Darlene Panzera

Jenny is in danger of losing her family's ranch to foreclosure. She's been searching for a way to come up with the money when she learns of a bet placed on when she will marry. She goes storming into the restaurant/bar where the betting is occurring and threatens bodily harm over the betting. Nick, who owns NLC Corp and has been making offers for her ranch, sees her and bets her $10000 that he will marry her in 6 weeks. She takes the bet not knowing who he is and spends all her time avoiding him and any situation that will soften her towards him. He gets a job on her ranch. He also has secrets beyond wanting her ranch. Who will win? What happens when the secrets come out?

I enjoyed this story. I liked Jenny and Nick and most of the secondary characters. The villains are hiss-worthy. I liked how Jenny kept coming up with ideas to get the money. They might have worked had she not had Nick thwarting her at times, although it was necessary. When everything blows up, I felt bad for Jenny and Nick. Both were more involved than they expected to be. I did like how Jenny shows the townspeople what she is made of. No one can make fun of her as they did in the past.

I look forward to reading more of this author.… (mere)

Ms. Panzera is an author that I have been aware of for quite some time but, have never had the pleasure of reading her work. When this opportunity came along I decided to take a chance. True Country Hero does have a hint of mystery but is mainly a love story. I have not read a great deal of romances where the story progresses at a slow pace that allows the reader to get to know the couple separately before they become a unit. A welcome change. I received an ARC of True Country Hero by Darlene Panzera in exchange for an honest review. Despite the fact I am new to this series I felt a connection right away and it felt like a homecoming of sorts. I liked that.
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I'm gonna be brief in order to avoid ranting.

I enjoyed the story, although the betting - especially the Travis stuff - was abhorrent.

Here's my issue. Lying about having epilepsy... wow. I have a seizure disorder and that is NOT COOL. Also, it's HAVING EPILEPSY. Saying someone is 'epileptic' is like saying someone with cancer is 'cancerous'.

Otherwise, this would've been a decent book. My rating is really 2.5 stars. I enjoyed the ranching / rodeo aspect, and the characters were okay. I'm torn as to how to rate this to be honest.

I just want to say that more research should be done when taking on tackling the subject of health conditions. Could really offend those who suffer from them.… (mere)