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Whispering Mountain #2
Texas Princess
Hiding out from her fiancé in her father's barn, Liberty Mayfield can't deny that she made the biggest mistake of her life when she agreed to marry ruthless Captain Samuel Buchanan. If only she could find a way to stop the wedding without risking her father's life.
Ever since he defended the Whispering Mountain Ranch as a boy, Tobin McMurray vowed to steer clear of outsiders. But something about Liberty Mayfield has made it impossible to keep his distance. Every minute spent with the vulnerable beauty has left him hungering for something he swore he'd never have: a wife and a family. Unfortunately, the woman who's ignited his desire is about to marry another man.
Ever since he defended the Whispering Mountain Ranch as a boy, Tobin McMurray vowed to steer clear of outsiders. But something about Liberty Mayfield has made it impossible to keep his distance. Every minute spent with the vulnerable beauty has left him hungering for something he swore he'd never have: a wife and a family. Unfortunately, the woman who's ignited his desire is about to marry another man.
345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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April 27, 2011
3.5 stars
This started extremelly well, only to have the heroine make a couple of stupid decisions near the end. It seems my fate to run into TSTL heroines lately:) Plus the ending was anticlimatic with the bad guy left to wander off.
Nevertheless, liked the book and the writing. I'll probably listen to the next one of the series as well. I just hope this heroine has more brains in her head.
This started extremelly well, only to have the heroine make a couple of stupid decisions near the end. It seems my fate to run into TSTL heroines lately:) Plus the ending was anticlimatic with the bad guy left to wander off.
Nevertheless, liked the book and the writing. I'll probably listen to the next one of the series as well. I just hope this heroine has more brains in her head.
April 21, 2013
4.5/5 stars - my 700th rating on GR.
August 4, 2019
Another excellent book in this Historical Western Romance series! I look forward to continuing this series.
January 20, 2019
I enjoyed this historical romance with lots of fast paced exciting action. The hero was the star of the story with his ability and honor. The heroine was rather spoiled but her behavior somewhat improved as things progressed. Rancher Tobin happens to be in the barn with the senators daughter Liberty tries to hide from her fiance.
August 22, 2025
I found this one at the library and decided to try it. I read a few others in this series and skipped this one for some reason. I liked it. It flowed nicely and didn't lag much. Tobin was a wonderful hero but I wasn't as fond of Libby. I thought Libby had a few borderline TSTL moments that made me mad. But I'd recommend it to fans of American West Romances.
September 19, 2015
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May contain spoilers
Tobin McMurray and his brother, Teagen, raised horses at Whispering Mountain Ranch. Teagen returned from a trip to deliver one of their horses to the daughter of Senator James Mayfield, Liberty Mayfield. Someone was trying to kill the senator and Teagen felt that Tobin was the person to protect Liberty. Teagen and the senator arranged for Tobin to return and deliver a different horse to the Mayfields. Tobin would pretend to kidnap Liberty to get her away from the senator so that he would not have to worry about anything happening to her.
Liberty had agreed to marry Captain Samuel Buchanan. He was hired to protect Liberty's father. As their wedding date grew closer, it became clear that the Captain didn't love her or even like her much. She was just a link to get closer to her father and his money. Liberty discovered his plan to cause her to have more and more accidents until she finally died and the Capt. had her money.
Liberty was afraid of horses because her mother had died after being thrown from a horse. She agreed to let Tobin teach her to ride a horse in hopes that she would be able to escape from marrying Capt. Buchanan. One night the Capt. had her alone. He knocked her into a chair which bruised her ribs and he slapped her hard across her face a couple of times giving her a bloody lip. Her father was leaving and Liberty hid from the Captain in her house. The senator was ambushed after he left the house and the senator's housekeeper helped Tobin locate Liberty hiding in the house. Tobin headed to Whispering Mountain Ranch with Liberty.
Tobin and Liberty's attraction to each other grew as they spent more time together on the journey to his home. They tried to fight the attraction because she was going to go back to Washington once her father was safe. Tobin's life was on his ranch. During the attack on the Senator, Tobin's sister, Sage's boyfriend was killed. He had no family so they brought his body to the ranch and buried him on the ranch.
