Cowboy (The Busy Bean)
by L.B. Dunbar
ContemporaryAdded on January 12, 2026
Description
Pregnant at forty-two? Back the cow up...Harland Bull Eaton has lost many things—his first wife, his beloved mother, those three women he proposed to . . . Oh, and there was that time he almost lost the family dairy farm due to a scandal. He’s losing faith in just about everything, especially love. But one night, his friends give him a dare. No commitments. No heartbreak. Just buy that gorgeous redhead a drink. The big-city bombshell he’s set his eyes on swirls him into a tailspin that lands them in bed for a one-night stand he’s pretty sure he’ll never forget. But this time he won’t let his heart ride herd on his common sense. Recently separated and newly unemployed, Scarlett Russell is at a crossroads. With no other plan than visiting a friend in Vermont, the last thing she expects is a hunky, silver fox offering to buy her a drink. Even less expected is when she raises that offer to “take me to bed, cowboy.” She just wants one night to forget everything gone wrong.Turns out once won’t be nearly enough. Won’t ever be enough, feeling the way she does. But secrets and an unexpected surprise are a lot to handle . . . unless these two can break a trail to an unexpected happily ever after.
Reader Reviews
Is a Vermont dairy farmer a cowboy? With the title Cowboy, I have an expectation of a story on a ranch in Montana or Colorado or maybe Texas or even Florida, or possibly a rodeo story, but at least I expect the hero to ride a horse at least once. This book however should have been titled Farmer, because this guy ran his family’s dairy farm in Vermont. Not one horse ride or horse in sight. Who thought to name this Cowboy? To continue with stupid naming, the hero of this book goes by the nickname
5 Any Day Ending In Day Stars* * * * * Spoiler FreeL.B. Dunbar really took this idea of people who have lived lives, had the mistakes and scars from them, and gave them a chance at true happiness. Oh, how I love when that happens. I have nothing against writers who do the New Age Thing or limit their focus to those in their 30s...but nothing makes me happier than an author who sees more...who sees the rest of the population that is over 40 and still interested in relationships, romance, and hot,
I read the blurb for this book and couldn’t have been more excited to get my hands on it. A whoops baby from a one night stand between a mature couple is like gold to my reading wishlist. And then you add in the fact it’s one of the Busy Bean series so we get the input of Audrey, Zara and Roddy. I’m loving the fact that each of these books has been a new employee who has used it as a stepping stone to the next chapter in their lives. Because that is the type of position it is but also because I
