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Long, Tall Texans #12
That Burke Man
Todd Burke had no intention of marrying anyone. One temperamental female under his roof was enough. But his daughter was crazy about Jane Parker - and secretly, so was Todd. He'd just have to keep telling himself he didn't want Jane Parker.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1995
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Diana Palmer
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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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November 10, 2018
2.5 rounded up. The H/h meet cute when the computer tycoon hero (originally from Wyoming) goes to the Jacobsville rodeo to watch his 14 year-old daughter compete in a barrel racing contest. He takes umbrage when he overhears the heroine (who looks like a beautiful "Rodeo Barbie") comment on what his daughter is doing wrong. He assumes she's a rodeo star's girlfriend and doesn't know what she is talking about.
Turns out the heroine was a champion barrel racer (rider? I'm not sure of the terminology) and is his daughter's idol. Ooops.
Heroine was in a car accident that killed her father and left her badly injured. She is just now back to walking with crutches, but she insists on riding a horse to receive a posthumous award for her father. That costs her and the hero has to carry her to her trailer since she is so much pain.
Hero feels bad that he gave the heroine such a hard time - and his daughter wants to meet her idol - so he tracks her down at her run-down family ranch. One thing leads to another and the hero has accepted a job on the ranch for the summer. He is to do the books and get the place back on its financial feet. In return, heroine will coach his daughter in barrel racing.
This is the entire premise, really. The heroine doesn't know the truth of the hero's identity and the hero has to fight his attraction to the heroine because he never wants to marry again. DP throws in an OM - the town's doctor who will get his own book after this one. The hero's ex wife serves as a jealous OW figure - she jealous of the heroine's relationship with her daughter, not her ex.
It sounds more interesting than it is.
The H/h don't have that many scenes together and they all devolve into bickerfests. The story was episodic - that is, there wasn't a strong central focus on the H/h's romance. Here is a partial list of what this story included:
The hero's business in Victoria (Jacobsville's sister city), including his secretary and how he managed to work covertly at the ranch.
The doctor's animosity toward his junior partner in the his medical practice.
The heroine's endorsement of rodeo wear, her encounter with the sleezy salesman and the (potential OW) merchandising director
The hero takes the OW to a dance while the heroine stays home.
The hero's ideas for the ranch, including capital improvements
The hero's daughter's barrel racing practices
And on it goes.
So not an intense read - more like a nice read with a prickly heroine and a kinda-cruel, kinda-nice hero. The most interesting scene was the hero's ex telling the heroine the hero's true identity and realizing midway through the conversation that it's a huge mistake because now her daughter hates her. The comeuppance was built into the angst.
The H/h have sex halfway through the story, which was unusual timing for DP. The heroine was a virgin, but the hero wouldn't offer her more than an affair. To add insult to injury, he didn't do much virgin whispering at all. All the sexual focus was on him and his needs and his attractiveness. I was glad to see the heroine cut him off until he came through with a ring on it at the end.
The continual reminder of how much pain the heroine was in did not enhance my reading experience, either.
DP Checklist:
Hairy chest – but of course. Here's the hero getting his pleasure from his favorite erogenous zone:
Both his hands were in her hair now, guiding her mouth around the fascinating territory of his chest. It expanded violently as she kissed him, and he groaned even as he laughed at the delight her touch gave him.
Breast Description – none. Hero never thought of how the heroine looked beyond the generic "beautiful"
Cigarettes – none
Alcohol – two beers. Hero didn't feel the angst strongly enough?
Town Descriptions – rodeo grounds, weekly newspaper, "half dozen" steak and bbq restaurants.
Gardenia Scent – no - hero's cologne is described.
LOL detail – Floppy discs for the win.
Cutesy detail –video games the hero's disgruntled employees are creating to make him disappear.
Turns out the heroine was a champion barrel racer (rider? I'm not sure of the terminology) and is his daughter's idol. Ooops.
Heroine was in a car accident that killed her father and left her badly injured. She is just now back to walking with crutches, but she insists on riding a horse to receive a posthumous award for her father. That costs her and the hero has to carry her to her trailer since she is so much pain.
