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Brides of Bliss Texas #1

Spring Texas Bride

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Spring showers make love flower…

When Spring Hadley breezes into Bliss, Texas, Waylon Kendall knows she’s trouble with a capital T. And trouble is the last thing he needs when he’s working hard to fill his daddy’s boots as the new sheriff. He doesn’t have time for frivolous fun with a sassy woman who can’t take no for an answer. But when Spring finagles her way into a position as his new assistant, Waylon realizes there’s much more to her than meets the eye. She brightens his mundane life with her sunny smile and kind heart, and he suddenly wants springtime each and every day.

Spring Hadley isn’t trouble. She’s a free spirit who sometimes forgets important things—like locking up the clothing store she owns with her sisters. When her sisters get mad and call her an irresponsible ditz, she decides to go on a camping adventure to prove that she can make it just fine without her family. Unfortunately, her Jeep breaks down, and Spring ends up stranded in Bliss with no money. A temp job is what she needs, and she’s determined to get it—even if it means tangling with the new sheriff. A sheriff who is hotter than a jalapeno pepper with kisses just as spicy. But when her criminal father blows into town, trouble begins, accusations fly, and the truth comes out.

Can a straight-laced lawman and a free-spirited woman make it to the church on time? Or will a secret tear through their spring romance like a Texas tornado?

274 pages, ebook

First published April 13, 2018

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Katie Lane

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Katie Lane is the USA Today bestselling author of the Deep in the Heart of Texas, Hunk for the Holidays, Overnight Billionaires, Tender Heart Texas, Bad Boy Ranch, Kingman Ranch, Holiday Ranch series. Katie lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and when she isn’t writing, she enjoys reading, traveling, and cuddling with her high school sweetheart and cairn terrier, Roo.

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1,274 reviews319 followers
March 31, 2019


Reviewed for herding cats & burning soup. (posting to blog 5/2/19)
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Katie Lane is always so dang fun. Spring Texas Bride was sweet and funny and totally adorable.

The Gist: After a fight with her sisters Spring has decided it's time to stand on her own two feet for the first time. Which means leaving town and getting a job away from her sisters (they're triplets). The grumpy --yet sexy-- small town sheriff who needs an assistant and everyone else is avoiding? Perfect! She just has to convince him he's hired her first.

Spring and Waylon are night and day. She's sunny and cheerful. A bit of a free spirit and maybe a little forgetful. Chaotic for sure. Waylon on the other hand used to be a bit more easy going but since taking over as sheriff he's a bit too straight laced. By the book, always serious, totally stressed and in need of a break. He's a good guy that cares so much and wants to do right by his town. It was really quite easy to like them both even with all the growling.

Their romance was a bit funny. They do drive each other a spot crazy. I had a good time watching them work together and spar every day. There's a little heat later on and lots of fun chemistry to back it all up.

Overall, Spring Texas Bride was a light breezy read. It's fun getting lost in the pages of Lane's books. There's always so much heart and spirit it's impossible not to fall for the couples and the towns they call home.
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2,944 reviews86 followers
April 19, 2018
So we're back in Bliss, Texas :) We met sheriff Waylon Kendall in the last book of the Tender Heart series. Not to say you can't read this one as a standalone but TH was so good you should try it anyway ;p

To change the image people had of him when he was a deputy and to be taken seriously by the townfolks with his new position as sheriff, Waylon became more tough and uptight. Social life, especially when it comes to dating, is not easy for him. He didn't grow up with women, he can't do one-night stand because small town = gossips and "the law" should have a spotless reputation and he thinks his life is stressful enough without adding a wife to the mix. But when Spring Hadley arrive in Bliss, after a conflict with her sisters about their retail clothing store in Houston, she'll not only disrupt the town but the hero's peace of mind. She have no boundaries for his personal life and she's trying to fill in for the job of his assistant who's on leave even after he refused to give her the position.

Spring Hadley is a triplet. She's always been the vivacious one and since she's distracted easily, she's perceived as a ditz. But what people doesn't see is that her caring nature is often at issue. It's her time to show everybody that she can be responsible. But why the sheriff doesn't seem to like her ever since she met him at her brother's wedding ? And what is it with the grumpy man that she find attractive even with the perpetual scowl on his face every time he see her ? Can they both find what they are looking for even when they don't know what it is ?

