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Texas Hearts #2
A Perfect Love
Down to Her Last Straw
When city gal Summer Maxwell came to visit her family's Texas small town, her car broke down nine miles from her destination. World-weary and lagging in her faith, Summer didn't think things could get worse . . . until a handsome stranger came to her rescue and opened her eyes to the joy she'd long been missing.
Landscaper Mack Riley's heart ached to see someone as caring and beautiful as Summer so confused about her life. He wanted to admit his growing feelings for her. But would she trust him after a secret from his past came back to haunt him -- or would their love pass every possible test?
When city gal Summer Maxwell came to visit her family's Texas small town, her car broke down nine miles from her destination. World-weary and lagging in her faith, Summer didn't think things could get worse . . . until a handsome stranger came to her rescue and opened her eyes to the joy she'd long been missing.
Landscaper Mack Riley's heart ached to see someone as caring and beautiful as Summer so confused about her life. He wanted to admit his growing feelings for her. But would she trust him after a secret from his past came back to haunt him -- or would their love pass every possible test?
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
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Lenora Worth
277 books382 followersLenora Worth has written 75 books for three different publishers. She reached a milestone when she received her 50th book pin from Harlequin. Her books have won both regional and national awards and she now has millions of books in print and is a NY Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author. Currently she is writing both Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense and Tule Publishing. Married to her childhood sweetheart, Lenora has two grown children and lives in Florida.
Pen name: Lenora Nazworth
Pen name: Lenora Nazworth
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December 19, 2008
If I could do 2 1/2 stars I would. I really liked the characters again. I loved how both of them were broken but in different ways and they were able to help each other out. I also liked the retirement community. I wish they had one for younger people. :)
May 1, 2014
A Perfect Love (2005) by Lenora Worth (Love Inspired)
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We start with two people who had both been let down in love recently. Summer just got out of a terrible relationship and between that and all the bad she sees in her work she is now angry and bitter. Add to that the problems she still carries about how she grew up and you have one complicated situation. Mack was finally starting to get his life on the right track after losing himself for the person he thought was the love of his life. He also recognizes a lost soul when he sees Summer and does his best to try and help her lighten her load a bit. In doing so Mack finds exactly what he needs to complete his life. I loved too how Summer, with the support of Mac and her grandmother, starts to reconcile the problems with her parents. The end of the story was a huge surprise and showed both the H and h how strong they were now and how far they had both come.
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Back Cover Blurb ~~ When city gal Summer Maxwell came to visit her family's Texas small town, her car broke down nine miles from her destination. World-weary and lagging in her faith, Summer didn't think things could get worse...until a handsome stranger came to her rescue and opened her eyes to the joy she'd long been missing.
Landscaper Mack Riley's heart ached to see someone as caring and beautiful as Summer so confused about her life. He wanted to admit his growing feelings for her. But would she trust him after a secret from his past came back to haunt him -- or would their love pass every possible test? -NFM-
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We start with two people who had both been let down in love recently. Summer just got out of a terrible relationship and between that and all the bad she sees in her work she is now angry and bitter. Add to that the problems she still carries about how she grew up and you have one complicated situation. Mack was finally starting to get his life on the right track after losing himself for the person he thought was the love of his life. He also recognizes a lost soul when he sees Summer and does his best to try and help her lighten her load a bit. In doing so Mack finds exactly what he needs to complete his life. I loved too how Summer, with the support of Mac and her grandmother, starts to reconcile the problems with her parents. The end of the story was a huge surprise and showed both the H and h how strong they were now and how far they had both come.
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Back Cover Blurb ~~ When city gal Summer Maxwell came to visit her family's Texas small town, her car broke down nine miles from her destination. World-weary and lagging in her faith, Summer didn't think things could get worse...until a handsome stranger came to her rescue and opened her eyes to the joy she'd long been missing.
Landscaper Mack Riley's heart ached to see someone as caring and beautiful as Summer so confused about her life. He wanted to admit his growing feelings for her. But would she trust him after a secret from his past came back to haunt him -- or would their love pass every possible test? -NFM-
February 2, 2022
DNF @157 pages... or two-thirds thru.
Second in a series about cousins named after seasons, this is Summer's book. Summer's parents had nothing to do with the other brothers, so WHY they would play the name game with the brothers makes no sense. At all.
Summer is the only child of rich and famous parents. They have Texas oil money in addition to being on the rodeo circuit. They never had any time for her, so they punted her to the grandparents to be raised there, missing all the milestones of her life. She's bitter, bad-tempered, spoiled, shrewish, and awful in every way.
After living years in NYC with her cousins, she now deigns to come home (without a phone call to let the grandparents know that she's visiting), and gets all shades of pissed off when she finds out that they sold the farm and went into a retirement village.
Annnnnd... the guy who bought their house is the one who rescues her off the side of the road when she's stranded. He's also the groundskeeper at the retirement village. He's also the love interest, and every nosy old person in the joint is shoving them together.
It's not a happy read. She hates her parents. She hates the retirement village. She hates Mack. She hates her life, her job, the sale of her childhood home, and she is VOCAL about how unjust the world is THE. ENTIRE. BOOK. She treats Mack like crap, she's belligerent to her grandparents, she verbally attacks her parents, she snaps at her cousins...
I started skimming at pg. 120, because it was more and MORE and *MORE* 'woe is me, I've got it so bad' - and it just doesn't quit. It's a miserable read. Far worse than the first book, and I wasn't much impressed with THAT, either.
