When she arrives on her first day of service at Harlan Beckett's cattle ranch, she realizes Harlan is "Buddy," the cocky teen who asked her out when they were in high school. Lexi soon becomes certain he wants revenge for the way she put him down years before...

When he has her muck out cattle stalls, she gets accosted by a bull. How was she to know that her visitor was Bess, a Longhorn cow? Besides, it has long horns and looks like a male. When Buddy returns, he finds a gate open and his garden trampled by cattle. It doesn't take him long to realize that Lexi is a walking disaster. To play it safe, Buddy asks her to defrost his fridge. How much damage could she do inside his house?

He soon learns when he finds the kitchen in a shambles. Randy, a calf, follows Lexi into the kitchen and proceeds to destroy that room and more. That's just the beginning of a series of mishaps involving cattle, a goat, and even a flying pig... misadventures that have Buddy and Lexi struggling against, but unable to deny, their growing attraction.

M.K. Trent has done an excellent job in putting together a humorous story that goes beyond the usual romantic comedy. Her characters are sensitive and caring: i.e. Lexi rushes to her father's side after he suffers a stroke, and Buddy has set aside a trust fund for his ten-year-old sister, who has Down Syndrome, in anticipation of the day when his parents are too old to care for her themselves.

Locking Horns is an outrageously funny, thoroughly enjoyable premier romance. I personally consider it a "don't miss" read and a real keeper! I can't wait for more offerings from this highly talented author.