I adore this cover who I think show a women still young at heart. I also think it represent the character and the book perfectly. Sweet and funny stories are the best kind in my book ;p and that's why Katie Lane became an author I'll continue to read because she mix the two elements wonderfully. She also have a way to make perfect characters. Not in the sense they are perfect but just flawed enough to made them more real and interesting.
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Author 6 books91 followers
July 18, 2019
Spring Hadley appears to be trouble but in reality she has a unique way of looking at the world and those around her because she is always looking for the good in people and it gets her into trouble. She is caring, compassionate with a passion and Sheriff Waylon Kendall has a hard time dealing with her. He is attracted to her and does not want her for his work assistant but she wants the job to prove she can stand on her own without her identical triplet sisters. She is the youngest and they try to protect her.

Romance develops, Spring trusts the wrong person, her father and keeps secrets, which doesn't end well for the romance between Spring and Waylon when her father is arrested with her little vintage pink trailer and her jeep. The characters in town are full of small town views and opinions to add lots of humor, Sherlock, Waylon's Basset Hound is another humorous aspect to the story. The humor, two sets of identical triplets and the wide difference in personalities make Spring Texas Bride a fun novel to read and I really enjoyed it.
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July 27, 2019
Very nice

I liked the book and the story, didn't like the sex scenes so I skipped them. Had some trouble with some parts but overall pretty good. I don't know if I will buy the next one in the series.
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372 reviews19 followers
July 4, 2023
"Spring Fling and the Sheriff!"

I will take any story from Bliss Texas. This story absolutely cracked me up! The silly relationship between Spring and Waylon had me grabbing the tissue. My husband wanted to know what I was reading, so I decided to read out loud and did the voices too. Too bad there wasn't an audio to this story.

I like to write parts of the book I find that stuck out best for me---------------------------

In this book, I found where it talks about the Tender Heart series as we know Lucy Arrington as the great-granddaughter of the founder of Bliss Texas. She had written the classic series of novels called Tender Heart in the 1960's based on the mail-order brides her great-grandfather had brought to TX to marry the cowboys who worked his huge ranch. Lucy died before she could write the final book in the series. Or at least, that's what everyone thought until the first chapter of the lost book was discovered.

Ms. Maybelline Marble had been Lucy's best friend. On her death-bed, Lucy asked Ms. Marble to find her daughter and give her the final Tender Heart book. When she couldn't track down the daughter, who turned out to be Granny Bon, she'd started hiding the chapters for Lucy's nephews and nieces to find.

This story also talks about Raff Arrington showing up in Sheriff Waylon Kendell's office. He had been through some tough times in his life and deserved happiness. It looks like he is back on his ranch, however hard and dirty as it was, he seems to love it and he is good at it. Raff has been putting in some hard work to get it to thrive again. He is adding additions to his cabin starting with the kitchen and main living space. And adding a nursery - Savannah's pregnant! They also took in a boy named Luke who had run away from an abusive step-father who would give anything to play baseball.

Here is where it gets funny with Waylon and Spring. She finds out he needs help in the office while Gail is in Lubbock taking care of her mother. Spring just puts herself into the position even though Waylon doesn't want her there. He told her so. I had to laugh how she just puts herself in Gails chair and starts to take phone calls. It looks like Waylon has lost the battle. The entire town appreciates the help she is doing for the good sheriff.

At the end of page 92, you will see Waylon is stuck with Spring in her 'ham-can camper' and can't seem to turn the handle on the door of her little trailer to get out. This gave Spring a few more seconds to come up with another plan. Time to shed some tears.

So, Spring hands Waylon a long list of her failures - things she can't remember or couldn't do, even choose the right pan as a weapon to ward off a stalker. Yup, Waylon fell for it. He would give her one week and if she screws up once - one time - 'you're gone.' No excuses, no tears, and no begging! Little did Waylon know her fugitive daddy was hiding in her tuna-can size bathroom.

"The Little White Chapel." All women seem to love the little white chapel because it's the place where dreams come true. It's the place where all the mail-order brides were married - the real ones and the fictional ones that Lucy Arrington wrote about in her books. This was a place filled with happy-ever-afters.