Some of the people in town tried to get on the ranch property because it was rumored that Tobin had kidnapped Liberty. The military was also trying to get to Liberty to return her to the senator. Liberty found out and decided to run away to keep Tobin from getting into trouble. One of the Capt.'s soldiers found Liberty and decided to take her back to the Capt. Liberty talked Warren into stopping my the town's teacher's house. Mrs. Dickerson drove to Tobin's ranch to tell him where Liberty was just as the ranch was about to be attacked. Liberty found out that the Capt. had ordered his soldiers to kill Tobin if they found him. Tobin tracked Liberty and caught up with her before she was turned over to the captain. Warren let her loose to go with Tobin. Tobin took Liberty back to his ranch at Whispering Mountain.
Liberty was taken through Apache land and met Tobin's grandfather who was an Indian. After meeting Tobin's grandfather, Liberty was reunited with her father. Her father sent a Dr. in to check Liberty's health and his questions led Liberty to discover that she was pregnant. She knew Tobin didn't want a wife or children. Tobin and Liberty met and decided to marry and separate so that he would have an excuse to never marry and Liberty's father wouldn't force Liberty into another marrying situation. Tobin agreed with the understanding that Liberty would spend one last night with him.
Tobin went back to his ranch. The Senator found out who was trying to kill him. Some businessmen wanted to scare the Senator out of politics. The outlaws they hired decided to take it a step further. Tobin had found the outlaws and forced them off his property with the help of a boy named Drummond Roak.
Liberty went back in Washington as a married woman. Tobin traveled to Washington to get Liberty. He told her that he couldn't sleep without her and he would stay in Washington in order to be with her. She told him that she was having his baby and the child should be born on Whispering Mountain. He told her to get some sleep for the long journey home.
May contain spoilers
Tobin McMurray and his brother, Teagen, raised horses at Whispering Mountain Ranch. Teagen returned from a trip to deliver one of their horses to the daughter of Senator James Mayfield, Liberty Mayfield. Someone was trying to kill the senator and Teagen felt that Tobin was the person to protect Liberty. Teagen and the senator arranged for Tobin to return and deliver a different horse to the Mayfields. Tobin would pretend to kidnap Liberty to get her away from the senator so that he would not have to worry about anything happening to her.
Liberty had agreed to marry Captain Samuel Buchanan. He was hired to protect Liberty's father. As their wedding date grew closer, it became clear that the Captain didn't love her or even like her much. She was just a link to get closer to her father and his money. Liberty discovered his plan to cause her to have more and more accidents until she finally died and the Capt. had her money.
Liberty was afraid of horses because her mother had died after being thrown from a horse. She agreed to let Tobin teach her to ride a horse in hopes that she would be able to escape from marrying Capt. Buchanan. One night the Capt. had her alone. He knocked her into a chair which bruised her ribs and he slapped her hard across her face a couple of times giving her a bloody lip. Her father was leaving and Liberty hid from the Captain in her house. The senator was ambushed after he left the house and the senator's housekeeper helped Tobin locate Liberty hiding in the house. Tobin headed to Whispering Mountain Ranch with Liberty.
Tobin and Liberty's attraction to each other grew as they spent more time together on the journey to his home. They tried to fight the attraction because she was going to go back to Washington once her father was safe. Tobin's life was on his ranch. During the attack on the Senator, Tobin's sister, Sage's boyfriend was killed. He had no family so they brought his body to the ranch and buried him on the ranch.
Some of the people in town tried to get on the ranch property because it was rumored that Tobin had kidnapped Liberty. The military was also trying to get to Liberty to return her to the senator. Liberty found out and decided to run away to keep Tobin from getting into trouble. One of the Capt.'s soldiers found Liberty and decided to take her back to the Capt. Liberty talked Warren into stopping my the town's teacher's house. Mrs. Dickerson drove to Tobin's ranch to tell him where Liberty was just as the ranch was about to be attacked. Liberty found out that the Capt. had ordered his soldiers to kill Tobin if they found him. Tobin tracked Liberty and caught up with her before she was turned over to the captain. Warren let her loose to go with Tobin. Tobin took Liberty back to his ranch at Whispering Mountain.
Liberty was taken through Apache land and met Tobin's grandfather who was an Indian. After meeting Tobin's grandfather, Liberty was reunited with her father. Her father sent a Dr. in to check Liberty's health and his questions led Liberty to discover that she was pregnant. She knew Tobin didn't want a wife or children. Tobin and Liberty met and decided to marry and separate so that he would have an excuse to never marry and Liberty's father wouldn't force Liberty into another marrying situation. Tobin agreed with the understanding that Liberty would spend one last night with him.
