Waitress Cassidy Simon can't wait to get out of Texas, as long as her mother, the town drunk (and... hate to say it, loose woman) don't make more trouble for her. Cassidy had saved up enough to start an RV park for the little town of Evansville ready for the oil boom, and it's coming along fine, until Grady McKenna came back into town. Grady can't wait to get out of Evansville even if he had to join the military to do it, but after a tour in Afghanistan he's ready to come home, hostile family or not, even though he had no intention of dishonoring his family and Cassidy was the woman that caught his attention. Can the man who wanted to stay catch the woman who can't wait to leave it all behind?
The tension between the two is palpable as Cassidy, due to spillover from her mom was avoided by men in town, which is just great for Grady, but Grady meets hostile reception from Cassidy (you're too good for me, of course) and the rest of family (who thinks Cassidy as a golddigger). Additional b--plots like mom getting into more trouble, the town's bluebonnet festival, and Grady's hosting a mother and her kid for his best friend surely complicates matters. The side plots are handled deftly and the tension sizzles between the two characters. The little Texas town feel was portrayed expertly. I enjoyed this book quite a bit.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Girl who saved up money to get away from the small town fell for the one guy who finally made it back into town to stay
Overall Rating: 4/5
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