Red Hot Texan

WOW what can I say other than I loved Red & Emma’s story. What a wonderful addition to the Last Stand series. Red will do almost anything to win Emma’s heart even using a old fishing guide to woo her. There’s just one little thing he forgot to mention. Can Emma get over it and realize her true feelings for Red. I really liked finally getting to read Red and Emma’s story. I would definitely recommend this book. Can’t wait for the next one.

It is part of a series and characters from past books are part of the story. But it also can be read as a stand alone.

I received a ARC of this book from BookFunnel and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Loved this story. It has wonderful characters. Great storyline.
Red wants Emma, he will do anything to get her, but he’ll forget to mention one very important thing.
Emma will have to use Red’s tricks to win him back.

Loved it, loved it.

Red and Emma have been attracted to one another for a while, and now the stars seem to have aligned. Emma has trust issues, and Red has a family matter he needs to straighten out. Meanwhile, Emma helps Red design and fill the interior of the home he has built, and he surprises her by creating a library. When Emma feels betrayed, even though Red had a good reason to not disclose the situation, it threatens their future. Can they find a way back to one another before it’s too late?

Wonderful story!

Good story but a little slow in spots. Stick with it and enjoy.

It’s a contemporary romantic Western. Coming from. Tule Publishing, it has familiar characters in it. Contains some steamy events.

Love can be a lot of work and is comparable to many things, training a horse, taming a lion or even fishing… it all depends on the players but will Belle from Beauty and the Beast and a fisherman ever figure out that their worlds aren’t really that far apart?

Emma Corbyn was Belle in many ways. Her life was books; she worked in the town library, was gorgeous and didn’t realize it. She was, in almost every way, the character she admired so highly. Emma also didn’t realize what was right in front of her face most days. Things and people like Red.

Red Aldean was a pure country boy and he liked it like that. He ran an outdoors shop and knew simple was how he liked things. He also knew he had more than a crush on Emma and it was going to take time and planning to reel her in. Funny thing is though life has a way of throwing things at you when you just don’t expect it.

Now Emma and Red are finally getting a chance but when both of their pasts flare up in unexpected ways will they trust each other enough to build a future?

So this is part of a series, but can be read as a standalone. This particular novel though departs from Ms. Garbera’s usual style. It’s definitely a different tenor than her normal works. It reads a bit slower, it moves a bit differently and digs more into odd details than her normal works. This is NOT a hot and heavy. This is a slow and steady, building on everything work where you won’t find many twists, but you will find more reality.

I received a complimentary copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it.

This was a wonderful start to a new series. I did get a feeling though that there were several books already out for some of the prior characters though. I would be interested it reading them and hopefully it isn’t one of those multiple author series.

Red is an outdoor adventure loving type person. Emma loves her romance books. He has had feelings for Emma for a long time. It wasn’t until recently though that things have changed in Red’s life. He applies the “fisherman’s handbook” to landing Emma’s heart as his own. Emma though doesn’t want to have a public relationship as her last one ended badly. She asks Red to “sneak” around so to help her understand and grow her feeling for him private. Red agrees but secretly wonders if she is ashamed to be seen with him. Red suffers from dyslexia. He quit high school while Emma has a Master’s Degree. Red is keeping a secret from Emma. He doesn’t inform Emma of the secret at first as he wonders as to the outcome of an issue. As well as, will the relationship with Emma be one that she isn’t ashamed of. The longer he keeps the secret the more he worries about how it will affect their relationship. Will Emma come to an understand and bring the relationship out in the open? How will Red’s secret affect their budding romance?

I totally understand were these two were coming from. At the start of any relationship, you wonder and worry. I was grateful for the dual POV to see exactly where they stood.

This is a sexy read. It was not an overly graphic in nature but it may offend someone who only wants a sweet, clean romance. That being said, I would only recommend this to someone over the age of 18.

I received this arc from Tule Publishing in exchange for an honest review. I loved this book and am excited about a new series set in Last Stand with characters we’ve met in the Dangerous Delaneys and other series. This book is about the middle Corbyn daughter Emma who is a librarian in Last Stand. She enjoys reading more than anything else. We also learn that she was previously engaged to a guy who cheated on her before the engagement was called off. The hero is Red Andean, who owns a fishing and outdoor adventure business. The two are opposites but both have a crush on the other that they don’t seem to be aware of.

We learn that Red has been planning how to woo Emma using an old fishing guide as the basis. He uses fishing analogies for each move he plans to make. Emma, is not an outdoor adventure or fishing lover. She is generally indoors reading a book. She is from a large family that seems to always be in her business. She agreed to start seeing Red but wanted to do it in secret to avoid the town and her family knowing, in case it ended badly like with fear former fiancé. Red isn’t sure at first that he likes sneaking around but agrees to do it.

Red had recently learned that he’s a father from a one night stand a couple of years prior. The mother, didn’t know how to contact him and it wasn’t until she died in a car accident that he found out. Her parents had been raising little Molly and aren’t sure he’s ready to be a father. Red has been building an upscale home to show he’s serious about being Molly’s dad. He has an attorney in Austin that keeps calling with updates, often when he’s around Emma. He doesn’t want to tell Emma he’s a dad in case he never gets to see his daughter, or she feels he’s using her to help him get custody. On the other hand he doesn’t know how she will react when she learns he has the daughter. He suggests Emma help him decorate his home as an excuse for why they are spending time together if they are caught. Otherwise this gives them a place to meet for dinners and to work together.

There is some soul searching on both Emma and Red’s parts as to what their feelings mean. Each one has decided they are in love with the other. They both want to stop sneaking around but Red has his secret hanging over his head. Emma suspects he’s hiding something. After she and her sisters were lied to by their parents about Amelia having a different father, she has been focused on not hiding the truth. She has made it know she doesn’t want to be lied to. He has grown up with a mother who was absent a lot for work and this influenced his feelings as well. There is a lot of angst in the relationship as well as suspense over the decision about Molly that the courts hand down. It’s a great romance with lots of angst and suspense. I can’t wait for book 2.

A sweet and heartwarming story. I loved the characters and the flying sparks. A great storyline that pulls you in from the beginning. It’s an entertaining read and not to be missed.

Another wonderful visit to Laat Stand, Texas in Red Hot Texan (Corbyn Sisters of Last Stand #1) by Katherine Garbera. Emma Corbyn is the shyest of the sisters but she is also openly honest which makes her story cute and fun to read. Being a book nut helps to identify with her too for any reader who reads as much as her. Red Alden is simply great even though he is not a reader as such. He is all about action he says. However I found him to be a real thinker too. I like how he is confident but down to earth not arrogant in his outdoors business dealings but humbly admits to being clueless about women in his personal life. Together they bring out the best in each other. What a wonderful combination.

Their story is not always smooth. It has the regular bumps of living in a small town with plenty of nosy family and friends. Red also has some new issues on his plate that make this long time casual friendship have problems as they try to work through their now strong adult attraction to each other.

The story catching your interest as you see how these two have been admiring each other from afar. The quotes at the beginning of the chapters are hilarious, fitting the character’s POV which switches back and forth. This just may well be my favorite Katherine Garbera book to date thanks to Red Aldean.

An ARC of the book was given to me by Tule Publishing which I voluntarily chose to read and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.