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Long, Tall Texans: Rey & Long, Tall Texans: Curtis
New York Times
bestselling author Diana Palmer revisits two classics tales of Long, Tall Texan passion
Long, Tall Texans: Rey (originally published as A Man of Means in 2002 by Silhouette Desire)
From the moment cattleman Rey Hart first sets eyes on Meredith Johns, he is mesmerized. He asks the lovely young woman to become the cook on his ranch, but convincing her to take the job is a cinch compared to breaking the enchanting spell she casts over this long, tall Texan’s heart.
Long, Tall Texans: Curtis (originally published as Garden Cop in 2002 in WITH A SOUTHERN TOUCH anthology)
Hunting down a missing informant, FBI Agent Curtis Russell is determined to accomplish his mission at any cost. So when he butts heads with his mother’s beautiful neighbor, deputy D.A. Mary Ryan, he must resist her beauty. But can Agent Russell protect his partner-in-fighting crime when danger looms?
Long, Tall Texans: Rey (originally published as A Man of Means in 2002 by Silhouette Desire)
From the moment cattleman Rey Hart first sets eyes on Meredith Johns, he is mesmerized. He asks the lovely young woman to become the cook on his ranch, but convincing her to take the job is a cinch compared to breaking the enchanting spell she casts over this long, tall Texan’s heart.
Long, Tall Texans: Curtis (originally published as Garden Cop in 2002 in WITH A SOUTHERN TOUCH anthology)
Hunting down a missing informant, FBI Agent Curtis Russell is determined to accomplish his mission at any cost. So when he butts heads with his mother’s beautiful neighbor, deputy D.A. Mary Ryan, he must resist her beauty. But can Agent Russell protect his partner-in-fighting crime when danger looms?
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2002
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Diana Palmer
1,041 books3,100 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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June 8, 2019
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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Her father’s violent behavior at the house they shared was unnerving. They were both still grieving, but her father had taken the tragedy much harder.
Her clothes were mostly old, because by the time she made the mortgage payment and took care of the bills, there wasn’t much left over.
She’d gone to the party as a burlesque dancer. Sadly she looked more like a professional hooker in her garb.
...in his early twenties he’d had a fling with a woman he later found out was a private call girl. He’d been infatuated with her, and thought she loved him.
She was obviously poor. What better way to get money than to rob somebody?
He glanced at her and then was quiet. He didn’t like her. He didn’t trust her.
...she looked like a refugee from a bar brawl. Her left eye was swollen shut completely now.
“You don’t think I’m qualified to do anything else?”
“I don’t know you, Miss Johns,” he commented carelessly. “But you seem pretty domestic to me.”
He wasn’t handsome—except for Corrigan Hart, the rest of the brothers seemed cursed by a lack of conventional good looks.
I’m just making the position clear. We need a cook, not a prospective soul mate.” “Speak for yourself,” she told him, turning back to her door.
What if she was hiding something sordid in her past?
Basically Rey didn’t trust her.
He wondered how she could have remained single for so long, with her homemaking skills, not to mention her sweet personality and that knockout body.
He didn’t trust her.
His eyes searched hers intently. “I don’t need mothering,” he said, angered out of all proportion.
He could feel the faint tremor of her hands over his. Impulsively he bent his head and his mouth touched the side of her neck.
Meredith knew her knees were shaking.
His mouth became insistent as it moved slowly up her neck.
She was attracted to him, that was obvious, but it was as if she didn’t know what to do.
“Taste my mouth, the way I’m tasting yours. Don’t fight what you’re feeling.”
There were too many things he still didn’t know about her, and he didn’t trust her.
“Why did you do that?” she asked huskily. One dark eyebrow lifted. He didn’t smile. “Why did you let me?” he shot back.
She had no idea why he’d kissed her, but she didn’t trust his motives. He didn’t like her.
“The whole reason for the women’s movement is so that women can have the freedom to do as they please. I’m not promiscuous. Why should I need an excuse?”
“It’s been a while since I found a woman so desirable,” he whispered, bending to her mouth.
“It’s not my fault that every time I turn around, she’s drooling over me! A saint could be tempted by a woman whose eyes worship him like that. I’m only human!”
She has no ambition, no intellect. Besides that, she’s so inexperienced, it’s unreal. I never thought kissing a woman could be boring, until she came along,”
“She’s so naive, it’s nauseating.”
Her pride felt tattered.
June 12, 2025
Rey Hart
4 Stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy Rey in Rey & Curtis by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
After I got past the portion on Meredith and her abusive, alcoholic father, I enjoyed the humor in Meredith and Rey’s banter and the brothers’ obsessive love of biscuits.
The sad and overworked Meredith's plan to escape her violent, grief-stricken father by attending a coworker’s wild Halloween party has bittersweet results. When she becomes injured after saving the mugged Leo Hart, he and his brother Rey bring her to the ranch to heal and make biscuits.
18+ for intimate scenes.
Curtis
4 Stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy rom-com suspense novella Curtis in Rey & Curtis by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
It has its moments.
While on vacation in his small hometown in Georgia, the unconventional new FBI Agent Curtis Russell stakes out and falsely accuses his mother’s pretty neighbor, the avid gardener and deputy attorney general, Mary Ryan. Multiple public arguments and misunderstandings quickly turn to attraction, and the two teaming up to catch the person hiding on her property.
4 Stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy Rey in Rey & Curtis by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
After I got past the portion on Meredith and her abusive, alcoholic father, I enjoyed the humor in Meredith and Rey’s banter and the brothers’ obsessive love of biscuits.
The sad and overworked Meredith's plan to escape her violent, grief-stricken father by attending a coworker’s wild Halloween party has bittersweet results. When she becomes injured after saving the mugged Leo Hart, he and his brother Rey bring her to the ranch to heal and make biscuits.
18+ for intimate scenes.
Curtis
4 Stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy rom-com suspense novella Curtis in Rey & Curtis by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
It has its moments.
While on vacation in his small hometown in Georgia, the unconventional new FBI Agent Curtis Russell stakes out and falsely accuses his mother’s pretty neighbor, the avid gardener and deputy attorney general, Mary Ryan. Multiple public arguments and misunderstandings quickly turn to attraction, and the two teaming up to catch the person hiding on her property.
December 20, 2020
Easy and Funny Read
This was a cute and funny read. Loved the part about the dog and the mother. Haven't read a book of Diane Palmer's that i Haven't enjoyed.
This was a cute and funny read. Loved the part about the dog and the mother. Haven't read a book of Diane Palmer's that i Haven't enjoyed.
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December 2, 2018Miniseries: Long, Tall Texans
January 22, 2025
Good
I love reading her books. I have read this series several times. It gets better each time I reread it. I am looking forward to her next book.
I love reading her books. I have read this series several times. It gets better each time I reread it. I am looking forward to her next book.
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