Review – Make Mine A Bad Boy (Deep in the Heart of Texas #2) by Katie Lane

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Hope Scroggs is finally ready to get hitched. After years of sowing her wild oats, the former head cheerleader and homecoming queen has returned to Bramble, Texas, to marry her high school flame. But her perfect wedding plans are stomped to smithereens when her adoring cowboy two-steps down the aisle with someone else. Now Hope is stuck with the one man from her past she can’t shake: Colt Lomax, an irresistible bad boy whose sultry kisses are hotter than the Panhandle in August . . .

Colt lives for freedom and the open road; he never gets attached, never looks back. Still, he can’t forget the night of passion he once shared with Bramble’s sweetheart–a night he wouldn’t mind repeating. So, he piles on the Texas charm to tease the feisty beauty back into his bed, while she tries her darnedest to resist. But something unexpected is about to tie their fates together . . . and oh, baby, will it ever

Make Mine a Bad Boy is book two in the A Deep Heart of Texas series by Katie Lane, and I have to say with each book this series gets better. I originally started out reading book one and two so I could read and review book three. I am so glad I got my hands on this series!! They are an absolute delight. I am a born and raised Louisiana gal, but have spent a lot of my time over the border in Texas with family. I have to say Katie captured a Texas town almost perfectly. Some of it is a tad stereotypical, but I think it adds to the story.

We first met Hope in the last quarter of the first book, and to say she is the sweet heart of Bramble is almost an understatement. She is a fireball of energy and temper, and uses that feistiness to hide her insecurities. At the beginning you kind of want to shake her and say get over yourself. The book opens with her as the maid-of-honor at her twin sister Faith’s wedding to Slate, and Hope is none too happy about the wedding, although she does try to hide it. Slate was supposed to be HER backup plan, and wait for her to come back. She kinda ignores the fact that he is more like a brother to her, because he is the perfect shield against the feeling she has always had for the town bad boy, Colt Lomax. Hope and Colt are oil and water, but they come together with the chemistry of fire and gasoline. Lawd have mercy! They end up half nekid before they even realize it, BUT have bad luck when it comes to timing. They get interrupted in the craziest of places.

Colt was from the wrong side of the tracks, and he let the town’s opinion of him form his bad boy image. He didn’t let his self believe that he could be good enough for Hope, so he was the one to give her hell growing up. He didn’t want to stick around town, and watch the only woman he loved marry the town golden boy. So he left town right after high school, but did the town think he was out there making a good living. NO they thought he just got out of prison. Little does the town know that he is a successful custom motorcycle builder in California. Can the town and Hope forget his past to see the man he is today?? Can he open his self up to the possibly of rejection, and tell Hope how he has always felt about her??

I absolutely love this series. Like with the first book the town’s people play as much a part of the story as the main characters. They over hear a conversation between Faith and Slate, and due to miscommunication come to think Hope is pregnant and jilted by the father. They hire a bounty hunter to head out to California, and track down the missing daddy. This leads to some funny scenes! This book had me laughing out loud, and grabbed onto my heart hard. I have to say I am a lot in love with Colt myself, but who wouldn’t love a sexy bad boy cowboy with tattoos that rides a motorcycle!!!!! I highly recommend this book and series!!

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