Cat's Review of Wild Trail (Clean Slate Ranch Series, Book 1) Written by AM Arthur Narrated by Greg Boudreaux @am

Wild Trail

By: A. M. Arthur
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
Series: Clean Slate Ranch Series, Book 1
Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 12-11-17
Language: English
Publisher: Harlequin Audio

Welcome to Clean Slate Ranch: home of tight jeans, cowboy boots, and rough trails. For some men, it's a fantasy come true.

Mack Garrett loves the rolling hills surrounding his Northern California dude ranch. Leading vacationers on horse trails with his two best friends is enough - romance is definitely not in the cards. When a sexy tourist shows up at Clean Slate, he's as far from Mack's type as can be. So why is the handsome city slicker so far under his skin in less than a day?

Roughing it in the middle of nowhere isn't anywhere near Wes Bentley's idea of fun. Then he lays eyes on the gruffest, hottest papa bear he's ever seen. But Mack is as hard to pin down as he looks - distant, sharp-tongued, and in desperate need of a shave. Until a campout gone wrong strands both men in the mountains with nothing to do but get to know each other.

Mack intends to keep his closely guarded heart out of Wes' very talented hands. But for a seven-day cowboy, Wes is packing some long-term possibility. The cold country air can do wonders for bringing bodies together - but it will take more than that to bridge the distance between two men whose lives are worlds apart.

This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you're looking for with an HEA/HFN. It's a promise!

This book is approximately 90,000 words

Carina Press acknowledges the editorial services of Alissa Davis

Cat gives this book 4 Meows for the story 5 Meows for the performance 5 Meows overall...

I liked the characters.

I love a good city boy country boy story.

Mack came back to the ranch to help his grandfather after a tragic mishap when he was in SWAT. Some of his brothers in arms followed him soon after. Wes books his sister’s bachelorette party at Clean Slate Ranch. It’s not his idea of fun until he meets Mack.

Wes discovers a ghost town on the back of the ranch and things start happening.

I liked that there is some suspense and action in the story along with a sweet, spicy romance. The narration really ups the story with good voices, pacing and adds the right amount of excitement. I listened in one afternoon. A great distraction while doing chores.

A.M. Arthur was born and raised in the same kind of small town that she likes to write about, a stone's throw from both beach resorts and generational farmland. She's been creating stories in her head since she was a child and scribbling them down nearly as long, in a losing battle to make the fictional voices stop. She credits an early fascination with male friendships (bromance hadn't been coined yet back then) with her later discovery of and subsequent love affair with m/m romance stories. A.M. Arthur's work is available from Carina Press, Briggs-King Books and SMP Swerve. When not exorcising the voices in her head, she toils away in a retail job that tests her patience and gives her lots of story fodder. She can also be found in her kitchen, pretending she's an amateur chef and trying to not poison herself or others with her cuisine experiments.

You can stalk her at

am_arthur@yahoo.com with your cooking tips (or book comments). You can also find her online (http://amarthur.blogspot.com/), as well as on Twitter (http://twitter.com/am_arthur), Tumblr (http://www.tumblr.com/blog/am-arthur), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/A.M.Arthur.M.A ).

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