TEXAS LOVING
ISBN: 978-0-8439-5686-3
Leisure Historical Romance
Leigh Greenwood
Leigh
Greenwood has done it again for the last installment of The
Cowboys series, Eden's story. When Isabelle Maxwell finds out
she's the illegitimate offspring of the Earl of Southampton who has
come to claim her as his own, Isabelle, her daughter Eden, and her
cowboy rancher husband Jake, set off to England at the Earl's
request to meet the rest of the family. Feeling
like fish out of water, the Maxwell's do their best to understand
the British side of the family with Eden having an especially hard
time appreciating the reasons for the reserve the Earl's family
exercises to cover up their real feelings about things. This is
particularly true of her distant cousin, Edward, heir to the title.
He's being hornswoggled into a loveless marriage to save the estate.
When she shares a secret in order to set him free from the
obligation, she's unprepared for the fallout and so is Edward. Finding
himself in Texas, of all places, with few skills and little money,
Edward Davenport hooks up with the only family he knows this side of
the Atlantic and signs on as a ranch hand at Eden's brothers' ranch.
It's no accident that he headed for Texas because he can't seem to
get Eden and her freewheeling ways off his mind despite her blurting
out a secret that changed his life. He's longed for personal freedom
and now that he's got it he's out to prove he can cut it in a new
world. Part
of proving himself is staking his own claim to a ranch but he needs
some cowboy experience as well as money. He hopes to earn the money
from entering his horse, Crusader, in an important race. Until he
has a life to offer Eden, he has to keep his emotions in check. With
her coming to help out her brothers' pregnant wives, that's going to
be harder than he ever imagined. Succumbing to the charms of Eden's
blunt, open and tantalizingly expressive ways, Edward will soon
discover there is nothing like Texas Loving. But with unseen enemies
targeting the Maxwell's on their own land and the race an
opportunity for more mayhem, their future is in jeopardy. This
book is an intriguing end to the beloved series, contrasting British
formality and reticence with open-handed Texas freedom, all against
the sweeping backdrops of England and the open range of Texas. Eden
has grown into a plucky heroine, ready to do what it takes to help
the man she loves find his heart, and as importantly, listen to it.
With plenty of twists and turns to keep the action moving and
characters that strike just the right cord, Texas Loving is the
final gem in the Cowboy series crown. |
