★★★★★ 4
Ranch, please
Format: Kindle
When I realized that “Two of a Kind” pairs a rancher and a white-collar marketing professional, I feared it would echo one of the similarly themed formulaic and saccharine Hallmark movies.
But I should have trusted that Markinson and MacLeod would again successfully craft a lively woman-loving-woman story that holds your interest throughout. In my opinion, this is their best collaboration so far.
The novel matches Milwaukee “city girl” Maisie Sullivan, an impoverished but bubbly marketing assistant whose goal is to finish her college degree, with the often dour Drew Campbell, a struggling Wyoming rancher whose shrugs are her most used communication device.
The two meet in Las Vegas and discover that not all that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Following a sexy and boozy night in Nevada that neither woman can remember, the co-authors move the story to remote Wyoming, where life is consumed by the demands of the Campbell family’s 14,000 acre cattle ranch.
“Two of a Kind” offers well-developed, relatable characters, great pacing, and a balanced mix of emotional, entertaining, rewarding, and romantic interactions between the two protagonists.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022
