Truly
Sweet
Sweet, Texas #5
Sweet, Texas #5
By: Candis Terry
Releasing July 28th, 2015
Avon
Candis Terry returns
to Sweet, Texas for the last time when former Marine Jake Wilder discovers how
truly sweet love can be.
When the one you’ve always wanted
At sixteen,
Annabelle Morgan hoped her crush on Jake Wilder was just a passing phase. Now
she’s twenty-nine and nothing has changed except Jake. The once-carefree marine
has come home with a giant chip on his shoulder. He insists a single mom like
Annie deserves more than he can offer. Yet no matter how gruff his gorgeous
exterior may be, Jake s toe-curling kisses convince her that this attraction is
definitely mutual.
Becomes the one who wants you back
Butting
heads with feisty Annie was always a thrill. Add other body parts to the mix,
and Jake is in serious trouble. He can’t be a forever-and-family guy and Annie
s not a friends-with-benefits kind of woman. But love has a way of changing the
best-laid plans, and surrender has never been so tempting.
The outcome is truly sweet.
So I
think this maybe the last book of the Sweet series…though I hope with a passion
that it never ends…Sorry Candis Terry.
So we
are finally at Jake Wilder’s story and I am thrilled! No literally! I am jumping
up and down excited!! But he is not the only hero I fall in love with in this
book! Trust me, once you meet Hank!! You will fall in love to.
Jake
Wilder is back in Sweet, after the Marines gave him an honorable discharge, whether
he wanted it or not. He is still struggling with his leg and his mind has
trapped him in a hell, where he feels that he is not good enough anymore and he
let his men down and he not only lost his own brother to this war. But he lost
them men under his command, especially his brother from another mother Eli. To
add to the guilt, Eli’s wife was pregnant and Eli would never get to see his
baby, and in Jake’s mind, that was his entire fault. But that’s not Jake’s only
problem! Oh no! Jake’s other issue is a little Spitfire named Annie!
But
life had not been kind to Annie. To begin with she had parents who would
abandon her at a moment’s notice. Add to that an ex who ran the moment she told
him she was pregnant! So she returned to Sweet and made a life herself and her
son Max. But then Jake walked back into her life and sparks flew light a lightning
rod in a thunderstorm…but where will they go from here!
This
book is truly amazing! It stole my heart, broke it and made it even better! Yes!
That’s right! That is just how good the plot is! The characters are amazing,
the writing is smooth and you just can’t help but fall in love with everyone. I
just add a plea! That Peter Castlewood gets his own story! He needs it, I need
it! I don’t think the Wilder Family would be complete without it.
So
after all of that, I give Truly Sweet a well-deserved 10 out of 10!
Two months, three surgeries, and a
stint in a military rehab hospital later, Jake kicked up gravel and dust in his
black Chevy truck with the radio blasting Montgomery Gentry’s “Hell Yeah.” He
flew down the proverbial long and winding road past the ranches that dotted the
landscape with wide-open meadows and grazing longhorn cattle. Past the
landmarks of Sweet, Texas and the memories of his youth where he and his
brothers had raised more than a little hell while having the time of their
lives.
In no hurry to be anywhere in
particular, he turned the truck onto Main Street and cruised past the old water
tower where any high school kid worth their weight in rebellion went to drink
beer. At the stop sign while he waited for a young mother and her three small
children to scurry across the street, he looked over to Sweet Surprise, the
thriving cupcake and ice cream shop his former sister-in-law Fiona owned. He
thought about stopping in to sample his favorite flavor but this morning his
stomach rumbled for more than a sugary treat. Today, his taste buds hankered
for the gut bomb meal he’d craved all those months he’d eaten sand sandwiches
in Afghanistan. Not to mention the bland fare called hospital food while they’d
had his leg hijacked in some kind of futuristic contraption.
Maybe a burger dripping with cheese
wasn’t going to change the world or make him forget that the Marines had kicked
him to the curb with what they’d politely termed an honorable discharge, but it
would satisfy his hunger and momentarily get him away from the lovable
hovercraft he called Mom.
His reentry into civilian life had
taken place two days ago. During those forty-eight hours he’d been overwhelmed
by the surge of love and attention from family and friends. Not that he didn’t
appreciate it. But the moment he’d walked through the front door of Wilder
Ranch, the calls and visitors had been nonstop. The casseroles and desserts had
piled up on the kitchen table until it looked like either someone had died or
they were preparing for one of the famous Wilder Family BBQ Blowouts.
All the while his mother had barely
taken her eyes off him. Though his healing and progress had been good, he still
walked with a cane, which apparently communicated a distress signal to the
woman who’d given him life. Mama Bear kept such a close eye on him he figured
any minute she’d put bumper guards on all the hard-surfaced furniture like she
had when he’d been a kid.
Just this morning he’d needed a
moment of solitude and had gone into the barn to brush down Rocky, his favorite
quarter horse. In two blinks his mother rushed out to check on him. Jake
had felt his throat tighten and a streak of panic tighten his chest. While he
appreciated the love and thoughtfulness, he was having a hard time adjusting to
all the fuss.
He wasn’t broken, he just needed a
break.
Candis Terry was born and raised
near the sunny beaches of Southern California and now makes her home on an
Idaho farm. She’s experienced life in such diverse ways as working in a
Hollywood recording studio to chasing down wayward steers. Only one thing has
remained the same: her passion for writing stories about relationships, the
push and pull in the search for love, and the security one finds in their own
happily ever after.
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ReplyDeleteAwww, that moment when you read the last book in a series and it's over! :/ But I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Better than the series ending on a rough note O_O Books that break your heart are truly wonderful!
ReplyDeleteFantastic review, Cara! Have a fabulous weekend :)
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