Hero feels bad that he gave the heroine such a hard time - and his daughter wants to meet her idol - so he tracks her down at her run-down family ranch. One thing leads to another and the hero has accepted a job on the ranch for the summer. He is to do the books and get the place back on its financial feet. In return, heroine will coach his daughter in barrel racing.
This is the entire premise, really. The heroine doesn't know the truth of the hero's identity and the hero has to fight his attraction to the heroine because he never wants to marry again. DP throws in an OM - the town's doctor who will get his own book after this one. The hero's ex wife serves as a jealous OW figure - she jealous of the heroine's relationship with her daughter, not her ex.
It sounds more interesting than it is.
The H/h don't have that many scenes together and they all devolve into bickerfests. The story was episodic - that is, there wasn't a strong central focus on the H/h's romance. Here is a partial list of what this story included:
The hero's business in Victoria (Jacobsville's sister city), including his secretary and how he managed to work covertly at the ranch.
The doctor's animosity toward his junior partner in the his medical practice.
The heroine's endorsement of rodeo wear, her encounter with the sleezy salesman and the (potential OW) merchandising director
The hero takes the OW to a dance while the heroine stays home.
The hero's ideas for the ranch, including capital improvements
The hero's daughter's barrel racing practices
And on it goes.
So not an intense read - more like a nice read with a prickly heroine and a kinda-cruel, kinda-nice hero. The most interesting scene was the hero's ex telling the heroine the hero's true identity and realizing midway through the conversation that it's a huge mistake because now her daughter hates her. The comeuppance was built into the angst.
The H/h have sex halfway through the story, which was unusual timing for DP. The heroine was a virgin, but the hero wouldn't offer her more than an affair. To add insult to injury, he didn't do much virgin whispering at all. All the sexual focus was on him and his needs and his attractiveness. I was glad to see the heroine cut him off until he came through with a ring on it at the end.
The continual reminder of how much pain the heroine was in did not enhance my reading experience, either.
DP Checklist:
Hairy chest – but of course. Here's the hero getting his pleasure from his favorite erogenous zone:
Both his hands were in her hair now, guiding her mouth around the fascinating territory of his chest. It expanded violently as she kissed him, and he groaned even as he laughed at the delight her touch gave him.
Breast Description – none. Hero never thought of how the heroine looked beyond the generic "beautiful"
Cigarettes – none
Alcohol – two beers. Hero didn't feel the angst strongly enough?
Town Descriptions – rodeo grounds, weekly newspaper, "half dozen" steak and bbq restaurants.
Gardenia Scent – no - hero's cologne is described.
LOL detail – Floppy discs for the win.
Cutesy detail –video games the hero's disgruntled employees are creating to make him disappear.
May 2, 2018
Okay there’s hope yet!
This is the third consecutive DP that I've actually liked and enjoyed. And I thought I’d never read another one without my eyes going into a permanent spin after the initial few eyerolls!
**with spoilers**DPisms abound but don't overwhelm. Maybe it was the shorter length but the story holds on well enough. We have a temporarily disabled barrel racing h who has money/management problems on her small ranch, and a citified cowboy H who heads a computer company and has a teenage daughter with his former wife. He sees improving her ranch as a temporary distraction and a charity case as well and so takes on the job of the accountant at the ranch without disclosing his real status. The revelations of his dishonesty leads to the climactic problems.
I like this DP h - so strong and independent and gives him back good too - for most parts at least! So we have a secondary ow to say the usual ….
”Marriage isn't everything," Jane said. "You might become the head of your corporation."
"Anything's possible. But I have a secret, sinful hunger for dirty dishes and ironing a man's shirts and having babies. Shameful, isn't it? Don't tell anyone."
"You closet housewife, you!” *eyeroll*
And of course, the ubiquitous chest rubbing scene merits another eyeroll.
I like the reason why she refuses to have sex with him again - not because of the usual guilt/shame but because of the casual way he leaves her bed after the act. That resonated with me as a woman.
I also had issues with his ILY declaration as it was hardly worth anything as his stand on marriage and commitment remained the same - affair yes, marriage no!
And the primary ow - the ex-wife does her job well but I am not a fan of DP’s way of redeeming ow. And I don’t want the ow to be the topic of post-coital conversation on h/H honeymoons.
Oh well, all said and done I liked this book!
