Review: Good Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
When I first began reading "Texas Secrets" I found it similar to "Chasin Mason". In "Chasin Mason" the inheritance of a ranch was given to the daughter who was left there by a woman the father was going to marry, and who had grown up on and worked the ranch like a real daughter; but provisions were made for his estranged son to co-inherit if he lived on the ranch for one year. In "Texas Secrets" the father gave the ranch house and 1 acre of land  to Maddie Collins, the daughter of a man he had wronged, but left his 2 estranged sons the ranchland. The will stated Maddie must live in the house for one month, and if she wanted to continue living in the house permanently, it would be hers, if not, his son, Boone, could buy her out. Mr. Gallagher, Boone's father, had purchased the ranch house owned by Maddie's grandmother after her death, so Maddie  had roots there. Boone Gallagher loved the old ranch house; the only home he'd ever known. After his mother's death, he and his father did not get along, so Boone joined the service as a teenager and became a SEAL, until he was injured. He had just returned "home" when Maggie appeared and dropped the bombshell--it was her house!Although the books held some similarities, the story-lines were very different. I much preferred "Texas Secrets". It had a few unexpected twists and turns and was better written, in my opinion. There was more depth to the story.I highly recommend reading it.