"A legend that said if you made a wish on the chapel spire for true love, you'd find it."

Read the next book: Summer Texas Bride (The Brides of Bliss Texas Book 2) Summer Hadley and Ryker Evans are trapped together in the sizzling heat of a small town; will Summer and Ryker find a way to save her business and their fragile new relationship? Or will both fizzle-out like midnight on the 4th of July? Happy reading!
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781 reviews36 followers
April 14, 2018
4 Big Stars for Spring Texas Bride
In Katie Lane’s new series Brides of Bliss Texas we are once again treated to a wonderful quirky, heroine who lives by her own rules, and a hero that follows the rules and doesn’t like rule breakers. I laughed, cried and sighed while reading this wonderful story.

Spring Hadley has arrived in Bliss, Texas in a pink trailer emblazed with Spring Fling on it. She is taking a break from her two sisters, of which she is the 3 triplet of the group. When Sherriff Waylon Kendall sees her and the trailer, he just knows that she is going to be a heap of Texas trouble. While in Bliss, Spring needs a job and when she finds out that Waylon needs a temporary assistant, she just realizes that she is the gal for the job. With her sunny disposition which everybody loves, her kind giving heart, even though she tends to forget a few details from time to time, which is what had her leaving Dallas in the first place, she is determined she is going to get the job. But the Sherriff is not having this kooky, free spirited and desirable female working anywhere near him….But desperate times, need desperate measures and Waylon is out of options.

Can this straight shooting Sherriff and this breath of fresh air that is Spring, work together? Or will secrets they are keeping from each other and the town let them find their Bliss? .You can help but root for Waylon and Spring and watch them fall in Love…
1,677 reviews43 followers
October 8, 2018
This is the first book in the Brides of Bliss Texas series based around the story of the 3 Hadley triplets, Spring, Summer and Autumn who in their late twenties end up finding their H.E.A. in the little town of Bliss Texas. I've now read all of the first two books and am well into the third book of sister Autumn. I have to say although I expected to like Autumn best I think Spring is my favorite sister. Spring is a little bit flighty and absent minded but she's got a big heart and a smile that warms the heart of everyone she meets. She really is a sweetheart but as the story begins she needs to grow up a little and find some direction in her life. Which she does with the help of her beloved Granny Bonn, her younger brother Dirk and of course the town sheriff Waylon. Waylon is a great character too. He's an easy going country boy but when he takes the job of Bliss's sheriff when his father retires he tries to imitate his father's personality and its making him miserable. Spring falls for the big, gruff sheriff and does her best to bring her own brand of sunshine into his life. Along the way we meet the other residents of Bliss that will have a continuing role in the next two books. If you like small town romances with a western flavor and around a PG level of steamy heat you'll enjoy this series.
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543 reviews33 followers
April 18, 2018
Spring Texas Bride is smart, sassy, sexy, small-town fun! Sheriff Kendall is the grumpy hero in need of some happiness. Spring Hadley (one of Dirk's triplet sisters) is a whole lot of trusting, tender-hearted, determined, and lost woman just looking for a place to settle. Bliss was the perfect place for these two to come together! I love this town, y'all. I love the town, I love the quirky characters, and I love that I find myself smiling and happy when I read Katie Lane's stories! There's so much delicious tension between Spring and Waylon, and for a considerably tame (in terms of sex scenes) book, Waylon is easily one of the sexiest heroes I've read this year. He's a charmer, with just enough sexy gruffness to keep you guessing what he'll say or do next. Still swooning here!!! Spring is the gal that is friends with everyone, and I really enjoyed seeing her find her true calling in the town of Bliss. The plot was predictable, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story for a single second. I'm eagerly awaiting the next Brides of Bliss book!
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181 reviews
June 2, 2019
The Ditz & the Sheriff

