Review: She's wild, she's bad, she was born to drive men crazy and she's back in town!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2013
Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy[...]She's wild, she's bad, she was born to drive men crazy and she's back in town! Yep, Nikki is back and everyone knows it!Hustlin' Texas is book two in KC Klein's Texas Fever Series and let me tell you, it's everything it promised to be!Nikki Logan has a reputation! Oak Grove's bad girl, wild child and with a chip on her shoulder to boot! She earned every one of those whispers and finger pointing (or did she?). Having fled from town two years previously Nikki is back, she has a college degree and a debt to repay. The last thing she needs is to run into Oak Grove's resident good guy. All polished and pretty and from the "right" family. His family has their own private side of the tracks. But Nikki isn't going to let anything stop her from paying back her loan. She has the brains and the talent to do it and gossip be damned.Jett Avery is a really, really nice guy. He cares.. just that.. honestly and completely cares. He has been a loyal friend to the Logans for as far back as anyone can remember. And when Nikki gets in trouble, then they just call Logan to bail her out. Only, Logan wants more, he always has. If only he can convince his family that Nikki is worth it. That she is the only thing that will ever truly make him happy.Nikki and Logan are fun! Full of surprises.. You would think a town good guy, the white hat, wouldn't have such depth of character but Ms Klein does a wonderful job of writing him with all sorts of hidden depths. He is devoted and loyal but not without his own personal demons to fight. He just chooses to fight them by being a decent guy. Nikki on the other hand.. that girl has had a hard life and been battered and bruised by it. So much so that she doesn't know how to trust. Not to really trust.. even Jett.. but she is determined to live her life on her terms, not on the terms that others have set up for her.I am totally enjoying this series.. it isn't a perfect world, the characters aren't over the top alpha this or bad boy that.. they are special, endearing, realistic and honest. Makes you fall in love with them over and over again!While Hustlin' Texas is the second book in the series it can very easily be read as a stand alone, although why anyone would want to do that *grins*.. My advice, make sure you read Texas Wide Open, First.. Now there's a shocker read in order.. *grins*ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Hustlin' Texas, provided by netgalley