Tobin went back to his ranch. The Senator found out who was trying to kill him. Some businessmen wanted to scare the Senator out of politics. The outlaws they hired decided to take it a step further. Tobin had found the outlaws and forced them off his property with the help of a boy named Drummond Roak.
Liberty went back in Washington as a married woman. Tobin traveled to Washington to get Liberty. He told her that he couldn't sleep without her and he would stay in Washington in order to be with her. She told him that she was having his baby and the child should be born on Whispering Mountain. He told her to get some sleep for the long journey home.
January 22, 2010
I really enjoyed this book more than the 1st in the series. I felt the connection and the romance more. I loved Tobin because he was strong and silent but he also had a gentle side to him. The plot was flowing and I kept wondering if the bad guys were going to get them. I love the unity of this family. Overall this was a good western romance!
August 9, 2016
Pretty sure I read this before. I remember the family wanting to sell a horse for the daughter of a senator, and the spoiled daughter wanting nothing to do with horses. The hero comes with a horse and winds up teaching her to ride, and then rescuing her from various kinds of trouble. I remembered the story only vaguely and enjoyed reading it again. It's a good read.
September 30, 2023
The heroine had a few TSTL days. I like the series and I will finish it.
June 11, 2019
This is one of my least-favorite of Jodi Thomas’ books. ‘Cheesy’ is an unfortunate word I’d use to describe some of the author’s descriptions of male characters and some of the dialog. Since Thomas has demonstrated considerable mastery with both dialog and descriptions, this was an unwelcome surprise.
I was also disappointed in the lack of genuine emotion between the hero and heroine; however, there was plenty of lust. There was a running dialog going on inside Tobin and Liberty -- ruminating on the unsuitability of the other person – they would not fit in each other’s world.
As a reader, I was troubled by the thought: How would they compromise after the passion was gone? There didn’t seem to be enough genuine emotion to carry them for a lifetime.
On the positive side, I was delighted to read another book about this strong and resilient family. Mrs. Dickerson plays an important (if short) role in this book; she is a charmer. We have all known a teacher of Mrs. Dickerson’s stripe – fearless in the face of adversity and assured enough of her place in the community’s hierarchy to take even adult miscreants to task.
Jodi Thomas outdid herself in the unique way she introduced Drummond Roak. I’ve read this whole series several times. Because I listened to the book this time, I got a new perspective on Drum -- the reader made Drum sound a young as Thomas intended. The reader made the disparity between Sage and Drum’s ages and maturity very clear.
When I’ve read this book, I viewed them as much more of the same age - maturity. Now it is easy to see why the McMurray’s were so appalled by Drum’s bravado (In one instance, Drum tells the McMurray men that he plans to return and make Sage ‘his woman’). Drum is such a presence; it is fortunate for Tobin and Liberty that he only has a small role in this story. As it is, he’s so interesting he nearly walked away with the book!
Don’t worry, Drum will grow and change in books 3 and 4. Roak will emerge as a worthy male lead in the 4th book!
Whispering Mountain
1. Texas Rain (2006)
2. Texas Princess (2007)
3. Tall, Dark, and Texan (2008)
4. The Lone Texan (2009)
5. Texas Blue (2011)
6. Wild Texas Rose (2012)
I was also disappointed in the lack of genuine emotion between the hero and heroine; however, there was plenty of lust. There was a running dialog going on inside Tobin and Liberty -- ruminating on the unsuitability of the other person – they would not fit in each other’s world.
As a reader, I was troubled by the thought: How would they compromise after the passion was gone? There didn’t seem to be enough genuine emotion to carry them for a lifetime.
On the positive side, I was delighted to read another book about this strong and resilient family. Mrs. Dickerson plays an important (if short) role in this book; she is a charmer. We have all known a teacher of Mrs. Dickerson’s stripe – fearless in the face of adversity and assured enough of her place in the community’s hierarchy to take even adult miscreants to task.
Jodi Thomas outdid herself in the unique way she introduced Drummond Roak. I’ve read this whole series several times. Because I listened to the book this time, I got a new perspective on Drum -- the reader made Drum sound a young as Thomas intended. The reader made the disparity between Sage and Drum’s ages and maturity very clear.
When I’ve read this book, I viewed them as much more of the same age - maturity. Now it is easy to see why the McMurray’s were so appalled by Drum’s bravado (In one instance, Drum tells the McMurray men that he plans to return and make Sage ‘his woman’). Drum is such a presence; it is fortunate for Tobin and Liberty that he only has a small role in this story. As it is, he’s so interesting he nearly walked away with the book!
