The True Love Quilting Club (Twilight, Texas, #2)

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The True Love Quilting Club (Twilight, Texas #2)

by Lori Wilde (Goodreads Author)

3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 · rating details · 388 ratings · 39 reviews

"The pattern of a quilt will always lead you back home."

Trixie Lynn Parks changed her name to Emma, shook the dust of Twilight, Texas, off her shoes, and vowed to make it big in the city. But after twelve years of shattered dreams, she heads back to the ladies of the True Love Quilting Club . . . and to her first love, Sam Cheek.

Some things--and some people--sure have chan...more

Paperback, 384 pages

Published April 13th 2010 by Avon (first published March 27th 2010)

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Dec 01, 2012 Julie Barrett rated it 5 of 5 stars

The True Love Quilting Club by Lori Wilde
Her mother had abandoned her and her father, Rex next he was packing up their things as they were moving again and she wanted to know why he couldn't hug her. He told her and it sunk it causing her to run out of the house, running as fast as she could.
She only wanted to be an actress and she ran into Sam. He took her to the theater where they watched the stars.
Trixie had gone to NY and the after a few years the only thing she had left was a piece of jewel...more

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Aug 23, 2012 CJ - Secret Charm rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: beach-read, contemporary-romance, cute, family, familyconflict, southern-fiction

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While I admit that there were certain parts of this book that could've been fleshed out more (view spoiler), this was still a book that made me sigh with happiness when I closed the book.

Emma has had a crappy life, abandoned by a selfish unfit mother to a man who can't love her as a father should, she has one true friend - Sam Cheek. The kind of boy that all of us would love to have had had as a frien...more 3.6

While I admit that there were certain parts of this book that could've been fleshed out more (view spoiler), this was still a book that made me sigh with happiness when I closed the book.

Emma has had a crappy life, abandoned by a selfish unfit mother to a man who can't love her as a father should, she has one true friend - Sam Cheek. The kind of boy that all of us would love to have had had as a friend and the boy that most of us would have fallen in love with. Kind, steady and with an unflagging belief in Emma, it makes sense that they fall in love at the age of 14. But as childhood often is, adult decisions separate them until 12 years later when Emma is down and out and Sam is a widowed father of a mute boy.

They meet and it's pretty steamy, the tension between them, I just wish there had been more conversation about Emma's reluctance. It seems that while Emma can 'rattle' Sam's cage, Sam doesn't really shake her out of her belief that she is unworthy of love and family. Granted, Sam is a kind, patient and calm kind of guy (He's a small-town vet) and Emma is an exuberant struggling actress so it makes sense if I think about their personalities. However, Sam changed his personality a bit and I still would've liked to see it. Maybe a bit more talking and a little less banging (although, it was pretty hot).

I could've used more Charlie too. He really could've been a vehicle for Emma to face her own issues.

I felt the ending was a bit rushed and this is going to sound odd (view spoiler). Despite my reservations about the ending, it was still worth the read. A great beach read actually.(less)

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Jul 07, 2012 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-books-read, romance

I loved this second visit to Twilight Texas. Emma lived in Twilight for one year before her stepfather moved them away. She had a terrific friendship and beginnings of a romance with Sam. When she was 18 she moved to New York to become an actress. After 12 years and a major scandal she found herself back in Twilight. There she reconnected with Sam. I loved the characters in this book. Emma was fixated on her career and what she had to do to make it big. She knew she wouldn't be staying in Twilig...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Maria rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: in-2012

Picked up from some random place, maybe in Hawaii or maybe in Sydney. It took me till Alice Springs to read it.

This is the story of Emma Parks (née Trixie Lynn Parks) and Sam Cheek. They met when they were both fourteen, exchanged one kiss, and then she moved away. Sixteen years later, she ends up in Twilight, Texas again. Naturally, there are sparks. And of course Emma and Sam fall in love again. Who wouldn't?

There are a few things I liked about this book:
- Charlie and Patches: Border collies a...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Nichole rated it 3 of 5 stars

The True Love Quilting Club is book 2 in the Twilight, Texas series by Lori Wilde. I thought that this book was okay, didn't have as good of a storyline as other books in this series. The plot wasn't very exciting and was pretty predictable. The second half of the book was pretty steamy and seemed like page fillers as the author didn't have anything else for the characters to do/say. I really liked the quotes at the beginning of each chapter.

