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Love Finds You In Groom, Texas (2011)

by Janice Hanna(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1609360060 (ISBN13: 9781609360061)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Summerside Press

review 1: It’s 1914, and Jake O’Farrell's best friend is getting married. Which wouldn't typically be a problem but that leaves Jake as the last single man in Groom, TX. Never ones to let an opportunity to tease their younger brother go by, Jake's four older siblings are teasing him mercilessly about the fact. Throw in the fact that he's the only brother not working the ranch (he's a railroad employee) and he's beginning to feel a bit too much like the odd man out. Should he just settle down with one of the pretty local gals and quit being such a weirdo? Anne Denning's fathers death has left her with no choice but to take her sisters to Dallas to live with a cantankerous uncle. A train derailment finds her and her sisters making a side stop in the Texas panhandle. They have no m... moreoney and are unsure what to do till a kindly railroad employee takes him to the family ranch where Maggie O'Farell welcomes them like long long family. Soon Anne and her sisters find themselves feeling more at home in Groom then they have felt in years. Anne and Jake find themselves increasingly thrown in each others company and loving it. What will happen when Jake finishes fixing the rails and Anne and her sisters are forced to head to Dallas? This is a very light hearted story with sweet characters and a simple, romance centered plot. Everything worked out a bit too easily but that is okay in something meant to be fun rather than serious. My two complaints are that the author made no use of her time period (I kept forgetting when I was) and that the hero vacillated far too much on moving forward with his feelings.
review 2: "Love Finds You in Groom, Texas" by Janice Hanna is a sweet book that is perfect for a day of super light reading that keeps your attention anyway. I believe some might call Anne way to conservative for the time period of 1914 but that is what made me like her. She is struggling with things that she has no real control over and trying to hold onto something that she fears she has lost. Life hasn't been easy for Anne or her sisters for several years, but she continues on trying to be strong for her sisters while looking for the good, or at least learning more how to do that instead of becoming bitter and hateful, but instead she is a warm, caring and giving woman.Jake is the focus of the town and his brothers as being the last single man in Groom, Texas but that really doesn't seem to bother him much. He is a man who knows what he wants and what he doesn't want, including where he works. He is drawn to Anne from the moment he laid eyes on her and the feelings for her is something he hasn't experienced before.Then there are the rest of the characters from the sisters, to Maggie to the Uncle and everyone in between. No minor character is is hollow or flat, for every single character is written with such depth and personality that I couldn't help but like them. I was disappointed that there was no epilogue to let the readers know about a possible romance blooming that was hinted at near the end of the book. I would so cheer that romance along with the one of Jake and Anne.There was no villain in this story though a few were made out to be the villain, but happily things turned around. I did find it a little hard to believe all the change of hearts but then again a good and loving person can change people's outlooks on life. But to have these changes in all these people in such a short time just seemed too much like a "fairy tale" but then again it is a sweet story so maybe the fairy tale works for this book.Overall I did really enjoy this book for it was such a light read while at the same time it kept my attention. Normally light reads are perfect for busy days since I can put them down without too many thoughts about what was going on in the book, but not with this one. This one I just couldn't stop thinking about. I hope everyone enjoys this book. less

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