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Taming the Texan
Clint Hayworth had returned to the Double H to find his father's too-young, too-attractive widow in charge. The woman had to be a gold digger—so why couldn't Clint stop thinking about her?
Tess Morgan-Hayworth couldn't sit by and watch the ranch be destroyed. It was the only place she'd ever felt safe. So she would have to face up to this stubborn, hardheaded, gorgeous Texan, and tame him….
But Tess wasn't sure she could hold out against the sexy cowboy for long!
Tess Morgan-Hayworth couldn't sit by and watch the ranch be destroyed. It was the only place she'd ever felt safe. So she would have to face up to this stubborn, hardheaded, gorgeous Texan, and tame him….
But Tess wasn't sure she could hold out against the sexy cowboy for long!
288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
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Charlene Sands
496 books194 followersCharlene Sands is a USA Today Bestselling author writing over 50 contemporary and western historical romances. Her books have been honored with the National Readers' Choice Award, the Cataromance Reviewer’s Choice Award and she's a two time winner of the Booksellers Best Award. Her book, The Texas Renegade Returns, was voted Best HQ Desire of 2014.
She married her high school sweetheart and has a beautiful and growing family. When not writing, she enjoys sunny California beaches, bowling on a Valley Girls team, sipping delicious Mocha Lattes or going on “date” nights of dinner and a movie with her hero-like husband.
She married her high school sweetheart and has a beautiful and growing family. When not writing, she enjoys sunny California beaches, bowling on a Valley Girls team, sipping delicious Mocha Lattes or going on “date” nights of dinner and a movie with her hero-like husband.
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April 25, 2020Clint Hayworth had returned to the Double H to find his father's too-young, too-attractive widow in charge. The woman had to be a gold digger--so why couldn't Clint stop thinking about her?
Tess Morgan-Hayworth couldn't sit by and watch the ranch be destroyed. It was the only place she'd ever felt safe. So she would have to face up to this stubborn, hardheaded, gorgeous Texan, and tame him....
But Tess wasn't sure she could hold out against the sexy cowboy for long!
Tess Morgan-Hayworth couldn't sit by and watch the ranch be destroyed. It was the only place she'd ever felt safe. So she would have to face up to this stubborn, hardheaded, gorgeous Texan, and tame him....
But Tess wasn't sure she could hold out against the sexy cowboy for long!
March 11, 2009
Because I don’t naturally gravitate to romance novels, and because I am charged with being familiar with a variety of genres, I thought it would be a good exercise to volunteer as a judge for the Booksellers Best Awards from the Romance Writers of America. My first assignment was "Taming the Texan".
Based on the ridiculous sub-title (could she be the one to tame him?) and cheesy picture, I expected…I don’t know what I expected. But it wasn’t as bad as whatever I had anticipated. Tess has fled from a violent and unhappy past to a Texas ranch, and has inherited half of the ranch from the old guy who insisted she marry him just before passing away. Clint, the bitter, hateful, and naturally estranged son arrives to buy out Tess’s half of the ranch in order to divide it up to sell. She refuses to sell, and I’m sure you can guess the rest.
Sands applies contemporary time frames to an historical setting, which I found distracting. Could Tess really have the buggy hitched up, ride to town, visit her friend and be back at the ranch before lunchtime? In 1883, without telephone, e-mail or social networking sites, could Tess really have engineered a gathering of 30 women on a Wednesday afternoon? Maybe, but I doubt they would have called themselves a “sisterhood”. Or would they? I don’t know, but for me it didn’t seem to fit.
Despite these incongruities I was entertained and the typical romance reader will be satisfied, despite the far-fetched twist at the end.
Based on the ridiculous sub-title (could she be the one to tame him?) and cheesy picture, I expected…I don’t know what I expected. But it wasn’t as bad as whatever I had anticipated. Tess has fled from a violent and unhappy past to a Texas ranch, and has inherited half of the ranch from the old guy who insisted she marry him just before passing away. Clint, the bitter, hateful, and naturally estranged son arrives to buy out Tess’s half of the ranch in order to divide it up to sell. She refuses to sell, and I’m sure you can guess the rest.
Sands applies contemporary time frames to an historical setting, which I found distracting. Could Tess really have the buggy hitched up, ride to town, visit her friend and be back at the ranch before lunchtime? In 1883, without telephone, e-mail or social networking sites, could Tess really have engineered a gathering of 30 women on a Wednesday afternoon? Maybe, but I doubt they would have called themselves a “sisterhood”. Or would they? I don’t know, but for me it didn’t seem to fit.
Despite these incongruities I was entertained and the typical romance reader will be satisfied, despite the far-fetched twist at the end.
November 30, 2010
loved it
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