TEXAS BLUE Author: Jodi Thomas ISBN: 9780425240472 4/2011 HISTORICAL Publisher: BERKLEY
TEXAS BLUE is a Whispering Mountain novel, book five, in fact, but is set after the Civil War and features the second generation of Whispering Mountain characters. The book has two prongs, one featuring the visit of eligible men to the Texas home of three McMurray sisters, the daughters of Jessie Barton from TALL, DARK, AND TEXAN and the other following their cousin, Duck, a Texas Ranger. Eventually the two storylines come together. The main character of the novel, however, is gambler Lewton Paterson, who is a friend of Duck’s and finds out about the party at Whispering Mountain. Lonely, he decides to impersonate one of the wealthy young men in the hopes of meeting a girl and settling down. He’s an unusual character, desperate to soak up any knowledge and companionship that he can. He’s not the only one running a con. One of the sisters has set up an imposter in order to avoid the bachelors. But when Lewt realizes he’s not cut out for tea sandwiches and singalongs, he escapes to the stables and meets the hidden sister. Due to her fears of men, they have an unusual courtship. TEXAS BLUE is a very special, very sweet novel from a master storyteller. One final note: In this novel, the bedroom door is closed. Heather Hiestand |
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