Book Review: The Truth About Cowboys by Lisa Renee Jones

Texas Heat Book 1

Steamy, sexy, and laugh-out-loud funny, THE TRUTH ABOUT COWBOYS is a new contemporary novel that will pull your heartstrings and steam up your e-reader…

While I was off pitching in the big leagues, my family was back in the small town of Sweetwater, Texas, running the family ranch. Then tragedy hit and I discovered there were secrets that my family kept, problems they hid. I went home, left behind the money, women, and fame. I took over the ranch and took care of my grandmother. I took over hiding the secrets. Then she came to town. A smart-mouthed, clumsy, too-smart-and-too-pretty-for-my-own-good city girl hiding out to write a book. She's right here, on my property, in the cottage my grandmother rented her without my permission, and she sees too much. She knows too much.

Now suddenly my world is spinning, and she's shoving a baseball back in my hand while baking cookies with my grandmother. She's the devil and an angel all in one fiery little package. I decide I'll wait her out. She'll go back to the city. Only suddenly I don't want her to leave, and everything I’ve settled for in my life isn't enough. I want to play ball and I want her, but there's that secret that won't let go, but neither will she.

Each book in the Texas Heat series is STANDALONE: * The Truth About Cowboys * Tangled Up In Christmas

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My Review:

I loved this story, but there were some moments where I really didn’t like our hero AT ALL. I loved Jessica. She’s sweet and sassy. Her clumsiness is charmingly endearing, and her drive to make something, anything, positive out of the crap-tacular ending to her last relationship is something I think we can all relate to. Jason inspired a need in me to go medieval all over his jerk attitude. The hot and cold running alpha-hole-ness has left me with a headache from clenching my jaw so hard. I loved the way this book ends. I just wish Jason would have gotten over himself and the stunts his ex pulled a lot earlier in the book. Jessica and Martha kept me laughing and that allowed me to look past a lot of Jason’s worst behavior. And now, I’m already looking forward to seeing what’s happening next in Sweetwater.