Fans of the Hell to Pay series will love this new spin-off saga, Hell’s Legacy Garrison Taggart doesn’t have time to deal with touchy-feely junk like “trust issues” or “feelings.” His dad’s health is waning and the family’s Wyoming ranch is being sabotaged. Too bad his supernatural ability to tell when someone is lying has been exactly zero help in ferreting out the betrayer so far. So, when … when sweet schoolteacher Sara Lopez raises concerns about his son being bullied, who can blame a guy for getting a little testy?
The last thing Sara needs is any more attention or gossip after her recent breakup with big-shot rancher Hank Brand. So her attraction to surly but sexy Garrison, Hank’s rival, is entirely unwanted. When she uncovers an insane plot to kidnap the Taggart boy and throws herself in harm’s way to protect him, Garrison must risk his deepest secret and his own life to save the people he cares for the most. But will his heroics cost him everything?
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This is a terrific start to a new series.
Garrison Taggart has always lived on the ranch that he is now running for his father. There is always lots to do and not enough hours in a day to do everything so when his son’s second-grade teacher, Sara Lopez, tells Garrison that Zach is having trouble at school he doesn’t handle it well. Sara wants the best for her students so she asks Garrison personal questions hoping to get a better idea of Zach’s issues, but that worries Garrison even more. He’s afraid she has seen a paranormal ability in his son since the rest of the family has them. Sara was actually concerned about the Brand boys bullying Zach. Some of the Brands hate the Taggarts and are making life pretty bad for them.
I liked the characters in this book. Well, except for Garrison. While he was physically perfect and very competent at running the ranch, his personality left a lot to be desired. He was very brisk and somewhat grumpy. Of course, he had lots of reasons for this, like his wife leaving him a year ago and cleaning out his bank accounts – leaving him with financial problems, the Brands trying to get his land, his father’s health and his son being bullied are just some of his problems. Sara was a wonderful woman but she had her own problems. She was still trying to live down the trouble she caused in this town when she was younger. She also had to stay in her job for 4 years in return for her college education, so no matter how hard she found it she had to stay in there.
With the unusual abilities, these cowboys had this wasn’t a typical western romance. It was interesting to see the way the author worked out the feelings Sara and Garrison had for each other. Garrison tried to hide his feelings for her because she used to date one of the Brand men, and he didn’t know if he could trust her. The suspense had me on the edge of my seat! I couldn’t read fast enough to find out what happened with the kidnapping. There are some REALLY evil people in this story, adding to the suspense.
I am so glad I won a copy of this book and I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series. If you enjoy romantic suspense with a paranormal twist, you should read Legacy of Lies.
I read the fourth book in this series quite a long time ago for a review. I didn’t think I’d go back to read the previous books as I’m not a huge fan of the paranormal, but I decided to anyway. A family of four adult siblings, all with some type of unusual power; while the idea of “special powers” doesn’t always interest me, this book’s storyline was intriguing and I’m glad I decided to read it. I will go on to the second and third book in this series to finish it off. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.
This was such an interesting book. The story was so different from a regular western cowboy type, but it had. Some good twists and plots to it.
I could not put it down. Definitely worth reading. The characters were good and very strong throughout the story.
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This book was a very enjoyable read with a good storyline and characters that were so well detailed that I remained totally engaged until the turn of the very last page!
A highly suspenseful paranormal romance, this novel keeps the tension riding high. Sara has had a less than stellar past, and regrettably, there are people who won’t let her forget it. Garrison is buried in troubles with his ex-wife leaving him, the damage and thefts of his property and the on-going harassment from the Brand family. It becomes clear that the central point of all the trouble is Hank Brand, and he appears to have an incredible hold over the rest of his family. As Garrison and Sara begin trying to iron out some of the problems, the troubles escalate, drawing Sara into the melee. The book is a standalone, but does close with a number of unanswered questions. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.
Lies Revealed and Hope Found
Garrison Taggart and his siblings each have a secret paranormal sensory power. However, each of their powers comes at a physical cost.
Garrison’s power is the ability to discern a lie, except in his own personal life. Hence his divorce a year ago. Now he’s a loving, but bitter, single dad. It’s complicated.
Sara Lopez has a checkered past that she’s been trying to live down for years. She’s come back to her home town as a teacher, and wouldn’t you know she has Garrison Taggart’s son Zach in her class. Sigh. It’s complicated.
Legacy of Lies is book one in the Hell’s Valley series by Jillian David. Although it started a bit slow as the back stories were revealed, the paced soon picked up and was steady up to and through the dramatic end. The writing is descriptive and the dialogue believable, even with all the emotional baggage of both Sara and Garrison.
