When scandal and an ambitious prosecutor wreck talented chef Scarlett Ross’ life and she learns of a grandmother she never knew she had, she flees the notoriety to pay an anonymous visit to Sweetgrass Springs, Texas, a town kept alive only by her grandmother’s determination and carried on the strong shoulders of sexy Texas cowboy Ian McLaren. There she is surprised to discover a yearning to sink roots deep in the Texas Hill Country – but she is terrified that the secrets she’s hiding will endanger everyone she’s come to love.
Good story and enjoyable characters Really, really enjoyed the characters in this story and loved reading about the locale. Having said that, I would have given this book one more star if not two had the author not chosen to go into a description of the sex act which turned this good story into a Harlequin Romance copy cat. If you have a good story, you don’t have to know every detail about their physical sex making. I would love to know what happened next in the lives of these wonderful people.
I’m now a fan of Jean Brashear. Wow! Another great read. This is my second book I’ve read by Jean Brashear and I think I have found a new favorite author. I can’t wait to continue reading about all the Gallaghers of Texas. This was a sweet and emotional story that brought tears to my eyes as I was reading it. Upon first glance I thought this story was going to be the same as the other Gallagher book I read because here was another heroine that was a famous New York City chef yearning for some family but the similarities end…
A talent for cooking Scarlet is a chef, her mother has died, she and her boyfriend have a successful restaurant and then she’s arrested for trafficking drugs through the restaurant. She knows nothing about the drugs and her boyfriend has disappeared, but his connections want her to get to her boyfriend. The police Don’t make charges and let her go saying she will have to testify.Â