Texas Belles: One More Chance/Courtin' Patience/Susannah's Secret/The Sheriff and the Outlaw

by Kimberley Comeaux

In the Wild West town of Springton, certain Texas belles are finding rattlesnakes easier to lasso than the hearts of the men they desire. Rachel Branigan is Springton's outcast...Caleb Stone the new minister. They both have enemies from the past who threaten to destroy them - and squelch their budding love. When handsome lawman Lee Cutler falls ill, the plain-faced and demure Patience Primrose volunteers to nurse him back to health. Will her self esteem suffer another crushing blow when the new schoolteacher catches Lee's eye? After months of feuding, a confessed secret brings sawmill owner Bobby Joe Aaron and schoolmarm Susannah Butler together in a marriage of convenience. But their little family and growing love teeter on destruction when other secrets are revealed. On his first day as sheriff, Billy Ray Aaron catches a thief who turns out to be a woman in disguise. The biggest challenge of Billy Ray's entire career may be rehabilitating Victoria "Tory" Nelson from her life of crime - before she can steal his heart. Follow the romantic exploits and spiritual journeys of Springton's finest - as well as a couple of her less-than-upstanding citizens - and watch God's love unfold in each life.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Christian, Christian Romance, Romance, Westerns, Fiction, Historical Fiction

464 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Born and raised in Louisiana, Kim often uses her home-town as a fictional setting for her books. Her husband Brian, her son Tyler, and she have lived all over the United States working in churches as Music Ministers, including Pensacola, FL, Nashville, Las Vegas and Dallas, TX, and even in Canada. They now are back to their roots, and living in Louisiana where her husband is a pastor at Victory Christian Center in Houma. After seven award winning novels, Kim's TEXAS BELLES novel reached all the way to #3 on the Christian Bestseller List in 2004! It was also one of the top selling Christian novels within the Wal-mart stores. She also traveled to Orlando, FL to attend the Christian Booksellers Convention where she signed copies of her TEXAS BELLES novel. During the convention she got to meet the infamous Colonel Oliver North, TD Jakes (pastor and author of "Cover Girls"), and Hal Lindsay who wrote "The Late Great Planet Earth".

Reviews

[Pamela Mettler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four good ole Western stories.

[Janine Wills · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I don't usually like novellas. But I liked reading about four different characters in the same town rather than four completely different stories. It was nice to revisit a character I was already familiar with.

It did get a bit "romancey" at times for me, but as a whole, it was enjoyable to read. I would recommend for someone who likes that genre.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great little novel! I loved how all the characters were all connected. It really made you feel like you were a part of their little community!

[Trista Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm loving this book. I can't put it down. Just started yesterday.

[Uliyana Churyuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my top favorite books! I love each story (there are 4 of them).

[Rachel Renee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved.

[Val · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great read

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet, easy read. I am sucker for love stories. It's a little corny, and some of the characters were irritating.

[Meredith (Austenesque Reviews) · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have never read a book in this series, then you are in for a real treat. There are four historical Christian romances in this one book. Each one is just shy of 100 pages. In addition, all four stories are connected in location and character. So the charters you meet in the first story come back in all of the others.

Here's a recap of each story:
1. A girl is judged by the entire town and charged guilty of commiting a sin of which she is innocent. A new pastor comes to town and falls in love with her. But she is afraid her past will prevent them from having a future. Do they have to move to a new town? Will she ever be cleared of her crime?

2. The sheriff is looking for a bride, little does he know one lady has already named him as her future husband. But as luck would have it, she is the last woman on earth he would ever want to marry. But all of sudden he can't seem to get her out of his mind. Does the sheriff marry this girl? Does she give up on him and marry someone else?

3. Susannah has a secret, actually, a few, to be perfectly honest. Her dad sent her to a town to complete a mission she never intended to complete. Now her time is almost up and the man that she loves just asked her to marry him in a marriage of convience. Does Susannah mary him even though he doesn't return her love? Does her dad ruin her happiness by taking her away from her love?

4. An outlaw has been caught by the town sheriff. She should go to jail but the judge sentences her a three month period of reform where she will learn to be a Christian, and a lady. However, during this time she falls in love, guess with who. . . Will this new love help her reform her ways? Will she accpet Jesus Christ?

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the Wild West town of Springton, certain Texas belles are finding rattlesnakes easier to lasso than the hearts of the men they desire. Rachel Branigan is Springton's outcast...Caleb Stone the new minister. They both have enemies from the past who threaten to destroy them - and squelch their budding love. When handsome lawman Lee Cutler falls ill, the plain-faced and demure Patience Primrose volunteers to nurse him back to health. Will her self esteem suffer another crushing blow when the new schoolteacher catches Lee's eye? After months of feuding, a confessed secret brings sawmill owner Bobby Joe Aaron and schoolmarm Susannah Butler together in a marriage of convenience. But their little family and growing love teeter on destruction when other secrets are revealed. On his first day as sheriff, Billy Ray Aaron catches a thief who turns out to be a woman in disguise. The biggest challenge of Billy Ray's entire career may be rehabilitating Victoria "Tory" Nelson from her life of crime - before she can steal his heart. Follow the romantic exploits and spiritual journeys of Springton's finest - as well as a couple of her less-than-upstanding citizens - and watch God's love unfold in each life.

[Lizzy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt like I read the same story four times in a row, just with different characters. It was better than other "romance" books out there because it was decent for junior high/high school girls to read but it seemed like all four stories followed the exact same path to marriage. I know it's fiction, but realistically, all relationships are different from each other. Not every couple of people that dislike each other end up happily married.

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Take a step back in time to Texas and the Wild West for 3 stories of romance and spiritual journeys. An outcast and a minister, a sawmill owner and school teacher, a sheriff and a thief. Seperate stories and yet interwoven together these lives will be forever changed by the people that they meet.

[Ladyreadsalot! · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ran across this book in Walmart and was so glad I bought it. There is 4 stories in this 1 book about the lives and romances of the people from Springton Texas. I loved them all and especially Courtin' Patience. It was a little bit of a Cinderella story.
Great Read!

[Aubrielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is some really good western romance.

[Jencey/ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first I read in this series and I absolutely loved it!

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually, I would give it a 3.5 stars bec of fact that there are 4 stories in this book and I like some more than the others.