Review: Cowboy Honor (Tangled Up in Texas #5) by Michelle Beattie

This time he wants it all...

Hudson Granger’s family has been estranged since he was a boy. Sixteen years later, not much is different. Or so he thought. After an eighteen-month deployment, he arrives home to his family’s Texas ranch and is shocked by how much life has changed. His brothers are mending fences and have found love. Their father is slowly recovering from a massive heart attack. The kick to Hudson’s chest—learning he has an infant daughter.

Nurse Avery Collins never planned on telling Hudson their vacation fling had resulted in a child. He’d made it clear he wasn’t looking for anything serious, and after her dad ran out on her and her family, she didn’t want to rely on a man for anything. But when her daughter has a serious health scare, Avery’s hand is forced.

Despite their sizzling attraction, Avery is determined to keep Hudson at arm’s length, co-parenting only. But Hudson wants everything—a wife and a family. And he’s determined to get it.

 

My Review:

A welcome addition to the Tangled Up in Texas series. 

Eighteen months ago, Hudson Granger lost his best friend.  To numb the pain, he hooked up with Avery Collins, a girl he met on South Padre Island.  He never expected to see her again.  But when he returned from his deployment in the middle east, he discovered Avery had his baby.  Now, Hudson has his job cut out for him learning to be a father and trying to convince Avery they could be a good family together. 

I enjoyed seeing how Avery and Hudson put their emotional pasts behind them in order to trust enough to give love a chance.  This book answered a lot of questions I had as I read the previous books in the series.  I would definitely read this series in order.   

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. 

 

 

Review: The Wedding Planner Playbook by Shannon Stults

May the best wedding planner win…

After spending years making a name for herself as one of Atlanta’s top wedding planners, Tori Schaefer moved to the small, coastal town of Bedland Shores, Georgia, to take over her mother’s wedding planning business. While attending a wedding to assess the local competition, Tori meets a charming, camera-wielding stranger with a smile that leaves her heart stuttering.

Wyatt Rhodes has always loved helping couples celebrate their special day and created Narrative Weddings to do just that. When he runs into a gorgeous woman at one of his weddings, he’s completely smitten until he learns she’s his competition for the most influential wedding the town has ever seen.

They have two weeks to find the perfect venue and pitch their ideas to the bride. Tori is willing to do whatever it takes to land the gig that’ll put her business on the map. Can she find the balance between attraction and rivalry, or will her determination to win lose her a chance at her own happy ever after? 

 

My Review:

A sweet romance.

Tori Schaefer recently moved to the small coastal town of Bedland Shore, Georgia to take over her mother’s wedding planning business.  She soon finds herself in competition with another wedding planner, Wyatt Rhodes, for the biggest society wedding of the season.

The first scene where Tori and Wyatt first met was so much fun to read.  I could easily visualize it.  I enjoyed the chemistry and banter between them.  Their competitive spirits couldn’t even ruin their friendship.  The romance in this story was slow building, but well worth the wait.  I liked the small town feel and secondary characters in the story too.