Jodi Thomas, NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
Promise Me Texas (Whispering Mountain Book #7)
Berkley, 2013
English, 320 pages
NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jodi Thomas returns to Texas with her seventh Whispering Mountain historical about an unpredictable adventure in romance that sets two unlikely hearts on fire…
From Publishers Weekly
Starred
Review. Bestseller Thomas strikes gold again with her seventh
Whispering Mountain historical (after Wild
Texas Rose), set in 1879 Texas. When 24-year-old Beth McMurray sneaks
onto a train to surprise her fiancé, former Senator Lamont LaCroix,
she's shocked to overhear him bragging about his plans for her and her
money. Then robbers board the train and it goes
off the rails. Just before the crash, one of the robbers grabs Beth and
jumps off the train, taking the fall to protect her. He's hurt, but she
stays with him, claiming that he's her husband. The sheriff and the
doctor believe that Beth is now Mrs. Andrew
McLaughlin, but LaCroix does not. Meanwhile, widower Andrew reveals his
hidden depths: when he's not robbing trains, he longs to be an author.
By the time Beth drives a wagon out of town, she has collected a pretend
husband, two little boys, an ill teen cowboy,
and a pregnant young woman, and the adventure has just begun. Complex
plotting, superb character development, and touching romantic scenes
make this a winner.
“One of my favorites.” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York TImes Bestselling author
“PROMISE ME TEXAS is one of the best western historical tales of this year!”—Vickie@ReaderToReader.com
Description: On a midnight train, four hours away from her wedding, Beth McMurray discovers the devastating truth about the powerful senator she's about to marry. Convinced nothing could make this stormy night worse, the train wrecks, and she tumbles straight into the arms of an outlaw.
Andrew McLaughlin doesn't believe in loving except between the pages of his writings. He loved deeply once and thinks he'll never survive another loss. To save a friend, he climbs aboard a train heading toward Dallas. In the moment before the train crashes, he saves a beautiful woman and is injured in the fall. He wakes up to find she’s claimed him as her fiancé—and now they’re both on the run, and destined to do everything it takes to make an unexpected promise of love come true.
A Word from the Author:
Over
the years of writing I’ve included a writer as one of the characters in
a book many times. Maybe it’s because I understand them so well. In
my new historical romance, PROMISE ME TEXAS, I wrote about
Beth McMurray and Andrew McLaughlin.
Beth
is the spoiled, loving, very proper, youngest child of Teagan McMurray
from Whispering Mountain. Andrew is drifting through life with no
direction. Like most writers, he’s interested in people of all
kinds. When he comes across a gang of outlaws, he can’t resist tagging
along to hear the stories they tell. Once he realizes they are about
to rob a train, he can’t step away without putting his friend in danger.
These
two very different people find a most unusual love amid all the friends
and family who are trying to ‘save them’ from themselves. Their
make-believe marriage begins to feel very real as Beth lies to
her father, the great Teagan McMurray. PROMISE ME TEXAS is the story of
a strong loving family who founded Whispering Mountain Ranch and how
their big hearts open up to let others in.
Readers
often ask me where my characters come from. That is a hard question to
answer. For the most part I just open my mind and let them walk in.
That’s
what happened when I began this story. Beth had been a baby in another
book. Andrew was lost, trying to find his reason for life. He was one
of those men she wouldn’t have given a second glance to
if fate hadn’t stepped in and tossed them together. Once she saw him,
really saw him, she wouldn’t let go.
I
think the hardest thing in life is finding what direction to head.
Real people as well as those in my head sometimes have trouble finding
the road to take. Maybe the important thing is to simply keep walking.
I
hope everyone enjoys PROMISE ME TEXAS. I promise I’ll take you on a
great adventure that will make you smile and maybe just laugh out loud.
If might even remind you of the day you took the path less traveled
and ended up in a most delightful place.
Enjoy the adventure,
Jodi Thomas
My Review:
This is my favorite Whispering Mountain book so far! At first, it seems really far fetched that Bethie would do what she does...but then again the McMurray girls have been so entertaining that you never know what they're going to do!
I'm just wondering what's next for Whispering Mountain? With Beth being the youngest and married off, I can't think of another character to keep the story line going!
I love that there are hints and mentions of characters from other books, especially Duncan, who was one of my favorite characters in the previous books.
I think my favorite thing about the books though is that they're familiar. They're set in Texas, some in Fort Worth, and it's like reading about your friend's family or something. The characters are fun, complex and very entertaining.
All I know is, as much as I am glad I live in this day and age, it would be fun to inhabit the world of the McMurrays.
I received an advance copy of the book from Ms. Thomas in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review and no additional compensation has been received. All opinions about the context of the book are my own, unless specifically attributed to another reviewer.
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