Don’t worry, Drum will grow and change in books 3 and 4. Roak will emerge as a worthy male lead in the 4th book!
Whispering Mountain
1. Texas Rain (2006)
2. Texas Princess (2007)
3. Tall, Dark, and Texan (2008)
4. The Lone Texan (2009)
5. Texas Blue (2011)
6. Wild Texas Rose (2012)
January 13, 2012
I absolutely loved this book. I loved Tobin from the start and I completely related to Libby 100%, being a spoiled "princess" myself! I loved that the main focus was on the H/h, not some other outside sub-plot. There was great dialog(for a shy, quiet man, he sure has the right words) and the interaction & chemistry between characters was wonderful! Can't wait to read the next in the series. This one is easily a favorite for me! Reminds me of the country song that says, "a back woods boy and a fairy tale princess"!
February 12, 2009
The second in the Whispering Mountain series and while it was a good book I enjoyed the first one more. However, this book was well-developed and had a some good action to go with it.
August 15, 2014
'It doesn't matter where we live. If I'm with you, I'm home.' *sighhh*
March 24, 2015
So sweet! I really like the shy strong silent type!
May 14, 2025
(inglés). (Explícito). Me esperaba algo mucho mejor de parte de la protagonista. Liberty muy bien pudo haber tenido un mejor desarrollo, cambiar un poquito algunas cosas del libro para seguir incluyendo los rescates de parte de Tobin y ser un mejor libro. En fin.
Durante el libro anterior, Texas Rain con Travis y Rainey, ya me había resignado a leer sobre Sage en el siguiente libro, y posiblemente de su ranger Michael Saddler. Al empezar este libro me sorprendió que fuera sobre Tobin. Muy serio. Su pasado jamás lo vi venir: pensar que casi murió cuando tenía seis años.
Luego tenemos a Liberty, tratando de hacer su futuro de su propiedad, después de cometer un sin fin de errores horribles por ser precipitada y no pensar: por ejemplo su prometido el capitán Samuel Buchannan. No me gustó que en todo el libro siempre dejó que se pospusiera la plática que quería tener con su padre para decirle que ya no quería casarse, si ya sabía que a su padre siempre se le olvidan las cosas respecto a ella, nada más la ve como un objeto. Al principio pensé que qué bueno que ella trató de cancelar el matrimonio, un día antes cuando el capitán había estado mostrando su verdadero ser, pero conforme avanzó el libro, eso me resultó como si fuera lo mínimo que tuvo que haber hecho. No me gustó el engaño con el que le pidió casarse con Tobin.
Esa Stella no me gustó para nada y estaba tan molesta porque Liberty la dejó ir con ellos, y ningún ranger se opuso, que leí las sinopsis de los siguientes libros para asegurarme de que no la iban a emparejar con algún McMurray como mínimo. Con respecto a ella y al capitán, los debieron de haber hecho sufrir. No me gustó que no se les hubiera dado un cierre y tampoco a los responsables de los atentados en contra del senador, padre de Liberty. Sentí que se le olvidó a la escritora y que por eso no les dio un mejor desarrollo y cierre que se merecían. Pudo haber más drama y más venganza.
Liberty resultó ser muy impulsiva, tanto que ni siquiera piensa en las consecuencias de sus acciones ocasionan en ella y en los demás. A ella sólo le interesa hacer lo primero que se le ocurra y cuando no le gusta el resultado que obtiene y llegan consecuencias se arrepiente de una manera en la que culpa a los demás de lo que ella misma hizo, como si la hubieran obligado a seguir ordenes.
Para alguien criada y acostumbrada en la política de la época, Liberty es muy inepta. Ella es la que jugó, y juega, con Tobin y con la vida de los demás, de los McMurray, porque toda su vida siempre estuvo rodeada de personas que arreglaban su vida. Todo esto lo vi con mejor claridad cuando Liberty decidió huir en la noche hacia el pueblo para dar una conferencia y declarar que Tobin no la había secuestrado. Eso me hartó. Y más cuando engañó a Tobin para que se casara con ella.
Aquí no hubo ese romance lento como con Rainey y Travis. Aquí básicamente después de conocerse ya se están besando y más. No debí confiar.
Al final Tobin es lo mejor que pasó en el libro. Es demasiada persona para Liberty, ella no lo merece.