Spring Leigh Hadley has had enough of her sister Summer. After she made a mistake in forgetting to lock the back door after closing the clothing store one night, Summer had said unforgivable things to Spring. Spring leaves Houston for the small town of Bliss, her younger brother lives there with his family. Trying to make Summer realize it was a mistake & she should apologize. Her brother Dirk & her Granny tell her the 3 sisters need to try making themselves happy, not just Summer. After Dirk refuses to loan money to Spring to fix her broken Jeep, Spring decides she will find her own job & prove to her family she isn't a ditz!! The sheriff needs an assistant, Spring wants the job. Sheriff Waylon Kendall doesn't like Spring & refuses to hire her. The town thinks Spring is the perfect assistant for Waylon & after the whole town thinks he hired her, it is too hard to get rid of her. Spring & Waylon will make you laugh on their road to romance.
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1,350 reviews17 followers
February 27, 2020
Quite amusing, and sweet romance. Spring, twin sister of Autumn and Summer, and a slightly bubbly and forgetful personality, leaves their home after getting into a fight with overbearing and bossy Summer, and escapes to the little town of Bliss. Where she meets Sheriff Waylan, who seems to have swallowed a stick and follows rules and regulations. Strictly. Unfortunately, he urgently requires a secretary, and Spring seems to be the only one interested in this job.
Very predictable, the attraction between the two sizzles, but there are a lot of obstacles to overcome - not least their own personalities and character traits - before the book ends in....Bliss.
A good narration style, nice plot (Taming of the Shrew, but who is the shrew in this?), and very likeable protagonists make this book very enjoyable and entertaining to read. I quite liked this start to a new series, and will see if I can get more of this.
741 reviews1 follower
April 14, 2018
In Spring Texas Bride we get to visit Bliss, Texas again and see what the Arrington’s are up to. The hero in this story is Waylon Kendall, the town sheriff who seems to be having a hard time having fun these days because of the responsibility of his job. We also get to meet a new heroine, Spring Hadley who definitely stirs things up for Bliss as well as for Waylon. He doesn’t know what has hit him. These two are polar opposites so its fun watching them get to know each other and laugh at the craziness that Spring brings to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed going back to Bliss and catching up on what Dirk and Gracie have been up with their twin girls. There were a few lessons that our H&H had to learn before getting their HEA but they finally figured things out. Spring Texas Bride as a great addition to this wonderful series.
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2,472 reviews3 followers
April 29, 2019
Loved Spring! She was had such a good heart and tried to do right by everyone. When her sister gets mad at her she goes to visit her brother. Spring seems to have such bad luck and when her brother refuses to give her money to fix her jeep and tells her to get a job to pay for the repairs. Spring decides she will help the sheriff, Waylon, and work for him while his assistant is gone. Waylon thinks Spring is trouble and messy. After Spring starts working for Waylon, he realizes that Spring has a way with people and loves to help people. Spring tries to help Waylon, but he doesn't want her help at first. These two seem to get on each others nerves, but they really do enjoy each others company. I kept hoping Spring would do the right thing and not let Waylon lose his job. Loved this book!
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3,963 reviews128 followers
July 11, 2019
When fun loving and cheer spreading Spring Hadley comes to his small town Waylon Kendall, the new sheriff of his hometown Bliss, Texas, is trying to meet his expectations of what his father had accomplished while settling into his own turn at the office.

Caught between his perceived duties and his newly awakened desire for a woman his exact opposite Waylon finds that sometimes one just has to go with the flow, even when he feels out of his depth in both areas.

A pleasant read with very little surprises and a bunch of small town folks who would make good neighbors and friends if they were real.
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1,392 reviews5 followers
July 10, 2019
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!. I totally enjoyed this book from start to finish! What a breath of fresh air! This is the first chance I have had to read from this author's library, and wow! She's knocked my socks off! I absolutely loved her characters, their unique characteristics and how they all melded together to form such an eclectic community. From the young to the elderly, each person plays a huge part in bringing the story together. I'm looking forward to reading more from this very talented author.
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1,833 reviews
July 16, 2019
This is such a charming story that takes place in Bliss, Texas. A serious, tough, and hard-working sheriff finds his office and his personal life turned upside down by a flighty woman that drove into town with a pink trailer, ”The Spring Flinging”. Before Sheriff Waylon Kendall knows it, Spring Hadley is his new temporary assistant and the object of his hot dreams. Spring brings sunshine and love into Waylon’s structured life.
I look forward to continuing this fun Series with Spring’s triple sisters, Summer and Autumn.
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1,233 reviews4 followers
April 14, 2018
Spring Texas Bride (The Brides of Bliss Texas Book 1) by Katie Lane.
This is Waylon Kendall and Spring Hadley’s story.

