Georgina Gentry, To Tease a Texan

To Tease a Texan

Georgina Gentry

Zebra, Mar 2006, $6.99, 352 pp,

ISBN: 0821777068

In 1890 in Buck Shot, Oklahoma Territory, Lark Van Schuyler is used to caring for herself ever since she ran away from home in search of her twin Lacey. However, the niece of a wealthy rancher, she normally avoids getting involved with other people's foolishness, but feels sorry for the drunken cowhand being cheated at cards by Snake in the Last Chance Saloon. She intercedes, but loses her job.

Snake persuades Laredo Hudson to case out the bank. The next he knows he is involved in a hold-up, but he and Snake separate and he escapes thanks to Lark. He reaches the rendezvous point, but only Snake's girl is there. He leaves the part of the loot he took from the bank with the girl, and leaves for Texas with Lark, unaware that Snake is coming after him for he thinks Laredo has his half of the loot with him.

TO TEASE A TEXAN is a lighthearted western romance starring a delightfully courageous heroine and a seemingly pathetic cowboy who makes Pauline seem perilous. The action packed storyline is fun to follow, as Laredo seems to land in one problem situation after another with Lark's rescue efforts making matters worse. Sub-genre fans will enjoy this intriguing glimpse at the lawless late nineteenth century "Whiskey Towns", while Lark and Laredo fall in love over a series of capers.