she would be someone I would gravitate to in real life. Austin is a bit on the grumpy side, both are single parents, and the kids are adorable. Such a fun story.

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Vilma E. Akins

Two parents who meet while on vacation - one a new parent and one with a young son.

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022

Ellie Buckley is a young widow, with an infant daughter who takes off from her in-laws and heads across the country for a vacation before deciding if she will return to school or her parents. When she meets her neighbor in the vacation duplex, Austin Montgomery is a separated dad with a young son full of energy and in desperate need of a ‘mother-figure’.

The overall story wasn’t bad, but the beginning gave me higher hopes for the story than the overall story. Ellie is clearly young and pushed into parenthood before she’s even decided what she wants in life. She flutters between missing out on ‘partying’ and being a responsible parent to her baby girl.

Austin on the other hand is nothing but a responsible father, as he’s had to be since his wife basically abandoned him and his son for the rodeo circuit.

Austin and Ellie run hot and cold, he’s too inflexible and uptight, while Ellie’s too indecisive about her life and her future.

The story picks up speed, but man do they go through ringers to be together. When they finally get their happy for now… there could have been a cleaner, more complete ending for my tastes. It’s implied that they get married or settled down, but the end was lackluster.

I received an advanced reader copy from Hidden Gems and I voluntarily write this review in my own words.

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024

Good story. Cowboy, a single dad, a widow, a single mother. Forced to share a single home.

This review reflects my own personal thoughts about this book and hasn't been influenced or bought by anyone else, nor should it be taken to influence anyone else to agree with it.

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ReadingfortheLoveofBooks

You never know what a holiday will bring to your life or whom!!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2023

This is my first read by this author and I very much enjoyed her writing style. The charters where very relatable, and the story plot was great as it was more realistic of when you meet someone new you do not have to drop your life to be together. Unlike a lot of books where one of the charters will jump straight in and change their life for love, we find two single parents that are struggling with a future as well as the sudden attraction to each other.

The two main charters are so different but at the same time so alike that it does not take long for little matchmaker Ryder to make his day Austin sees more than just Ellie's pink hair and adorable baby girl Kinley. on there 2 week summer holiday.

Once I started this book I had to read it all on a very lazy Sunday. There were many great charters within this story that enhanced this story with a realistic view of finding new love as well as a new future.

Austin's change and growth during the book I just loved as he when from a grumpy Cowboy with an attitude to a caring patient father and boyfriend. He was a great father to Ryder but he need to do what was best for him.

Ellie was an unhappy new mother and widow who was so unsure of what she and her baby's future would be after their summer holiday away from a caring but meddling family. Could she really do this motherhood alone and still make a future for her daughter?

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.