"compelling story about forgiveness"
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted November 2, 2011
Holiday | Romance Contemporary
They say time heals all wounds, for Lucky and Kid time
seemed to stand still and not in a good way. As young
teenagers in the throes of first love they were a couple
with a future made of young promises. When life got in the
way of those promises things just fell apart and now they
faced the prospect of dealing with all those hurts that
didn't subside. Cisco Hardin's dubbed Kid by all who knew
him had lived up or should we say down to that moniker by
spending most of his life charming people with his ready
wit -- which many could say was a real handy way of
avoiding
life's responsibilities. Lucinda's nickname, Lucky, had
stuck even though she would be the first to admit it didn't
really describe her life -- especially since Kid walked out
twenty years ago. Going off to college was Kid's plan but
he promised Lucky it wouldn't come between the two of them
and yet as he got swallowed up by campus life it was harder
to make those promises stick. Kid convinced himself that
the longer he waited to contact Lucky the angrier she would
be and so true to type he just avoided that conflict. But
now he was back in High Cotton Texas and as luck would have
it the reason he was coming home was to get Lucky to sign
an oil lease on her property. After all these years the
last place Kid thought he'd find Lucky was working at her
father's bar. When he had left she planned on becoming a
nurse and he couldn't figure out what would have brought
her back working the bar. Being with Kid Hardin had brought
Lucky a level of respectability that helped her fit in at
school but she truly believed that he loved her and so when
he left he broke her heart. His job with Shiloh Oil was
acquiring oil lease rights but getting Lucky to sign a
lease was turning out more difficult than Kid expected.
First it appeared that she didn't recognize or remember him
but the daggers in her eyes convinced Kid that she
remembered him all right and definitely not in a good way.
When Kid left Lucky she had quite an ordeal to live through
alone and frightened. Just because Kid turned on the charm
it wasn't going to work this time. This time he was going
to have to grovel. And more importantly he was going to
have to face some harsh truths that were going to finally
make Kid grow up. Life was never going to be the same but
was there a hint of hope for some future for these two
people who never really got over their love for each other. Linda Warren writes about people discovering their
strengths and passions. Her gift with dialog brings the
characters to life and compels your sympathy and caring.
Welcome back to the Hardin family.
SUMMARY
Asking for a favor from a woman scorned isn't Cisco "Kid"
Hardin's smartest move. But he needs Lucinda "Lucky"
Littlefield's land for his oil company. Surely enough time
has passed since he left her—and his promises—behind?
Apparently not, because Lucky still holds a lot of
resentment. Then Kid learns of the baby Lucky lost—their baby—and he's
determined to right his wrongs. He needs to prove he's a man
worthy of her love and trust. And he plans to do it by
transforming his sins of the past into the most glorious
holiday season she has ever seen.
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