Heaven, Texas (Chicago Stars, 2)

By Susan Elizabeth Phillips

All hell breaks loose when two unforgettable people discover love, laughter, passion — and a match that can only be made in Heaven. Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to drag the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being a movie star — and no plans to cooperate with a prim and bossy Ohio wallflower whom he can’t get off his mind or out of his life. Instead, the hell-raising playboy decides to make her over from plain Jane to Texas wildcat. But nothing’s more dangerous than a wildcat with an angel’s heart in a town too small for a bad boy to hide.

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Published Apr 1, 1995

384 pages

Average rating: 8

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chazzareads
10/10 stars
I'm not a huge football fan, which I'm sure would be a massive sin in Texas, so I haven't really read too many sports romances that featured football players like this one. But it's an SEP and I've heard so much about her sports heroes that I had to give it a shot. Of course, I adored it. Heaven, Texas is as sweet as pie and is full of all that lovely Texas/southern flavor.

I loved the heroine. Gracie was strong, resilient, innocent, but with a thirsty curiosity for living a more wild life. She embraces every opportunity she is given to live differently, as she's been trying to do, and that allows her to get entangled with a hero like Bobby Tom.

To be honest, wasn't so sure I could get behind any hero named 'Bobby Tom,' but I opted to roll with it. When we first meet him, he's exactly that kind of highly entitled, womanizing sports god that you might expect. He throws wild, lavish parties with topless women and brazenly makes out with whatever moves--but pretty quickly, the reader is given glimpses into the man beneath that exterior and what's there is lovely and raw and hurt and uncertain about what it's like to love someone.

There is a lot of that signature SEP humor laced throughout the story, and I laughed out loud more than once. I loved so many of the characters in this book that I might need to go back and read all the related football stories she's written. It's heartwarming, hot, and satisfying. Highly recommended.