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The Cook and the Gangster: A Gay M/M Cowboy Romance (Farthingdale Ranch Book 5) by [Jackie North]

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“Time cannot erase the love I feel for you, my friend.”

Levi has worked very hard to find a private corner of the world where his past can’t catch up to him. His life, with its fourteen-hour days working in the ranch’s kitchen, is a little humdrum, but he likes it that way. And it’s safe, because he lets no one get close.

While cutting onions one day, Cassidy sees a clip of a documentary on TV, and lo, he sees his old friend Levi, who he’s been looking for for years. The next day, he’s traveling west to Wyoming, taking a job as a chef at a guest ranch.

When Cassidy shows up in his kitchen, Levi’s world is turned upside-down.

A gay m/m cowboy romance with opposites attract, emotional scars, grumpy/sunshine, friends from childhood, and desire that simply won’t go away. A little sweet, a little steamy, with a guaranteed HEA.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09BBQ69MG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blue Rain Press (February 22, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 22, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4404 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1942809727

Best Sellers Rank: #122,265 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,719 in Gay Romance
- #4,889 in LGBTQ+ Romance (Books)
- #19,638 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)

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Jackie North has been writing stories since grade school and her dream was to someday leave her corporate day job behind and travel the world. She also wanted to put her English degree to good use and write romance novels, because for years she’s had a never-ending movie of made-up love stories in her head that simply wouldn’t leave her alone.

Luckily, she discovered m/m romance and decided that men falling in love with other men was exactly what she wanted to write about. In this dazzling new world, she turned her grocery-store romance ideas around and is now putting them to paper as fast as her fingers can type. She creates characters who are a bit flawed and broken, who find themselves on the edge of society, and maybe a few who are a little bit lost, but who all deserve a happily ever after. (And she makes sure they get it!)

She likes long walks on the beach, the smell of lavender and rainstorms, and enjoys sleeping in on snowy mornings. She is especially fond of pizza and beer and, when time allows, long road trips with soda fountain drinks and rock and roll music. In her heart, there is peace to be found everywhere, but since in the real world this isn’t always true, Jackie writes for love.

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Dkm2014

Wonderful Second Chance Romance - Review by Janet Morse

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2022

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Levi and Cassidy, oh how I love thee! I’ve been rooting for Levi to find his HEA throughout all the Farthingdale Ranch books, but he’s been aloof, a mystery and very difficult to understand. And now we know why.

Levi and his mother have been on the run, hiding from his father his entire life. He’s been taught to keep to himself, fly under the radar. When he shows up in the wrong homeroom at his new school, Cassidy is immediately drawn to “the most beautiful boy in the school”. After a year of adventures, drawing closer to one another, tragedy strikes and Levi disappears.

A decade later, through a twist of fate, the are reunited at the Farthingdale Ranch. Secrets are revealed, love is rekindled, and as adults they are able to choose their future and each other.

This books has all the feels. I cried, I laughed and my heart stopped a few times. The dialog between these two is so warm and genuine, they really want what is best for the other and their commitment to each other is beautiful. There is a perfect balance between sweet and sexy, and very scene unfolds at a perfect pace. And the cameos by previous MC’s, especially Kit, who I adore, makes this book pitch perfect.

*I received an ARC and posted this review voluntarily.*

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Such an emotional story.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2022

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Each and every book in this Farthingdale series is packed with partnering love connections. But nothing beats the story of Levi and Casey. Kindred spirits since as 14YOA boys both had their hearts ripped apart by circumstances beyoud their young lives. I loved Casey's rose colored hope of rediscovering Levi. Casey lost Levi after one eventful incidence but never gave up on his search to find Levi again. It took 14 years but because of a YouTube video Casey travels to Wyoming to reconnect with Levi and maybe reconnect with his "sweetheart prince". As for Levi his mother had abruptly dragged him injuried from the Three Cassidys incident in North Terrytown and into a life of running and hiding. Levi was tired and finding Farthingdale was the safe place for his heart to land at. All the characters from the previous books make appearances and a new one is added; namely Uncle Mack who protects both Casey and Levi in his countless ways. This is a story of real life circumstances that are not glossed over but told honestly.

