Dancing in Texas Series by Liz Talley

From the USA Today Bestselling author of the Cricket Crosby series comes a small town series with big heart, featuring a dowdy librarian turned Cinderella and the bad boy prince of the Vegas strip who takes her breath away!Nellie Hughes wanted to walk on the wild side ...just once.A post-makeover vacation fling was all Nellie wanted from Vegas nightclub owner Jack Darby. After all, a librarian from a small East Texas community doesn't have a lot in common with a city slicker like Jack... moreFrom the USA Today Bestselling author of the Cricket Crosby series comes a small town series with big heart, featuring a dowdy librarian turned Cinderella and the bad boy prince of the Vegas strip who takes her breath away!Nellie Hughes wanted to walk on the wild side ...just once.A post-makeover vacation fling was all Nellie wanted from Vegas nightclub owner Jack Darby. After all, a librarian from a small East Texas community doesn't have a lot in common with a city slicker like Jack. Sure, their long weekend in Las Vegas was hot, but Nellie has her real life to get back to.Imagine her surprise when what happened in Vegas doesn't stay there.Why is her fantasy guy in tiny Oak Stand, Texas? And why is Jack buying a ranch and sitting on her pew at church? Nellie doesn't know whether to celebrate a second shot at love, or run and hide so Jack doesn't discover just how unglamorous and nerdy she really is. But the way Jack's putting down roots and ruffling her feathers, she may not have a choice in the matter.Could be her dream of a white picket fence and true love is much closer than she thought. less

From the USA Today bestselling author Liz Talley, comes a small town romance with memorable characters and a slow-burn, second chance romance that will make you sigh.Oak Stand, Texas, is a detour on her road map of life...Dawn Taggert's stay in Oak Stand is temporary. After a series of setbacks, she's taking a year to pull it together so she can start a new life somewhere else. No putting down roots. No romantic entanglements. No exceptions!Dawn has a plan... moreFrom the USA Today bestselling author Liz Talley, comes a small town romance with memorable characters and a slow-burn, second chance romance that will make you sigh.Oak Stand, Texas, is a detour on her road map of life...Dawn Taggert's stay in Oak Stand is temporary. After a series of setbacks, she's taking a year to pull it together so she can start a new life somewhere else. No putting down roots. No romantic entanglements. No exceptions!Dawn has a plan.So not even the very handsome and persuasive contractor Tyson Hart can change her mind. Sure, his whiskey-colored eyes, smooth voice, and the broadest set of shoulders this side of Houston are hard to resist. And he's the steadfast type of guy, the one who promises forever. And means it. But Dawn's mind is made up. It's business only between them.Now if she could only convince her stupid heart...*originally published by Harlequin Superromance less

From the author of the Cricket Crosby series, comes a small-town romance about the one who got away...When Rayne Rose returns to Oak Stand, Texas, it's not in defeat. Far from it. She's no longer the odd duckling everyone remembers but a successful celebrity chef with a network show on the bubble. Fixing up her aunt's inn as part of her brand is the perfect excuse to figure out next steps after the death of her husband... moreFrom the author of the Cricket Crosby series, comes a small-town romance about the one who got away...When Rayne Rose returns to Oak Stand, Texas, it's not in defeat. Far from it. She's no longer the odd duckling everyone remembers but a successful celebrity chef with a network show on the bubble. Fixing up her aunt's inn as part of her brand is the perfect excuse to figure out next steps after the death of her husband. She needs a place to find her equilibrium and provide her young son with some stability.What she doesn’t need is to find her high school crush all grown up and still living next door. Beauty in motion. That was Brent Hamilton then and now. Still carrying around a bad boy reputation, Brent is all wrong for a widowed single mom. But the handsome contractor is not all that he seems. He has a secret, and when Rayne glimpses the boy she remembers beneath the man he's become, she begins to think everyone is misjudging him…including her.Maybe what Rayne and Brent once had is ...exactly what they need to build a future.Come back to a quintessential home town where trees shade the town square, grass sinks beneath your bare toes, and falling in love is still possible. less