The ranch is up for grabs and the seller has an unusual proposition for ownership. Remy Luckideau and his nephews vs. Adele O'Donell and her daughters spending a month together on the Double Deuce to see who's still there when the 4th of July comes around. Both families need this new start and dig in to outlast the other. Talk Cowboy to Me is the fourth in the Lucky Cowboys series about the Luckideau family with loose connections to a few earlier series (Spikes and Spurs, Burnt Boot, TX) featuring the O'Donell clans. It works well as a standalone, or out of order so don't be shy about snagging it up. Remy has been a playboy cowboy all his life until he becomes the guardian of his deceased brother's two young boys. He needs a new start and needs to put down roots in a place where his reputation doesn't proceed him. His nephews are city kids so he must teach them a love of the land and ranching which is the heart of who he is. It's a complication he does not need that the competing buyer is feisty and luscious Adele O'Donell and her girls. Or maybe it's a complication exactly like he needs. Returning to her roots and the ranching life she loves, Adele and her daughters are coming from a past of an ex who cheated and walked away wanting nothing to do with his daughters and this is their big chance to start over far from anyone who knows about all that nonsense. But sharing a ranch house and chores with the Luckideau boys and their attractive uncle make her realize that the rejection from her ex didn't break her as much as she thought. Suddenly she isn't so sure that winning is everything- or at least her idea of the prize might be changing as two families start to work as one. Alright, this was a fun one. I felt so bad for both families and I wanted both to win the competition. In true Carolyn Brown fashion, the answer to the difficulty isn't that tough and it is fun for the two parties to work it out as they go along with daily ranch life, obliging family to point the way, and their own spark of attraction. I loved that this was two broken families becoming whole and being there to sort out trouble and blend their strengths. There is a good blend of the tender, the fun, and the passionate moments. Brian Hutchinson was a new to me narrator, but it took but a blink and I was thoroughly settled into the story from both Adele and Remy’s points of view. I thought the voicing of the children and older characters was also superbly done. I missed out on the earlier stories of Remy's relations in the Lucky series, but I'll be going back of course and I can't wait to see where the next one in this new series heads. Maybe Adele's strong-headed sister Cassie? This book is for those who enjoy light yet a pinch spicy contemporary cowboy romance.

I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook. The narrator did a great job. He really got the tone of the story, and I had a hard time turning it off at bedtime.