Review & Giveaway: Hot Texas Days Boxed Set by Jessie Evans
Hot
Texas Days Box Set
Lonesome Point, Texas, Books 1 – 3
Lonesome Point, Texas, Books 1 – 3
By:
Jessie Evans
Releasing
February 16th,
2015
HOT
TEXAS DAYS BOX SET
Hot
Texas Days, Hotter Texas Nights…
Three
full-length hot, suspenseful novels by New York Times Bestselling
author Jessie Evans, featuring rugged, alpha cowboys and the women
feisty enough to tame them. Welcome to Lonesome Point!
LEATHER
AND LACE
Cowboy
bikers, fireworks, and romance, oh my…
Wild
girl, Mia Sherman, has a secret—she isn’t as fearless as she
pretends. Descended from Lonesome Point, Texas’ founding family,
Mia grew up hearing tales of an ancient Irish curse that followed the
Shermans to America. The first-born daughter of every generation is
cursed to lose her husband on her wedding night, which is one of the
many reasons Mia has sworn off relationships. Until the fateful day
rancher Sawyer Kane rides his Harley into her life …
Can
true love conquer all, even a centuries-old curse? Mia and Sawyer
will be the first to find out.
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Excerpt
from LEATHER AND LACE:
Sawyer
searched Mia’s face in the glow of the moon, the soft light making
her look even sexier than she had in the yellow bulbs strung above
the farmer’s market. “I really like you. A lot.”
“I
like you, too,” she said, her full lips curving at the edges.
“But
I meant what I said before, about not being ready for anything
serious.” The words tried to stick in his throat, but Sawyer forced
them out. He owed Mia honesty, and he wanted to make damned sure they
were on the same page before things went any further. “I want to
make sure that’s still okay. I wouldn’t ever want to hurt you.”
Her
smiled faded, but her eyes remained soft, unguarded. “You won’t
hurt me.” She ambled down the stairs, stopping on the stair above
his, putting them face-to-face and their lips inches apart. “I’m
fine with a night, or a week, or the summer…however long feels
right. And when it stops feeling right, we go our separate ways, no
anger, no regrets.” She lifted her arms, twining them around his
neck, sending arousal surging through his body. “This is exactly
what I need, Sawyer. You are
what I need, and I can’t wait to touch you. Everywhere.”
Any
hope of resisting vanished as that last word feathered between her
tempting lips. Sawyer closed the distance between them, claiming her
mouth as his arm wrapped tight around her waist, crushing her body to
his. Her breasts flattened against his chest and her body heat
caressed him, making his pulse spike and a moan sound low in his
throat. He wanted this woman—badly. And he was past ready for them
to be alone in a room with a bed, a door, and a lock to keep the rest
of the world out.
Sawyer
lifted Mia off her feet, carrying her through the shop entrance
before kicking the door shut behind them.
“Up
the stairs,” she whispered against his mouth. “Bedroom’s up
there.”
SADDLES
AND SIN
Even
sweet cowboys have a sinful side…
Robert
Lawson—Bubba to his friends—is six feet, four inches of tall,
dark, and handsome cowboy, with a panty-melting voice and a face made
to launch a country music career. But when his family’s ranch hands
go down with the flu, Robert cancels his high-profile auditions and
returns home to help out. Marisol Medina has been looking for her
golden ticket since she became a country music manager, but she
refuses to mix business and pleasure, even if it will be hell,
resisting temptation while spending a week at the Lawson family ranch
with her star client.
But
as Marisol and Robert grow closer and the passion between them
ignites, Marisol must decide if a chance at forever is worth breaking
all her rules.
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Excerpt
from SADDLES AND SIN
“I
don’t know about the women you date,” Marisol continued. “But
I’m not that kind of girl.”
“What
kind of girl are you?” Bubba aimed for a casual tone, but his voice
came out strained.
“I’m
not,” Marisol said, her expression sobering. “As far as you and I
are concerned, I’m not a girl. I’m a businessperson. I will use
every weapon in my arsenal to get your career moving. I will flirt
with club managers and be your arm candy at events until you find a
cute little thing to take home to your mama, but that’s where it
ends. As long as you’re my client, it’s business between us.”
Bubba
swallowed hard, fighting the urge to tell her that he was fine with
ripping up their contract, right here and now. He’d rather have the
Marisol who kissed him like she’d been dying for everything he
wanted to give her than a business partner any day of the week. He’d
had several managers approach him after the open mic night, but he
hadn’t felt this drawn to a woman since he and Casey broke up a few
years after high school.
