The Tender Texan [Paperback]

Jodi Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2011

Anna Meyer offers one hundred dollars to the Texas cattleman who can help her forge a frontier homestead. Chance Wyatt agrees to settle down and build a home with a lovely stranger. The boy in him never considered the possibility of love. But the man in him can't deny the passion that Anna brings out in him. They vowed to live together for only a year, but as the challenges of the savage land bring them closer together, neither can resist the aching desire that inflames their hearts-and touches their souls.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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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.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Diamond Books (August 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557735468
• ISBN-13: 978-1557735461
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #406,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story!!, September 2, 2002

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Jody L. Schoth (Katy, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tender Texan (Paperback)

The Tender Texan is an excellent historical romance that starts with the German immigrants arrival in Galveston, Texas, and their travels to claim land in Fredericksburg. When Anna arrives in Galveston, after losing her cruel husband during the passage to America, she realizes that she will be unable to claim land as a widow. Wanting nothing more than a home and land of her own, but realizing a woman won't be given land at the settlement, she must find a husband - and fast! Holding her head high, she walks in the middle of a campsite full of rough Texans and offers to pay $100 to any man that will be her husband in name only for one year, until she can gain the land... with a promise to leave after the year is up. Only one man is willing to take Anna up on the offer... and for the next twelve months the tension these two create when they are near each other is bound to keep anyone glued to the pages of this book! There are many more conflicts that keep things interesting... such as the reason Anna fears all men, the conflicts of her past, the name Chance keeps calling in his sleep, and the reason he's seeking revenge, along with many other daily factors that continue to build up in their one year long relationship. There isn't a dull moment in this story. I would have given it five stars except for the words Chance whispers in Anna's ears of love. These words are a little too flowery, and they just don't fit the character, in my opinion. Otherwise, its the perfect historical love story, with a Texan flare.

There are little things that hint to a future book, as some major details are never resolved, and one villain continues to roam free from his sins.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average...., December 27, 2002

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Serene (Marina, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tender Texan (Paperback)

Tender Texan is the story of beautiful Anna Meyer, a German settler, and her love for Chance Wyatt a bold Texan. When Anna's abusive husband is killed on the wagon train west, Anna knows she must remarry or risk losing the parcel of and she had been promised. Cleverly, she decides to 'hire' a husband, paying the first man she meets to marry her for a year, with her remaining cash- one-hundred dollars. Chance agrees, for he has fallen for Anna.

Once married, however, Anna is haunted by the ghost of her ex-husbands abuse. Can she overcome her fear of intimacy to give Chance a... Chance?

I thought Tender Texan had potential, but ended up being merely an average read. Most of the plot was just too sterotypical for me to fully enjoy it. IE: Hero's family was massacred by Indians, anglo hero has an "Indian" best friend, and the naive heroine must be 'shown' how to live in the frontier, and constantly risks herself by running, screaming, crying out and acting like a ninny at the wrong moments. (And she is from a hard-working German Farming family? Unbelievable! )

I also grew tired of the heroines 'fear of intimacy.' This subplot dragged on far too long for my particular tastes. Overall, this book was an average read with potential to be much better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great western-flavored romance, November 13, 2008

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S. McCrea "s_mccrea" (Henderson, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tender Texan (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book! Since others have already given a synopsis of the story, I'll just say that I thought the main characters were well-developed and the plot was plausible. I loved the fact that the author made BOTH characters young for a change, as so many make the male 10+ years older than the female. You felt like these two were truly reaching adulthood and growing together. Chance Wyatt was tough out of necessity, but sweet by nature. Anna Meyer was conditioned to be guarded because of such a horrid upbringing, yet ultimately willing to trust her heart (after much struggle with her mind) when love came calling. You could really feel each character's desire to belong--to have love and a family and a place to call home. I thought it was especially nice the way the author brought secondary characters into play as "extended family." You could just picture everyone growing closer an forming life-long friendships as they settled down and worked their land together. I recommend this one!