Interesante ese Drummond Roak, el salvaje que intentaba robar caballos. Aquí es donde parece que Sage tendrá un mayor desarrollo luego de la muerte de su ranger. Duck también apareció, con Rainey y Travis. Me encantan.
Narrado en tercera persona de parte de los protagonistas.
Durante el libro anterior, Texas Rain con Travis y Rainey, ya me había resignado a leer sobre Sage en el siguiente libro, y posiblemente de su ranger Michael Saddler. Al empezar este libro me sorprendió que fuera sobre Tobin. Muy serio. Su pasado jamás lo vi venir: pensar que casi murió cuando tenía seis años.
Luego tenemos a Liberty, tratando de hacer su futuro de su propiedad, después de cometer un sin fin de errores horribles por ser precipitada y no pensar: por ejemplo su prometido el capitán Samuel Buchannan. No me gustó que en todo el libro siempre dejó que se pospusiera la plática que quería tener con su padre para decirle que ya no quería casarse, si ya sabía que a su padre siempre se le olvidan las cosas respecto a ella, nada más la ve como un objeto. Al principio pensé que qué bueno que ella trató de cancelar el matrimonio, un día antes cuando el capitán había estado mostrando su verdadero ser, pero conforme avanzó el libro, eso me resultó como si fuera lo mínimo que tuvo que haber hecho. No me gustó el engaño con el que le pidió casarse con Tobin.
Esa Stella no me gustó para nada y estaba tan molesta porque Liberty la dejó ir con ellos, y ningún ranger se opuso, que leí las sinopsis de los siguientes libros para asegurarme de que no la iban a emparejar con algún McMurray como mínimo. Con respecto a ella y al capitán, los debieron de haber hecho sufrir. No me gustó que no se les hubiera dado un cierre y tampoco a los responsables de los atentados en contra del senador, padre de Liberty. Sentí que se le olvidó a la escritora y que por eso no les dio un mejor desarrollo y cierre que se merecían. Pudo haber más drama y más venganza.
Liberty resultó ser muy impulsiva, tanto que ni siquiera piensa en las consecuencias de sus acciones ocasionan en ella y en los demás. A ella sólo le interesa hacer lo primero que se le ocurra y cuando no le gusta el resultado que obtiene y llegan consecuencias se arrepiente de una manera en la que culpa a los demás de lo que ella misma hizo, como si la hubieran obligado a seguir ordenes.
Para alguien criada y acostumbrada en la política de la época, Liberty es muy inepta. Ella es la que jugó, y juega, con Tobin y con la vida de los demás, de los McMurray, porque toda su vida siempre estuvo rodeada de personas que arreglaban su vida. Todo esto lo vi con mejor claridad cuando Liberty decidió huir en la noche hacia el pueblo para dar una conferencia y declarar que Tobin no la había secuestrado. Eso me hartó. Y más cuando engañó a Tobin para que se casara con ella.
Aquí no hubo ese romance lento como con Rainey y Travis. Aquí básicamente después de conocerse ya se están besando y más. No debí confiar.
Al final Tobin es lo mejor que pasó en el libro. Es demasiada persona para Liberty, ella no lo merece.
Interesante ese Drummond Roak, el salvaje que intentaba robar caballos. Aquí es donde parece que Sage tendrá un mayor desarrollo luego de la muerte de su ranger. Duck también apareció, con Rainey y Travis. Me encantan.
Narrado en tercera persona de parte de los protagonistas.
March 21, 2025
Random library shelf pick. 1800s American Westerns aren't my typical pick, but I decided to give this historical setting a try again. The writing is very unpolished - lots of missing commas, extra words, spliced or run-on sentences, basic copyediting errors - and it definitely took away from the flow of the writing. The spicy scenes were decent, but not quite as good as they could have been. The main conflict also wasn't addressed very thoroughly. She wanted the big city life she was used to, he wanted to never leave his mountain ranch, and the characters share these thoughts several times, but magically, in the last few pages, they're both OK with doing what the other person wants. I get that this can be used as a way for the author to prove how much the characters love each other, but this conflict needed a little more resolution than that.
I did like that the man was the one to come get the woman, that he couldn't live without her and swallowed his pride enough to be the first one to make the admission. A lot of fiction written in the later 2000s/into the 2010s becomes quite feminist, with the female lead expected to be the hero more than the male, so it was nice to go back to those old themes again. No real swearing, which was nice. Plenty of moments of helplessness that are extremely unpleasant to read (so I guess that means the author wrote those moments well, but I don't enjoy them).
