The Lone Texan [Mass Market Paperback]

Jodi Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2009

Three days after arriving in Galveston, newly widowed Sage McMurray finds herself taken hostage in a robbery. She fears she may never see Whispering Mountain again when the outlaws decide to auction their pretty captive off to the highest bidder, until a tall stranger offers twice the highest bid.

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About the Author

Jodi Thomas is a certified marriage and family counselor, a fifth generation Texan, a Texas Tech graduate, and writer-in-residence at West Texas A&M University. She lives in Amarillo, Texas.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (October 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425230627
• ISBN-13: 978-0425230626
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but something was missing....., October 9, 2009

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Barb H (OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lone Texan (Mass Market Paperback)

I waited a long time for this book to come out and was so excited to read it. I LOVED Drummond and Sage in the earlier books so much!! The chemistry between them was off the charts and they were magic. I couldn't wait to see their love story unfold. Was it a good read? Yes, but I felt something was missing. I'm not sure what, I really can't put my finger on it but it didn't quite live up to what I'd hoped for. It wasn't as magical as I expected.

When I first started reading I got the immediate feeling it was going to be full of secondary characters that were going to take away too much time that should be devoted to the two main characters, as sometimes happens in Jodi's books, and then when they became separated for 80 pages I definitely got the feeling this wasn't going to be what I'd hoped. Again, IMO, this was way too long to separate the main characters. I expect them to be separated and to have conflict, you wouldn't have a good story if you didn't, however sometimes I think it's extended way too long with no real purpose other than to fill pages. What happened in those 80 pages could definitely have been condensed with the same effect. The third thing that made me skeptical I wasn't going to get what I was hoping for, two secondary characters seemed to be getting more steamier love scenes than Drum and Sage. Still...I kept reading but was getting pretty discouraged.

Things did an about face. Even though the beginning had a slow start most of the second part of the book had Drum and Sage together more often than not and when they were apart it was only for brief periods. YEA! And yes the love scenes did get better! The one thing I was disappointed in however was the end. Jodi tends to have her hero's disappear somewhere toward the end then they show up in the last one or two pages for the big ending except there's not enough time for a big ending or a really satisfying one. Sage and Drum had a few sentences after reuniting and that was it. What a big let down especially when I know Jodi can do an awesome ending with more than a few paragraphs. I felt cheated with the ending. It really needed to be much longer than it was. Please correct that! Had the ending been there I would have probably given it a 5 but the build up just wasn't there as it should have been at the end.

Still, all in all....I wouldn't have missed these two characters for anything. They were wonderful!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE JODI THOMAS' NOVELS, October 16, 2009

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Kym McNabney "Writing From The Soul" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lone Texan (Mass Market Paperback)

I've always loved Jodi Thomas novels, and have been impatiently awaiting for this one. I loved the fire between Drum and Sage and couldn't wait to hear their story. Plus I loved all the McMurry men so I'd hoped to get a taste of them involved in Sage's life as well.

I'll still give the book five stars because I love Jodi's writing, and it was a good story, though I had expected something a bit different. I would have liked to have seen them together more with all the tension they shared in the pervious novels.

I did though enjoy the interaction between Bonnie and Brad. I just felt there was a little too much disconnection and space between the two main characters. All in all, it was still a great story and well written.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Western romance, action, adventure - all in one, December 27, 2010

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cw - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lone Texan (Whispering Mountain) (Kindle Edition)

This book was the first of Jodi Thomas's that I ever read. Once read, I was hooked on her books. I like romance, but don't really care for the over the top kind. This book kept the romance heated while moving on through adventure. I think I enjoyed this book mostly because I could indentify with the independant nature of the heroine. She is strong, but not totally unyielding to the strength of a man. I highly recommend it.