I like the writing style, its witty like Jenny Cruise...more

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Jul 26, 2010 Ns rated it 4 of 5 stars

The True Love Quilting Club, much like its predecessor, The Sweethearts' Knitting Club in the Twilight, Texas series was a heartfelt, great read. The small, cozy, and homey town of Twilight is once again the enabler of second chances for first and true loves.

We meet Emma (formerly Trixie Lynn) Parks and Sam Cheek. Emma is the small town girl with big city dreams and accompanying failures when it comes to realizing those dreams. Sam is the steady reassuring man, weary with his comfortable life w...more The True Love Quilting Club, much like its predecessor, The Sweethearts' Knitting Club in the Twilight, Texas series was a heartfelt, great read. The small, cozy, and homey town of Twilight is once again the enabler of second chances for first and true loves.

We meet Emma (formerly Trixie Lynn) Parks and Sam Cheek. Emma is the small town girl with big city dreams and accompanying failures when it comes to realizing those dreams. Sam is the steady reassuring man, weary with his comfortable life who yearns for more. Together they make an unlikely match, but with their reunion comes the long-cherished feelings from their childhood. Sam does not come without strings attached, he is a package deal with his young son, who is traumatized by tragedies. This makes loving Sam all the more riskier; Emma is now entrusted with two hearts to care for. Likewise, falling in love with Emma is also risky for Sam, who wants to protect his son.

What Emma will learn is to find happiness in the everyday and ordinary: the love of a good man, friends who are just like family, supportive and constructively critical, and a town that feels like home. What Sam will learn is how to live spontaneously: to find pleasure in carefree and exhilarating activities, to risk his heart for love, and realize that the woman he loves is also exactly what he needs in his life.

Together they balance perfectly. Wilde humanizes the characters: Sam is not the perfect, handsome man, he is scarred both physically and emotionally. Aside from love he also learns to live with his choices and regrets. Coming from an emotionally unstable family -or lack thereof, Emma believes fame is the substitute for a family-less and loveless family. In Sam, she sees that she is wrong. Fame is no substitute for family and love. More than that Emma slips into a role she feels unprepared for. With a less than ideal family history she is unsure of how to embrace a life with Sam and his son. But she does.

Through it all, the town's very own quilting club provide Emma with support and advice. For the reader, they also bring humor to lighten the emotional weight but still keep it heartwarming.(less)

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Jan 01, 2013 Daniela rated it 3 of 5 stars

Book #2 in the Twilight Texas Series, and another cute story. I'm finding these books very entertaining and heart warming. I love how we still get to see the old characters throughout the series, to see how they're all still doing. It's great that they'll all get to cross over in each book. Almost like you never lose touch with an old friend. And let's face it, the ladies that are part of these clubs, make the stories so much funnier and cozier.

Emma...Aka...Trixie Lynn, had a pretty rough life....more Book #2 in the Twilight Texas Series, and another cute story. I'm finding these books very entertaining and heart warming. I love how we still get to see the old characters throughout the series, to see how they're all still doing. It's great that they'll all get to cross over in each book. Almost like you never lose touch with an old friend. And let's face it, the ladies that are part of these clubs, make the stories so much funnier and cozier.

Emma...Aka...Trixie Lynn, had a pretty rough life. Her mom left her when she was a young girl, to go off and follow her dreams, of becoming a star, with the man she thought was her dad. Only to find out years later, that he truly wasn't. She was moved around from state to state, because of her "dad" and she never really had an roots to settle down into. Until she moved to Twilight Texas. There, she finally felt at home. She had friends, enjoyed school, and also fell in love with her first crush, Sam. After a year or so, in Twilight, her "dad" decided that it was time for them to move again. Heart broken, crushed and upset, Trixie Lynn, didn't know what to, besides go with him. 10 years later, Emma, (She legally had her named changed, for acting purposes), finds herself, stuck in a rut, in New York City. Moneyless, jobless and still nothing great in the near future. She's living day by day on hope and selling off things that she can get money for. Following into her mother's footsteps of being a star, was not working out so well for her. Then, she gets a call, that she thinks will change her luck. Her agent, tells her that the top producer in NY wants to hire her for a part. Thinking that she's going to audition for this part, Emma gets ready and excited. Only to be dealt with a hard blow. The producer tells her, he'll hire her on the spot, as long as she sleeps with him. That's where her life goes from bad to horrible. A few months later, Emma gets another call, this time, from someone out in Twilight Texas, to star in an in town production that they put on each year. All she can think of, is her old feelings for Sam and seeing him again. With nothing else to lose, Emma decides to go and see what it has to offer for her...