By page 150, her parents show up and insist she move to their McMansion and be pissy all over THEM for a while and... well, quite frankly, I'd had enough. It's not a book that encourages the reader, enlightens the reader, or even ENTERTAINS the reader... and isn't that what books are supposed to do? I got to where I was asking, "WHY am I putting myself thru this? It's not fun."
So I quit. I'm done. You may want to pick something else, because unless you'd really like to be soured up and left feeling like someone's taking everything in the universe out on you? This isn't worth the time to read it.
Second in a series about cousins named after seasons, this is Summer's book. Summer's parents had nothing to do with the other brothers, so WHY they would play the name game with the brothers makes no sense. At all.
Summer is the only child of rich and famous parents. They have Texas oil money in addition to being on the rodeo circuit. They never had any time for her, so they punted her to the grandparents to be raised there, missing all the milestones of her life. She's bitter, bad-tempered, spoiled, shrewish, and awful in every way.
After living years in NYC with her cousins, she now deigns to come home (without a phone call to let the grandparents know that she's visiting), and gets all shades of pissed off when she finds out that they sold the farm and went into a retirement village.
Annnnnd... the guy who bought their house is the one who rescues her off the side of the road when she's stranded. He's also the groundskeeper at the retirement village. He's also the love interest, and every nosy old person in the joint is shoving them together.
It's not a happy read. She hates her parents. She hates the retirement village. She hates Mack. She hates her life, her job, the sale of her childhood home, and she is VOCAL about how unjust the world is THE. ENTIRE. BOOK. She treats Mack like crap, she's belligerent to her grandparents, she verbally attacks her parents, she snaps at her cousins...
I started skimming at pg. 120, because it was more and MORE and *MORE* 'woe is me, I've got it so bad' - and it just doesn't quit. It's a miserable read. Far worse than the first book, and I wasn't much impressed with THAT, either.
By page 150, her parents show up and insist she move to their McMansion and be pissy all over THEM for a while and... well, quite frankly, I'd had enough. It's not a book that encourages the reader, enlightens the reader, or even ENTERTAINS the reader... and isn't that what books are supposed to do? I got to where I was asking, "WHY am I putting myself thru this? It's not fun."
So I quit. I'm done. You may want to pick something else, because unless you'd really like to be soured up and left feeling like someone's taking everything in the universe out on you? This isn't worth the time to read it.
November 13, 2025
Lovely light romance between a jaded woman and a landscaper who's just bought her grandparents' longtime home and farm. She starts out brusque but it's a pleasure to see her spending time with her grandparents at the retirement home and learning how ready they were to relax and let someone else carry on their home. As she sees them happy, she learns to begin to look past her own desires to see the good for them. But how perfect would it be if she and the new owner fell for each other..??
Purely comfort read.
Purely comfort read.
February 19, 2024
Summer is having a tough time in her life right now so she decides to go home to the one place she feels most comfortable, home with her grandparents in the house that she has always loved.
However, when she gets there, her car breaks down and she catches a ride with someone who knows her grandparents. He also has bought the house that she loved from them.
Can Summer find peace and get her life back on track. Check out the story.
However, when she gets there, her car breaks down and she catches a ride with someone who knows her grandparents. He also has bought the house that she loved from them.
Can Summer find peace and get her life back on track. Check out the story.
February 21, 2024
I liked the twists that came in Summer and Mack's story, but Summer's strained relationship with her parents seemed a bit much, especially given how supportive her grandparents were. The pacing of this novel was very good until the end. The final twist with Mack's son was resolved far too quickly and easily. It made the whole resolution feel rushed.
September 23, 2021
tend to alternate between dark and gruesome murder mysteries and lighthearted romance to release the tension but this one did not quite deliver, most of Lenora Worths books leave you feeling happy and content but for some reason this one did not quite achieve that. Pass mark only.
April 5, 2018
Another great book. Wholesome romance with a HEA ending. Lots of drama along the way makes this a real page turner.
June 30, 2020
Awesome story line & Good read!!
September 23, 2021
#2 in a 3 book series. Amazing.
October 28, 2023
Very good story about love misunderstandings hurtgeelingsandgetting older.
February 21, 2009
Ok, I'm not a romance novel reader (romance novels like harlequin's and other types) but well I was convinced to read this book. And I have to say it was actually a great book. It was a beautiful, beautiful love story. And there were many things in the book that I could relate to. It was a real life story, not just some made up crap that really never happens... I think I might check into some more, hey everybody loves the gushy love story right? LOL
October 24, 2016
Okay I will start by saying I like Lenora Worth's books. But I could not get interested in this one for some reason. I actually found myself skipping pages and not really feeling like I missed much and was almost glad when it was over. I will definitely read more of Lenora Worth but this one to me was a miss. I hope some one else really enjoys it.
January 2, 2012
This story did not appeal to me at all. It was boring, and just seemed to drag on. The characters dialogue with each other was very awkward throughout the book and was at times extremely irritating. I did not feel the love connection between the H/h as in other stories I've read.
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September 24, 2009Book may have price tag somewhere on the cover. Packaging Cost and DC included with every order!
August 15, 2012
Good book with real problems presented, self-evaluations, and learning to trust others and God. Also presents "side-effects" from certain kinds of jobs and relationships.
January 8, 2013
cant wait to read the others in this series!! :)
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September 2, 2013"Love Inspired(different authors)"
September 11, 2014
LI Girl wanting stability, comes home to TX and finds love. Very realistic relationship progression elevates this novel.
April 22, 2016
This is the second book in the Texas Hearts Series and I'm liking them so far. They have a typical romance story line but interesting plot twists. :-)
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