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Can't Stop Believing

(Harmony #6)

Jodi Thomas (Goodreads Author)

4.23 · Rating details · 1,289 ratings · 136 reviews

In New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas’s small town of Harmony, Texas, �there’s always something brewing" (Fallen Angel Reviews). Now, a generations-old feud is about to come to a head—and the stakes couldn’t be higher with two hearts on the line…
Cord McMillan gave up his freedom at eighteen when he went to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, ten years late ...more

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Jul 07, 2013 Anne OK rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013-reads

Each time I open another of Jodi Thomas’ books for a return to Harmony, Texas, it’s like I’m sitting beside a cool flowing creek with the wind in my hair and the smell of fresh air all around me. It’s just that comforting. Nobody does small town characters and settings better. I fell in love with this cast of characters and their town the first time I visited, and I’m more than ready to return with each new release. With ongoing series, there’s always the chance that the momentum won’t continue ...more

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Jun 19, 2014 Feminista rated it really liked it

Shelves: favourites, contemporary-romance

Loved it, but would have been much better if there weren't other non-main characters' povs.

I personally did not like Marty. I thought it was cruel for him to leave Lonny without a word and come back right when he is going to die, knowing that she loves him deeply and would be hurt by seeing him die in front of her. If her cared about her at all, he would have explained why he left her without a word knowing, because it would be absurd if he didn't know, that she was deeply and irrevocably in lov ...more

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Jun 09, 2013 Ririn Aziz rated it liked it

Shelves: jodi-thomas, gr-my-15

3.75 stars

Back in Harmony...

It was a good and well written book. But, it lacks some intensity from the earlier stories.
The rating was given by the standard of others in this series, not individually.

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Jul 14, 2013 Christine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction

Now THIS was a proper visit to Harmony !!
I have read the entire series, and after the last book left me a bit 'underwhelmed" , I wasn't sure if I should bother reading another in the series, but Jodi Thomas didn't loose any of her magic.
This book has featured my new favorite male character ever- Cord - I have a feeling the local prisons will have single ladies flocking at the doors in hopes of finding a man like him. (not that I would recommend that)
I wish , I wish, I wish, that the next harmon ...more

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Mar 02, 2016 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: series-h, character-male-m, theme-small-town-lovin, challenge-2016-rlftci, challenge-2016-st, m-multiple-media, authors-j, m-audible-dot-com, auto-buy-author, authors-t

★★★★★ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Harmony, Texas is a joy to revisit, savor and treasure. I loved listening to Cord McDowell and Nevada Britain’s love story, as read by Julia Gibson, who seems to enjoy the return visits as much as I do. It comes across in her soft, steady voice, imbued with gentleness. As perfect for these two opposites as they are for each other.

The relationship of Ronny Logan and Marty Winston is the secondary story here, and there are plenty of tears this go round; h ...more

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Jun 02, 2013 SOS Aloha rated it it was amazing

You have to believe in yourself. - Sun Tzu

Jodi Thomas believes in Harmony, Texas, the setting for her small town contemporary series of the same name. I joined the series with Book 5, CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, and I was hooked. I was honored to be asked by Jodi Thomas to review Book 6, CAN’T STOP BELIEVING.

CAN’T STOP BELIEVING delivers a heartwarming story of women whose lives intersect - seemingly spoiled Nevada Britain, making it on her own Ronnie, and the landlord turned writer Martha Q. Nevada’ ...more

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Jun 02, 2013 Kristi rated it it was amazing

This is book 6 in the series, and I have loved - loved - loved - the ones that I have had the good fortune to read! (Welcome to Harmony, Book 1; Somewhere Along the Way, Book 2; The Comforts of Home, Book 3) and really hope that I can fit the two I missed in my reading schedule! (Just Down the Road, Book 4; Chance of a Lifetime, Book 5)

I think the reason that I like her books so much is that her characters are flawed, which makes them so real. They have things in their pasts that they are ashame ...more

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Nov 09, 2016 Dawn ♥ romance rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance

I enjoyed this story with plenty of action and sub-plots. Both hero and heroine's sad histories made me eager to see them overcome the obstacles they faced. I liked seeing favorite characters from the series and some secondary events were very emotional. Rich girl Nevada proposes marriage in a bargain to give her neighbor ex-con Cord acres of her land.
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Jun 04, 2018 Mystique rated it really liked it

4.5 stars!
unique read and believable.
Could have had a bit more drama/character development.
Good read!