Overall, it was okay, but I probably wouldn't read any more by this author, or at the very least, not in this historical setting (I still prefer my Regency England romances).
PLOT
Liberty Mayfield is the only child of a rich senator, and an up-and-coming army officer has set his sights on the pretty politician's daughter. Little does she know that the man views her as a means to an end, an ornament on his arm, money in his pocket, and a quick path to his own future political career. Her father is distracted with a looming death threat, but he has enough awareness to ask a favor of the horse trader come to deliver a horse for his spoiled daughter: to teach her to ride, and to kidnap her if things go sideways.
Tobin McMurray wants nothing more than to get back home to his secluded mountain ranch, the home he and his two older brothers defended when he was only 6 years old, days after losing both their parents. Preferring the company of horses to people, Tobin doesn't have much experience with women, aside from having helped raise his little sister. But the moment he spots Liberty, something shifts within him.
Liberty may have been spoiled, but she is also determined - a trait she picked up from her politician father. She doesn't want to marry Captain Buchanan, especially after he shows his true colors, and the only way she can avoid the nuptials is to ride off her father's country estate. She will overcome her fear of horses, as her new fear of the cold captain spurs her on.
What happens when Tobin and Liberty realize a growing attraction between them? Will Tobin be able to get Liberty safely away from the captain? What will Tobin do when he sees the physical damage the captain caused to the beautiful Liberty?
I did like that the man was the one to come get the woman, that he couldn't live without her and swallowed his pride enough to be the first one to make the admission. A lot of fiction written in the later 2000s/into the 2010s becomes quite feminist, with the female lead expected to be the hero more than the male, so it was nice to go back to those old themes again. No real swearing, which was nice. Plenty of moments of helplessness that are extremely unpleasant to read (so I guess that means the author wrote those moments well, but I don't enjoy them).
Overall, it was okay, but I probably wouldn't read any more by this author, or at the very least, not in this historical setting (I still prefer my Regency England romances).
PLOT
Liberty Mayfield is the only child of a rich senator, and an up-and-coming army officer has set his sights on the pretty politician's daughter. Little does she know that the man views her as a means to an end, an ornament on his arm, money in his pocket, and a quick path to his own future political career. Her father is distracted with a looming death threat, but he has enough awareness to ask a favor of the horse trader come to deliver a horse for his spoiled daughter: to teach her to ride, and to kidnap her if things go sideways.
Tobin McMurray wants nothing more than to get back home to his secluded mountain ranch, the home he and his two older brothers defended when he was only 6 years old, days after losing both their parents. Preferring the company of horses to people, Tobin doesn't have much experience with women, aside from having helped raise his little sister. But the moment he spots Liberty, something shifts within him.
Liberty may have been spoiled, but she is also determined - a trait she picked up from her politician father. She doesn't want to marry Captain Buchanan, especially after he shows his true colors, and the only way she can avoid the nuptials is to ride off her father's country estate. She will overcome her fear of horses, as her new fear of the cold captain spurs her on.
What happens when Tobin and Liberty realize a growing attraction between them? Will Tobin be able to get Liberty safely away from the captain? What will Tobin do when he sees the physical damage the captain caused to the beautiful Liberty?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 24, 2021
Rating: 2.9 / 5
I may not like to say so, but say so I must: this was Jodi Thomas's third and final chance to get me on board and understand why her books have such high ratings, and...
She failed. Utterly.
The only way I can sum up this author's writing is that she's trying to make things overly complicated in order to make her characters miserable for prolonged periods of time. And when relief comes a la the sex scenes, they are misplaced in terms of the plot, and the author goes out of her way to make sure that there is no official commitment involved to them. How is THAT a good romance trope to have? Or was it there by popular demand that I'm just not aware of?
Good--freaking--gawd, I HATE sex scenes where they're doing it "just because" or "out of need" or some bullshit like that. And I swear, it happens in everyone of Thomas's books where it's the hero who's a decent character and the heroine who feels the need to be a bitch for some reason or other.
U-G-H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*sighs* I'm just done, not only with this series, but with this author. And the sad part is that the writing's fine and the build-up to the romance is pretty interesting in terms of summary, but three times out of three Jodi Thomas just hasn't been able to deliver for me. As it is, I'm already giving her MORE than a fair deal by rating her books as three stars each.
But that's enough and I'm just done.
Queen of Texas my foot!
I may not like to say so, but say so I must: this was Jodi Thomas's third and final chance to get me on board and understand why her books have such high ratings, and...
