Author: Jodi Thomas
Genre: Historical Romance
Year Published: 2004
Number of Pages: 512 pages
Date Read: 2/25/2013
Series: Wife Lottery #3
Publisher: Jove
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 18+ (Some Sex Scenes and Some Language)
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After reading the first two books in Jodi Thomas’ fantastic “Wife Lottery” series, “The Texan’s Wager” and “When a Texan Gambles,” I was definitely looking forward to reading the third book in this series called “A Texan’s Luck” and man, was I in for an enjoyable ride!
The story starts off when Captain Walker Larson discovers a
shocking revelation when a young and beautiful woman named Lacy Larson walks
into his office and tells him that she is his wife. Unfortunately, Walker has no intentions of having a wife and
he sends Lacy away back to Cedar Point.
Three years later however, when Lacy thought that she got over her
disappointment in meeting Walker Larson, Walker
ends up back in her life again when he received word that Zeb Whitaker might be
after her and he was stationed to protect her at all costs. Unfortunately, Lacy, still upset over Walker shunning her years ago, wants nothing to do with Walker and wants him to
leave in the next few days. However,
both Walker and
Lacy will soon discover that they might have some feelings for each other
despite their differences.
Wow! I never thought
that Jodi Thomas’ “Wife Lottery”
series could possibly get even better over time! Jodi
Thomas’s writing in this book was so beautiful and emotional that I found
myself really sympathizing with all of the characters’ ordeals. I loved the way that Jodi Thomas portrayed the relationships between the characters,
especially between Lacy and Walker
themselves, who are my favorite characters in the entire book! Lacy Larson was such an independent and kind
hearted heroine who refuses to let anyone run her life. I actually sympathized with Lacy at the
beginning of the novel since she was scorned by Walker Larson and it was pretty
understandable about why she hated Walker throughout most of the book since I
probably would have held a little grudge myself if I was scorned like
that. I also loved the way that Lacy
helped Walker
understand more about how love works and the fact that she too was new at the
whole “husband and wife” situation really brought out so much chemistry between
her and Walker. Probably the best
character in this book was Walker Larson himself as he is unlike any other
romantic hero I had ever read about before!
Walker Larson is shown to be a gruff, secretive and yet tortured
character as he felt sorry for what he done to Lacy years ago and tries to make
amends for it. It was interesting seeing
that Walker had trouble trying to sort out his feelings for Lacy due to him
being in the army all the time and I loved the way that he tries hard to please
Lacy and protect her at all times, despite his somewhat “cold” attitude. Even though there were not enough sexual
scenes to satisfy my romantic urges, the scenes where Walker and Lacy try to
get to know each other by taking each other out to dinners and spending some
quality “quiet” time together were probably the best scenes in this book and I
really loved their witty banters with each other, especially this little gem:
“This day was endless
not seeing you. I want to get you
alone. I don’t feel like sharing you
with the world right now.”
“I know.”
“I thought of being
here with you like this all day.”
“I know.”
“I ached to hold
you. Half the time I didn’t even bother
to listen to what others were saying.”
“I know.”
For anyone who does not like reading about sex scenes, this
book has some sex scenes, however, it is not quite as explicit as the other sex
scenes I have read in other romance novels.
Also, there is some brief language in this novel, however the language
only showed up once or twice in this novel and it is not quite strong enough to
be offensive.
Overall, “A Texan’s
Luck” is easily one of the most memorable books out of Jodi Thomas’ “Wife Lottery” series and anyone who is a huge fan of
western romances should definitely give this novel a whirl!
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