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May 09, 2013 Tori rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2013, dealing-with-grief, will-probably-make-me-cry, series, romance-contemporary, violence, humor, romantic-thriller, marriage-of-convenience, there-s-an-arse-inhere

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Favorite Quote: “One heartbeat past forever, that’s how long I’ll love you.”

Welcome back. Once again Ms. Thomas takes us back into Harmony, TX and submerges us in the lives and loves of this fictional town. In Can’t Stop Believing, we see the true meaning of forgiveness, second chances, and love.

Cord McDowell lost six years of his life when he went to prison at age eighteen for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, ten years later, he’s being ...more

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Mar 24, 2013 Janga rated it it was amazing

4. 5 Stars

Cord and Nevada discover that together they can defeat any threat that comes against them from sociopathic former spouses to Harmony citizens who can’t let go of the past. While Cord and Nevada’s story is primary, Thomas weaves in threads from the lives of other inhabitants of the small Texas town. Tyler Wright and his Kate are awaiting the birth of their child. First-time parents in their mid-40s, they are filled with joy and terror. Ronny Logan, whose life was transformed by Marty Wi 4. 5 Stars

Cord and Nevada discover that together they can defeat any threat that comes against them from sociopathic former spouses to Harmony citizens who can’t let go of the past. While Cord and Nevada’s story is primary, Thomas weaves in threads from the lives of other inhabitants of the small Texas town. Tyler Wright and his Kate are awaiting the birth of their child. First-time parents in their mid-40s, they are filled with joy and terror. Ronny Logan, whose life was transformed by Marty Winslow, the paraplegic who taught her to love and then left, is called upon to do the hardest thing that has ever been asked of her. In doing it, she will experience heartbreak and triumph. Much married B & B owner Martha Q. Patterson is continuing with her creative writing, but she’s adding private investigating to her repertoire and discovering a new gentleman friend who may just steal her heart.

Harmony, Texas, may be the most unusual series in the ever-growing subgenre of small-town romance. Her heroes and heroines are not only the buff and beautiful but also ordinary people with warts and quirks and baggage and hearts that long for love. Cord is one of my favorites in a list of Harmony citizens who have captured my heart. He is a hero with real wounds who refuses to be defeated by life’s unfairness or to be defined by his neighbors’ judgment. Imprisoned unjustly at eighteen, he is released after the deaths of both parents to find their resources depleted and the land that has been in his family for a hundred years in jeopardy. His response is hard work and thrift, not qualities typically associated with a hero. But when circumstances demand it, Cord proves himself also possessed of the courage, protectiveness, and tenacity of “the true, the perfect gentle-knight.”

Even though Can’t Stop Believing is the sixth book in the Harmony series, a new reader can begin the series here without feeling lost. But don’t be surprised if you are so hooked on these characters that you want to glom the first five novels. I’m already anticipating return visits to Harmony. There are characters whose story threads I want to see play out, and I’m sure Jodi Thomas has some new characters to introduce to her readers.

See full review at The Romance Dish:
http://www.theromancedish.com/2013/05... ...more

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Jun 02, 2013 Jani Brooks rated it it was amazing

Cord McDowell has been back in Harmony since being released from prison three years ago. Six years in prison for something he knows he didn’t do. Now his days are spent working hard in Tannon Parker’s trucking business, hollow inside, but determined to keep his family farm, no matter what. Cord just wants to live out his life on his farm, and forget the nightmare years. He’ll keep his head down, ignore the nasty looks and comments around him, and keep busy, saving every penny he can. And then al Cord McDowell has been back in Harmony since being released from prison three years ago. Six years in prison for something he knows he didn’t do. Now his days are spent working hard in Tannon Parker’s trucking business, hollow inside, but determined to keep his family farm, no matter what. Cord just wants to live out his life on his farm, and forget the nightmare years. He’ll keep his head down, ignore the nasty looks and comments around him, and keep busy, saving every penny he can. And then along comes spoiled neighbor Nevada Britain who offers him a way out.

Nevada has lots of secrets, most of which she can’t tell Cord. Her bargain with him will help both of them, but she’s not about to tell him all of the details of why she’s proposing a temporary marriage that will get him out of debt, and aid her in more ways than she can even admit to herself.

