Review: Loved it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
Welcome to Pistol Rock, Texas where everyone knows secrets last about as long as the sporadic west Texas rain showers.Laney Briggs has long been considered reckless by the denizens of her hometown, but she’s finally turned it all around—she’s happily engaged to the local veterinarian and she’s become a Pistol Rock deputy sheriff. Everything’s fine and dandy—until a dead body turns up and her ex, Texas Ranger Gunner Wilson, decides to stick his boots into the town’s first murder case.  Of course, the troublesome cowboy’s rugged good looks and T-shirt-straining muscles are already leaving Laney knee-deep in hot water, but she’ll be damned if she lets Gunner trample all over her turf. She’s decided that, instead of conflict, she wants a contented, steady life with her vet—a life in which Gunner Wilson and his seemingly endless ability to undermine her resolve and her libido plays no part. Still, it’s hard to keep her head as forbidden sparks ignite and suspicions arise between old rivals and old flames. And when the bodies start to pile up, Laney has to ask the lethal bad boy for a hand—and a truce in exchange for his help. But after uncovering the pack of lies surrounding not only her job but her heart…  Having an ex-boyfriend as an ally might not be the best idea, but it’s certainly the most reckless, and Laney has always been pretty reckless…Review:What a great start to a new series!Loved feisty Laney Briggs, she is smart, fun, dedicated and has a past that is going to catch up to her in the form of her ex, Gunner Wilson.Everything and everyone are not who they seem in the small Texas town of Pistol Rock.  Things start getting strange when they find dead cows and one dead person.  The mystery, suspense, drug trafficking and action ratchet up from there.  Laney does not know who to trust between the murders that are happening and drugs being peddled through the town.  That includes Gunner, a Texas Ranger, who comes back to town to investigate the drug trafficking and to win Laney back, which not going to be easy with Laney engaged to another man.I loved that Laney did not immediately fall back into Gunner's arms, she fought her feelings and insecurities and tried to protect her heart from the beating it took when Gunner was unfaithful and left.  Gunner does not give up easily and keeps trying to chip away at the wall Laney has erected because of the past.  Unfortunately, for Laney it seems her love life cannot get any easier with a finance, Nathan, Gunner and Luke as seeming to vie for her.This story kept me on my toes trying to figure out who or whom was behind everything happening in town.  Poor Laney seems to get the lights knocked out of her on more than one occasion because of her investigation.The ending was great and rounded out the story nicely.Cannot wait to see what happens with Laney and the citizens of Pistol Rock next!!4.5 stars