Dixie Cash, My Heart May be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Great

My Heart May be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Good

Dixie Cash

Morrow, Nov 2005, $19.95

ISBN: 0060826185

Her loving wealthy dad Buck McBride is upset with Paige for wasting money. He tells her to get a job as he will provide no more money to her except $2000 in her checking to cover rent for three months.

At the bank, Paige backs into Spur Atwater's old truck. He is at the bank seeking a loan to buy out a veterinary practice in Salt Lick, Texas. Paige thinks he is a nasty laborer while he believes she is daddy's spoiled rich girl. Only McDonald's hires Paige, but they quickly fire her.

Daddy gets Paige a job at Harley Carruthers' ranch in Salt Lick as assistant to his trainer Lester Clinton, who leers at her and uses sexist comments. Later Paige visits Stylist Station, Domestic Equalizers to rent a place from one of the owners Debbie Sue Overstreet. She and her partner Edwina Perkins welcome Paige to town. Debbie Sue invites Paige to dinner not telling her that Spur is coming too. At dinner they have a good time as he is friendly and she is earthy. Paige and Spur begin seeing each other. As they fall in love, someone is stealing horses; the three women vow to save Debbie Sue's steed if the horse is abducted.

This old fashion romance is fun to follow as their first three encounters are conflicts, but evolves into love. The return of the zany support cast from the first Salt Lick novel (SINCE YOU'RE LEAVING ANYWAY, TAKE OUT THE TRASH) adds humor, friendship, and some late suspense. Though the suspense seems anticlimactic in spite of references alluding to stolen horses throughout the plot, fans will appreciate this fine contemporary tale.

Harriet Klausner