Texas Rain - Jodi Thomas

The first time Rainey Adams meets Texas Ranger Travis McMurray, she steals a kiss-and then his horse. Now Travis is deteremined to track down this intriguing woman and bring her back to the Whispering Mountain Ranch as his bride. But this renegade may be too much for even the toughest Texas Ranger to handle.

This is my first book by Jodi Thomas and I feel instantly in love!! I have to say that my ultimate type of hero is a cowboy. I love highlanders, vampires, shifters, werewolves and the like but give me a hot cowboy (more particularly if it is set in Texas in the 1800s YUM-O)!!!  So now I have to get the next four books in the series...gosh I need to quit finding awesome authors because if I keep it up I will never get that huge to be read pile to go down!!

Rainey Adams has run away from her father's clutches. He planned to have Rainey married off to a man twice her age because bluntly he was tired of dealing with her. Rainey decided she did not want to live the life that her mother had. Living with a mean husband who was abusive. He ran an upscale girls school and at the mere age of 13 he forces her to work without pay and constantly promised to do so but it never came. So after her mother's death and her fathers remarriage she sneaks into his office steals what is owed to her for working and sets out to get as far away from him as possible.

Travis McMurray was finally home for a reprieve after years of service in the Texas Rangers. While attending a barn dance he runs into a woman who captivates him so much she steals his horse right from under his nose. He sets out for her and during his search he gets shot. During his recovery he and Rainey share many letters and during this time his need to have her grows.

He finally catches up with his "fairy" and finds she has started to make a life for herself and refuses to marry him and be beholden to any man.

Soon Travis and Rainey are dealing with old foes of Travis who want to seek out their revenge for him putting them in jail and killing one of their brothers. In the process Rainey comes to realize that Travis is different than her father that he makes her feel worthy and capable.

From the first page I was hooked on the story and was very much invested in the growth of the relationship between Rainey and Travis. I found that it progressed at the perfect pace. It also had plenty of action and was well balanced with the softer side of the story.

If you want to read a story that it is endearing and also full of adventure and of course a hot Texas Ranger then you need to pick up this book.

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Currently Reading: Captured by the Highlander by Julianne MacLean (I know I said I was going to read The Lady Most Likely but I got this book and just couldn't resist it)
Up Next: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (so excited to read this book)
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Nobody's Darling - Teresa Medeiros

                                  

What Amazon says about this book:

Spinster Esmerelda Fine is intent on arresting Billy Darling, the man she believes killed her little brother. When the police can't get the job done, she leaves her home in Boston and travels to Calamity, New Mexico, where she confronts Billy in the Tumbleweed Saloon. When the town sheriff refuses to arrest Billy, Esmerelda takes matters into her own hands and aims her pistol right at him. Unfortunately, she faints at the precise moment she pulls the trigger. When she awakens in a jail cell and finds Billy leaning against the wall outside the bars, Esmerelda is incensed. But she quickly calms down when he tells her that her brother is alive. Esmerelda doesn't trust the handsome youngest brother of the infamous Darling gang, but Billy convinces her to hire him to find her beloved brother. Billy gets more than he bargained for in Esmerelda, for the prim and proper lady has him aching with desire. Meanwhile, Esmeralda struggles to maintain a suitable distance from the charming Billy and is dismayed to find that she is losing her heart to the outlaw. Full of lovable characters, outlandish instances, and Medeiros's trademark humor, Nobody's Darling is a delight to read. --Lois Faye Dyer

I read this book a couple of weeks ago and I decided to do a review of it since I started this blog to talk about books and things.

I just want to personally thank Teresa Medeiros for creating one of the sexiest heroes I've read in awhile!! I mean as you probably already know I'm a bit partial to the cowboy hero but this one was just sexiness on toast with butter....hahahahahaha!!!

I love the chemistry between William Darling and Esmerelda Fine...it is literally sparking off of the pages!! I knew after reading this book it would be one of those books that I pull out when I want to read a great story!!

OH I also found a very sexy fan made tribute video to this book and I hope you like it too!!



If you wanna get your own copy just go here ---->Nobody's Darling to pick up your very own copy!

I want you guys to know that over the next few days I'm going to be going back over the last few books I've read (okay so it might be a tad bit more than a few, LOL!!) I hope you guys will use my suggestions to read some wonderful books.