Still,
no matter how much he wanted to let his heart—and cock—do the
talking, he had a meeting tomorrow morning with Wendy Dann and her
people. Wendy wasn’t country music royalty just yet, but she was a
major star. The chance to open for an act like hers, while her
original opener was out of commission for vocal node surgery, was a
once in a lifetime opportunity. If he landed this job, he could tell
his asshole boss at the electric company to go fuck himself, and put
his five-year career as a lineman behind him. He’d been relieved to
be spared his older brothers’ fates as slaves to the family
ranching business—he loved his family and spending long weekends at
the ranch, but he’d never felt the call of the cows the way John
and Cole did—but it wasn’t his dream to maintain overhead
transmission lines, either.
No
matter what the rest of the Lawsons had to say about it, music was in
his blood. He never felt more alive, more at home, more at peace and
generally right with the world than when he had a guitar in his hands
and his lips inches from a microphone. Singing was the only thing
that had ever lit a fire inside of him, and he didn’t want to risk
losing his shot to transform his passion into a career because he was
too hot for a woman to focus on the big picture.
So,
with a deep breath and a brittle smile, Bubba swallowed the words on
the tip of his tongue and said, “Just business is fine with me.”
“Good.”
Marisol smiled, but Bubba would swear she sounded disappointed. “Then
go get some rest and I’ll pick you up at six-thirty tomorrow. We
want to be sure we’re on time. They’re making an effort to
squeeze in this meeting before Wendy gets on a plane to Nashville for
her week off, and we need to be there bright and early to show how
appreciative we are.”
Bubba
nodded, plucking his new, three-hundred-dollar cowboy hat off his
head and running a hand through his hair, still feeling a little
strange wearing a hat for stage dressing. Back in Lonesome Point, you
wore your cowboy hat so your nose wouldn’t burn off by the end of a
long day working outside. He was definitely out of his comfort zone
in the designer hat Marisol had picked out for him. So far, almost
all the money he’d made at his gigs had gone right back into
clothes and headshot photographs and half a dozen other things he
hadn’t realized he needed to launch a country music career. He
couldn’t afford to derail things now, when he was so close to
making good on his investment.
But
as he swung into his truck, and Marisol crossed the parking lot to
her vintage Spider convertible, Bubba couldn’t help wishing things
could be different. For the first time in his life, he was defying
his family’s party line and looking for a life outside of Lonesome
Point. If he met someone special right now, it wouldn’t have to end
the way things had ended with Casey, with a sad goodbye because most
girls want to grow up and leave a small town behind, not settle in
and raise a fifth generation of Lawsons with their high school
sweetheart.
In
Bubba’s gut, he knew he’d return to Lonesome Point eventually, no
matter where his new career might lead, but in the meantime he had
the chance to see what it was like to date someone he wouldn’t have
to run into at the supermarket every other day, someone he hadn’t
known since elementary school, and whose mama wasn’t friends with
his. But so far, he hadn’t met anyone who intrigued him, let alone
made him think about what it might be like to fall in love again.
No
one but Marisol, the one woman who was off limits.
“Just
my luck,” Bubba mumbled as he started the truck and drove across
the nearly abandoned parking lot, doing his best not to peek into his
mirror at the convertible behind him. Marisol had made it clear they
were never going to be more than friends and colleagues, and Bubba
had learned his lesson about pining for impossible things a long time
ago.
Still,
he couldn’t resist one last glance in his rearview as he pulled out
onto the deserted street—wondering how long he’d be able to honor
his “all business” promise with a woman who was everything he
wanted, wrapped up in one irresistible package.
DIAMONDS
AND DUST
The
home run neither of them expected…
Pike
Sherman is a legend in Lonesome Point, a hometown boy who made it to
the big leagues. Literally. Professional baseball acquired one hell
of a pitching arm and it’s latest celebrity bad boy when the gifted
Pike was drafted seven years ago. Pike’s broken heart came along
for the ride, too, but he kept that private. Tulsi Hearst knows she
should stay far away from the brooding man her summer love has
become, but she can’t resist a dance with the only man who ever
made her blood rush.
After
a few days back in Lonesome Point, Pike can’t imagine life without
the girl he left behind, but when Tulsi’s secret is revealed, his
heart is broken all over again. The only thing worse than losing
Tulsi, is losing six years with the daughter he didn’t know he had.
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Excerpt
from DIAMONDS AND DUST
Tulsi
stewed in her anger all day, and by the time Pike pulled up beside
her in his red pickup truck as she was walking back to her aunt’s
farm for supper, she was in a truly foul mood.
