Remember Texas (Harlequin Superromance, No 1367) [Mass Market Paperback]

Eve Gaddy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2006

Coincidence…or fate?

Ava Vincent hightailed it out of Texas more than twenty years ago, vowing never to return. Too many bad memories. Too many people she'd abandoned and let down. So she's shocked to find her new job has brought her to the very town where her long-estranged brothers live. And in the midst of a welcome but difficult reconciliation, it's an irresistible boat captain who helps her heal old wounds.

Jack Williams never thought he'd find love again after losing his wife—until Ava. Even his troubled teenage son has grown to love her. But despite their obvious connection, she's holding something back.

As their attachment deepens, Ava faces an agonizing dilemma: refuse to trust Jack with her past and push him away…or reveal her shameful secret and lose him completely.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (August 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373713673
• ISBN-13: 978-0373713677
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eve Gaddy's writing career began when she was in search of the perfect job and a friend challenged her to write a novel. Naturally, she thought of romance, since that is one of her favorite things to read. Once she began it was love at first type and she's been writing ever since.

Eve is the award-winning author of sixteen novels. Her books have won and been nominated for awards from Romantic Times, Golden Quill, Bookseller's Best, Holt Medallion, Texas Gold, Daphne Du Maurier and more. She was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series romance as well as winning the 2008 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Series Storyteller of the year.

While a confirmed native Texan, Eve loves the mountains of Colorado. She loves spring in east Texas, especially when the azaleas are in bloom. She also enjoys books and needlework and is currently working on needlepoint Christmas stockings. She adores animals. Just ask her incredibly spoiled Golden Retriever who is firmly convinced he is Eve's third child. Eve enjoys cooking except when she is in the throes of creating, and has been known to tell her husband that is what peanut butter and jelly was created for.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars -- good story, did not like Ava too much, September 1, 2006

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This review is from: Remember Texas (Harlequin Superromance, No 1367) (Mass Market Paperback)

REMEMBER TEXAS by Eve Gaddy
September 1, 2006

Amazon rating 3.5/5

"Many years ago, Ava Vincent was Miranda Kincaid. She ran away from home at the age of fifteen, and never contacted her parents or her three brothers in the twenty years since. She now works and lives in the small town of Aransas, Texas, and doesn't realize until it's too late that two of her brothers live there. She also works with a man who happens to live next door to one of her brothers, Mark.

Jack Williams lost his wife to a car accident a number of years ago, leaving him with his only son Cole, now a teenager. They relocated to Aransas after Cole started hanging out with the wrong crowd. Jack has been involved with women since his wife's death, but has had no serious relationships. Now, getting to know Ava, he is starting to hope again for a committed relationship. He likes what he sees in her, and Cole seems to like Ava too. But Ava has a lot of baggage and a big secret. She is hesitant to start any relationship, but is having a hard time resisting Jack." - Complete review at BookLoons - M. Lofton

I wanted to give this book 4 stars, but there were a few problems with the story. I had a hard time with some of the dialogue, which felt stiff and unnatural to me. While I liked Jack and Cole, I didn't care at all for Ava, because of her insistence that she could not let go of the past. And with that said, it was hard to believe that by the last page, she finally was able to let go, almost instantly. The bulk of the story however kept my attention, and I think most readers will enjoy REMEMBER TEXAS.