Christoph J Sikora's Reviews > Dreaming of Her Cowboy's Kiss

A Fun, Thought-Provoking Read

Ruby is a determined woman. She wanted to keep her five siblings together after their parents' death, and she did. She wanted to become a world-class emergency surgeon, and she did. She wanted to marry a member of the most well-connected surgical family, even without an emotional bond, and...

Ethan is a determined man. He wanted to escape from a family that rejected him, and he did. He wanted to make it out of an abusive foster home, and he did. He wanted to win the heart of Ruby, and...

Dreaming of Her Cowboy's Kiss is the tale of Ruby and Ethan, of near misses and chicken dissection as a summer camp activity, of hanky panky between a groom-to-be and a florist's assistant and a lecture on the dangers of motorcycles and knife throwing, of an internet search to identify roots in the vegetable garden and a Christmas festival in June for underprivileged children (not to be confused with the town-wide Christmas in July Festival that put together Ruby's younger sisters Journee and Blakely with their perfect matches: a pen pal NFL star and her best friend, respectively).

Ethan has loved Ruby for fifteen years but considers her out of his league until she begs him to rescue her from her disaster of a wedding. Then he begins to hope, though neither of them sees a relationship working in the long term. Ruby would never make enough money at the local hospital to repay her med school loans, and Ethan could never bring himself to leave his beloved home. Then God intervenes, with an assist from the town's wise confidants and unrepentant matchmakers, Pastor Race and Miss Penny.

Suffice it to say that Ruby sees the light and Ethan's faith pays off in more ways than one!

I chuckled and thought deep thoughts and then chuckled some more! This story has something for most readers in search of a laugh, a practical but not preachy theology lesson, or both. Pick it up and you won't be able to put it down!