Ronny Logan has her own secret. Marty Winslow is back in her life, and as tragic a situation as it is, Ronny will do everything in her power to stay by his side.

Nevada is known around Harmony mostly for her marriages, and her wild ways. But what most people don’t know about her could fill a book. Her devotion to her horses, her determination to run her father’s oil business, and keep the family ranch productive have left her with few alternatives. And she is praying that Cord is the answer to everything. But when one of her ex’s comes back to Harmony, can even Cord help her?

CAN’T STOP BELIEVING arrived in the mail yesterday, and, as most of Jodi Thomas’ books do, I was sucked right into the story from the first page. Cord and Nevada have learned long ago not to trust anyone, and Nevada has alienated just about everyone in town. Cord isn’t much better off. His heart is stone cold, and he just wants to be alone on his farm. Life doesn’t offer him anything more – until Nevada.

The Harmony novels are engaging, heartwarming, exciting, and, as this one was, at times a real tearjerker. All of the characters are so well rounded, and, well, just darned human. People from previous Harmony book appear in CAN’T STOP BELIEVING, and I was thrilled that Martha Q and Ronny were so prominent in the secondary plot. This is one of the best of the series and it deserves A Perfect 10.

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Jun 20, 2013 Betty rated it it was amazing

Cord McDowell returned to Harmony after six years in prison. The crime was actually just an accident, but with no one to testify for him, he had to serve out his sentence. Now he works as a mechanic at a local truck company. Its a skill that he learned while serving time in prison. He also works hard on the farm land that his parents left him. His parents both died while he was in prison and he has no friends to speak of. Ronny Logan who works at the local post office is one of the few who will ...more

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Jun 01, 2013 CoffeeTimeRomance andMore rated it really liked it

Since getting out of prison Cord McDowell’s entire existence consists of work and more work just to keep from losing his family’s farm. There is no time for even thinking of anything else, especially the wild woman who runs the ranch next door.

The only constant in Nevada Britain’s life is her love for her horses, but love will not save her ranch if she does not do something to stop her ex-husband. Her plan may be crazy, which fits right in with what the world already thinks of her anyway.

Cord is ...more

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May 26, 2013 Cheryl rated it it was amazing

Years ago Cord McDowell was sent away to prison. Now that he is out, he is trying to make a new life for himself.

Nevada Britain’s family has had a long time feud with the McDowell’s. So you can imagine Cord’s surprise when Nevada offers him part of her land. There is just one catch…Cord has to marry Nevada. Cord has a condition as well…Nevada has to sleep in his bed every night for as long as they are married.

Jodi Thomas has done it again. She made me fall in love with her and all the people o ...more

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Jun 30, 2013 Missy Jane rated it it was amazing

There really need to be more than five stars available just for books like this. Jodi Thomas has given us another fabulous peek into the lives of the citizens of Harmony, TX. I've grown to really care about this cast of characters, so much so that I was sobbing through a couple of the chapters as I shared one's heartache. This is a beautifully written story of love, loss, and moving on. The title is perfect.
This is mainly the story of Cord McDowell and Nevada Britain, two characters I don't reme ...more

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May 26, 2014 UberApril rated it really liked it

Recommended to UberApril by: Amy Ikari

May 28, 2014: I actually liked this book despite it being a clean romance. I want my own Cord McDowell. He's such a sweet silent strong man that loves his wife so much. The only story plot that didn't make sense was why she married him. I felt the marriage benefited her way more than it did for him, initially. I mean she needed him more than he needed her and at the end they both needed their marriage. I didn't care for the secondary characters, I liked them but I wasn't invested in them like I ...more

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Jun 21, 2013 Eileen rated it it was amazing

By far one of the best books I've read this year! I love this series. I love how she weaves two or three storylines throughout one book. This one had me crying and laughing throughout. I loved so many things about this town of Harmony. Ronny Logan and Marty come back together in a heartwrenching ending but so sweet at the same time. That girl deserves some happiness in her life. Tyler and Kate bring another generation into the world and the baby received some wonderful baby gifts. Leave it to Re ...more

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Jun 17, 2013 Jolene rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary

