Where the Nights Are Long

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Review: CRYSTAL CREEK REVERBERATES WITH THE EXCITING RHYTHM OF TEXAS. EACH STORY FEATURES THE RUGGED INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND LOVE IN THE LONE STAR STATE.

RAISE A GLASS -- TEXAS STYLE!

Crystal Creek...where power and influence live in the land, and in the hands of one family determined to nourish old Texas fortunes and to forge new Texas futures.

A TOAST TO NEW IDEAS

Tyler McKinney is out to prove you can produce good wine on a Texas Ranch and make money doing it. He enlists the help of vintner Ruth Holden, but he doesn't like her advice. Her methods may work in California, but this is Texas.

For Ruth, Tyler is too stubborn, too impatient, too...Texas. And far too difficult to resist.

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Review: Tyler McKinney is the oldest son of J.T. McKinney from the previous book in the series (Deep in the Heart). Tyler is determined to have a vineyard on the ranch. His father is skeptical, but with the help of Tyler's stepmother they convince his father to try it. J.T.'s old buddy Don Holden has a very successful vineyard in California. Don is happy to send his daughter Ruth to the McKinney ranch to give her expert advice to Tyler. Tyler expects some dowdy looking woman to show up. He has all these stereotypical notions of what an expert wine chemist should look like. Tyler is shocked when he sees just how beautiful Ruth is. Tyler listens to what Ruth has to say, but he is stubborn and impatient and has no intention of taking all of the advice that she gives him about the vineyard. Ruth and J.T. build not only a business relationship but a personal one as well. Things go along smoothly until a lie almost rips them apart.

I thought that this book was more focused than the previous one. There were still plenty of secondary characters, but the main focus was on Tyler and Ruth. I have to admit that I was a bit aggravated with Ruth and her decision to believe the worst about Tyler. I thought Tyler had every right to expect Ruth to come crawling back on her knees and apologize, but instead the author has Tyler taking most of the blame-Ugh. Like I said this book was better than the previous one so hopefully the next one will be even better (Cal's story).