"Leave me with this book, the characters and the bees and I’ll be one happy reader - probably forever." - The Chatty Romance Reader
When the devil comes to town, you have to meet him head on.
Which is exactly what I did when Grant Stone rolled into our small Texas town, driving a sports car I could fit in the bed of my truck, wearing a suit as black as his soul. He’s here to acquire mineral rights to half a dozen farms in town.
And there’s no way he’s getting mine.
I don’t make deals with the devil.
So when he challenges me to show him the small town ropes, my motivation is the prospect of seeing him make a fool of himself. He might have an angle, but if he thinks he can finagle me into endangering my bee farm, he’s got another thing coming.
Until the line in the sand is washed away.
My farm in danger. A town in upheaval. A man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
And me in the middle.
When the devil comes to town, you have to meet him head on.
And when he sneaks into your heart, he’ll only break it.
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My Review
I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.
This book had me laughing from the first chapter. The egg throwing incident set the tone for a back and forth between Grant and Jo that I really enjoyed. It's start off a bit hostile since Grant is looking to buy Jo's family land, but it slowly turned into something else.
Jo's plan to drive Grant away by trying to humiliate him as much as possible is not even remotely successful. All it did was allow Jo to see him as an actual person and not the devil she assumed he was. Meanwhile Grant, who originally is very out of place in the small Texas town, slowly starts to fit in and even wins some people over.
I loved this book. It's sweet and funny and even downright sexy at times. Jo and Grant had fantastic chemistry and I loved how their relationship progressed. There were these brief moments when I wasn't sure where they stood with each other, but then something would happen that reassured me. Of course Grant wasn't the big bad wolf that he appeared to be and I loved discovering the person he really was. Winnie played a big part in that and I appreciated that she really did stick to her guns the whole time. She may have had a few moments where she wavered a bit, but honestly, who wouldn't?
Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.
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