by: Nadine Gonzalez
Series: Texas Cattleman’s Club: Fathers and Sons
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 22, 2022
Publisher: Harlequin Desire
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Is love at first sight really for suckers? A hotshot hotelier returns home to find out in this Texas Cattleman’s Club: Fathers and Sons novel by Nadine Gonzalez!
An asset to his business…
Or a danger to his heart?
Only moments after a mysterious outsider catches hotelier Rafael Wentworth’s eye at the Texas Cattleman’s Club, he saves her from catastrophe. Their subsequent steamy night together leaves the recently returned black sheep of Royal’s illustrious Wentworth family craving more. In town to find her nephew’s father, Eve Martin needs a job, and Rafael is only too glad to help…and indulge their hotter-than-Texas chemistry. But Eve’s priorities are clear, and the perennial playboy has no plans to settle down. Maybe ever. Is he playing with fire? Definitely…
From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.
After the sudden death of her sister Arielle and facing the possibility of prison time for a crime she didn’t commit, Evelyn “Eve” Martin finds herself needing to locate her infant nephew Micah’s father. The problem is she has no idea who he is or where to find him. Finding her sister’s diary gives her a small clue as to where he might be. Packing up what she can for herself and her nephew, Eve travels from Miami to Royal, with only the knowledge that Micah’s father is a member of the Texas Cattleman’s Club. Shortly after their arrival, Eve has a medical emergency, resulting in her placing Micah on a stranger’s car and then passing out. All the details about the aftermath can be found in Janice Maynard’s An Heir of His Own, the first book in the Texas Cattleman’s Club: Fathers and Sons series.
Eve and Micah arrive in Royal around the same time as former Royal resident Rafael “Rafe” Arias Wentworth returns. While the two have never actually met or spoken to each other when Rafe sees Eve admiring a champagne tower at the Cattleman’s Club he knows immediately who she is. The two strike up a conversation and eventually leave for someplace more private. Eve’s opinion of Rafe is a little skewed due to his last name. While Rafe may be a Wentworth and the Wentworths are one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Royal, Rafe is a self-made man and didn’t have a great family life or the easiest time growing up.
Eve and Rafe have this instant and hot attraction for each other. Unfortunately, he’s not a family man and Eve can’t wait to recover so she can play more of an active role in her nephew’s life, who is currently living with and being cared for by Cammie Wentworth, Rafe’s young half-sister.
I’ve loved every book I’ve read by Nadine. Her stories are multicultural and her characters are all easy to love and feel for. One of the things that I loved and found refreshing about The Rebel’s Return was that it was drama-free. Yes, Rafe and Eve don’t see eye to eye but they communicate and work through their issues. Plus, they have a fun playfulness about them. Eve is Rafe’s perfect match as she challenges him and doesn’t back down.
The Rancher’s Reckoning by Joanne Rock is the next and final book in the Texas Cattleman’s Club: Fathers and Sons series. I’m looking forward to seeing how this series ends and how it will affect Eve and Micah.
~ Favorite Quote ~
“Stubbornness trumped hopelessness, but nothing was stronger than fate.”
**Received a copy from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed it.**
Rating: 4
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The Rancher’s Reckoning by Joanne Rock releases March 29, 2022
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