This is the third consecutive DP that I've actually liked and enjoyed. And I thought I’d never read another one without my eyes going into a permanent spin after the initial few eyerolls!
**with spoilers**DPisms abound but don't overwhelm. Maybe it was the shorter length but the story holds on well enough. We have a temporarily disabled barrel racing h who has money/management problems on her small ranch, and a citified cowboy H who heads a computer company and has a teenage daughter with his former wife. He sees improving her ranch as a temporary distraction and a charity case as well and so takes on the job of the accountant at the ranch without disclosing his real status. The revelations of his dishonesty leads to the climactic problems.
I like this DP h - so strong and independent and gives him back good too - for most parts at least! So we have a secondary ow to say the usual ….
”Marriage isn't everything," Jane said. "You might become the head of your corporation."
"Anything's possible. But I have a secret, sinful hunger for dirty dishes and ironing a man's shirts and having babies. Shameful, isn't it? Don't tell anyone."
"You closet housewife, you!” *eyeroll*
And of course, the ubiquitous chest rubbing scene merits another eyeroll.
I like the reason why she refuses to have sex with him again - not because of the usual guilt/shame but because of the casual way he leaves her bed after the act. That resonated with me as a woman.
I also had issues with his ILY declaration as it was hardly worth anything as his stand on marriage and commitment remained the same - affair yes, marriage no!
And the primary ow - the ex-wife does her job well but I am not a fan of DP’s way of redeeming ow. And I don’t want the ow to be the topic of post-coital conversation on h/H honeymoons.
Oh well, all said and done I liked this book!
July 29, 2017
Disappointing!
January 8, 2021
Is it just me, or does the guy on the cover look like Will Ferrell?
But anyways, I listened to this in a joint audiobook with 'Regan' and quite enjoyed it.
Please find my review here;
Long, Tall Texans: Regan/Todd
But anyways, I listened to this in a joint audiobook with 'Regan' and quite enjoyed it.
Please find my review here;
Long, Tall Texans: Regan/Todd
April 9, 2020
Vaya con los vaqueros orgullosos y tercos, pero bueno asi los quieren jajajajajaja.
January 8, 2023
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK or decent reads.
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The girl had a good seat for riding, but she had no self-confidence. His ex-wife didn't approve of Cherry's sudden passion for barrel racing.
He had custody of Cherry because Marie and her new husband were too occupied with business to raise a child. Cherry was fourteen now, and a handful at times.
"What a shame," came a quiet, feminine voice from down the aisle. "She just freezes on the turns, did you see? She'l never be any good as a competitor, I'm afraid. No nerve."
The girl was afraid of the turns and it showed in the way she choked up on the reins and hindered the horse. Jane commented on it to the cowboy.
"Who the hell do you think you are to criticize a cowgirl in Cherry's class?"
"What are you, anyway, a model?" he chided.
"Are you shacking up with one of the riders or are you part of the entertainment?"
"Are questions of more than one syllable too hard for you?'' he persisted.
Dad would have done it," she countered. "Jacobsville was his hometown, and it's mine. I couldn't refuse the invitation to accept the plaque for Dad. Today's rodeo is dedicated to him."
Well , you sure as hell don't look the part," he said mockingly. "You ride like a raw beginner, as stiffas a board in the saddle. How did a rider as bad as you ever even get to the finals? Did you do it on Daddy's name?"
"Does she always have to be lifted off a horse?" the stranger drawled. "I thought rodeo stars could mount and dismount all by themselves."
The pain was excruciating. She felt it in every cel of her body before the cowboy had her careful y in his arms, clear of the ground, but she didn't whimper.
Her daddy wrecked the car," he said simply. "He was killed instantly, but Jane was pinned in there with him for three hours or more.
Funny, that, because since his failed marriage, he didn't like women very much except when he had an overwhelming desire for someone female in his arms. Loving and leaving wouldn't be possible with Jane Parker.
She hadn't experienced that sort of intimacy. She fought it, trying to remember that he was on his way to another woman.
"You don't even know what to do," he said half angrily. "Do you need an instruction manual?"
Whatever Jane did to him, he hated it. He only wished he knew how to handle it. He had nothing to give her
He'd have a good time with Micki and forget that Jane even existed.
She'd never known a man, but her responses were so acutely hungry that Todd didn't realize it at first.