Usually in a series the second or third book is the high point for me.That is not the case in Can't Stop Believing (Harmony #6) It might be my favorite. My daughter started reading it to me as we made a seven hour trip home. We laughed out loud and I made her read some of them over again. It was my daughters first trip to Harmony and she loved it as much as I did. I got the pleasure of visiting old friends and meeting new ones. I think Jodi Thomas has found the secret to a long lived series. I k ...more

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Jul 26, 2016 DAISY DISNEY rated it liked it

Shelves: chick-lit

I loved the first book of the Harmony series. I always adore little towns and beautiful covers that make me dream about being in the book. This is the 6th book in the series and it was a good read. It took me longer to get into than the first one. I didn't fall in love with Cord right but after a while he grew on me and I was rooting for him and Nevada to fall in love. I loved Marty! His and Ronny's story was one for the books. He was a romantic who made my heart swoon especially with his very t ...more

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Sep 25, 2016 Miss Rail rated it liked it

Shelves: marriage-of-convenience

I loved Cord and Nevada's story but this book is definitely NOT meant to be read as a standalone.
All the secondary characters are not secondary at all because their PoV are as long as the supposedly MC's.
Each book in the series introduces a new couple but their story is just one of many the author focuses on in the same installment.
I really enjoyed Jodi Thomas's writing but all the POV made it a bit hard for me to truly connect with every "MC", mostly because I don't know all the stories behin ...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Stacey rated it liked it

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Jun 10, 2013 Amanda Ainge rated it really liked it

Shelves: chick-lit-series

I don't remember how I stumbled across this series, but I love it. This author tells a sweet story, without making the book trashy, in more of a real time setting. Nothing in this series feels rushed. And I like the characters! Hallelujah! I get my happy ending without smut. Or over the top angst. Or a ridiculous premise (for the most part). I hope this series continues for a long, long time. ...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Jessi rated it it was ok

Shelves: romance, texas

This series is just not doing it for me anymore. I did not connect at all with the new characters and have been finding the premise of each story more and more unlikely. I really only finished this book because I generally love Jodi Thomas, but I won't be picking up the next in the Harmony series. ...more

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Jun 04, 2013 Jacqueline J rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle-reads, owned, forced-arranged-convenient-marriage, convicts-pows, cowboys-ranchers, contemporary-romance, angsty, socialite-rich-girl, hero-loner, small-town

Really enjoyed this convenient marriage story. Lots of believable emotions. Lots of different storylines. Some real sad stuff and some beautiful romance. I might have to look up the rest of the series.

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May 31, 2014 Shirlene added it

