Review: Capturing the Texas Rancher's Heart (The Tremaynes of Texas #1) by Debra Holt

She thought she’d protected her heart…

After a tumultuous childhood, nurse Jamie Westmoreland craves the comfort of predictability. She loves her quiet life in a small Texas ranching town and finally feels in control until a handsome rancher becomes her newest patient. He challenges her at every turn, but Jamie is too stubborn to admit she enjoys their sparring, and that he makes her heart race. But when his charming little cowboy son starts following her around, her long-neglected heart opens.

Thomas Tremayne, the eldest son of a well-respected local ranching family, is both mom and dad to his young son and has no plans to change. When a ranch injury requires an in-house expert, the nurse who called him out on his attitude is sent to help him heal. She’s even harder to resist on his ranch than she was at the hospital, but Thomas is determined to try—except he’s out-numbered. His son decided he wants a mom, and nurse Jamie is his choice.

Can two stubborn adults let down their guard long enough to let love in again?

 

My Review:

A sweet small-town romance.

Jamie Westmoreland and Thomas Tremayne first met in the hospital where he was recovering from an injury that required surgery.  Neither one of them really liked the other.  Jamie soon finds herself in the position of caring for Thomas at his ranch, as a private-duty nurse.  Taking care of a stubborn cowboy was definitely not what she signed up to do.  

Thomas is a single father and a hard worker.  He isn’t going to let this injury keep him down.  He has a ranch to run and a son to raise.  Then he finds out the prickly nurse from the hospital is going to be staying with him to help him through the rest of his recovery.  Little did Thomas or Jamie know, they would soon find themselves falling in love. 

I enjoyed seeing Jamie and Thomas let their guard down enough to get to know each other and finally fall in love.  I really liked Andy, Thomas’s son, a lot.  He sure did steal a few scenes.  This is the perfect start to a new series that I look forward to catching up with.