Book Review: Jim Beam by Jen Talty
- Kristen Lewendon
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min read
It's All in the Whiskey Book 4
Nearly five years ago, Cheyenne Hawkins came to Whiskey Ranch for one thing: to train to be the best. When she left, she was confident she’d be at the top of the rodeo circuit until a dizzy spell landed her in the hospital and she found out she left the ranch with much more than she expected. However, Cheyenne was already engaged to someone else. Cheyenne told herself it was for the best if she stayed away from JB. She told herself she loved her fiancé, and she had a career to chase. And that’s exactly what she did. Five years later, divorced, she’s one of the best cowgirls in the circuit, and her four-year-old son, Jimmy, couldn’t be prouder. The last thing Cheyenne wants is to see JB Whiskey, but when he shows up at a rodeo and spots her with their son, she realizes she must face the music and tell him the truth.
She can handle his anger. She can even deal with JB not wanting anything to do with her or her son, but nothing could have prepared her for the idea that JB would demand she allow their son to come to the ranch for an extended visit so they could get to each other.
Jim Beam Whiskey never thought he’d be living alone. He always believed his brother, JD would be his roommate forever. They both shared one major common bond: a broken heart. But his brother went off and did the unthinkable and found himself the kind of love that heals a wounded soul.
Well, JB had done that once, and Cheyenne ran out him, leaving him to pick up the pieces for the second time. He vowed, there would never be a third. That is until he sees a young boy with a double shot of JB’s eyes and a hauntingly familiar smile. JB doesn’t need a paternity test to know he’s Jimmy’s father. However, he is going to need to find a way to forgive Cheyenne for leaving him all those years ago as well as proving to her that he can change and be the kind of father Jimmy needs and the kind of husband Cheyenne deserves.
My Review:
This book was sweet and fun, and the characters were wonderfully frustrating. Yet, for some reason, I can’t seem to put the words together to properly express that and be more helpful to other readers than “I liked it”. Normally I don’t enjoy many books that have the same kind of secret as the one at the heart of this story. I’m not fully onside with Cheyenne’s handling of it here but I’m a sucker for a second chance and there are enough other factors that push me beyond my knee-jerk reaction. JB and Jimmy are just the sweetest. One has a heart that been a little battered and the other’s is as trusting and wide open as the sky. I think the thing I love the best about this series has been getting to know the Whiskey siblings and watching them all pull together for one another. I’m so glad to know this isn’t the last we’ll read about them.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
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