Review: A very good second book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
Texas Lonely is book seven of the Galleghers of Morning Star series by Jane Brashears.  This is the story of Mitch who was banished from Morning Star.  Jane manages to keep the excitement of the Gallegher series alive in this book.  How you can get to book seven and not repeat yourself too much is something Jane does quite well.Mitch Gallegher is a loner.  He had always been the “different” son on the ranch.  He did not like ranching and wanted to be anywhere but there.  He was a “hellraiser” and it got him into major trouble.  He and his father exchanged harsh words and his father told him to get his things and leave.  His father was a very hard man.  Mitch gathered his things and left the ranch.  His mother followed him to try to talk some sense into him when she crashed.  Mitch saw her lose control and crash and was back there in a flash. However, he could do nothing but hold her until she died before the paramedics got there.  His father was furious and heartbroken and in his pain told Mitch to leave and never to return.  He was no longer welcome.  He wasn’t to attend the funeral.  Mitch took all of this to heart as only a seventeen year old can and left for good.  His only regrets were his responsibility in the death of his mother and leaving his brothers behind.  He roamed until he reached the Wind River Range of Wyoming and ran into Cyrus Blackburn.  Cy was a hermit and allowed Mitch to live with him and learn from him.  When Cy got sick, Mitch tried to reach his granddaughter but she would not come to the phone after he had walked three miles to get to one.  She never answered Cy’s letters nor did she write him.  When Cy died, he left the cabin and all his property to Mitch.  Mitch is content to live out his life here since he can’t go home.Perrie Matheson is Cy’s granddaughter.  She loved her grandfather dearly as he was her only relative.  However, she married Simon thinking she had found her Prince; but he was an evil and ruthless man.  She found out about some of his business dealings.  She did bear him a son, Davey.  Davey is now five and his father has little use for him.  He found someone he wanted to marry more than Perrie so he divorced her and let her keep Davey but she could not leave Boston without his permission.  When Perrie finds he intends to take Davey and bring him up as his son, since his new wife could not have children, she ran.  She told Elias, the gardener, where she would be but no one else.  At any time she could have turned Simon in but he had done a good PR job of making her out to be an unfit mother and wife for someone as prominent as he was.  She ran.  She ran to her Grandfather’s cabin.  They got to within a couple of miles of his cabin and parked in a parking area.  They then set out on foot for the cabin.  They were at the start of a blizzard and Perrie finally could not make it; but Davey went on to find help.  Luckily Mitch heard his cry.Mitch found Davey and finally Perrie and took them to his house and made sure Davey was taken care of while he took care of Perrie who was quite ill and unconscious. She is very upset when she comes to because she does not trust men.  However, they were marooned with Mitch until the snow stopped.Many things happen while they were in the cabin.  Davey is a typical 5 year old and they do manage to get themselves into problems.  Perrie wants to leave as soon as possible with Davey but Mitch finally decides he really wants them to stay.  How can they stay when he is a murderer without much to look forward to him.Will Simon find them?  What will happen between Perrie and Mitch?  How does he get connected to the Galleghers and received an invitation to come back home?