Texas Roots is a contemporary "small town" romance that managed to polish tropes about "family secrets" to a brilliant shine, and delivered a bit of suspense as well.
Scarlett Ross trusted the wrong man to love and to fund her restaurant... He turned out to have ties to the mob. When an ambitious prosecutor wanted her to testify against her boyfriend, her name and life were ruined. When two toughs almost cut her throat, she grabbed everything she could and ran... to one place she only heard of two weeks ago... A little town called Sweetgrass Springs in Texas, where her mother came from, but never mentioned. Scarlett was all alone in the world after her mother's death, and only in browsing through her mother's diary did she find that she does have a grandma in Texas. On the way, she was stranded by a flat tire and was rescued by sexy cowboy Ian McLaren, who also lived in town. As Scarlett found her grandma Ruby, her hesitation grew... How will she fit in in the quiet lifestyle and the close-knit community? How could she tell her grandma, whom she had never seen, that momma is gone? How could he tell Ian that she's interested but not ready? How could she explain that dangerous men are after her and she could never put anyone in town in danger? And as she grew more attached to the town, that she must leave before she hurt any more people?
The "going home" stories are evergreen in in romance, but going back to a "home" you never knew you had? That's definitely a new spin on things. The FMC was also heavily encouraged to stay, partly to help grandma, partly so she can be with the MMC. The threat was neutralized later, while not primary of her doing, was handle much more adeptly than a different romance with a very similar premise which I will not mention by name. The suspense itself was still a bit weak, IMHO, but it did not distract from the rest of the book.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Woman forced to flee to a hometown she never knew she had and found love and courage
Tropes: small town, woman in peril, protector, return, sudden family,
Overall Rating: 5/5 (rounded up from 4.5/5)
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