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Texas Treasures #3
Mom in the Middle
Juggling the care of her toddler son andelderly parents kept young widowAbby Cramer busy from sunup to sundown. Just when she thought she had it all undercontrol, her mother broke her hip at ahome-improvement store. Good thing storeemployee Guy Hardy rushed in to save theday with his quick thinking, big smile andhis tender kindness extended toward herwhole family-especially Abby. Though shesuspected Guy had a secret to hide, Abbywanted to believe he was a man of honor andfaith. A man she could trust with her heart.
247 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 24, 2007
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September 26, 2008
I was laid up from an ankle fusion surgery when Mae sent me this book. I could relate to the MOm falling and being in a wheelchair as I spent 8 months having to use one. I also could relate to so many things in this book. A great great read.
March 23, 2016
Took on trip but left in parked van... Abby's busy teaching school and raising her small son Dillon alone as her best friend and husband died serving our country. Living whit her parents, when her mother falls and breaks a hip meaning both parents in wheelchairs, Abby's life needs help. Guy is the manager? nope, family owns the chain of home improvement stores where Abby's mom falls. Will Guy be her Knight in Shining Armor, or her Savior?
June 5, 2024
First, we have Abby, who married her childhood sweetheart and got pregnant - a 'painfully shy' kid who had a horrible stutter if he was around anyone *OTHER* than her. Okay, but then the author has him - out of absolutely NOWHERE - join the military. A painfully shy kid with a horrible stutter? WOULDN'T DO THAT. Especially not after JUST having married his true love and had a baby. It doesn't fit. AT. ALL.
And of course, he dies the minute he steps overseas. So Abby moves home to help take care of her dad (has MS) with her mother, and they help her take care of her newborn baby. She's a schoolteacher who has 'put on weight in the thighs and backside' after having her baby... but we're supposed to believe after 3 years of being off a horse, not being physically active or training, she can just hop on a barrel racer and... her weight distribution, lack of muscle tone, and years of rustiness DON'T factor in and screw her up? REALLY??????
Her mom breaks her hip in a home improvement store, and in true unbelievable writing form, THE OWNER OF THE CHAIN OF STORES comes to her rescue. 'Cause that totally happens. He's a playboy who is the knight in shining armor of every woman he's ever met, but the chick with the disabled dad, messed up militant mom, screaming toddler, and double-wide backside? THAT'S the one for him. Definitely. (((Wait, what?!???)))
Worst of all is the 'spirituality' in this book. Abby is building a playground for her church... not out of a love for the Lord, but as a dedication to her dead husband. It's all about Phillip, and NOT about blessing the church or serving God. FYI. Same with Guy - he toils endlessly on a stained glass window he puts up in her church - not because he loves the Lord - oh, no. It's alllllllllz for Abby.
I hate churchianity and it's tenets. And its followers.
Guy makes you really, REALLY, REALLY want to like him. The whole book thru. But I would be SOOOOOO insecure around someone that cavalier with his charm. Especially when his sister shows up and acts like a snotty beeotch, telling Abby all about his romantic conquests and how Abby's just a blip on the radar (and bonus! We get *HER* book, next. Which I am SO. NOT. LOOKING. FORWARD. TO.).
Another issue: since WHEN does a company picnic manage to morph into a rodeo at the behest of the owner? That's NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS. Bronc riders, calf ropers and the like don't just all show up in droves at the whim or call of some dude from another state who's having a picnic... oh, hey, TODAY.
Bad writing.
I was not impressed.
And doubly so with the 'inspirational' (NOT) faith.
And of course, he dies the minute he steps overseas. So Abby moves home to help take care of her dad (has MS) with her mother, and they help her take care of her newborn baby. She's a schoolteacher who has 'put on weight in the thighs and backside' after having her baby... but we're supposed to believe after 3 years of being off a horse, not being physically active or training, she can just hop on a barrel racer and... her weight distribution, lack of muscle tone, and years of rustiness DON'T factor in and screw her up? REALLY??????
Her mom breaks her hip in a home improvement store, and in true unbelievable writing form, THE OWNER OF THE CHAIN OF STORES comes to her rescue. 'Cause that totally happens. He's a playboy who is the knight in shining armor of every woman he's ever met, but the chick with the disabled dad, messed up militant mom, screaming toddler, and double-wide backside? THAT'S the one for him. Definitely. (((Wait, what?!???)))
Worst of all is the 'spirituality' in this book. Abby is building a playground for her church... not out of a love for the Lord, but as a dedication to her dead husband. It's all about Phillip, and NOT about blessing the church or serving God. FYI. Same with Guy - he toils endlessly on a stained glass window he puts up in her church - not because he loves the Lord - oh, no. It's alllllllllz for Abby.
I hate churchianity and it's tenets. And its followers.
Guy makes you really, REALLY, REALLY want to like him. The whole book thru. But I would be SOOOOOO insecure around someone that cavalier with his charm. Especially when his sister shows up and acts like a snotty beeotch, telling Abby all about his romantic conquests and how Abby's just a blip on the radar (and bonus! We get *HER* book, next. Which I am SO. NOT. LOOKING. FORWARD. TO.).
Another issue: since WHEN does a company picnic manage to morph into a rodeo at the behest of the owner? That's NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS. Bronc riders, calf ropers and the like don't just all show up in droves at the whim or call of some dude from another state who's having a picnic... oh, hey, TODAY.
Bad writing.
I was not impressed.
And doubly so with the 'inspirational' (NOT) faith.
October 23, 2026
This is a story of kindness and love. Please read.
September 18, 2014
This book has the most anti-Semitic element I've ever read in a Christian romance. The only Jewish names--stereotypically Jewish--are the names of the villains without whom there would be no plot. Not only that, but in the paragraph immediately following the vicious slur the author compares this couple with "good folks...members of a Christian church."
No matter how compelling her stories, this alone should blackball this author. It is shameful to target a particular ethnic group the way this author has. I will never read another of her books.
No matter how compelling her stories, this alone should blackball this author. It is shameful to target a particular ethnic group the way this author has. I will never read another of her books.
June 26, 2008
loved the values in this book. you don't see as many "kids" taking care of their parents as you should. too easy to dump them in a nursing home and gone on w/ your own life!
easy, lite, quick summer read
easy, lite, quick summer read
October 22, 2008
Uplifting book, very different from what I normally read. It calmed my soul and comforted me in trying times. Thanks Mae and keep up the wonderful work!
April 1, 2009
About as good as any serial romance has a right to be. They're silly, simple, escapist reading. This one is smut-free, which is a rare thing in the serial romance world.
March 5, 2011
This Novel is really good.
January 27, 2016
This is a feel good story and romance. It was typical but also had some twists that made the people feel a bit more from this world.
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