REVIEW: Flirting With Texas by Katie Lane

Flirting with Texas

(Deep in the Heart of Texas #5)

by Katie Lane

4 HEARTS

From Goodreads

YOU'RE A LONG WAY FROM HOME, COWGIRL

On her own in the Big Apple, Jenna Jay Scroggs can handle herself when trouble arises. But when she tries to rescue a horse, the passionate do-gooder ends up on a runaway Central Park carriage ride with a hunky stranger. With his sexy drawl and well-worn Levis, Beauregard Cates is doing his darnedest to make Jenna homesick for the small western town she's spent years trying to forget. And it's working: She's dangerously close to falling head over boot heels for the rugged rodeo star with hair the color of moonshine.

Beau came to the big city to escape his past and live life to the fullest. Yet the leggy blonde with eyes as blue as a western sky causes a real hitch in his giddy-up. So when the well-meaning folks of Bramble plot to bring Jenna home, Beau will need to convince her that she won't ever get Texas out of her blood - or one good-time, ever-lovin' cowboy out of her heart.

Flirting with Texas is the 5th book in the Deep in the Heart of Texas series by Katie Lane. And although it's not my favorite of the series it was very enjoyable.

Jenna Jay Scroggs may have run away to the Big City, but she is still the tough Texas girl that can take care of herself. Turning herself into a real life super hero Jenna Jay constantly finds trouble and gives it her all to right it, which is exactly what has gotten her in her current predicament. Trying to resuce the runaway horse and carriage brings her face to face with a silver haired cowboy that she can't get out of her mind. Jenna Jay has no way of knowing how much her life is about to get out of control. Not only, does this sexy cowboy threaten to steal her heart, but the folks of Bramble, Texas are happy to join in and contribute to the chaos.

Beauregard Cates has a death wish. He would argue this, however. After his cancer diagnosis, Beau did all the right things and that may not have been enough. His latest scans show that the cancer may be back and he's done with chemo and living the life of the dying. He's decided to take life by the balls and experience it to the fullest. If this means taking huge risks, so be it. He refuses to have regrets when it's all said and done. When he's asked to check on one Jenna Jay Scroggs while in New York City he reluctantly agrees, thinking his time is better spent doing anything else other than playing babysitter. Little does he know how much the beautiful blonde spitfire is about to turn his life upside down. She makes him feel more alive than he's felt in years.

This was such a tale of both characters battling demons and accepting what life has thrown at them. Beau broke my heart. For the first time in his life he's in love and he's stuck with the terrible decision of professing his love and saddling Jenna Jay with a possibly dying husband or keeping his mouth shut and enjoying what time he has left with her. I loved Jenna! She tried so hard to help the underdog every chance she got and had no idea that she sometimes made it worse. She never felt quite like she belonged with her crazy family, yet they loved her and she loved them.

"Life isn't hell; it's a journey. A wonderful, breathtaking journey. Yes, there will be bumps along the way. And more than a few times, you'll find yourself down in a ditch that looks so deep you think you'll never get out. Some folks like to stay in the ditch. They like to moan and groan about how hard life is and blame all their troubles on other people. Little do they know that in the time they spent complainin' they could have been out of the ditch and standing on top of the mountain."

I so missed the crazy townspeople of Bramble, Texas and the Hens. Their antics never cease to make me laugh out loud.

This book was provided to me from NetGalley.com in exchange for my honest review.

Heat Rating

3 out of 5