To Tame a Texan's Heart

McCormick (Harvey Girls Series) #2

by Jodi Thomas

She's grown up wild and free among the Texas Rangers and Harvey Girls of the untamed West. Now True McCormick was a famous published author, writing Wild West adventures under the name Granite Westwind. But trouble had a way of riding double in True's life her publisher wanted to send Granite Westwind on tour! She had two choices. She could 'fess up to her true identity or hire someone to play the part of the lightening-fast gunslinger. She found her man in a Galveston jailhouse. Seth Atherton was a hardware store clerk with foolhardy dreams of gunsmoke and justice. But True was determined to turn this handsome young greenhorn into a larger-than-life hero. Filling the boots of a legend wasn't easy. Especially when the bullets began to fly and True began to fall in love with the hero she created.

Genres: Romance, Westerns, Historical Romance, Western Romance, Historical, Historical Fiction, Fiction

310 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1994

About the author

I'm a New York Times and USA Today Best Selling author, wife, mother, in-law, grandmother, sister, friend, and owner of one fat cat.

Reviews

[Chocho_fly · Rating 1 out of 5]

This review is very subjective. I don’t like the heroine, she is so contradicting, a woman-a child? A cold lady - a fiery one? She must have split personalities. And I am just tired of ‘hellcat’, ‘wildcat’, hellion heroine personas that inundated romance books.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the first half of the book I couldn’t stand the heroine. She had too many personalities. Hating the H and wanting him the next minute.
For me the book started to jell about 3/4 into it. It does have a refreshing ending though.

[Jan Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I love all of this author's books, for some reason, this one was too long for me. Love the characters and had read the prequel.

[LHC Girl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Series

I love this series. It shows how things can be when there is all the love and happiness to go around.

[Katie's Book Haven · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the sequel to The Texan and The Lady.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. It took me on a crazy, wild roller coaster ride!
The storyline completely appealed to me, finished off with an ending that couldn't of been better!
Overall an entertaining read!

[Jerry Jares · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having just finished this book, I now find that it is the second part of "THE TEXAN AND THE LADY." I haven't read that book yet, so this review will be based on what I took from the single work.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book; however, it was a little light on plot. Sean Atherton and True McCormick were so interesting that it seemed to overcome the holes in the plotting.

What holes? In the first chapter, Sean is going to take a 2-week vacation to find his older brother's killer

(1) ten years after the fact.
(2) Hawk Sloan (the brother's killer) isn't really mentioned again until the last chapter.

I really enjoyed the fact that True McCormick seriously underestimates the man she selects to impersonate Granite Westwind. Seth is very winsome because he is "everyman" - just an ordinary person asked to do extraordinary things: being a hero.

This is a quick and enjoyable read.

[Mae R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seth & Nell