Heart of Texas, Vol. 1: Lonesome Cowboy / Texas Two-Step [Paperback]

Debbie Macomber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2007

Lonesome Cowboy

Savannah Weston lives quietly on the family ranch with her brother, Grady. Until a stranger named Laredo Smith comes along—a disenchanted cowboy who just might change Savannah's life!

Texas Two-Step

After her father's death, Ellie Frasier takes over the feed store in Promise. Still in mourning, she turns to her friends for comfort. But now her long-standing relationship with one of those friends—rancher Glen Patterson—seems to be turning into something else.…

Editorial Reviews

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"Debbie Macomber writes stories as grand as Texas itself." -- USA Today bestselling author Pamela Morsi

"The stories capture you because each woman is just so darn . . . well, human." -- Pages on A Good Yarn

About the Author

Debbie Macomber, the author of Twenty Wishes, Back on Blossom Street, Between Friends, and the Cedar Cove series, is one of today's leading voices in women's fiction. A regular on every major bestseller list with more than 100 million copies of her books in print, the award-winning author celebrated a new career milestone in September 2007, when the latest in her Cedar Cove series, 74 Seaside Avenue, scored #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Bookscan bestseller lists. Her popularity is worldwide with her books translated into twenty-three languages. Debbie and her husband, Wayne, are the proud parents of four children and grandparents of eight grandchildren. They live in Washington State and in the winter they live in Florida.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Mira (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0778323684
• ISBN-13: 978-0778323686
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With more than 100 million copies of her books sold worldwide, Debbie Macomber is one of today's most popular authors.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author is best known for her ability to create compelling characters and bring their stories to life in her books. Drawing on her own experiences and observations, Debbie writes heartwarming tales about small-town life, home and family and enduring friendships. Every book features the delightful sense of humor that readers around the world clamor for.

Debbie is a regular resident on numerous bestseller lists, including the New York Times (55 times and counting), USA TODAY (currently 63 times) and Publishers Weekly (23 times to date). She is the first-ever recipient of the "readers' choice" Quill Award for Romance Fiction, for 44 Cranberry Point, the fourth book in her highly popular Cedar Cove series. Debbie has also been honored with a RITA® Award, a Romantic Times BOOKreviews Career Achievement Award and is a multiple winner of both the Holt Medallion and the B. Dalton Award.

Her recent books include 92 Pacific Boulevard, 8 Sandpiper Way, 74 Seaside Avenue and Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove Cookbook, as well as Twenty Wishes, A Cedar Cove Christmas, Summer on Blossom Street and The Perfect Christmas.

For more information on Debbie and her books, visit her Web site: www.DebbieMacomber.com.

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let Debbie Macomber take you into the Heart of Texas, October 31, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Heart of Texas, Vol. 1: Lonesome Cowboy / Texas Two-Step (Paperback)

Welcome back to Promise, Texas, a ranching community deep in the Hill Country. It's a good place to live and raise a family--and a good place to visit. Yes, there's a secret or two hidden beneath Promise's everyday exterior, but what town doesn't have its secrets?

Caroline's Child Who's the father of Caroline Daniel's child? Everyone in town wants to know, but no one's ever asked--or ever will. The people of Promise are protective of Caroline and five-year-old Maggie. They care. Especially rancher Grady Weston, who's beginning to realize he more than cares . . .

Dr. Texas They call her Dr. Texas. She's Jane Dickinson, a newly graduated physician from California who's working at the Promise clinic--but just for a couple of years. They call him Mr. Grouch. Cal Patterson was left at the altar by his out-of-state fiancée, and he's not over it yet. To bad Jane reminds him so much of the woman he's trying to forget. Also, if you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, go and read it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heart of Texas Vol. 1, August 13, 2008

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Cheryal Kuhn (LA, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart of Texas, Vol. 1: Lonesome Cowboy / Texas Two-Step (Paperback)

I love all of the Heart of Texas novels. If you love cowboys and cowboy stories, you will love this one. I love the fiesty female characters!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Ok, if you like your heroes to be stupid oafs ..., January 3, 2011

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Sam (Bel-Nor, MO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Heart of Texas, Vol. 1: Lonesome Cowboy / Texas Two-Step (Paperback)

There are some of Macomber's books that I like, but Lonesome Cowboy and Texas Two Step are not ones I would recommend. They seemed so promising.
While the stories started out good, they quickly dwindled into a painful process of the hero of each story turning into a truly stupid clumsy oaf in every sense of the word. None of the males in the stories were described enough to get a feel for whether they were homely or good looking. And I have to be honest here, I like my heroes in romance fiction to be handsome (or at least attractive) and to have some kind of IQ to go with it. I mean these poor slobs were idiots.
As love stories go, these were pretty unbelievable. Mainly that's because Macomber just dropped the ball with her lack of characterization of the males. They were like dumb strangers.
And what kind of woman is repeatedly insulted by these stumbling oafs and just keeps letting them insult her over and over and over again?
And what's with this disgusting brother Richard that everyone just turns a blind eye to his evil ways? Asking too much of a reader to buy into that scenario.
Sorry for the bad rap, but I need a little more feeling and passion in romance novels. And please find some heroes we can like.