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The Gangster is a Cutie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 4, 2022

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The "gangster" in this book is a sweetheart named Cassidy and his only nefarious connection is, well, get the book and plow into it right away and get the answer.

The cook in this instance is Levi, a somewhat exaggerated depiction of him on the cover.

If you are a fan of this series you will get an abundance of interactions with other members of the ranch, most particularly Kit, who became Brody's boyfriend at the end of the previous installment. Given the rough start to the reunion that Cassidy forces on Levi (read the blurb) this interaction turns out to be as important as the love story and ties a lot of the loose ends from the previous books.

There is no need to go into all these incidents--just get this one and have a wonderful time figuring out how things will turn out and then sit back and wait for the final book which ought to be another tour-de-force.
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It gets steaming hot in the kitchen with Levi and Cassidy!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2022

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It was fun to experience a different aspect of Farthingdale Ranch in this story – namely, the kitchen, where all of the amazing food that has been described in the series thus far originates. Levi is the head chef, and his best friend/the boy he loved in high school, Cassidy, has tracked him down to the Ranch. I always enjoy a second chance story, though to be fair these two never really had much of a first chance at love before they were separated one fateful day, not to see each other again for ten years. Despite the secret that had Levi on the run and kept them apart, Levi and Cassidy together as men is a satisfying and sweet story, told with all of the tenderness and sensitivity you expect from a Jackie North book. I found this one to be pleasantly a bit steamier than her usual, but rest assured that all of the feels are there. The beauty and inclusiveness of Farthingdale Ranch is the perfect setting for two men who have suffered the absence of the other, as though a part of them had been missing, to be made whole.

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Strong 3.5

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2022

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I've enjoyed this series from the beginning, this story is no exception. Levi is the strong silent head Chef of the ranch, while Cassidy is a young love he lost long ago. A chance news documentary brings Cassidy back into his life and to his arms.
It's a good second chance romance for two characters that have good chemistry. My only real critisism is that there was alot of thoughts and turmoil about their past when I wish there had been more about them in present time. Yes the back story was good but I think there was too much time spent on it.

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Otakuchik

Adorable grumpy sunshine

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 25, 2022

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Plot: Sweet childhood friends to almost lovers, second chance at love, grumpy (or more of a lonely)/sunshine
Feels: This was definitely a sweet hot cocoa with a huge dollop of marshmallow on top!
Drama: Scene at the Rusty Nail that continues somewhat from Kit’s story in The Wrangler and the Orphan and ends with satisfying conclusion. The story behind why Levi left North Tarrytown.
Heat: 2/5
Characters: Levi is absolutely adorable. He just needs ALL the hugs! I love how Cassidy is so determined and fearless going after what and whom he wants - “I licked you. You’re mine.” Cue the squee. Cassidy also bestows his sunshininess upon others at Farthingdale Ranch, especially Kit - it was lovely to see their friendship develop
Pacing: Medium
Length: Read 4 hours straight through
Ending: HEA. The free bonus download is a MUST. It’s truly an epilogue not to be missed… one side-effect: I immediately needed to reread Honey From the Lion.

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sss

A sweet romance story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 5, 2022

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I love these stories, there is always a background story which intertwines. I just wish they were a bit spicier. The sexual chemistry is there but it ways takes a few chapters too long for anything to happen. If you are after a sweet romance then this will work for you. Glad Chef Levi got his happiness back.

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Enjoyed

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 26, 2022

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While I enjoyed this book iverall, I felt like there was a lot of content that was a waste. I'd have enjoyed more interaction between the 2MC's vs all the talk about the surroundings, their jobs, and their long tedious inner thinkings.

Jodie.c

Not a mobster

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on March 10, 2022

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Yea Levi finally got his man. Who knew it was a childhood friend and he’d been on the run with his mum from his abusive dad all his life and finally that prick Eddie at the Rusty Nail got his comeuppance. Now for the last book in the series 😕

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