Jane...?" he whispered, shocked. She was struggling to breathe. She moaned.
"God, baby, I didn't know...!"
He surged against her, blind with a need as old as time, as unstoppable as an avalanche.
Then, he fell again to cold reality and felt the guilt and anguish of the trembling body containing his.
It had been painful and uncomfortable, and now her back was hurting again.
You're twenty-five years old," he groaned, smoothing her hair. "What were you doing, saving it for marriage?"
"I won't let you do that again!" she said hotly, hitting at him. "It hurt!"
He mistook the gasp. "It's al right," he said gently. "You were protected, both times. I don't take that sort of risk, ever."
"But it did. I've never had it that good, Jane. I think you and I could have a very satisfying relationship.''
"You mean, we could have an affair," she said quietly.
"I've tried marriage," he said bitterly. "I don't believe in it anymore.
"I'm sorry. I don't have a bad marriage behind the, and I still believe in fairy tales. I don't want to have an affair with you, Todd."
But despite the pleasure she remembered, she also remembered his easy rejection of her when his passion was spent. He'd left her as soon as he was finished, with no tenderness, no explanations, no apologies.
A child with Jane would be a disaster. He couldn't walk away from a child.
"Even if I were...willing— which I'm not," he added curtly, "you won't be able to carry a child, not for a long time." He grimaced.
She was twice as pretty as Marie. The other woman, at least ten years Jane's senior, had no difficulty understanding Todd's interest and Cherry's devotion to the woman. Marie hated her on sight.
Todd must have found it all so amusing, pretending to be a simple accountant," Marie said, leaning back on the sofa elegantly. "I mean, what a comedown for him! Living like this—" she waved a careless arm "—and driving that pitiful old sedan he borrowed.
What would he want with a little country girl from south Texas who only had a high school education and no social skills?
January 25, 2022
3.5 ⭐️s I have been on a DP binge at the moment trying to check off the first 20 LTT’s . I had many of them read, but I decided to get the ones in between, many of which were novellas that I skipped. Since I recently binged Yellowstone, a story with barrel racing, rodeo bunnies, and a Kevin Costner model on the cover intrigued me.
Stmargarets review encompasses anything and everything you want to know about this story. ➡️➡️
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you are a hard core DP fan, then she has enough in here that is typical of her writing for the LTT’s. If you are not a hardcore DP fan, this one might actually appeal to you because there are some differences such as how and when these two hook-up and who the Long Tall Texan is…in this case, it really is the heroine. The H has bigger interests outside of ranching.
Stmargarets review encompasses anything and everything you want to know about this story. ➡️➡️
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you are a hard core DP fan, then she has enough in here that is typical of her writing for the LTT’s. If you are not a hardcore DP fan, this one might actually appeal to you because there are some differences such as how and when these two hook-up and who the Long Tall Texan is…in this case, it really is the heroine. The H has bigger interests outside of ranching.
December 31, 2020
Too much plot moppet.
September 17, 2018
Good read. Would recommend.
August 8, 2021
Typical DP storyline but not as annoying as some others in this series.
Chery was a sweetheart but sad she has to act the disciplinarian with her own mother.
His wife is O/W drama in this and I found it tacky she is discussed when they are on their honeymoon after just having sex.
Hero Todd wasn’t too unbearable, liked that he had actually made something of himself with a standard education. He was just overly proud but so was heroine.
Jane is likeable too if just as proud and stubborn as the hero.
I didn’t like that fact she was going to fudge up how well she had been running the ranch to make him feel better. She should be proud of how well she had done.
Read in the box set Tangled Threads but I have read this many years ago when I used to blaze through DP’s books.
Chery was a sweetheart but sad she has to act the disciplinarian with her own mother.
His wife is O/W drama in this and I found it tacky she is discussed when they are on their honeymoon after just having sex.
Hero Todd wasn’t too unbearable, liked that he had actually made something of himself with a standard education. He was just overly proud but so was heroine.
Jane is likeable too if just as proud and stubborn as the hero.
I didn’t like that fact she was going to fudge up how well she had been running the ranch to make him feel better. She should be proud of how well she had done.
Read in the box set Tangled Threads but I have read this many years ago when I used to blaze through DP’s books.