Harmony. Texas 2012
Cord McDowell worked as a mechanic for Tannon Parker who owned Parker Trucking Company but Old Man Whitaker was the boss. He watched Cord like a hawk waiting for him to make a mistake so he could fire the ex-con. Cord had been in Huntsville Prison for nine years. Cord's neighbor, Nevada Britain brought her Jeep in to get worked on and asked specifically for Cord. Cord fixed her Jeep and the next day Nevada drove over to his house and told him she need to marry him. He would ge Harmony. Texas 2012
Cord McDowell worked as a mechanic for Tannon Parker who owned Parker Trucking Company but Old Man Whitaker was the boss. He watched Cord like a hawk waiting for him to make a mistake so he could fire the ex-con. Cord had been in Huntsville Prison for nine years. Cord's neighbor, Nevada Britain brought her Jeep in to get worked on and asked specifically for Cord. Cord fixed her Jeep and the next day Nevada drove over to his house and told him she need to marry him. He would get 300 acres of her land that adjoined his if he would agree to the marriage for eight months. She needed him to run her ranch with the profits from both ranches being split 50/50 at the time of their divorce. Cord agreed to marry Nevada if she would agree to sleep in the same bed as him for the time period they were married. They married the next day and Cord quit working as a mechanic and took over running the two ranches.
Cord was sent to prison because of a party Nevada and some friends were having when they were younger. Cord was nearby and sleeping outside after having a fight with his parents about him attending college. One of the sheriff's deputies woke Cord up by prodding him awake with what Cord thought was a stick. Cord woke up swinging. The stick was actually a rifle and it went off as Cord knocked the deputy off of him. Cord ended up in prison for shooting the deputy in the eye because no one came to his defense on what happened that night. Nevada saw what happened but her father told her to stay out of it and she did. She felt guilty, but never did anything to help Cord.
Nevada Britain had divorced for the third time. Her third husband, Bryce Galloway, was a good looking, spoiled, rich man. Nevada married him because she felt she could do no better. Bryce married Nevada mostly to obtain another possession. He constantly reminded her that she was nothing and beat her badly where others couldn't see the bruises. He got tired of waiting around with her sick father and took off thinking that Nevada would fall apart and beg him to come back. She divorced him instead. Bryce told Nevada she would never belong to anyone else but him and he would return to the ranch and kill her. The divorce was final before her father died and she inherited the ranch. She needed Cord to turn the ranch around so she wouldn't lose it to Bryce. She hoped that Cord could keep Bryce from killing her and she felt guilty about not helping Cord when she was younger. Everyone thought that Nevada was wild and did crazy things that cost Bryce a lot of money. They didn't know that Bryce wrecked his car and put Nevada in the drivers seat before the police arrived to make it look like she was driving drunk. He also beat her and told others that she had fallen. Nevada didn't put up much of a fight so everyone believed that she was just a wild, spoiled child.
Accidents kept happening at the ranch and Nevada & Cord grew closer together. After a month of being married, they became lovers. One morning after Nevada left for work, someone poisoned one of her horses. A Texas Ranger showed up on the scene. It was the same Ranger that Cord had shot and sent him to prison.
Martha Q Patterson ran a bread and breakfast in town. She had a dream of writing a sexy, murder mystery. Currently she had three widows living in her place and she wanted them gone. She met with the funeral parlor director, Tyler Wright, and asked him to talk to the widows and ask them to move out. Tyler and his wife Kate were about to be 46 and become first time parents. The widow's talk with Tyler didn't seem to be working but she did get a new border for her bed & breakfast. It was Nevada's third husband, Bryce Galloway.
Her cook was the grandmother of one of Ronny's duplex neighbors, Border Biggs. Mr. Carleon moved into the B&B and he and Martha sat on the porch nearly every night and talked. They both didn't think much of Bryce and they decided to keep an eye on him, along with the widows. One morning Martha woke up to find mud tracked though the house and up the stairs to Bryce's room. Martha investigated and determined that Bryce was watching someone and that person was unaware of it.
Ronny Logan had a domineering mother, Dallas. Ronny worked in the post office, as silent and invisible as a midnight mouse. She also sent copies of the towns newspaper to Cord the entire time he was in prison. One day while making a delivery, she met a handsome man in a wheelchair. She came alive with his love. She started taking college courses and learned how to cook. Then one day he left. Ronny moved out of her house and into his duplex. Her mother was upset and called her an ungrateful child. Ronny received a note one day and a black Lincoln picked her up and took her to a hospital, she thought it was in Oklahoma City. She was taken there to visit Marty Winslow who was dying due to the number of treatments he had to try and heal him. He had been paralyzed in a skiing accident a few years back. His guardian and friend, Mr Carleon, sent for Ronny because Marty kept asking for her. He sent the Lincoln to pick her up every night at 11 pm. Carleon promised to notify her if anything happened to Marty. He promised he wouldn't just stop sending the car after Marty passed without getting a message to her. Marty decided to call in three of his friends to help him move out of the hospital and back to Harmony with Ronny. Mr. Carleon would move into Martha's bed & breakfast to be near Marty.
Beau Bates and Border Biggs were her duplex neighbors and they played at the bar in town. Beau played his guitar every night for Marty to hear while he was living with Ronny. Marty actually owned the duplex. After a couple of weeks of living in Harmony, there was still no change in his health. Marty gave advice for Beau to pay off some of his bills and start saving money. He helped Cord with his bookkeeping. After a little over a month, he went to sleep and never woke up. The night before he died, Ronny was out for a walk and someone attacked her. She heard someone in the dark and hit him before someone came out and the attacker ran away.
Marty and Ronny had often talked of his travels before he was injured. When he died, he left tickets and itineraries for Ronny to travel and see the places they talked about. Dallas came to see Ronny and told Ronny that she could move back in with her. Ronny told her mother that she was going to travel and her mother laughed at her and told Ronny she didn't have the money or the guts to leave. Ronny would show her...
Ronny and Cord had become friends and he told her he was there for her when Marty died if she ever needed anything. Since Ronny worked at the post office, he asked her if she knew of anyone called Cam. Ronny took awhile to remember but thought of someone she knew that worked at the town's theater. His name was Cameron and she let Cord know. Cord knew the name from someone who was in prison that he remembered was from Harmony. Cord found him and asked him to watch Bryce. Cam told Cord that Bryce had a picture book filled with pictures of nothing but Nevada and that he had gone to an abandoned house where he had some rifles stored.
Cord went to talk to the sheriff and the guy he had shot was packing up at the sheriff's office to leave. He asked if he could talk with Cord and they met up at the diner. The guy was now a Texas Ranger. He told Cord that after he was shot, Cord's parents had given him Cord's college money. He had taken the money and paid for a couple of surgeries on this eye and gone back to college himself. He earned a degree and moved into the Ranger's office. He moved up in rank by using Cord's money. He told Cord that he was no longer the angry young man that had stormed into the party the night he was shot. He also told Cord that Nevada had written a note to back up what Cord had said that night but she didn't show up in court to testify for him. Cord was very upset at Nevada. He went back to the ranch and packed up some equipment and went to string barbed wire on his property. Nevada eventually grew worried and came to see him. They talked about that night and Nevada told him that her father had beaten her that night and told her not to interfere. She wouldn't be believed anyway because she was nothing but a drunk teenager. When the sheriff's people came to talk to her, her father had sworn that she hadn't been out that night. She did marry Cord because she felt guilty about that night but Nevada asked Cord to forgive her and he did. Someone was in the dark with them and started shooting at them. They took off and went home.
Cord told Nevada to stay put and he would be back after talking to the sheriff. When Cord came back to the house with the sheriff, Nevada had gotten a call and left. Nevada went to the horse barn and Bryce was there waiting for her. He had knocked out the guard left at the barn and shot one of the horses with steroids to make him crazy. He started a fire in the barn and tied up Nevada and put her in the stall with the horse to be killed by the horse rather than him. The horse did kick Nevada and broke her arm and leg. Cord, the sheriff, and the ranch employees all got to the barn in time to get the horses out. Cord carried Nevada out before the barn collapsed. The cowboy/guard had come to and heard that Bryce was leaving out the back. He was aware enough to jump and land on Bryce as he was trying to get away. The sheriff caught Bryce. Bryce said he had been embarrassed by his family when he returned without his wife. He wanted Nevada dead due to the embarrassment she had caused him. He was obsessed with killing her.
Anthony Carleon had decided to stay in Harmony with Martha. Cord and Nevada remained together after everything that had happened. Nevada remodeled Cord's house and they lived there. She gave her house to Galem his wife to live in.
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Jun 22, 2020 Carol (StarAngel's Reviews) Allen rated it it was amazing

