Review: Enjoyable!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2013
Reviewed by Katheryn Lanefor TheRomanceReviews.comFalling for a real Texas cowboy wasn't on the itinerary when visiting her long lost cousin in Dallas. Neither was returning to England with a broken heart.Victoria Baker was instantly smitten when cowboy Jack Cassidy winked at her while she lunched with her cousin Laura on the patio of a swanky Dallas restaurant. Socialite Laura was appalled when her cousin Vicky flirted right back with a lowly cowboy, but Vicky never encountered cowboys in England and nothing Laura said would keep her from returning the handsome cowboy's wink.Despite Laura's many attempts to keep Vicky from a relationship with an inappropriate man, the Hermes box Jack left on their table gave Vicky a reason to seek him out. And, Jack, just as anxious to be found, soon had Vicky sneaking around behind her cousin's back. But while Vicky's life is an open book, Jack isn't what he seems. He's a man with secrets and one of them just can't be overlooked. It's enough to break a trusting woman's heart.THE TEXAS COWBOY is one of those stories that grabs you with the opening scene and teases you with the fabled romance of the cowboy. I found I was just as quickly enamored with Jack as Vicky was, even though I knew from the author's veiled hints that the very likable Jack had some terrible secret lurking beneath his genuine charm and easy manners.Author Katheryn Lane held Jack's secrets well and then took me down hard with a sucker punch that I can't reveal without spoiling this tale for readers. At that point, I suddenly found myself with mixed emotions about Jack because he'd suddenly become a false and craven man and a no-good heartbreaker. Fortunately for Jack, the talented Ms. Lane finally endowed him with the gumption to stop letting himself be a victim of his past, but it took some scheming by interested third parties to give Jack one last chance to make things right with Vicky.Ms. Lane is skilled at eliciting an emotional response from readers and this quick 85 page novella is perfect entertainment for whiling away a couple of hours. Scenes of both an adult and a sexual nature are referenced but not very descriptive, so those who like a cleaner romance likely won't be skipping any pages in their race to the finish.