May 9, 2011
this book is great i have read now 3 of them and the books are getting better and better the
people in the book are in all books brother and sisters and other family the boys get in to trouble and then they do what all boys do get married they are some great cowboy in the town of Jacksonville Texas you will have to read the book and in joy the way the boys move
people in the book are in all books brother and sisters and other family the boys get in to trouble and then they do what all boys do get married they are some great cowboy in the town of Jacksonville Texas you will have to read the book and in joy the way the boys move
October 29, 2012
I would have liked the book better if Jane hadn't been such a beeyotch. I absolutely /hated/ her at the end of the story when she sends him away without asking for his side. What made is worse was the fact that he came back to her and groveled for her to agree to marry him and apologised when it was not his fault to begin with.
December 27, 2022
Jane and Todd (Burke)
I didn't like it, I don't like when the MMC is a single father. He was a really good father but just something I don't like. Especially don't like that the ex-wife is still around and causes issues.
I really didn't like the MMC he took FMC virginity and only wanted to have an affair regardless of what she wanted. He did not take her wanting marriage and children of her own all that well.
I found the heroine to be refreshing at first after all the doormats FMC's in the series. However she was disappointing. After the MMC told FMC she needed an instruction manual to how to please him because she didn't know what she was doing (before taking her virginity). He went off on a date with another woman but he came back hours later and then took her virginity. It was disappointing she never asked him if he slept with the other woman he went ona date with or if he was with the woman sending him faxes (his secretary, but she didn't know that).
She was jealous but never confronted him, she just assumed he was sleeping with other woman and loved him and wanted to marry him. Np.
I didn't like it, I don't like when the MMC is a single father. He was a really good father but just something I don't like. Especially don't like that the ex-wife is still around and causes issues.
I really didn't like the MMC he took FMC virginity and only wanted to have an affair regardless of what she wanted. He did not take her wanting marriage and children of her own all that well.
I found the heroine to be refreshing at first after all the doormats FMC's in the series. However she was disappointing. After the MMC told FMC she needed an instruction manual to how to please him because she didn't know what she was doing (before taking her virginity). He went off on a date with another woman but he came back hours later and then took her virginity. It was disappointing she never asked him if he slept with the other woman he went ona date with or if he was with the woman sending him faxes (his secretary, but she didn't know that).
She was jealous but never confronted him, she just assumed he was sleeping with other woman and loved him and wanted to marry him. Np.
June 9, 2018
Todd Burke is a single father and president of a computer company. He has no time for romance as his ex-wife soured him on marriage. He has a 14 year old daughter named Cherry. Cherry is striving to be a barrel rider but she lacks confidence.
Jane Parker is a former barrel rider as and accident forced her to retire. She meets Todd at a rodeo where he overhears what Jane says about his daughter lacking confidence in herself. He gets mad and confronts her before he knows who she is. She puts him in his place and sends him flying onto his butt.
He feels sorry for her when he meets her a little later in the day. He pretends to be someone he isn't so that he can do her books and help her ranch out of bankruptcy. Eventually he does and his lies come to light.
I liked both characters and his daughter Cherry steals the scenes she is in, at least in my opinion. It's a good story and follows the same pattern as most of Ms. Palmer's romance novels.
Jane Parker is a former barrel rider as and accident forced her to retire. She meets Todd at a rodeo where he overhears what Jane says about his daughter lacking confidence in herself. He gets mad and confronts her before he knows who she is. She puts him in his place and sends him flying onto his butt.
He feels sorry for her when he meets her a little later in the day. He pretends to be someone he isn't so that he can do her books and help her ranch out of bankruptcy. Eventually he does and his lies come to light.
I liked both characters and his daughter Cherry steals the scenes she is in, at least in my opinion. It's a good story and follows the same pattern as most of Ms. Palmer's romance novels.
May 13, 2025
4 Stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy Long, Tall Texans: That Burke Man by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
A fast-paced story of pride, awakening feelings, and the reformation of a confirmed bachelor by a virgin with principles, that is combined with the trials of a blended family.
Bored and restless, computer program company owner, Todd Burke, insults his beginner rodeo barrel racing teenage daughter, Cherry’s idol, the convalescing former rodeo star Jane Parker, but then makes a deal as “an accountant” to save her ranch in exchange for coaching.