“Tulsi?”
Pike frowned at her through the open passenger side window. “What
the heck are you doing here? Did you and Mia come up to watch spring
training?”
“No,
I’m alone, and I’m working,
Pike Sherman,” Tulsi said, losing the last of her cool. “I have a
job that has nothing to do with you, your sister, your family, or
baseball. I am a person,
and I have my own dreams, my own interests, and my own life!”
“Okay,
okay.” Pike blinked in obvious surprise. “Sorry. I didn’t mean
to insult you.”
“Well,
you did,” she said, still so angry she couldn’t seem to control
her mouth. “You’ve been insulting me for years.”
His
eyebrows lifted. “What? When have I ever—”
The
black car behind him on the two-lane country road blared its horn,
but instead of driving away, Pike pulled over on the gravel shoulder
in front of her and got out of the truck.
Tulsi
watched his long, lean form emerge from the driver’s side, refusing
to notice how amazing he looked fresh out of the shower, with his
brown hair hanging in thick chunks against his forehead and a gray
tee shirt molding to his impressive chest. Instead, she focused on
the fact that Pike was an entire foot taller than her five feet three
inches, and how stupid she was to have spent years crushing on a boy
who would have put a terrible crick in her neck if she’d ever
actually kissed him.
“Have
I done something wrong?” he asked, waiting for her response with a
lost expression on his face.
Tulsi
rolled her eyes, wondering how a boy on the verge of graduating from
college with a three point five could be so stupid. It wasn’t like
her crush had been particularly subtle. Even her big sister knew
Tulsi had it bad for Pike, and Reece rarely paid attention to
anything that wasn’t about Reece, still considered Tulsi a baby,
and hadn’t been home to Lonesome Point in years.
“Because
if I have, I’m sorry. You know I love you,” Pike continued, his
words sending an arrow slicing through her already suffering heart.
“You’re like the sweet, less irritating little sister I never
had. I really… I care about you.”
Tulsi
sucked in a shaky breath, pain and frustration warring in her chest,
making her brave enough to step closer and pin him with a hard look.
“I care about you, too, Pike, but I’m sick and tired of being
treated like your little sister.” His eyes went wide with surprise,
but there was something else there, too, a flicker of interest that
made her bold enough to take another step toward him and add in a
softer voice, “And maybe I’m not as sweet as everybody thinks I
am.”
“Is
that right?” he asked, brow arching.
“That’s
right.” Something wild and brave inside of Tulsi raised its head,
insisting it was time to make her stand, to grab for what she wanted
before Pike was forever out of her reach. “So, as far as I’m
concerned, you have two options.”
He
nodded slowly, holding her gaze with an intensity that made her
shiver. “I’m listening.”
“Either
get out of my way and let me forget you,” she said, adrenaline
making her pulse pound in her throat, “or shut up and kiss me.”
Oh,
boy. That did it…
Tulsi
watched the spark in Pike’s eyes kindle into a flame with equal
parts fear and excitement. There was no doubt she’d captured his
attention, but when he reached for her, the moment still felt
surreal. She’d been fantasizing about Pike taking her in his arms
for so long that when he finally did it, it felt like a dream: a
scene from a movie she’d watched too many times to believe she
would ever play the starring role.
Author
Info
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jessie Evans, gave up a
career as an international woman of mystery to write the sexy,
contemporary Southern romances she loves to read.
She's
married to the man of her dreams, and together they're raising a few
adorable, mischievous children in a cottage in the jungle. She grew
up in rural Arkansas, spending summers running wild, being chewed by
chiggers, and now appreciates her home in a chigger-free part of the
world even more.
When
she's not writing, Jessie enjoys playing her dulcimer (badly), sewing
the worlds ugliest quilts to give to her friends, going for bike
rides with her house full of boys, and drifting in and out on the
waves, feeling thankful for sun, surf, and lovely people to share
them with.
Review
I don't know about you but I like boxed sets. They are great for when you are really enjoying a series. of course the opposite could be said if you don't like them. Lessons learned! I'm happy to report that I enjoyed the Hot Texas Days Boxed Set. I liked how each of the stories smoothly went from book to book. I found all three books to be well-written with characters I really liked. I would have to say that Bubba from Saddles and Sins was my favorite character of all three books. Not sure why, he just called to me. I think you'll like the humor and the small town feel of the stories. I can't wait to read more from Jessie Evans. What about you, have you read anything by Jessie Evans? If so, I'd love to hear what you thought. Happy reading!
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