Laramie's brother just got hurt and the medical bills for her family are gonna be really big. She has just recently gotten a job offer to go to a small town in Russia though and help a Russian cattle ranch become better and be run better than it has been being run.

Laramie doesn't speak Russian and for the most part the Russian ranch hands don't speak too much English and so a translator is brought in as well. Enter Ana. She has quite the past and was an interesting character (as was Laramie). They grow closer, but, they're both in Russia where (as the characters keep saying) being gay is illegal, and so their relationship may be dead on arrival before it has even started.

At the beginning I had a thought about where the plot could go on one specific point, and I just cracked up with happiness when I turned out to be right. It was awesome.

The characters were all so unique and cool too. From Shorty to Vlad, and everyone in between.

My only real problem with the novel was that some of the ending just seemed too pat and too easy for the characters (from an 'everything works out like a perfect puzzle' point of view). I just wish that the end here had been a little messier.

But, overall it was a fun read and something new that I don't think I've read yet (anything mostly set in Russia).

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to Bold Strokes Books. ( )