He’s only got one shot at hooking her heartRed Aldean has his sights set on his longtime friend, Emma, who seems more interested in her regency romances than dating. A renowned river, adventure, and fishing guide, Red is no stranger to a challenge. With his heart on the line, he turns to his trusty Texas guide to fishing—all he needs is patience, a plan and the perfect bait. Last Stand librarian …
Last Stand librarian Emma Corbyn prefers to find her romance in books. It’s much safer. While she’s not set on perfection, she needs honesty. When larger-than-life Red Aldean starts wooing her, Emma can’t help but let her guard down. And even this bookworm can’t ignore the sizzle that ignites when he’s near.
Emma feels like she can trust Red with her heart, until she learns he’s keeping secrets. Does Red need a better lure to reel in the prize of his life?
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A new debut in a new series from Ms.Garbera (The corbyn Sisters of Last Stand) that will take you back to last stand where you will meet Emma Corbyn working behind the counter at the town’s library helping the locals find their next read.Emma ‘s favorite genre to read is romance and rather read then go find the love of her life .I can’t wait to meet her sister in the next book.
This is the first of a new series based in Last Stand, TX and oh my I am so loving this new angle that our author took us on. Emma and Red are not what I would think of as the perfect couple. Emma, is the town librarian and loves to read books like Jane Austin and dreams of finding the kind of love that will one day believe in her and put her first in their life. Then we have Red. Red has been half in love with Emma almost all of his life but he is afraid to let her know. He reads books about fishing to bring her to him and also read her favorite book. She goes fishing! Love this friends to lovers book and can not wait for the next Corbyn Sisters book! Really fun book to read and some of it reminds me of going fishing at Lake Grapevine with my own Husband and taking a book to read while he spends many a long hour fishing… for nothing.
Red Hot Texan by Katherine Garbera
He’s only got one shot at hooking her heart
Red Aldean has his sights set on his longtime friend, Emma, who seems more interested in her regency romances than dating. A renowned river, adventure and fishing guide, Red is no stranger to a challenge. With his heart on the line, he turns to his trusty Texas guide to fishing—all he needs is patience, a plan and the perfect bait.
Last Stand librarian Emma Corbyn prefers to find her romance in books. It’s much safer. While she’s not set on perfection, she needs honesty. When larger-than-life Red Aldean starts wooing her, Emma can’t help but let her guard down. And even this bookworm can’t ignore the sizzle that ignites when he’s near.
Emma feels like she can trust Red with her heart, until she learns he’s keeping secrets. Does Red need a better lure to reel in the prize of his life?
This is Emma Corbyn and Red Aldean’s story.
Emma was the head librarian and pretty much never left their hometown. She was busy with her community projects, library projects and just being a Corbyn. Her daddy and his people had owned the People’s Bank of Last Stand for… well forever.
Emma Corbyn could remember when she and her sisters had dressed up for the rodeo queen pageant. These days it was more of a little parade than an actual beauty pageant,but back in the day her sister Amelia had won the title of Miss Last Stand three years running.
She and Delilah were always in the “court” but it wasn’t the same. When she’d advanced the idea of having a parade of the rodeo queens instead of a pageant the community advisors had agreed. They’d also opened it to anyone.
Red Aldean had never met a river he couldn’t fish, a rapid he couldn’t expertly navigate through or a problem he couldn’t solve. At least that was what he’d thought before he’d started falling for Emma Corbyn. She was just a girl. Yeah, he knew it wasn’t PC to call them that, but his dad always had referred to all women as girls— even his mom
and Red had picked up the habit. It was July in Last Stand, Texas, and as his granny used to say hotter than Hades. Everyone he knew was paired up and he felt like he should have said yes when his parents had asked him to come and spend the summer with them in Seattle.
care of. He’d been determined to get Miss Emma Corbyn to notice him since Christmas. So far, he’d tried some of the advice his best friend Braden had given him.
Katherine Garbera. Red Hot Texan (Kindle Location 64). The Tule Publishing Group, LLC. Kindle Edition.
Red Hot Texan by Katherine Garbera is a 3 star book.
“I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.”
Katherine’s Books with Tule:
Texas Christmas Baby
Corbyn Sisters of Last Stand
Red Hot Texan
Corbyn Sisters of Last Stand
Texas Christmas Tycoon
The Dangerous Delaneys
Full Texas Throttle
The Dangerous Delaneys
Her Texas Ex
The Dangerous Delaneys
Once Upon a Texas Christmas
Whiskey River Christmas
Her Christmas Cowboy
The Scott Brothers of Montana
and more books
Red Hot Texan is the first book in Katherine Garbera’s new series: Corbyn Sisters of Last Stand. Red Aldean and Emma Corbyn have known each other forever. He’s a wilderness guru who owns his own outdoor company. When Red decides he wants to take a chance on her, he discovers a little unknown element from his past which he shares with only a few.
Emma, the town librarian, has her own trust issues. Living in a small town, they elect to secretly date keeping their relationship between the two of them.
