Review: It's pretty hot in Hell, Texas
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
There is a very small town tucked away in Texas called Hell.  It has lots of men, very manly men, I might add, but not a lot of women. The mayor of this town known as Mayor Judy is working on a way to change that. She wants to have parades and festivals and even a rodeo featuring women, but the extremely chauvinist men of Hell want no part of it. Mayor Judy is known for her persistence and her ability to keep people in line, she doesn't give up easily.There are two horse training facilities in Hell. The Hell's Outlaws and The Horsemen.  The Outlaws are three former SEAL's  who returned to Hell to find peace and quiet after the nightmare of war. Trace who was their platoon leader, Saint and Declan.  The Horsemen are the misfits of the town, troublemakers with devil may care attitudes. They are fierce rivals with the Outlaws. To this mix, Mayor Judy adds her new "girls." She has formed a trio of riders called Hell's Belles.  Ava, Harper and Cameron are accomplished riders who want to train to be bull fighters.  Their job is to distract the bull when a rider is unseated or in danger.  Trace gives an immediate and resounding NO!  What Mayor Judy, and these women want is impossible. Women can't be bull fighters.  The battle of the sexes begins!I felt at times I was reading a good old western story from yesteryear.  There's  honky tonk bars, where all problems can be solved with a couple of shots of whiskey. The town sheriff Steele, is Judy's boyfriend/lover but she only gives him Saturday nights, and he lives in fear she'll get angry and refuse.  There is an obvious attraction between Ava and Trace but she wants to be a bull fighter and he won't train her.  At one point Ava tells Trace, "Your a male chauvinist pig, straight out of the glory days of chauvinism."  I think that pretty well sums it up!I enjoyed this crazy wild story, it certainly has it's sexy moments and a lot of laughs.  My only problem with the story was that it went on a little too long. The ending is perfect, it just seems to take a while to get there.  When you read this story, you have to firmly plant your tongue in your cheek!I received this eBook from the publishers and NetGalley for an honest review.Pat Fordyce.