Taming a Texan

by Diana Palmer

Enjoy four classic Long, Tall Texans stories from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer!

Christopher

Wealthy Christopher Deverell has everything he could ever want. But the jaded millionaire has never opened his heart to let a woman in—that is, until he’s confronted by determined journalist Della Larson.

Luke

Elusive bachelor Luke Craig meets his match in young Belinda Jessup. There’s something about the beauty that rubs him the wrong way, but at the same time, sparks as hot as a Texas summer fly between them!

Guy

Rugged Texan Guy Fenton refuses to be tamed by any woman, let alone a prickly publicist who gets on his last nerve. But beautiful brunette Candy Marshall might just bring the sexy rancher to his knees…

Hank

Hank Shoeman has retreated to a secluded Colorado cabin, eager to be away from the outside world and the hurt that comes with it. But what he gets when he meets lovely Poppy O’Brien is so much more than he ever bargained for…

New York Times Bestselling Author

4 Heartfelt Christopher , Luke , Guy and Hank (previously published as Redbird )

Genres: Romance

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 24, 2022

About the author

Librarian 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.

Reviews

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars
This is a re-published updated edited version of 4 stories which were originally published in the Long, Tall Texan series of books.
Luke, Christopher, Guy & Hank's story which is also known as "Redbird".
All good stories with slow burn romances with some steam once the characters get together.
Good stories & characters. There are elements of clean/Christian romance in some of her stories.
I am a frequent reader of this writer as I like her books but as I've mentioned before, with writers who are prolific, many of their stories tend to follow a formula. Palmer definitely follows that but as a fan, I like the formula, so I don't mind.
These are some of her early stories which definitely follow that formula telling a shorter story similar to Harlequinn/Silhouette books.

[Ann]

These four stories in thibook were great love each of them she knows how to bring characters together each of these men were broken in one way or another found the woman they wanted to be with for the rest of their lives

[Ann]

Four great stories four great guys four great ladies each couple were meant for each other they each had their ups and downs but they all work through it to get there happy ever after loved all these stories four great guys and four wonderful woman they were all meant for each other

[Karen Geurts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Diana Palmer stories. These are good ones.

[Lu Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four novellas originally published in 1999. The first, "Chris", is a sequel to The Case of the Missing Secretary.
Originally published as Love with a Long, Tall Texan.
The fourth novella, "Hank", was first published in 1995 as "Redbird",

[Piotr Borowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four good short stories. The plot is a little too fast for me. I think I would prefer these stories in longer books and much slower plots.

[Lisbeth Zabihi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hyggelig og underholdende.
4 små romantiske historier.

[Donna Magruder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally awesome stories!!!

[Jean Katchmar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stories about 4 cowboys and how they found their one true love. Christopher and Della, a reporter, travel to London to find his mother...Luke was a rancher who was mad about Belinda's ranch for wayward teens next door; he takes Kells under his wing to be a cowboy...Guy owned an aeriel service but worked at a feedlot after his fiance fell out of his plane; when Candy a visiting publicist almost died of an asthma attack he had to fly her to get medical help. She decides to move to Denver and marry him...Hank was a singer and he kidnaps a lady with binoculars watching his house; a blizzard keeps them shut in together; when she sings his song playing at his piano he is hooked!

[Ann]

Four great stories Christopher Deverell is tough but to crack until he meets Della Larson and she gives him a run for his money

The second story has Luke Craig meeting Belinda Jessup when she starts up a camp for kids not on the straight and narrow and they are always bumping heads with each other

And the other hird story Guy Fenton doesn't want to be tamed by any woman but than he meets Candy Marshall and starts to change his mind

And the last story Hank Shoeman wants a little time to relax from the world he is in a very popular band they all need some down time than he meets Poppy o'Brien be thinks that it is her that's trying to take pictures of him b cause she knows who she is but he kindnapped her kept her with him for awhile because he didn't believe who she said she was but he does find out that she was telling him th truth and he aploziges and wants to keep in contact with her because he started to have feelings for her

[Chip · Rating 1 out of 5]

The female characters value a healthy relationship formation where sexual interaction is saved for after marital commitment is formed. The male characters are all "animalistic" growling when they want more kisses, but the female character stops physical affection from going past their boundaries. Even with this, I appreciate an author which writes the female characters with such moral integrity, and that the male characters, even though caught up on physical passion relationship attachments, are written with honor to respect the female characters wishes to not move beyond their physical boundaries within a non-marital relationship.

[Dee Lopez-Rdz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too much Insta-love in all four stories.