Tanner

Sarah Mayberry — 2017

After flying half-way around the world to surprise her boyfriend, Evie Forrester finds herself heartbroken and stranded in a strange city. What could be a total disaster becomes something else when a tall, dark bull rider turns out to be a white knight in disguise. Evie isn't sure she needs saving, but Tanner Harding is a difficult man to deny. He's even harder to resist? Tanner Harding can tame a monster bull with ease, but he never expected to be floored by someone like Evie. Sparks fly between them until injury threatens to end Tanner's career--and suddenly he's the one in need of a rescue. Evie can't turn her back on her wounded hero and, as Tanner struggles with his recovery, she's not sure she can guard her heart against him either. Tanner knows Evie has slipped under his skin, but she lives in Australia and his future is under a cloud. Can two people with too many reasons to walk away make the bold decision to stay?

Reviews

b.andherbooks@bandherbooks

Oct 9, 2021

TANNER. That's it. That's the review. See my live-Tweet reaction thread if you want more garbled thoughts: here

Lynn Braden@ftbooklover

Oct 8, 2021

Tanner is the story of Evie Forrester and her quest to surprise the man she has had a crush on for more than 10 years as he rides in the American Extreme Bull Riders' event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a long way from her home of Forrester Landing in Australia. Evie feels foolish when she sees Troy with another woman. She struggles to find a decent place to stay for the next two weeks as she comes to terms with the fact that Troy never felt for her the way she felt for him. In steps Tanner Harding who takes Evie in when she needs help the most, but it is Evie who ends up helping Tanner when an accident in the rodeo ring leaves Tanner with injuries that may end his rodeo career. This was a good romance with lots of chemistry between Evie and Tanner. I had some problems with the idea that a woman who had almost completed vet school would be senseless enough to go to a foreign country with no plan and land in the bedroom of a stranger, but other than that minor flaw in the early part of the book, the rest of the story was a well written and an enjoyable, quick read.