The Broken H (Ranch #2) in Queereaders

Oct 21, 2008 Daisiemae rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-in-2008, books-to-i-will-never-part-with, western-romance, series-romance, male-male-romance-erotica

The Broken H is the second book in the Ranch Series. I loved the Tin Star, and enjoyed The Broken H as much as the first book!
Sheriff Grayson Hunter has been avoiding coming home for any length of time, to the Broken H for years. Although he loves his parents, his unrequited love for the foreman Shane Cortez has kept him away.
When Grayson's father has a heart attack, Grayson returns home and immediately knows that his feelings for the sexy Shane has not changed throughout the years. Surprisingly ...more

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Feb 11, 2009 Christina, but with tea rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2009

My Rating: 3.5 of 5

Grayson Hunter has stayed away from his parents’ home as much as he could since he left it years before - not because he has a problem with his parents, but because he’s been in love with the ranch’s foreman, Shane Cortez since he was a teenager. When Gray’s father suffers a heart attack, Gray and Shane are thrown together again when Gray comes home to help with the ranch.

I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the first in series The Tin Star. The plot wasn’t quite as engagin ...more

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Sep 16, 2009 Scott rated it did not like it

Shelves: m4m-romance, thepinkroom, justbad, romance

Where to start.

1. J.L. Langley needs an editor. The mistakes were obvious, profuse, and very distracting.

2. Plot - sickeningly and grossly over sweet with no depth.

3. I can't stand switching first person singular mid-paragraph. It drives me CRAZY figuring out who said/did/felt what...

4. Overall, it was just boring.

I was dissappointed. ...more

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May 14, 2009 Kate Roman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m-romance, cowboys

I don't know if anyone on my f-list has noticed, but I'm sort of a fan of male/male romance.

Mmm...okay, that's kind of an understatement. I'm a huge fan of male/male romance. A friend and I were talking about this the other day (she's similarly inclined), and we were trying to to figure out what makes man/man so much hotter than het, at least for us. We couldn't decide whether it's our sheer relief at not having a main character obsessed with marriage and babies (which I just don't want in what' I don't know if anyone on my f-list has noticed, but I'm sort of a fan of male/male romance.

Mmm...okay, that's kind of an understatement. I'm a huge fan of male/male romance. A friend and I were talking about this the other day (she's similarly inclined), and we were trying to to figure out what makes man/man so much hotter than het, at least for us. We couldn't decide whether it's our sheer relief at not having a main character obsessed with marriage and babies (which I just don't want in what's purely escapist literature), or if it's just wicked hot to think of two beautiful, naked, sweaty men writhing with pleasure.

Are we all on the same page now, so to speak?

Also, is it hot in here, or is it just me?

So yeah, I read a lot of hot manlove. And I'm gonna talk about it.

The Broken H by J L Langley:

Shane's the foreman of the Broken H, and he's been denying his attraction to Sheriff Grayson Hunter since forever, seeing how he's way older than Grayson, and damn near raised him. Too bad for Shane fate has other plans...

Okay the sex in this book? Smokin' hot. Smokin'. Five hot flashes out of five. And for once, both main characters are amazingly appealing. You love them both from the beginning, and you root for them to get it together the whole time. Seriously. I've rarely encountered two characters so perfect for each other, who you root for as much as I rooted for these two.

There's a plot, and there's this wee town beyond the boundaries of the Broken H, but for the most part, all the action takes place on the ranch, these two bouncing off and rubbing up against each other. Usually, one of my major complaints about m/m is that the author depends too much on dialogue and sex between the two main characters to carry the story at the expense of setting and general storytelling. But with this one, I couldn't get enough of Shane and Grayson, not just having sex but trying to figure out what they're gonna do with each other. Talking about the weather, cows, whatever. It's hot.

I think my only complaint is that right at the end--seriously, like 10 pages from the end--Shane's backstory is revealed (you know, the very tragic one hinted at through the whole story) and it seems very forced.

Other than that? Haaaaawt. Hot hot hot. V. ridiculously hot.
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