Review: Great book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2013
I love this book, A Betting Bride. It is as good as the first one, A Bargain Bride or maybe a little bit better. I can't decide. You don't have to read the first book to enjoy this one but it is interesting to visit 'old friends'.I love the quotes at the top of each chapter. I wish that the author of the quote had been included (Google found the one I was interested in so no problem).Ms. Demedeiros is very clever at putting words together to paint a picture. A small example - The town doctor to a patient, "For such a small town, you folks around here have a nasty habit of getting yourselves shot, stabbed, and your ladies pregnant. I can see the entertainment in one of those activities but I question your sanity on the other two." A few words that says a whole lot.As the conflict between Alac and Serena was reveled, it explained how Alac became who he was and reminded us that we all come with baggage.The whole town of Liberty Texas is peopled with folks I would like to know. I would have liked to know more about the bad guy and his relationship with his daughter too but I suspect that will be in the next book. I would like to know more about the candle maker with the scar on his face that had been in prison. Maybe another book?There was some bad language used but no more than what is on tv every day. Ladies in the time frame the book takes place in did not use those words or they would have been shunned. I would rather they not be included  but in the real world they are so...There were enough hints and things not resolved to make waiting for the third book hard. I can't wait to see what happens next.