Posted: Feb. 11, 2014
She's the only dream he wants . . . Hometown girl Maggie Sullivan can't wait to get out of Maverick Junction. Designing the wedding gown of the year for her friend-and America's Favorite Heiress-is the break Maggie's been waiting for. But her lifelong dream takes an unexpected turn when she runs into her high school sweetheart-now the town's hotter-than-hot veterinarian. Brawley Odell, country right down to the tips of his cowboy boots, has returned to take over the local animal doctor's practice. But the real reason he's in town is that he's never stopped thinking about the fiery green-eyed beauty who once captured his heart . . .MY REVIEW:
Brawley Odell thought he was giving her the
world but all he was giving her was a lifetime of hurt, by cutting her loose
her senior. You see Maggie Sullivan and
he were boyfriend and girlfriend since Jr. High. He, Cash and Maggie were also grade school
friends so she was always there and he thought she always would be. But he thought wrong.
Then came time for him to leave for
college and she was a senior in high school. They knew they could make it work
him coming home on weekends. He came
home to her one weekend and holidays for as long as he could until this one
weekend when he called and said he would come on a Friday night instead. She prepared and when he got there he didn’t
even come in. At the door he broke up
with her, telling her that it was for the best and that his mind was made
up. No amount of talking was going to
change his mind and no questions asked his way and no other way about. Done and over.
Maggie was a basket case. Her parents were gone for three days thank
goodness so she was able to just cry her eyes out that day. Cash came over to help her cry it out and get
her to eat. Brawley of all people called
her. She was devastated to say the
least. She cried her tears, hardened her
heart, and opened her clothing & design store. She never went on to design school but she
never gave up her dreams of going to New York City. Brawley on the other hand went on to Dallas
after college worked as a Vet for the rich and pampered. Then comes home once Doc retires and a Vet is
need back home. He didn’t want to push
his mentor out. Plus he really wanted to
try and win Maggie back he missed her.
At this point my thought was really
dude? You dump this chick, you don’t
give her a reason, and you don’t come back after college not even after a
reasonable amount of time for her to have finished college. She sees and knows you dated a Dallas
cheerleader and such. You think you can
just swoop in? I don’t think so, I was
partly right, Maggie was no push over.
When Cash’s wife Annie wears one of her beautiful dresses she created
she was able to begin her dreams of going to New York just a month after
Brawley got home. I really enjoyed
this book and highly recommend it. The
sexual tension, the bantering, friendships, the family saga and country spirit
make so worth the read. But the
emotional conflict between Maggie and Brawley and the secret that is between
them and once they have to face it on top of the death of a good friend is just
heart wrenching. My only regret is that
there was not prologue that was there with all the characters telling you who
was who so that people like me who was new to the series knew what was
happening with references were made at certain points.
5 stars for
sure. Provided by netgalley.
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