She failed. Utterly.
The only way I can sum up this author's writing is that she's trying to make things overly complicated in order to make her characters miserable for prolonged periods of time. And when relief comes a la the sex scenes, they are misplaced in terms of the plot, and the author goes out of her way to make sure that there is no official commitment involved to them. How is THAT a good romance trope to have? Or was it there by popular demand that I'm just not aware of?
Good--freaking--gawd, I HATE sex scenes where they're doing it "just because" or "out of need" or some bullshit like that. And I swear, it happens in everyone of Thomas's books where it's the hero who's a decent character and the heroine who feels the need to be a bitch for some reason or other.
U-G-H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*sighs* I'm just done, not only with this series, but with this author. And the sad part is that the writing's fine and the build-up to the romance is pretty interesting in terms of summary, but three times out of three Jodi Thomas just hasn't been able to deliver for me. As it is, I'm already giving her MORE than a fair deal by rating her books as three stars each.
But that's enough and I'm just done.
Queen of Texas my foot!
March 14, 2017
Wow, I am completely taken back by how much I loved this book! I wasn't expecting much out of it, especially since I didn't like the first one in this series very much but the writing was good enough for me to try again and I am extremely glad that I did. I feel like this book did everything that the first one didn't especially with the two characters actually interacting!
I was completely swept away by this romance and I don't know if going forward any of these other McMurray's can beat Tobin because he's definitely a favorite of mine. From the absolute beginning to end he and Liberty have this amazing back and forth banter that just works really well for them as it's never them hating each other, just them being two different people. I loved nearly ever scene they had with each other and their romance was one that I actually felt which I feel is hard to find in certain romances now.
But, boy were these two stubborn as hell! I don't like romances where one character is giving more then the other while the other just takes, takes, takes. I like a give and take but Liberty and Tobin both refused to give, which I'm not sure I've ever read before? It was definitely an interesting dynamic and while I did enjoy it for the most part it did become tiresome after awhile to the point where I wanted to shake them and make them realize that they were in love! It lasted a little too long in my opinion but the author definitely made up for it in that last chapter that absolutely had me swooning.
This book was pretty lengthy but after I was done with it I found that I still could've read another ten chapters about these two characters that I absolutely adored. They were well thought out, likable and I truly felt invested in their romance. Nearly every scene in this book had me captivated and not skimming, unlike the first one. I even enjoyed the few scenes we had between Sage and Drum and I'm pretty tempted to skip the third book in this series and just hop into their story as I'm pretty excited for it. But either way I do plan on continuing this series and I'm happy that I gave it another try!
I was completely swept away by this romance and I don't know if going forward any of these other McMurray's can beat Tobin because he's definitely a favorite of mine. From the absolute beginning to end he and Liberty have this amazing back and forth banter that just works really well for them as it's never them hating each other, just them being two different people. I loved nearly ever scene they had with each other and their romance was one that I actually felt which I feel is hard to find in certain romances now.
But, boy were these two stubborn as hell! I don't like romances where one character is giving more then the other while the other just takes, takes, takes. I like a give and take but Liberty and Tobin both refused to give, which I'm not sure I've ever read before? It was definitely an interesting dynamic and while I did enjoy it for the most part it did become tiresome after awhile to the point where I wanted to shake them and make them realize that they were in love! It lasted a little too long in my opinion but the author definitely made up for it in that last chapter that absolutely had me swooning.
This book was pretty lengthy but after I was done with it I found that I still could've read another ten chapters about these two characters that I absolutely adored. They were well thought out, likable and I truly felt invested in their romance. Nearly every scene in this book had me captivated and not skimming, unlike the first one. I even enjoyed the few scenes we had between Sage and Drum and I'm pretty tempted to skip the third book in this series and just hop into their story as I'm pretty excited for it. But either way I do plan on continuing this series and I'm happy that I gave it another try!
March 1, 2018
Book two of the Whispering Mountain Romance Series.
Tobin, the youngest of the three brothers, a man more comfortable talking to horses than people sets off on a cross country road trip on horseback with a spoiled society debutante who is afraid of horses. He does however prove that they can do it under the stars even on a cloudy night, and given the length of the description he took his time about it. Do these authors practice on their husbands?
The author confuses threw and through; editing failed to catch the error.
Tobin may have lived a hermit’s existence with his horses but the detailed discriptions make it clear he’s no wham, bam, thank you ma’am lover. In this book we meet the wild child Drummond Doak.
