Sweet Return (Signet Eclipse) [Paperback]

Anna Jeffrey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet Eclipse | Publication Date: December 4, 2007

The feathers fly as tough guy Dalton Parker tries driving Joanna Walsh and her organic egg business away from his family's ranch, even as his heart tells him he wants to keep her around.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Joanna Walsh is a busy woman: besides owning a hair salon and janitorial supply business in her small town of Hatlow, Tex., she's also trying to establish a small organic egg business and help out her best friend, Clova, whose son Lane lays in a Lubbock hospital after an accident. Without Lane, Clova has no one to help run her struggling ranch, so Joanna decides to call on Clova's other son, Dalton, who left home years earlier to become a Los Angeles photojournalist. But when Dalton returns to Texas, he's angered to find Joanna's nasty goddamned chickens living on a few acres of the family cattle ranch. When Dalton accuses Joanna of exploiting his mom, Joanna counters by pointing out that in his 15-year absence, the land's had to be mortgaged and the ranch buildings are falling into disrepair. As the steely recriminations fly, they spark a fire between the rugged, self-confident Dalton and the wise, uncompromising Joanna. Jeffrey has a strong plot rich in hardscrabble west Texas detail and a keen ear for dialogue that makes her obvious affection for all her characters most contagious. (Dec.)
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Review

Authentic touches of West Texas ranching culture, colorful characters, and multiple levels of conflict...a plainspoken and engaging story...Lynne Welch -- Booklist, December 2007

Great characters who worm their way into your heart and a spicy love story...Lisa Gardineer -- All About Romance

If you choose only one western to read this next month, make it this one. You won't be disappointed!...Jeri Neal -- The Romance Readers Connection

Strong plot rich in hardscrabble west Texas detail and a keen ear for dialogue that makes her obvious affection for all her characters most contagious. (Dec.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information -- Publishers Weekly, December, 2007

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Signet (December 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451222717
• ISBN-13: 978-0451222718
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,357,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anna Jeffrey is an award-winning author of mainstream romance novels as well as romantic comedy/mystery. She wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym of Anna Jeffrey and has written two as Sadie Callahan. She and her sister have co-written five comedy/mystery novels as USA Today Bestselling Author, Dixie Cash. ..... Anna Jeffrey's books have won the Write Touch Readers' Award, the Aspen Gold, and the More Than Magic awards. Her books have finalled in the Colorado Romance Writers award, the Golden Quill and Southern Magic as well as the Write Touch Readers' Award, the Aspen Gold and the More than Magic awards. ..... She is a member of Romance Writers of America and several of its chapters. She enjoys many hobbies, i.e., reading, painting and drawing, crafting, needlework and beading among others. She and her husband live outside a small town in North Central Texas.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SWEET, SEXY, AND FUN, December 11, 2007

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Jamie Berry (Jackson , MS) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoyed this one. Anna Jeffrey really knows how to put it out there, she certainly did not disapoint here. The story was sweet, the passion was hot, the chemistry was awesome. Hard headed man meets strong willed women. This is stictly a romance, no suspense, bad guys or anything like that. Just a story of two lonely hearts coming together. I can honestly say, the way this ended could not have been better. The scene Anna places in your mind when you read the ending.... it will stay there... oh true love, if it were only this way in real life!! But hey, thats what books are for.... escaping for a while.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sweet contemporary Texas romance, December 8, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweet Return (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

In Hatlow, Texas Joanna Walsh owns a successful beauty salon business and an equally profitable making janitorial service. However, her latest business venture has proven to smell like rotten eggs. Her close friend of thirteen years cattle rancher Clova Cherry persuaded Joanna to join her in an organic egg enterprise as a means of saving her spread.

Clova has two sons; neither of which has helped her with the ranch. Lane is a drunk while Dalton is an internationally renowned photographer. When Lane ends up in an intensive care unit of Lubbock Memorial Hospital following a DUI accident, Dalton comes home from his Los Angeles base of operations to take his mom's cattle to market. Instead of cows he finds chickens and a thirty something woman who makes him dream of settling in West Texas. He accuses the chicken farmer of abusing the kindness of his mom; she accuses the wandering son of abandoning his mom fifteen years ago leaving her to struggle to pay her debts. Obviously love is everywhere when these two enemies meet.

SWEET RETURN is a sweet contemporary Texas romance that sub-genre fans will enjoy reading as the lead couple is a workaholic pair who must find time in their busy regiment to battle, argue, and fall in love. Anna Jeffrey provides a warm fun tale.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, December 18, 2007

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K. McComb (MIdwest) - See all my reviews
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Outstanding book. Very believable and real. I started reading in the morning and could not put it down until I finished it. Gripping! It was funny in places which is always nice and very thought provoking. It brings into life modern day issues and shows how a person doesn't always have to be a by-product of his or her childhood environment. Bravo Anna for a job well done.