WEDNESDAY REVIEW - Wrangling A Texas Sweetheart

 Happy Wednesday, my friends!

I've been busy setting up as much as I can since Bob will probably be home today. I won't do anything but listen him talk about his trip for the rest of the week. That's okay. He listens to me, too. Large part of why we've been married forty-one years in August. You have to communicate - in the right way. I'll loop back to communication in the actual review. But first....

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Watch out, Wilder, Texas! Sweetie's back in town!

 Sweetheart Mae Holiday is the oldest of the six Holiday sisters—the one who carries the burden of continuing the family's ranching tradition. Except Sweetie doesn't want to be a rancher. She wants to be the next Dolly Parton. And she's going to achieve her dream come hell or high water...or the inability to sing her songs in front of a crowd. When her daddy suffers a heart attack, she heads home to Wilder. Before she even reaches the edge of town, she's pulled over by a sexy-but-grumpy sheriff who makes it clear she's not welcome. Since before she headed off to Nashville she broke his cousin's heart, she understands why Sheriff Decker Carson has a bone to pick. But no one tells Sweetie what she can and can't do. When she finds out her mama and daddy are losing the ranch, Sweetie decides to put her country music dreams on hold and stay to help save her beloved home—even if she has to take on a stubborn Texas lawman whose sizzling kisses make her start to wonder if she’s been following the wrong dream all along.

 Decker Carson has had a thing for Sweetie since first seeing her strut around the Holiday Ranch with her golden ponytail swinging and her eyes sparkling like a dew-drenched meadow. But he flat refuses to let his feelings show. Everyone in Wilder knows Sweetie has always been Jace’s girl. Jace is not only Decker’s cousin, but also the one who helped him get through the loss of both his parents. Decker is not about to break the no-kissing-cousin’s-girlfriends rule—even if Sweetie and Jace have been broken up for years. Unfortunately, when a scintillating rumor spreads through town and every cowboy in the county starts showing up on the Holiday’s front porch with flowers and marriage proposals, it’s Decker’s job as sheriff to untangle the mess. Which means spending a lot more time with the one woman he can’t resist . . . and the one girl he wants to make his own.

First off, it's kind of hard to read the last quarter of the book when you can't see through your tears. Katie Lane pulled out all the stops on this one. She also brought in the communication aspect between the characters in a way I've never seen before. Sure, lots of authors write about how the hero and heroine have trouble getting on the same page because they 'think' they know what the other is thinking. But, Katie Lane really brought it home. I knew Decker and Katie were right for one another when he was not swayed by her sweet voice and batting eyelashes in the opening. Not because he didn't want to be, but because he knew if he gave in, there'd be no turning back. He'd been gone for her since he was fourteen. Those first crushes really can lead to the real deal. Like Mimi suggested, things take time to grow.

I could not find a thing wrong with this book. Not so much as a missing piece or crumb to interfere. I'm going to have to read the rest of the series. Rome has my attention and he's in Book 2.

I'm giving Wrangling A Texas Sweetheart:

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All my best!

~ Angela