Miss Libby is a spoiled, scatter-brained idiot. Her every decision puts herself and others in danger. His love for her nearly gets Tobin killed several time over. One of the best lines in the book is the one in which he tells her he waited an hour to rescue her to see to the birth of a colt he thought of naming after her.
Tobin, the youngest of the three brothers, a man more comfortable talking to horses than people sets off on a cross country road trip on horseback with a spoiled society debutante who is afraid of horses. He does however prove that they can do it under the stars even on a cloudy night, and given the length of the description he took his time about it. Do these authors practice on their husbands?
The author confuses threw and through; editing failed to catch the error.
Tobin may have lived a hermit’s existence with his horses but the detailed discriptions make it clear he’s no wham, bam, thank you ma’am lover. In this book we meet the wild child Drummond Doak.
Miss Libby is a spoiled, scatter-brained idiot. Her every decision puts herself and others in danger. His love for her nearly gets Tobin killed several time over. One of the best lines in the book is the one in which he tells her he waited an hour to rescue her to see to the birth of a colt he thought of naming after her.
August 25, 2018
This book disappointed me after enjoying the first book in the series so much. It started out with such promise when a cowboy rescues a senator's daughter from an abusive fiance. However their relationship gets steamy fairly quickly and the rest of the book centers around their physical relationship since that is what they both agreed is all they want. It just wasn't what I was expecting from a book set in the 1800s and the other Jodi Thomas books I've read were not so graphic. I hope that the rest of the series is more like the first book and not like this one.
September 27, 2025
The writing in this one doesn't really take you on any kind of journey. Except for the beginning, the rest of it makes you suffer through trivialities, needless and unavenged violence, surgical smut scenes and desert dry romance.
The only interesting subplot was Sage's, even though one could feel the author's worldbuilding encroaching on you with transparent walls. Idiotic characters' decisions, vanishing subplots, forced dialogues...
It was miles below the quality of some other work by this author. Whatever she'd been going through, it must've been taxing.
The only interesting subplot was Sage's, even though one could feel the author's worldbuilding encroaching on you with transparent walls. Idiotic characters' decisions, vanishing subplots, forced dialogues...
It was miles below the quality of some other work by this author. Whatever she'd been going through, it must've been taxing.
May 7, 2022
DNF at 75%
This is not one of Jodi Thomas's best.
I threw in the towel late in the game because I just couldn't take the stupidity any more.
The main characters weren't well developed.
I don't know what Libby and Tobin saw in each other.
Libby makes too many bad choices.
And the final nail in the coffin; who on earth wouldn't admit that they were NOT kidnapped. Especially when the supposed "rescuers" were going to kill a man over it.
Seriously Ms Thomas.
This is not one of Jodi Thomas's best.
I threw in the towel late in the game because I just couldn't take the stupidity any more.
The main characters weren't well developed.
I don't know what Libby and Tobin saw in each other.
Libby makes too many bad choices.
And the final nail in the coffin; who on earth wouldn't admit that they were NOT kidnapped. Especially when the supposed "rescuers" were going to kill a man over it.
Seriously Ms Thomas.
May 13, 2020
Tobin was a Saint putting up with Libby as she was too stupid to live. I lost interest about 60% of the way do to one too many stupid acts by the heroine. I can't tolerate perpetually stupid women. Would not recommend unless you want to follow the family dynamics but be prepared to skip a lot of pages.
June 3, 2022
I'm reading this series in order. I enjoyed the first one a lot, and this (2nd) one even more. Who doesn't love a good, honest, strong, handsome cowboy who loves with all his heart? The heroine did get annoying a couple times, but the story was entertaining from beginning to end. I highly recommend, and I'm on to the third story!
March 3, 2019
Irritating. Lack of communication drives me insane. I certainly don’t appreciate it as a plot device. By the time Libby had a hard time lifting the saddle because it was too heavy, I had to grit my teeth to finish. This is a series set in Texas. Good Lord!
April 24, 2019
For Jodi Thomas this was not her best!
May 18, 2019
Enjoyable read :)
July 14, 2019
I really like this series and it's so good I'm going to read the whole series. This was a surprise of characters, I was thinking it would be about the sister Sage but it wasn't. Great read.
March 17, 2020
A good series set in Texas and with the usual riding, adventures and varied bad guys finally redeemed. But Thomas does give us fully developed characters of both genders.
February 8, 2021
I love everything Jodi Thomas writes!
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