Deputy Tallulah Gentry has been infatuated with Honky Tonk Heaven ever since she was a little girl listening at her bedroom vent while her sheriff daddy told her mama about all the wild happenings at the infamous dancehall. And Tully couldn’t wait to experience the live bands, rowdy patrons, and country dancing on the solid oak dance floor for herself. Unfortunately, before she turns twenty-one, lightning strikes Honky Tonk Heaven and her dream turns to ashes . . . until the owner of the bar passes away and her four children come back to town. The Hennessy Hooligans were the bane of Tully’s father’s existence. As ornery kids than rowdy teenagers, they broke windows, destroyed mailboxes, picked fights, and basically terrorized the folks of Promise Springs. And like Honky Tonk Heaven, Tully had been totally infatuated with them . . . especially the dark-haired oldest, Jaxon. But when Jaxon robs the town gas station, Tully’s infatuation fizzes out like a dud firecracker. Now Jaxon is back in town, looking meaner—and hotter—than ever and Tully intends to keep her distance. Until she finds out Jaxon and his three siblings intend to reopen Honky Tonk Heaven. How can any woman resist the lure of a wild Texas honky tonk . . . or a tattooed bad boy who knows how to waltz?
Jaxon Hennessy has no desire to bring his family’s burned out dancehall back to life. Honky Tonk Heaven was the only thing his mama ever loved . . . which was why he and his two brothers and sister hated it. But in order to get the money Rosie left them, they have no choice. If they fail to renovate the dancehall in three months, some undisclosed person with get their inheritance. Jaxon figures his mama owes them for all the issues her lack of love have given them. He has no desire to be hurt again by a woman who can’t love. Especially a woman infatuated with Honky Tonk Heaven. But when Tallulah Gentry offers the money they need to help with renovations, Jaxon is stuck with the shapely deputy putting her two cents worth in on everything from the jukebox to the bathroom stall doors. Amid the sawdust and paint cans, Jaxon will come to realize that some women have enough love in their hearts for everyone . . . including a Hennessy Hooligan. All it will take is one moonlit waltz for that Hooligan to believe in happily ever afters.
A grumpy/sunshine, small-town love story about two people who never thought they’d become friends . . . let alone soulmates.
Dawson Hennessy has no plans to stay in Promise Springs, Texas, longer than it takes to raise his family’s legendary dancehall from the ashes and settle his mama’s will. After that, he’ll be out of there before anyone can replay his troubled past like the jukebox’s favorite sad, country song. But his plans are stomped into dust when someone in town contests the will. Now, Dawson can’t leave until he finds out who and stops them from getting what he and his siblings are owed. Unfortunately, there’s one problem. No one in town is willing to give the meanest Hennessy Hooligan the time of day. Except Magnolia Hastings. Magnolia is pink sunshine and nonstop chatter that can get information out of a fencepost . . . and kisses out of a disillusioned hooligan. She’s exactly what Dawson needs to crack this case. He just doesn’t plan on her also cracking the walls around his battered heart.
Magnolia’s only in town for the summer to run her uncle’s quaint bookstore, Time To Read, where the nooks are cozy, the numerous clocks chime on the hour, and the shelves smell like possibilities. After years of trying on “callings” that never quite fit, she finally discovers one that does: helping people find their next perfect book. Most of the townsfolk welcome her help. Dawson Hennessy? Not so much. He might look like Michelangelo’s David carved out of Texas sunshine, but he’s grouchy, sharp-tongued, and determined to stay miserable. Good thing Magnolia isn’t looking for love. After watching true love wreck her daddy, she doesn’t believe in the silly soulmate myth. But when Dawson turns out to be more sweet boy than bad boy—when the grump slips and his kind heart shines through—Magnolia agrees to help him discover who is contesting his mama’s will. Soon they’re chasing rumors, stirring up secrets, and setting off way too many sparks for two people who swear they’re fine on their own. And if they’re not careful, saving Honky Tonk Heaven won’t be the only thing they pull off. They might just end up with the kind of love that turns two stubborn skeptics into true believers.
It's Huck Hennessy's turn to find love . . . except he's already found it and lost it. But can he become the type of man Cadee Stockton needs and recapture that love?
