HEART OF THE TEXAS DOCTOR by Eve Gaddy
In this story we find the matchmakers at it again. Getting others together that they think would be a great pair. They introduce Graham the local heart doctor to the salon owner Bella. She has her own apartment and loves her cat.
They become very familiar with one another and the cat is jealous. Love realistic things that occur during this story. Love dates and times they are able to spend together. There are obstacles in the way of past dates with others and an ex wife.
Love learning how to pet the horse and other thing relating to the first ride.
He is in love with her before he knows it and he knows what he has to do. They are in too deep for onte another.
With his schedule and hers you know there is no way they are going to stay together.
How how his family intervenes…and her girl friends also…
Fiery hot adult situations.
Ends with excerpt from the next book in the series, which can be read as a stand alone.
Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion. ( )

Bella and Graham are both very successful on their own. Bella owns her own hair salon and Graham is a surgeon. They both have bad experiences from past relationships. So they are not ready to be committed to a serious relationship with each other, or anyone else for that matter, when a local matchmaker makes the introductions. They realize they enjoy each others company, and maybe more. Can they leave the past behind?
This is a very sweet and lovely book set in Last Stand, Texas. It starts a series Heart of Texas featuring the McBride family.
Thank you LibraryThing and Tule Publishing for a copy of this book. ( )

I really enjoyed Bella and Graham's story. Graham is a doctor, he is single and has a bit of a reputation as a player. Bella knows all of this, but she still has a crush on him. When they are introduced at a party, Graham doesn't care if someone is trying matchmake him with Bella. She is a bit young for him, but she is very together for her age. As they grow closer, Graham gets scared. He doesn't want to be in love ever again. He tried it once and was burned. He breaks it off with Bella, but he can't quit thinking about her. What to do? ( )

First time to read this author. Good romance as it follows the usual pattern, but I could do without the "f" word and some others I don't care for. ( )

I believe that most readers of Romance novels enjoy them precisely because they are predictable and that the payoff is always a happy ending. Usually the two protagonists show up within the first 5 or 6 paragraphs of the beginning of the novel and there is a manufactured conflict that must be resolved. This is all part of the mindless fun of reading them.

Heart of the Texas Doctor is all of these things and does not disappoint in following the formula. I might add that I enjoyed the story because the author made the characters interesting and fleshed them out rather well in this short novel. For the most part the writing was fresh and interesting. However, the main story line of both characters not wanting to get seriously involved and then, once both of them realized they were serious, not telling each other and breaking up (tension and heartbreak) only to get back together is a rather tired and cliched plot device.

My one complaint is more about writing style. I realize authors like to have a distinctive style to their writing, after all, e.e. cummings never did find the shift key on his typewriter. But this author has a deep and annoying affection for ellipses, which she mostly uses incorrectly. And they are everywhere, endlessly appearing, sometimes several in one paragraph. In addition, they are incorrectly typeset (which may or may not be the fault of the author). For the record, ellipses have only two ways to be correctly typeset: either xxx . . . xxx or xxx ... xxx (read as text-space-dot-space-dot-space-dot-space text or text - space - dot dot dot - space - text. This book is written with a plethora of xxx...xxx. Very annoying. Style should not bring the reader out of the book because she is noticing overused, misused, and incorrectly typeset punctuation. To sum up, ellipses should be used sparingly to indicate hesitation and not be a substitute for what should be a punctuation mark, from which there are many to choose. ( )