When she discovers he’s hiding something from her, you can guess what happens. Her trust issues rear their ugly head and she walks away. When all is said and down and the secret is revealed, can these two longtime friends find their happily ever after?
Red Hot Texan was a heartwarming read with such wonderful characters. Ms. Garbera is a phenomenal author who immediately draws the reader in the story. I’ve never been disappointed with one of her books. I highly recommend Red Hot Texan. I’d like to disclose that I received an advance copy which I chose to read and review. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
A friends to lovers romance that is full of chemistry and emotion that will keep you turning the pages until the end. Red is a renowned river and fishing guide and is always up for a challenge, he will lure, bait and reel in Emma, his lifelong friend. Emma, the town librarian, though is more interested in finding her HEA in her romance books.
A story sure not to be missed, loved the characters with sizzling chemistry and finding love when least expected. This is the first book in the series and I can’t wait to read more.
‘Red Hot Texan‘ begins the ‘Corbyn Sisters of Last Stand‘ series with a couple you’ll fall for really fast and a romance that might hit a few potholes along the way but is so worth the ride for both Red and Emma. Full disclosure: I have yet to find a story by Katherine Garbera that I haven’t completely and utterly loved – and this one is no exception to that hard-fast rule. There is heartache ahead for this couple, but the love and the reasons are strong enough that with some understanding, patience, and maybe luck they can weather any storm – if they’ll take the risk of trusting in each other.
Red and Emma have known each other for most of their lives, perhaps on the surface in many ways but Red’s been harboring a crush on the town librarian that he’s finally ready to act on. Now perhaps using his tried and true fishing manual as a dating guide might have been a slightly unusual wooing technique… but hey, whatever gets the girl in the end, right? Unfortunately for Red what Emma values above just about anything else is honesty and he’s holding back something vital to the future of their relationship. And like so many heroes, he believes that “now” is not the right time and when it’s right he’ll know it – until that time has come and gone… along with the woman he loves as well.
These days, Emma would rather find love and romance in the pages of a good book for that real-life emotion has left her nothing but heartache. Red wears her down with his charm and she’ll agree to date secretly, for we all know how small-town gossip works, and perhaps those trust issues are rearing their unforgiving heads as well. When that one little bit of information that Red’s been holding back from Emma comes to the surface she does what is natural for her – she walks away from what could be the love of a lifetime.
I hurt for this couple, and eventually, I rejoiced as they discovered what truly matters in any relationship – love, forgiveness, and a willingness to keep trying even when it’s so hard to do. Without giving much away I adored how Emma dealt with her decision to leave Red. It took courage, especially knowing her trust issues. Red is a sweetheart, and if I wanted to shake him sometimes and say “Just tell her!”, well, characters never listen to my rantings anyway. As a couple, they really work. The love is there, the trust needs some work but it’s growing into something that can last a lifetime.
‘Red Hot Texan‘ is an excellent beginning to the new series. And I cannot wait to fall back into this world for the next Corbyn sister’s romance. If you love a good love story with realistic situations, believable characters, and a small-town full of quirky, caring residents who cannot help but get involved – then this one is perfect for you.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher, Tule Publishing. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
Katherine Garbera’s first book in the new Sisters of Last Stand series, Red Hot Texan, has all the feels this author is known to put into her stories. From the love between Red and Emma, to the anxiety of Red’s journey towards becoming a father to Molly, and then all the moving parts of the secondary characters who continue to make the Delaney and Corbyn families intricately vital to the heart of Last Stand, Texas, there is no shortage of opportunities to loose yourself in Red and Emma’s journey towards their HEA. Then to completely sweeten (pun intended) appeal of the book, included are recipes of two mouth watering…literally speaking in regards to the Lavender Lemonade…often spoken about refreshments in the story!
This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.
Emma and Red’s friends to lovers story in Red Hot Texan by Katherine Gabera, book one in Corbyn Sisters of Last Stand series, was a wonderful, sexy, very emotional and enjoyable tale. Renowned river, adventure, and fishing guide, Red Aldean loves a challenge and has set his sights on his longtime friend Emma Corbyn. Red doesn’t know much about wooing, so he turns to his trusty Texas Guide to Fishing for advice; all he needs is patience, a plan and the perfect bait. As Last Stand’s librarian Emma tends to find her romance in books; it’s safer and won’t break her heart. She’s not expecting perfection, but after all the lies people who love her have told her, she does need honesty. Emma and Red are electric together; between their magnetism and sizzling chemistry neither can ignore this attraction that is turning into love. Red has a huge secret that he’s not quite ready to share which just might cost him the biggest prize of his life. Maybe a better lure could help him reel in Emma and prove that she’s the one for him.
Ms. Gabera wrote a wonderful and emotional story that is definitely not to be missed. She provided a tale rich with off the charts, sizzling chemistry, fun adventures, and charming characters giving Emma and Red a chance to discover they were meant to be together. I highly recommend Red Hot Texan to other readers and look forward to the next book in this series.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.