4.5 Stars

Another winning installment in this series. A few of the old characters make appearances which leads me to believe that we may just be getting closer to the end.

Cord's story was good but I think what won my heart was Ronny and Marty's story. Another book that Ms Thomas had me smiling while the tears ran. I just hope Ronny will get her happily ever after! ...more

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May 27, 2014 Chris rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: jodi-thomas-read

THIS SUMMARY/REVIEW WAS COPIED FROM OTHER SOURCES AND IS USED ONLY AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT FOR MY PERSONAL INTEREST. ANY PERSONAL NOTATIONS ARE FOR MY RECOLLECTION ONLY.

I loved this series, only sad now since the next book is not avail on audio yet. Thanks to Good Reads for recommending her books since I read Debbie Macombers and Susan Wiggs books. :-)

Cord McDowell returned to Harmony after six years in prison. The crime was actually just an accident, but with no one to testify THIS SUMMARY/REVIEW WAS COPIED FROM OTHER SOURCES AND IS USED ONLY AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT FOR MY PERSONAL INTEREST. ANY PERSONAL NOTATIONS ARE FOR MY RECOLLECTION ONLY.

I loved this series, only sad now since the next book is not avail on audio yet. Thanks to Good Reads for recommending her books since I read Debbie Macombers and Susan Wiggs books. :-)

Cord McDowell returned to Harmony after six years in prison. The crime was actually just an accident, but with no one to testify for him, he had to serve out his sentence. Now he works as a mechanic at a local truck company. Its a skill that he learned while serving time in prison. He also works hard on the farm land that his parents left him. His parents both died while he was in prison and he has no friends to speak of. Ronny Logan who works at the local post office is one of the few who will acknowledge him. The town sheriff is the only officer of the law who hasn't threatened him. Working seems to be his only outlet and he expects to do that alone for the rest of his life.