I purchased a copy of the steamy Long, Tall Texans: That Burke Man by Diana Palmer, and this review was given freely.
A fast-paced story of pride, awakening feelings, and the reformation of a confirmed bachelor by a virgin with principles, that is combined with the trials of a blended family.
Bored and restless, computer program company owner, Todd Burke, insults his beginner rodeo barrel racing teenage daughter, Cherry’s idol, the convalescing former rodeo star Jane Parker, but then makes a deal as “an accountant” to save her ranch in exchange for coaching.
August 18, 2024
El libro podría ser más entretenido es mucho mejor que el de Regan y al menos me creo que los personajes se quieren aun con la falta de escenas románticas.
El final es lindo, se casan y ahí esta el felices para siempre. Este es uno de los libros en que me habría encantado leer un epilogo porque siento que faltaron escenas para hacer el final mucho más creible.
Al menos, Diana no escribió otro libro con la virgen asustada y la pareja tuvo sex antes del matrimonio.
El final es lindo, se casan y ahí esta el felices para siempre. Este es uno de los libros en que me habría encantado leer un epilogo porque siento que faltaron escenas para hacer el final mucho más creible.
Al menos, Diana no escribió otro libro con la virgen asustada y la pareja tuvo sex antes del matrimonio.
November 15, 2017
Stubborn
From the very beginning you know that Jane Parker and Todd Burke are going to set the pages on fire. Not only are they both stubborn, they are sparking like crazy. Todd wants only an affair but Jane wants it all. Todd's daughter Cherry is having none of it. She wants her dad happy and Jane is the answer. Stick in Cherry's mom who tries to sabotage it. Wonderful story!
From the very beginning you know that Jane Parker and Todd Burke are going to set the pages on fire. Not only are they both stubborn, they are sparking like crazy. Todd wants only an affair but Jane wants it all. Todd's daughter Cherry is having none of it. She wants her dad happy and Jane is the answer. Stick in Cherry's mom who tries to sabotage it. Wonderful story!
November 4, 2019
Todd and Jane
To be honest it was a boring read. No much focus in the main characters relationship and what it showed it wasn't good. I was more interested in the animosity of the doctor with his junior colleague. Also we are made to believe Jane was a virgin but on her ex's book, he clearly state they did sleep togeth.
To be honest it was a boring read. No much focus in the main characters relationship and what it showed it wasn't good. I was more interested in the animosity of the doctor with his junior colleague. Also we are made to believe Jane was a virgin but on her ex's book, he clearly state they did sleep togeth.
October 3, 2017
Loved it!
Another wonderful read by Diana Palmer. Todd and Jane have a bumpy start and a very rocky ,pothole filled road to their relationship. Cherrie, Todd's daughter plans behind the seance to bring them together. A wonderful story!
Another wonderful read by Diana Palmer. Todd and Jane have a bumpy start and a very rocky ,pothole filled road to their relationship. Cherrie, Todd's daughter plans behind the seance to bring them together. A wonderful story!
February 11, 2019
I liked it! Yup, could totally identify with being tired and frustrated and needing to do something different..if just for a little while. I could also sympathize with loosing your passion following a horrific car crash. They helped each other heal and grow; nothing wrong with that.
May 23, 2017
I liked the story, but not a big fan of Todd Burke.
May 1, 2018
Esta historia me ha gustado más que las demás. ¡Bien por Jane!!
June 15, 2018
Very silly romance--a very fun car read.
August 10, 2018
Love
Love her books!! easy reading, I know they as will end happy, but I enjoy the back stories that lead each character into the romance!!
Love her books!! easy reading, I know they as will end happy, but I enjoy the back stories that lead each character into the romance!!
November 9, 2019
Awesome
I just finished reading this book and it was awesome from beginning to end! I can't wait to read more from this author!
I just finished reading this book and it was awesome from beginning to end! I can't wait to read more from this author!
January 30, 2022
Y'all need jesus
August 26, 2023
Easy read, shockingly the H wasn't as massive an a-hole as DPs heroes usually are, but thank Christ he had a massive hairy chest and took the time to eat in Jacobsville's only Chinese restaurant.
February 2, 2017
I had not realized I read this before in a compilation.
February 6, 2017
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