Diablo

Texans #1

by Georgina Gentry

Meet the Texans -- rough-hewn heroes as bold and rugged as the Lone Star State itself -- in a sweeping new series only Georgina Gentry could bring to heart-pounding, hard-riding life...

Diablo

They call him "Devil," and with good reason. The half-breed Santee Sioux bears the twisted scars that made him the fastest, deadliest gunfighter in Texas. Diablo will never forget the kind cattleman who once took him in, but it is his torturer who haunts his every thought. And when some powerful Wyoming ranchers come looking to hire ruthless men for a wicked job, Diablo seizes the opportunity to settle a score...

Her name is Sunny, and she more than lives up to it. She's a dazzling ray of light -- and the bride-to-be of Hurd Kruger, the man who scarred Diablo. What better way to destroy Kruger than to capture, dishonor, and dump his greatest prize? It's a perfect plan, except for the one thing Diablo never counted on...the only thing that could turn him away from the dark side, the angel who could save his bedeviled soul...

Genres: Romance, Westerns, Historical Romance, Historical, Western Historical Romance, Abuse, Historical Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

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

[Tina Vanbrackle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alot of resaying the samething over an over.Sometimes it was the same paragraph over. Boring read to me

[Starbubbles · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was alright. I did not really get their relationship though. It sort of reeked of Stockholm Syndrome. They really weren't kind to each other. Half of the book Diablo stalked Sunny, and most of the other half she was trying escape him. I guess he was the only one that didn't actively try to sleep with her/rape her. So good enough?

I also did not understand Sunny all that well. When she knocked him out to escape, she claims she didn't mean to hurt him. That makes no sense. Clearly she did mean to hurt him. There is nothing about hitting someone in the head with a rock that suggests otherwise.

Then at the end, after she shot that man, she wasn't shocked or in tears or anything. Her entire reaction was 'well, that's that.' I mean, it made no sense. This is someone she knew her whole life. Even if she wasn't upset over the creepiness of this old man, she had never shot to kill anyone before. That alone would be shocking to most people.

Whatever. This book had sweet moments, and was an interesting time to read about.

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite authors back in the 90s. I had not read anything by her in almost a decade. Although the plot was good and you either cared or hated the characters (as one was suppose to), like many others mentioned the story was repetitive at times. Almost as if the author forgot she had said the same thing before. The end where the hero got revenge on the villain seemed rushed and disappointing. I don't knolw how old the author is, but maybe it is time to retire. I've loved her books and how they tied in with each other, but I'm not sure I want to read her other books that I have not yet read, because I want to remember her fantastic books as they were and not as going downhill, which as I remember is partly why I stopped reading her books in the early 2000s.

[Terryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second time I've read this book. I really feel for the main male character who is a half breed and like a lot of them back then they are neither liked by the whites or by the Natives. They have no real identity and it's even worse for him as at a young age he had been tortured and his face and body badly scared. He seeks revenge for those that tortured him but that doesn't come easy when a young woman is involved.

[Kayla Holthe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very repetitive... Repetitive... She said the same things over and over.


Reading again. 5-10-16 to 5-19-16

[Malika-Liki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have put a 3.75 stars.
I really loved the story and the wonderfully hurting, seeking revenge Hero "He not worthy of a name" aka "Diablo" aka "Jim", I liked the heroine Sunny but found her at most too naive even if I know she was sheltered as a daughter by a loving father, and most of the time, nerf grazing, going from tempteress letting him go to some confessions about his hurting past to spoiled brat willing to marry the vilain , kissing then trying to escape then again kissing.

I found some dialogues in the cave too repetitive, and the end scene too hushed. but I did like this story of vengence, I loved that she went back to nurse him, and I was very touched by the deep sadness he had that she also betrayed him as he trusted her or so , he thought.

I was so happy for diablo-Jim to have his HEA, making what he hadn't dared dream come true. I was happy about the end scene , when she was the one to get his revenge.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great story by Georgina gentry. I enjoyed reading Diablo and Sunnys' story. Diablo was out for vengeance after what happened to him at a boy. Sunny happened to be in the middle of that vengeance. Diablo used her as a pawn in the beginning until he fell in love with her, which will win out his love or his vengeance?

[zoe · Rating 2 out of 5]

ok so first - this was not a rec, this was a second hand 50c book from the op shop and i got it bc it was just too funny not to buy (i bought another one which i also will review)

this was....an interesting...lets just say, read.

i got no idea why she loved this dude but he was kinda fun to read about

bro was kinda crazy obsessed w the killing part but i totally get why so....

#stockholm is very very prevalent so it was also kinda...... weird BUT look it was a funny read.

also omg the trauma is def something i would read yay

[Donna Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't read westerns and this one held my attention. Why?

--believable characters
--historical accuracy
--pain points are realistic
--logical ending

[Mombo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Diablo's vengence is so well told I couldn't wait to see what he did next. Truly, GG could have made a whole series of books about the way he went about it. Sunny falls for Diable because she sees he's a really caring man despite his devilish appearance and the fact that he kidnaps her. (Is that Stockholm syndrome, or what?)

A really satisfying ending to the book with a clever, good guy you wish well and a despicable, bad guy you hope meets his Waterloo. Sunny should have kissed Diablo's feet the minute she was kidnapped and freed from that awful, awful man.

I don't think I'll forget Diablo, the character and the book, too soon.

[Denise Koopman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved,Loved Loved this book.I can not wait to read her next one called Rio...Diablo was so great.It was sad at times but it had a awesome plot and it kept moving.When you think you know what was gpoing to happen on the next page,HA,think again.It surprises you.I loved this book.I give it 5 stars out of 5,if I was a judge...lolLet's go read book 2.

[Kminni · Rating 3 out of 5]

The romance was good when you finally get there have way through the book. The story was ok but there were alot of repetition in the storyline it got tiring.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was great. The book kept me i.terested

[Tammy Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this need a another with all them getting together and some kind of trouble

[Meaghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

good western romance

[Krissi · Rating 2 out of 5]

ok, not a repeat...