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The Cowboy And The Lady Series #3
Texas Blonde
Felicity Morrow pretends to be meek and yielding in order to win the love of Texas rancher Josh Logan
Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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Victoria Thompson
78 books2,480 followersVictoria Thompson is the USA Today bestselling, Edgar® and Agatha Award–nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries and the Counterfeit Lady novels. Humor, romance, family, justice, and compassion balance out the crimes in Victoria's unforgettable novels.
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December 23, 2021
This review is of “Texas Blonde”, book #3 in the “The Lady and the Cowboy” series by Victoria Thompson. (Zebra/Kensington, October 1987). This review is of the ebook version of the book.
The book begins with the hero of the book, Josh Logan, a rancher, rescuing Felicity Storm, the heroine of the book, from several calamities (flash floods, homelessness, hunger). As they spend more time together, they become attracted to each other, become lovers and decide to marry. .We also learn about their respective histories. However, Josh is determined not to fall in love with Felicity.
Felicity and Josh fall in love, and get married. However, many threats, both internal and external, challenge their happiness.
In the end, the external threats are vanquished, the internal threats are discussed and addressed, and Felicity and Joshua have their Happily Ever After.
Upside: Ms. Thompson has once again written a very emotional book with likable, well-developed characters.
Felicity begins the book as a young woman with a transient lifestyle. She’s looking for security, stability and someone to love. She finds all of these in Josh. I liked the fact that Ms. Thompson gave Felicity a skill-photography-and allowed her to use it. Felicity began the book as a little girl; she ended it as a woman. It was great to see her growth.
Joshua is a slightly unusual hero in that he has white hair (it's a hereditary thing among Logan males). At first, all he cares about is his land. He tries really hard not to fall in love with Felicity, but realizes that things aren’t important if you don’t have anyone to share them with. Josh comes to realize that Felicity completes him and opens himself to loving and being loved.
The storylines take a lot of twists and turns that are very well-written and unexpected.
Downside: Not much, but Ms. Thompson uses the overused “Lack of Communication” trope in “Texas Blonde”. Some of the issues Felicity and Josh have could have been settled earlier had they actually TALKED with each other. However, as I’ve written before, if couples actually talked with each other, romance novels wouldn’t probably exist. So maybe it’s not a bad thing after all.
Sex: Multiple love scenes between Felicity and Josh.Ms. Thompson’s love scenes are not particularly graphic nor erotic.
Violence: Assault, attempted rape, battery, shooting and killing all take place here. The violence is not graphic.
Bottom Line: Readers who like slow-burn romances with a great payoff at the end will find much to like in “Texas Blonde”. It’s the best book in the”The Lady and the Cowboy” series. 4.87 stars.
Heroine: Felicity Storm, 18. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Photographer.
Hero: Josh Logan, 28. Silver/white hair (it’s a hereditary thing), gray eyes. Owner, Rocking L ranch.
Location: Prospect, Texas. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1867-1868.
Tropes: Historical romance. Photographer heroine. Rancher hero. Zebra historical romance.
The book begins with the hero of the book, Josh Logan, a rancher, rescuing Felicity Storm, the heroine of the book, from several calamities (flash floods, homelessness, hunger). As they spend more time together, they become attracted to each other, become lovers and decide to marry. .We also learn about their respective histories. However, Josh is determined not to fall in love with Felicity.
Felicity and Josh fall in love, and get married. However, many threats, both internal and external, challenge their happiness.
In the end, the external threats are vanquished, the internal threats are discussed and addressed, and Felicity and Joshua have their Happily Ever After.
Upside: Ms. Thompson has once again written a very emotional book with likable, well-developed characters.
Felicity begins the book as a young woman with a transient lifestyle. She’s looking for security, stability and someone to love. She finds all of these in Josh. I liked the fact that Ms. Thompson gave Felicity a skill-photography-and allowed her to use it. Felicity began the book as a little girl; she ended it as a woman. It was great to see her growth.
Joshua is a slightly unusual hero in that he has white hair (it's a hereditary thing among Logan males). At first, all he cares about is his land. He tries really hard not to fall in love with Felicity, but realizes that things aren’t important if you don’t have anyone to share them with. Josh comes to realize that Felicity completes him and opens himself to loving and being loved.
The storylines take a lot of twists and turns that are very well-written and unexpected.
Downside: Not much, but Ms. Thompson uses the overused “Lack of Communication” trope in “Texas Blonde”. Some of the issues Felicity and Josh have could have been settled earlier had they actually TALKED with each other. However, as I’ve written before, if couples actually talked with each other, romance novels wouldn’t probably exist. So maybe it’s not a bad thing after all.
Sex: Multiple love scenes between Felicity and Josh.Ms. Thompson’s love scenes are not particularly graphic nor erotic.
Violence: Assault, attempted rape, battery, shooting and killing all take place here. The violence is not graphic.
Bottom Line: Readers who like slow-burn romances with a great payoff at the end will find much to like in “Texas Blonde”. It’s the best book in the”The Lady and the Cowboy” series. 4.87 stars.
Heroine: Felicity Storm, 18. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Photographer.
Hero: Josh Logan, 28. Silver/white hair (it’s a hereditary thing), gray eyes. Owner, Rocking L ranch.
Location: Prospect, Texas. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1867-1868.
Tropes: Historical romance. Photographer heroine. Rancher hero. Zebra historical romance.
September 3, 2018
This was a great fun book.
October 11, 2021
Yep! Texas "blonde", he was. 🙄
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