Near Misses  Cowboy Kisses, Katrina Emmel
Near Misses  Cowboy Kisses, Katrina Emmel
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Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses

Author: Katrina Emmel

Narrator: Ryan Lee Dunlap, Jesse Vilinsky

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/23/2024


Synopsis

A swoon-worthy YA rivals-to-lovers romance between a Nebraskan cowboy and California girl, thrust together on the Oregon Trail.

Anything’s possible under a prairie sky…

Riley Thomas is feeling stuck—she’s moved from California to Nebraska, she’s on a weeklong Oregon Trail family bonding excursion, and her luggage is lost. There’s no one her age on the trip except a tall, dark and irksome cowboy who wrongly assumes she has zero ability to handle the great outdoors. She can’t wait for this misery to end—even though going “home” isn’t even possible anymore.

Lone wolf Colton Walker loves the simpler life of the plains and his family’s tourism business that helps protect them. He’s a stand-up guy—not a love ‘em and leave ‘em type like his rival, Jake. And he knows better than to take his chances with a prairie princess like Riley.

But Riley’s got more sense than Colton thinks--and he’s not nearly as inflexible as he seems. And under a wide prairie sky of puffy clouds and bright stars, everything comes into focus--including a cowboy’s heart.

Katrina Emmel’s Near Misses and Cowboy Kisses will take you on a sweeping journey across the American prairie . . . once you love a boy in a Stetson, you’ll never be the same.

About The Author

Katrina Emmel grew up in New Hampshire, moved to the Midwest for graduate school, and continued traveling westward until she reached the Pacific. Now a SoCal resident, Katrina lives in an active household with her husband, two children, father-in-law, and their twin beagles, Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. In addition to writing fiction, she loves science, crafts, making up silly songs for her kids, and supporting monarch conservation by planting lots of milkweed. Near Misses and Cowboy Kisses is her debut novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by steph reads on January 21, 2025

2.75 if I spoke to my parents the way she spoke to hers, I would get whooped 🤗......more

Goodreads review by Anila on August 02, 2024

Anytime I finish binging a fantasy series, I’m always looking for a sweet YA romance to help me get over my book hangover and this book didn’t exactly help with that. It took me a while to finish it, partially because of the Olympics and a busy work/study week, but also because the story just didn’t......more

Goodreads review by jo ୨୧ on March 23, 2025

you would not catch me with that attitude on the Oregon trail with some random cowboy. He'd have to be jacks or smth. The characters all sucked but at least it was a free kindle read haha......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 15, 2024

This was a super fun enemies to lovers, dual POV, YA summer romance debut that has a California girl uprooted by her parents to live in Nebraska and forced to go on an Oregon trail inspired vacation. Sparks fly between her and the young cowboy worker and they slowly fall for one another as the trip......more

Goodreads review by Brianna on May 13, 2024

** ARC copy received on Netgalley ** Cowboy romance meets YA! This book was really cute! First of all there are not many YA books that I have read that are dual POV and this story did it very well. The MMC was a working teen, which I feel in some YA stories overlook. But in this story Colton is a hand......more


Quotes

Praise for Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses:

Near Misses and Cowboy Kisses is a delightful and romantic romp that will lasso your heart and never let go!”—Kristy Boyce, bestselling author of Dungeons and Drama

"A sweet, slow-burn romance with a swoon-y payoff."—Kirkus Reviews

"Well-worn romance tropes delivered via tightly paced writing teeming with sunshiny vibes make this a swoony and uplifting read."—Publishers Weekly

"A fun setting and a couple who readers will root for make this a great light romance selection."—School Library Journal