Sam...aka...Steady Sam, has had a pretty normal life. He got married young to Valerie, then adopted her son, Charlie, when she went off to war as a nurse. Valerie died in the war, and left Sam as a widow. As the town's veterinarian and sought after bachelor, Sam really doesn't need for much. He lives his life day by day and without any drama or craziness. He's known for always doing the right thing, always being calm and a do gooder. The only time Sam was ever wild or had some fun, was when Trixie Lynn was in his life. Even though it was short lived and they were both so young, he has never forgotten about her and still has a soft spot in his heart for her. When he finally see her again, all of his feelings come rushing back. But, he now has Charlie to think about. Should he stay away from Emma for Charlie's sake, because she's not going to stay forever, or jump head first into something he knows will make him happy.

Against all the odds, Emma and Sam, are trying to make something that happened 10 years ago, work again. But, when Emma catches a big break, thanks to another big producer and is flown to LA to star in a movie, will it be enough for her now? Will she finally have all she's ever wanted? Will Sam just be something that she once had?

A very cute love story about trying to beat all the odds, even though all of them are against you!(less)

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Feb 26, 2011 Fedora rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was cute--Trixie Lynn Parks and Sam Cheek were best friends at 14, and shared a surprising first kiss before Trixie's father whisked her off to yet another town. Years later, Trixie, now Emma, is in NYC struggling to find her big break as an actress. A special opportunity brings her back to Twilight, where Sam's now a widowed dad.

It does seem that many of Ms. Wilde's main characters seem to have completely horrible childhoods, I suppose all the better to reflect their remarkableness. On the...more

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May 14, 2010 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, chic-lit-romance

A very sweet, heartwarming love story. Two people who loved each other as kids have now found themselves together again as adults. Their lives are not quite what they thought they would be, but they are still trying to make do. Can their love keep them together, or will life events separate them once more.

This was a very quick read, and although I liked both of the characters, it didn't have anything that made me sit up and say "wow". Unlike Wilde's other book The SweetHeart Knitting club which...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Nancy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-novel, lori-wilde

It was a rather sweet romance. It delt with a 14 year old girl, whose mother had left her to go after stardom, leaving her mother's husband, who was not the girls father. He was not able to give her the love she needed. Trixie Lynn had fallen in love with Sam, when they were both 14 years old. She only lived in Twilight Texas for one year, but it was the only place she ever felt she belonged. The story tells how the two were brought back together, by Sam's match making aunt, and other women of t...more

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Feb 17, 2011 Donna Mcnab rated it 3 of 5 stars

When Trixie Lynn Parks, now known as Emma Parks, returns to Twilight, Texas, after being away in New York for twelve years, she finds that things haven't changed much and that this small little town somehow feels like "home" to her. However, she still has dreams of making it big in her acting career, so feels that she can't stay in Twilight, in spite of the attraction between her and her first big love (when they were both 14). This was a fun love story. I could have used a few less (or at least...more

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Apr 06, 2011 Arlene rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-50-book-challenge, quilting-and-other-needle-arts, romance

Trixie Lynn Parks had one good year in High School when she lived in Twilight, Texas, then she and her father moved again and she even found out why he didn't love her. She left home at 18 and went to New York to become an actress following the path of many young women, roles in off-Broadway and with waitress jobs to pay the bills. Then she got a call to return to Twilight to star in the town play and she found her high-school crush and what she was missing. Can she leave it all behind to go on...more

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Jul 01, 2011 Tytti rated it 4 of 5 stars

It was better than the first one, I think. I actually really liked Emma, she wasn't your typical whining heroine, even though she had her moments =) I liked the fact that she knew what she wanted, even though everything doesn't always go the way you planned...
Sam was... almost perfect; devoted father, great vet, loyal, loving... and is in great shape ;) What more could you want???
But like I said, this was better than the first so I guess I'll have to read part three next =)

See ya!!!