For those who like stand-alone books with HEA endings and epilogues, you may be disappointed with this ending. The issues between Sara and Garrison are resolved. However the over-arching danger will not be revealed until the other siblings have their happy endings.
Content alert: This book contains both swearing (secular and religious), as well as descriptive sexual content.
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Legacy of Lies by Jillian David is a new series, and an author I’ve read before. So I eagerly said yes to this book. And I wasn’t disappointed…..
Sara is trying to forget her past, but coming back to her small town life isn’t going to be easy, people have long memories, and once a trouble maker, always a trouble maker. But Sara is now a teacher, she wants to make a difference, and if she can stick it here for a while, then once this job is done, Sara is out of there and she’ll look for a teaching post where no one knows her past.
Garrison is a single dad and a rancher, no time to meet women, and after being taken for every penny by the last woman he trusted, he won’t be in a hurry to trust another one.
His family, except his father, have abilities, he can sense the truth in people, his sister can find people and can feel their emotions, and her twin brother, he had an internal sat nav, he never gets lost, and had the ability to blend into the background. And a big brother who upped and left the family without an explanation (but something is mentioned in the book, that may shed some light on his reason for leaving) we don’t know his ability yet.
The ranch is a family owned ranch, but it’s not doing too well at the moment, and he really doesn’t have time to worry about bullies, and missing family members and his ailing father.
but there is just something about Sara that pulls Garrison in.
Their relationship is full of misunderstandings and distrust. But also filled with passionate kisses and tender moments.
Sara is warned by her ex to stay away from the “Taggart scum”, her boss (her ex’s brother,) also tells her to keep her nose clean, and not to interfere in the bullying of the Taggart “brat” otherwise she will lose her job, and Garrison is warned to stay away from Sara.
There is also a secondary storyline running through, and I’m sure this will be the string that keeps the stories linked.
It’s a great start to what I’m hoping is at least a four possibly five book series
Oh, did I forget to mention there is a missing big brother ?
I’d recommend this book to anyone who has read this author, or to anyone that likes their stories with a mystery to solve.
This book is the start of the Taggart Family story. The story is set in Copper River Wyoming. Garrison Taggart is the second oldest in the family but is tasked to run the ranch because the oldest brother took off. His son Zach is in Sara Lopez’s class. She so far is the only teacher that stands up to Garrison and actually speaks her mind and asks him about his ex-wife leaving and if that behavior affected his son. The Brands are a family who live next door to the Taggart’s and all but 1 (Izzy) started acting weird a year before the story and suddenly want to take all of the Taggart’s down. The whole Taggart clan has special abilities. By the end of the book Garrison’s ability morphs into something bigger than it was before. One part of the story line is about Sara and Garrison and the other is about the crazy Brand family and what evil scheme they are involved in.
In a couple of pages I realized I recognized the names of some of the family members. I looked back and figured out it is because I read book 3 first. It was nice to look at more of the family. I even hunted down the rest of the books in the series just to make sure I could read up on everyone.
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I am really torn between 3 and 3.5 stars. I was expecting a cowboy romance, which I received. There was a paranormal aspect thrown in, which I didn’t mind, and it was interesting to a point.
The paranormal abilities of the Taggert family were thrown into the story with not much explanation. Ok…Garrett can do this, Shelby can do that, Kerr can do something else, and Dad can’t do anything. Wait. I started out reading a cowboy romance that morphed into a family with psychic abilities. Did I miss something?
In all honesty, I went back and started the book over. Maybe I’m dense, but the hints thrown out in the first chapter were not significant enough for me to think “psychic” or “paranormal” .
I also thought Garrett was the oldest until around chapter 7 when I discovered Vaughn was the oldest.
Garrett and Sara’s relationship felt like a stream of hits and misses. I really wanted them to get together. They had chemistry, and a real attraction. They each had so much baggage, I didn’t think they would overcome it. Garrett spent most of his time being angry, and Sara spent most of her time blaming herself for EVERYTHING.
Next, there was really no clear explanation for how or why Hank changed. Never any clear explanation of Hank’s entire situation and the associated actions.
I felt like there were so many unexplained factors in this book. It left me feeling unsatisfied. It made me wonder if Garrett and Sara ended up with a HEA or a HFN.
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From the get-go this book will pull you in and have you flipping pages…just one more…just one more: be ready to read in one sitting. It’s heart-gripping with a HEA but before you get there you have to earn it! Thankfully the author throws in some steamy scenes to heat up the pages along with the intrigue! I received this book from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily reviewed this book. This is my honest review.