Texas Twist

BOOK INFORMATION (Goodreads)

Real bad boys can grow up to be real good men.

Texas Montgomery Mavericks, Book 4

Hit hard by the death of her parents, Paige Ryan needs to figure out what to do with her life. She moves to Whispering Springs, Texas, to be near her step-brother. But just as she starts to get her life on track, the last man she ever wanted to see again sends it right back off the rails.

Cash Montgomery was on the cusp of having it all. Three bull riding titles, fame, fortune and respect from his family. Until a bad bull leaves him injured, angry and searching for comfort at the bottom of a bottle. With nowhere to go, he moves into his sister-in-law's old ranch house in Whispering Springs which he's surprised to find already occupied.

As Cash rebuilds the dilapidated home and Paige starts out on her medical career, their old friendship begins to reemerge and sparks are ignited. Paige knows that Cash is nothing but a heartache waiting to happen. But maybe this bad boy has grown up to be a real good man?

Warning: Watch out for falling lumber, falling in holes, and falling for the wrong guy again. You can leave your hard hat on.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Western Romance

Formats: ebook

Number of pages: 246 pages

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Expected Publishing Date: September 2, 2014

Language: English

ISBN:  1619223880

                                                         My Rating:

Ok, I'm gonna be honest here.  I almost NEVER read adult romance novels.  Most of the time, they are just way to much for me.  This is just gonna sound dumb, but I never believe in the fairy tale, unbelievable romance novels...Just not realistic to me.  Yes, this is coming from the person who loves young adult, paranormal novels.  That's not to say that I think those are real, but to me it seems as though romance novels try to hard, whereas the others, well we just know it to not be realistic and we are OK with that..does that make sense??

However, I saw this ARC up for grabs on a networking blog site and read the blurb.  I'll admit, I was hesitant.  I really wasn't sure about the romance, or the western part of this.  I mean come on my grandma read western romance novels, is that what I was becoming??? But, I was in the mood for a romance novel and saw this up for grabs, so why not??  And as you can see by my rating, I wasn't disappointed!

The prologue of the book starts off with the Montgomery family having a little get together to watch their youngest member ride in the rodeo.  Not to far after champion bull rider Cash Montgomery crashes through the gate he is bucked off and stamped, bad enough to where his career as a bull rider comes to an abrupt end.  6 months later, Cash's body has healed, but his psych wellness is questionable.  He's drowned himself in the bottle, every night finding himself passed out in Leo's bar, wallowing in his self pity at his loss.

Enter Paige Ryan, who, herself, is dealing with the tragic loss of her parents from a car crash.  Moving back to her home town, Whispering Springs, Texas to spend more time with her brother Leo.  She was only planning on being back for the summer until she going to get her nurse practitioner, she is set up in the house of Dr. Caroline Graham's relative. What she didn't expect was that Dr. Graham's husband, Travis Montgomery has lent the house to his brother, Cash.  Who also happens to be Paige's first lover 7 years prior.  Paige was still upset by Cash's rejection, but he had always been on her mind. When these two meet, the sparks that were ignited 7 years ago, were reignited once more.

Throughout the novel Cash and Paige both made you just want to shake them into sense!  But, I do have to say, that if it were me in the situation, I may have just done the same thing.  Paige didn't want the hurt of the rejection again, so she hid behind a cool facade of "roomies with benefits" to real Cash in.  Cash believed Paige deserved so much better than him, but really didn't want to let go, so he gave in to her proposal.  Throughout the book, it was amazing to watch how Cash's self determination and worth improved, which just added so much more to this story.  His charm and wit never falter, no matter the situation.  In the end he saw that he was more than just a champion bull rider.  

Cynthia D'Alba really gave a heartwarming tale of one messed up cowboy and a bull headed girl, putting them together to work out their frustrations, past and current.  I loved the way the characters just seemed to grow on you, how they acted in a realistic manner.  How many times do girl's play the games to try and get the man they want?  And how often do we see the men thinking they aren't good enough, but hell if they aren't gonna get something out of the deal!  It was so realistic and so well written that I can't even begin to explain how I wish I had read the first 3 books in the series.  Of course, they don't have to be read to understand what is going on in this story.

Therefore, 5 stars to this amazing romance, with just the right amount of sexual healing and emotions to keep you on the edge of your seat as well as your hand trying to reach into the book and smack the characters upside the head! 

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*~*I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author in exchange for a honest review~*~