Friday, August 14, 2026

Cat's Review of The Bull Rider and the Bookworm: A Gay MM Cowboy Romance by V.L. Locey @vl_locey @tammystwocents X- @vllocey @TTCBooksandmore

Sometimes the wildest ride isn’t in the arena - it’s falling in love. 

Bull rider Hoyt Knox has spent his life chasing applause, adrenaline, and the next eight-second ride. With his body starting to break down and sponsors pulling out, he finds himself facing a possible life change. Confused and hurting, he heads to Snow Creek Ranch to try his hand at something a little easier as he heals while trying to figure out what’s left for him besides a sore back and a fading spotlight.

Enter Aubrey Lancombe, a quiet, bookish man who’s just moved to Chance to escape the city life – and the loss of his beloved grandmother followed by a bad breakup - and finally open the bookstore of his dreams. Aubrey has always preferred words to people, quiet to chaos, and certainly has no time for cocky cowboys with something to prove.

When their worlds collide over a shared love of poetry they strike up a friendship that teeters on the edge of something else entirely. But Hoyt’s not out and Aubrey is scared to fall again. As his time at Snow Creek Ranch passes Hoyt must decide if he’s ready to hang up his spurs for good – or risk his heart on the bookworm who’s rewritten everything he thought he knew about love.

The Bull Rider and the Bookworm is a 58K opposites attract, age gap, gay MM contemporary western romance with a weary rodeo rider, a shy bookhound, a ranch that heals all manner of hurts, a gentleman rooster, a plethora of romantic poetry, and a shiny as a gold buckle happy ending.

Content Warning: This story has references to past sexual abuse, death of a parent, and suicidal thoughts.

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Cat gives this book 4 Meows with a 3 Purr heat index... 

If you love cowboys and books (and cats and roosters) half as much as I do, then I suggest you ride into this world. 

I loved all the characters. They are quirky but so relatable.

I love the bit of humor but the depth of the story.

Not only is this a romance but it deals with relationships between parents and siblings.

Warning the relationship between father son was both physically and emotionally abusive, homophobic and also deals with brain injury. It is off page but mentioned in a conversation...so if these are triggers read carefully or skip. 

Oh, did I mention the rooster, cat and horse? They try to steal the story.

The story is sweet, very romantic, witty, charming with a little angst but plenty heat to make up for it. 

I highly recommend and can't wait to get into more of these stories.





USA Today Bestselling Author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.

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