Waylon and Spring’s characters were so much fun. They are just perfect for each other. I loved how they interacted with each other and the humor added so much to the story.

This is a wonderful, romantic, steamy, and fun read. If life is stressing you out, this is a great way to escape from it all.

FYI, contains mature content. A must read!
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701 reviews10 followers
April 14, 2018
Splendid!! It was great visiting Bliss, Texas again and learning more about Dirk's (Tender Heart series) side of the family. Spring and Waylon were a lot of fun to get to know. I loved the angst between them in the beginning and then the romantic & sexy times they had once they gave into their attraction. Spring is my new favorite heroine and Waylon is my favorite sheriff!! Can't wait for Summer's story!!
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701 reviews10 followers
April 14, 2018
Splendid!! It was great visiting Bliss, Texas again and learning more about Dirk's (Tender Heart series) side of the family. Spring and Waylon were a lot of fun to get to know. I loved the angst between them in the beginning and then the romantic & sexy times they had once they gave into their attraction. Spring is my new favorite heroine and Waylon is my favorite sheriff!! Can't wait for Summer's story!!
343 reviews1 follower
October 28, 2018
Cute western romance story.

Love Spring and Waylon's romance story. They are like night and day at the beginning. Spring is such a wonderful person but sometimes she forgets things. Waylon is the upright sheriff. They flash but connect. This town and the characters are so fun. Love Spring's sister. The three are triplets but sort of opposites. Love this book and can't wait for the next one.
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3,201 reviews102 followers
June 23, 2019
Love the Story

Spring was the youngest of triplet sisters. The went and started a business in Houston, but one night Spring forgot to lock the back door and Summer yelled at her, so Spring left. She ended up visiting her brother Dirk & his family in Bliss, and her Jeep broke down. Waylon is the town sheriff, after his father retired he was elected. Spring needs a job, Waylon thinks she is to quirky, but she brings the good out in him.
489 reviews2 followers
June 10, 2018
Wonderful Romance Reading

This was such a great love story with lots of romance and a really good cast of memorable characters. The pace of this book was perfect from the very first page and I enjoyed how the author built up this story to create a five-star series that I am looking forward to.
5 reviews
June 18, 2018
Great Read

After reading about the men in the Arrington family and how they fell in loved, I decided to read about the twin sisters. Spring moved to Bliss and falls in love with the shierff. Enjoyed The story..It was well written and all or most of the characters revisited...loved it
304 reviews3 followers
May 17, 2021
Identical Triplets

Well, they may look alike but it ends there. Spring was the loosie goosie one, but she had an attractive personality. When she is stuck in Bliss, TX sheriff Waylon needed someone to fill in for his office Clerk on an extended leave. Spring needed money to repair her car, but could Waylon depend on her? Everyone in town liked her, but him.
513 reviews4 followers
March 16, 2019
Great start to this series.

I have read and enjoyed everything written by Katie Lane and she has captured the light hearted fun and romance in this new series.I love the characters and storylines that she creates and highly recommend them to everyone.
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120 reviews2 followers
April 13, 2019
Rescued by Love

Katie's book Spring Texas Bride is a heartwarming story. Great dialog fun and amazing storyline with down home characters. I loved this entertaining book full of fun, passion and laugh out load situations.
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153 reviews12 followers
July 15, 2019
well i love Spring Hadley personality right from the get go she comes from a interesting family i cant believe her dad though. How she managed to get the heart of Waylon Kendall heart he so hard on the outside but a softy on the inside. This was a good read
550 reviews2 followers
August 20, 2019
Loved it

Good writing and characters. Spring is a lovely and fun person, who is just what sheriff Waylon needed. Lots of chuckles as well as chemistry between them. Can't wait to read about the other two triplets.
710 reviews1 follower
May 16, 2021
Typical light romance but I enjoyed it. It was obviously an offshoot of a different series by this author so I didn't know the backstory of the characters but that didn't detract from the actuallstory.
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325 reviews
July 20, 2022
I loved Spring Texas Bride! Book #1 in the Brides of Bliss Texas

Katie Lane really knows how to write a book that will make you lose sleep just to see what happens next!!
Full of romance, mystery and suspense! You even find yourself laughing out loud!!
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