True-Blue Texan is about working past one's limitations from trauma or promise. The push-pull between the MMC and MFC are quite exquisite as they each fought with their responsibilities and their feelings. The tension of somebody is out to steal the bid info for a payday was also quite good, with proper motivation and escalation.
Katherine Kirby lost her entire family one night. Ten years later, after some turmoil, she moved to a new city and a new job, intending to start over, but instead of teaching undergrads at a university, she's teaching GED prep at a local academy. She hadn't felt love for such a long time, that she's slow in recognizing any, esp. from the Nick, the tall dark Texan. Nick Martinelli never graduated high school. He had worked in the family construction business all his life. With his father's recent heart attack, and the need to create a bid for the local school district, he's getting overworked. This GED thing was to fulfill a promise and must remain a secret from the rest of his family. He's not ready to romance Kathrine... or become friend with the kid Jeremy, who's both lost and hurt, and copes with being destructive and disruptive. With possibly the future of his company on the line, he had to put in more time, but his love for Katherine can't be denied. And Katherine longed for a family. But someone eager for a payday has his eyes on stealing the bid related information, and he doesn't care whom he had to hurt to get it...
The romance was actually quite good, as it's got this reluctance to engage, they dance around each other a lot, and each went through "I can't possibly do my job and love him/her" phase, only to figure it all out later. The threat tension was also pretty good, with just enough evilness showing through, but not too much, that it made sense without being psychopathic or flat. All in all, a good read. It just lacks that little... urgency to take it over the top.
Category: Contemporary / Romantic Suspense
Primary Plot: Teacher, teaching remedial classes, falls for a student finishing high school decades later, but someone is stalking them...
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