Two Texas Hearts [Paperback]

Jodi Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1997

A mysterious family curse leads Kora Adams into a spur-of-the-moment marriage to Winter McQuillen, a handsome stranger who has inherited a sprawling Texas ranch near her own one-room cabin, with the proviso that he immediately find a wife. Original."

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Jove (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515120995
• ISBN-13: 978-0515120998
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You have to read this book!, July 24, 2000

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Denny J. Foster "oldironcollector2" (Morganton, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Texas Hearts (Paperback)

This is the first book by Jodi Thomas that I have read. And like the others before me it will not be my last. This book was absolutely breath taking. There was never at anytime a place in this book where I got bored. Win is like every woman's dream. Tough and rugged on the outside, but tender and warm on the inside. He just has trouble showing it. And Kora is nuturing, stronger then she thinks, and very loving. I guess I can really relate to this book, because I to am left handed. But at least in today's times it's nothing out of the ordinary like it was years ago. This is one book that I was truly sad to see end. It could have been a thousand pages and I would have read it till the end. Now I'm off to look for more of Jodi's books. Happy reading!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well written version of some pretty cliche plotlines, June 13, 2001

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Carol Peterson Hennekens (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two Texas Hearts (Paperback)

The marriage of convenience followed by falling in love is one of the mainstay plotlines of romantic fiction. It happens to be one of my favorites and it's always fun to read a well done version. In this case, Win owns all but the house of the Texas ranch he grew up on. The late owner's will provides that it will be inherited by Win's wife. Only one problem -- Win has no wife and the prospects are bleak. With only hours to go, he convinces the widow living in the shanty to marry him. Kora has her own pragmatic reasons to agree - she and her siblings are starving. Proximity and chemistry do the rest.

The auxillary plot is pretty much the western cliche of a threat to the ranch with mysterious riders in black dusters. It doesn't add much to book. Thomas does manage to stay out off the worst of the half-breed plot cliches.

Thomas produces some good romantic tension and chemistry between Win and Kora. I read the book in three hours straight and will hold on to it, at least for awhile. The Romance Reader, a magazine, awarded the book five stars.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sigh, If Only . . ., March 24, 2006

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MaryGrace Meloche (Ontario, Canada.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Texas Hearts (Paperback)

Consistently, Jodi Thomas yanks me into a story, makes me hungry for detail, and then leaves me wanting! In short, Jodi Thomas generally frustrates me! . . . Again, TWO TEXAS HEARTS starts with Thomas' familiar potency . . .

Winter McQuillen was a hard man. He was strong and he was honest; yet he was a man without warmth and he was very satisfied with his life. Still, he had one small problem: Winter McQuillen needed a wife . . . immediately! Yet, men like him didn't have time for such foolishness. Time was vital and courtship and love were lame. Therefore, he struck a bargain with the widow, Mrs. Kora Adams: she would wed him, she would stay with him for six months, and she would be gone. And yes, he would allow her to drag along her little sister and brother.

Kora Adams had a black cloud hanging over her head. To begin with, she was left-handed and everyone knew that was bad luck! Furthermore, she had been born a girl and everyone knew boys were a mother's blessing and girls . . . were nothing more than a mother's hands! Kora Adams did not believe in forever, she did not believe in marriage, she did not believe in love. All her life, fate had slapped her down and once more Kora Adams would survive. She learned a long time ago caring for someone invited pain. She was just his wife; she was just someone to cook and clean.

Jodi Thomas comes up with a great plot idea, she fills the story with great secondary characters, and TWO TEXAS HEARTS wasn't hard to read, for Jodi Thomas has a very nice writing style. However, the problem with TWO TEXAS HEARTS is the story won't stay with me. Once I move on to another book, Thomas' story will be gone! Forgotten! Why? Because the romance isn't strong enough! The author spends far too much time on the plot "monkey wrench!" I wanted Jodi Thomas to exploit Winter and Kora's romance! I wanted Winter McQuillen to woo Kora Adams! Evil sabotage, in a plot, is great for an added draw, but the plot's romance should always be the main attraction! Here Thomas' story felt overcrowded and there was no reason for it. Still, I like this author's books, and it is to her credit that I continue to hunt them down. Ms. Thomas has an extraordinary gift, if only she would turn up the romance. If only, if only . . .
Grade: B

MaryGrace Meloche.