Tyler (Silhouette Romance, No 604)

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Summary: #3 in the LONG, TALL TEXANS Series
Review: A well written story of Tyler Jacobs and Nell Regan but not quite the same appeal.
Tyler has moved from Texas to the hot and dry southeastern Arizona where he works as foreman of the Double R dude ranch near Tombstone not that far from the Dragoon Mountains, one of Cochise's strongholds in the mid-1800's.

He has met Nell Regan, the future owner of the dude ranch by the time his sister, Shelby marries Justin Ballenger. [#2]

Nell follows Tyler around like a puppy until her housekeeper, Bella makes some hurtful remarks. Bella is afraid that Tyler will hurt the 24 year old Nell.

Tyler can't understand Nell's withdrawl and an irritating conflict of emotions springs up. It is also helped along when Nell's widowed sister-in-law, Marguerite and her two sons, Jess, seven and Curt, five show up for the weekend uninvited.

[It is so hard to remember being so gauche and insecure at that age]I did not feel the same with this story as with the first two.

When Darren McAnders, the threat of Nell's young life, shows up the sparks really start to fly. He had been interested in Margie nine years ago yet Nell tried to innocently vamp him and had a very crude awakening. Girls better learn the end results of their mistaken actions.

A decent enough story but centers mostly on Tylers and Nells' relationship almost to the exclusion any solidity of story matter. Recommended but leaves you wondering - characters really good bit not enough to make you want to read it again.
I did just to tie all the characters in.

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Summary: Sweet-Talking Texan
Review: Back cover reads:
SWEET-TALKING TEXAN
With only a quick glance at Nell Regan, a man might miss the beauty in the shy face, or the sexy figure hidden beneath the shapeless clothes. Nell had learned the hard way that she had nothing to offer a man. Her future was here, running her Arizona dude ranch...alone.
Then Tyler Jacobs arrived...a man who knew what it was like to be alone and alienated. He yearned to kiss away the pain he saw in Nell's deep brown eyes.
But Nell wasn't about to mistake kindess for love. Not again. Yet would denying her own desire destroy her one chance for happiness?