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Jun 08, 2010 Jodi rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010

OK book but I had a really hard time staying interested for some reason. I think I was expecting the quilting club to have more of a main role in the book and it really didn't. The club members showed up frequently throughout the book but most of the focus was on Emma's acting career and Sam's first wife and I felt annoyed with him for marrying someone just to take care of her son for her while she went to war. Nice thing to do but it seemed over the top for someone who is more of a friend than...more

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Apr 21, 2010 Yvonne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

The True Love Quilting Club was only my 4th book by Lori Wilde and so far my favorite.
What I really liked was that the hero, Sam was “normal”. He wasn’t super Alpha, or ex-CIA, FBI etc… He was just an everyday guy head over heals in love with his childhood sweetheart, Trixie Lynn. I really loved both Sam and Trixie Lynn from the start and the secondary characters were just as interesting. This was a sweet romance with some surprisingly hot love scenes. This one is a keeper for me!

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May 29, 2012 Becky rated it 1 of 5 stars

The old saying, "You can't judge a book by its cover" certainly applies here. I thought it would be a wholesome book about love and friendship centered around a group of women who love to quilt. The story line was predictable (as far as girl falls in love with guy and they live happily ever after) and it was just too sexually graffic for my taste. I think it (the cover) would have been more in line with the book's content if it had Fabio on it.

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May 06, 2010 Penney rated it 5 of 5 stars

I highly recommend reading this, Lori has captured the characters very well , I enjoyed this series very much,
It's a terrific story about a small town in Texas with romance all around I loved the characters and settings.
I am so looking forward to more books from Lori Wilde.

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Feb 06, 2011 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I particularly enjoyed the parts about the quilting club and the quilt-related quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Otherwise a standard romance novel plotline... boy and girl meet, they are separated, they meet again as adults, complications ensue...

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Mar 09, 2011 Brandi rated it 4 of 5 stars

While waiting for the Cookie Club book, I picked up this copy from the local library. This is just a good book that follows a simple story line and is pure romance. Can't wait for the Cookiw Club book to arrive.

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Jun 05, 2012 Jewett rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, nook

I like books about quilting and when you throw in a good yarn at the same time, it's really run. A good follow-up to the first book in the series.

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Mar 11, 2011 Sherri rated it 4 of 5 stars

Cute story and believable. Right mix of description, diaglogue, & action. So yes, I would recommend it and I plan to read more by this author.

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Jan 20, 2012 Debbie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

Trixie Lynn returns to Twilight after a scandal in New York, hoping to save her never-really-started acting career

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May 17, 2011 Roberta rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is #2 in the Twilight, Texas series and I really enjoyed this cast of characters too! Fun!

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Dec 13, 2010 H2 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: beach-reads, comtemporary-romance

I like this series...good as a library read....quick and easy. Perfect for taking to the beach.

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May 14, 2010 Nancy Carty Lepri rated it 4 of 5 stars

A delightful read about small town values, closeness and the fact that one does not have to be related by blood to be family.

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Apr 28, 2010 Donna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Great love story. I liked this one bvetter than the first book in this series!!

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Mar 21, 2012 Marcia Harbour rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book. It is a true love story. I love all the Twilight Texas books.

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Mar 25, 2011 Penny Ramirez rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bba-contest-entry, contemporary-romance, series

3.5. Pretty good story - more sappy than I'd choose for myself, but it hooked me. Pretty solid writing.

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May 01, 2010 Karenzielinski rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Romantic, patriotic fluff. Perfect for a lazy day.

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Feb 14, 2013 Joan Horkey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Good but pretty predictable.

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Lori Wilde can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to write. She even went to nursing school so she could have a schedule flexible enough to allow her to write on the side. She nursed for 20 years, working in a variety of settings from the newborn nursery to the recovery room, to dialysis. But she never lost her desire to write.

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