With a career and a relationship in ruins, Jubilee Hamilton is left reeling from a fast fall to the bottom. The run-down Texas farm she's inherited is a far cry from the second chance she hoped for, but it and the abrasive foreman she's forced to hire are all she's got.
Every time Charley Collins has let a woman get close, he's been burned. So Lone Heart ranch and the contrary woman who owns it are merely a means to an end, until Jubilee tempts him to take another risk—to stop resisting the attraction drawing them together despite all his hard-learned logic.
Desperation is all young Thatcher Jones knows. And when he finds himself mixed up in a murder investigation, his only protection is the shelter of a man and woman who—just like him—need someone to trust.
The story seized my attention on the first page and drew me right into the story. It was a page turner for sure. I found it difficult to put down and read into the wee small hours, way past my bedtime!
I loved the way the romance slowly began to grow, trust, friends and then the budding romance progressed slowly throughout the story.
Not only was there light romance, but there was a mystery intertwined throughout the story. It also had a bit of comic relief scattered here and there. It was just a wonderful all-around feel good story, just the way I like my stories. I really, really liked this book and I decided it deserves 5 "Lone Heart" stars.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A fifth-generation Texan, JODI THOMAS sets the majority of her novels in her home state. Thomas is a marriage and family counselor by education, with a background that enables her to write about family dynamics. Honored in 2002 as a Distinguished Alumni by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Thomas enjoys interacting with students on the West Texas A & M University campus, where she currently serves as Writer in Residence. When not working on a novel or inspiring students to pursue a writing career, Thomas enjoys traveling with her husband, Tom, renovating a historic home they bought in Amarillo, and "checking up" on their two grown sons.
LONE HEART PASS
By Jodi Thomas
HQN Books; April 26, 2016
$7.99; 384 pages
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This sounds like a wonderful story, Gigi Ann, worthy of 5 "Lone Heart" stars!
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple of her books and need to read more.
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