Nevada Britain has been married three times and has taken over the family ranch and oil business left by her father. She used all her cash when she bought her brother out, so she needs help to bring in a profit for the ranch. She will concentrate on the oil business and the horses that she breeds.

She decides to offer Cord McDowell a section of land that was situated between their properties. Its rich good farm land that their families had argued over for generations. All Court has to do is marry her for eight months. Once the herd has been sold and a profit made they will each be free again. Cord decides to accept the proposal with one stipulation - Nevada has to sleep in his bed every night. Nevada and Court each have secrets that they are keeping from the other which help to make the plot more interesting.

I personally did not like Marty. I thought it was cruel for him to leave Lonny without a word and come back right when he is going to die, knowing that she loves him deeply and would be hurt by seeing him die in front of her. If her cared about her at all, he would have explained why he left her without a word knowing, because it would be absurd if he didn't know, that she was deeply and irrevocably in love with him. Cruel that he would come only when he had finished seeing the world, that he couldn't take her with him to see. Cruel that while he was on his death bed he would say things like, I can see myself living with you in this town, inviting our friends for dinner, going to watch movies every Friday. Well then why didn't you? You had 2? or 4 years to make a life with her but you couldn't leave fast enough. Then he says that he wants her to be buried next to him. At that point, I was like, just let her go! It was like he wanted to haunt her throughout her life. There was nothing romantic or sweet about it. I thought he was selfish to the point of cruelty and no other word describes it better to me.

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Jun 03, 2013 Virginia Campbell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, fiction, contemporary

Every time author Jodi Thomas takes me to Harmony, TX, she shows me something new. Ms. Thomas is a superb storyteller, and my admiration of her grows with each book. The sixth book in the "Harmony Series" is "Can't Stop Believing", and it will make a believer out of you. Cord McDowell was imprisoned at age eighteen for a crime of which he was innocent. A decade later, having been free for several years, Cord works as a mechanic to keep from losing his family farm. Both of his parents died while Every time author Jodi Thomas takes me to Harmony, TX, she shows me something new. Ms. Thomas is a superb storyteller, and my admiration of her grows with each book. The sixth book in the "Harmony Series" is "Can't Stop Believing", and it will make a believer out of you. Cord McDowell was imprisoned at age eighteen for a crime of which he was innocent. A decade later, having been free for several years, Cord works as a mechanic to keep from losing his family farm. Both of his parents died while he was in prison, and by the time he made it home, their savings had vanished. His time in prison had hardened his heart, and the only thing he really cared about was keeping his homeplace, which bordered the land of his rich neighbors, the Britains. An age-old boundary feud still simmered between the two families. Cord is stunned when his wild-woman neighbor, the beautiful and much-married Nevada Britain, makes him an offer he can't refuse. She proposes a marriage of convenience for eight months in order to pool their land and resources, plant a crop and sell a herd of cattle. In exchange, Cord will be given clear title to three hundred acres of the border land, as well as other financial incentives. Nevada expects Cord to live in her home for the duration of the marriage, and he expects her to sleep in the same bed with him as long as they are married. When Cord presses Nevada for further explanations about her impulsive, intriguing offer, she admits that one of her former husbands is bothering her, and she hopes he will be deterred by her marriage to Cord. A relationship that starts as a business deal becomes much more complex when hearts and hopes and mutual attraction are added to the mix. Two people who thought they knew what life held in store are surprised and enriched by an unexpected emotional connection. The town of Harmony and its history, the wonderful secondary characters, and the humor and heartache, all add to the incredible appeal of this story line. If you've ever thought you'd lost it all, and then somehow, you found a second chance and held on for dear life, then you will absolutely love "Can't Stop Believing". Harmony, I hope to visit you again--very soon.

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May 19, 2013 Leslie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, own, reviewed, cowboys, small-town, 2013

Rating: A

I love coming back to Harmony, Texas. There is always a warm welcome waiting for readers. The hero and heroine of book six are new characters which I thought worked well. We still get to see plenty of familiar characters but Cord and Nevada are the couple working on their happily ever after.

You can't help but feel for Cord McMillan. He has no choice but to put up with unfair treatment because of his past. And if that's not bad enough, he feels like he has no friends, no one there for h ...more

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