To Love a Texan

Panorama of the Old West #26

by Georgina Gentry

When she inherits half ownership of a brothel called The Texas Lily, Miss Lillian Primm, a straightlaced schoolmarm, goes up against her new business partner, smooth-talking gambler Bradley O'Neal, who bets that he can unleash her wild side. Original.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Westerns, Historical Fiction

376 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Georgina Gentry is a former Ford Foundation teacher who married her Irish-Indian college sweetheart. They have three grown children and seven grandchildren and make their home on a small lake in central Oklahoma. Georgina is known for the deep research and passion of her novels, resulting in two Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement awards for both Western and Indian Romance. Often a speaker at writers’ conferences, Georgina has also been inducted into the Oklahoma Professional Writer’s Hall of Fame. She holds the rare distinction of winning two back-to-back Best Western Romance of the Year awards for To Tame A Savage and To Tame A Texan. When she’s not writing or researching, Georgina enjoys gardening and collecting antiques.

Reviews

[Cindy C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an enjoyable story. Let the game begin between a gambler and ladies man and a redhead spitfire, righteous schoolmarm. The stake....ownership of The Texas Lily, saloon and bordello. As it is each are half owners of The Lily, Brad the saloon and Lillian the bordello....and the winner is? Two stubborn individuals match wits in To Love a Texan. Georgina Gentry has written a story with characters that come off the pages and pull you into their tale, a story that is well-written, with a action-packed romance that brims with tension-building twists setting and descriptions that are wonderfully vivid which brings this read together perfectly.

[Jerry Jares · Rating 3 out of 5]

Georgina Gentry breathes life into a worn storyline. Miss Lillian Primm has inherited a ½ interest in (what is euphemistically called) a hotel. In the lawyer's letter, he offers Lillian money for her portion of the brothel.

Lillian has been teaching young ladies in Boston and decides to spend her summer vacation traveling to Fort Floppett to see if she should sell. When she arrives, she meets the town's heart-throb, Brad O'Neal, who just happens to own the other half.

Lillian is horrified to find 7 whores working there and immediately closes the brothel. She offers to teach the women home and work skills, so they can have a chance at real jobs and husbands. Brad and Lillian spar over the direction their business should take. The dialog is priceless and offers lots of laughs.

Then suddenly, the story goes flat; it loses its sizzle. I kept wondering why the story didn't spend more time with the relationship between the ladies and Lillian.

I had no problem finishing the book. It IS a pleasant story that keeps the reader interested. By concentrating on the visiting congressmen and not on the changes in the ladies ... I felt that opportunities were lost. This really could have been a more substantial and appealing story.

[Barbi Huhn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this book for free and grabbed it because it was a romance with a Texan. This definitely lived up to my expectations. It was a very enjoyable read with fun characters who were polar opposites. I loved Brad and Lillian's characters. I kept hoping that Lillian would see what an awful character that Buford was because I just despised him. I thoroughly enjoyed how the author tied up the loose ends and made things work out for the best.

[Tammy Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book I don't like how it jumps at end of book to the epilog