Cowboy Up • Alexandra Banks • Book 1• Heartland Cowboys Series

Date Started : 24 January 2026

Date Finished : 03 February 2026

Star Rating : ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ 7/6

Thank you to Alexandra Banks for the opportunity to read this book, when you had messaged me about this I was super stoked! and then from there you have been amazing just talking like friends!

This book is one of those sit down, shut up, leave me alone and forget about your responsibilities because I want to read this in one sitting! This book had me hooked, it was unputdownable, amazing to read. I really did enjoy it and oh my the characters!

It was perfect timing when I got this book as I needed something fun, good, hooking etc to read after surgery. This was perfect for that and it really did fill in my time where I wasn't able to do much except for rest and sleep on and off. I know that it did take me some time to read with surgery, anaesthetic, and the medications that the doctor has me on, but I really did get there in the end and I did well reading it.

OMG the plot, the story line and the characters fitted together ever so perfectly. They are my kind of people that I would have in my life as friends, and they're entertaining. The banter well that was bloody amazing as well, it cracked me up a lot throughout the book and gave me some laughs, some crys and some screaming!

The characters my favourite was of course Maggie, and she is kind of similar personality to myself, and oh my golly she is a photographer!! I am a freelance photographer as well, and I'll be honest I'm just like her and like to put myself in harms way just for that perfect shot haha! Many times i've done that with street rallys, off road rally and also speedway. But I can say I've not done it with a grumpy, nasty and dangerous bull running at me LOL. 

Her relationship with Hadley starts off slow, and also rough. But in the end he wins her around and their story is just beautiful. She cares for him so much and just as much as he cares for them. The way that they banter with each other as well, I love this and a good relationship needs the banter!

Thank you again Alexandra and I cannot wait to see what you send my way next! Hopefully it's sooner than latter cause I really need another good read!

Love Cathy x0x