Almost Like Being in Love (Lost Texas Hearts, Book 2)

Jackie Porter is running. She saw her mentor shoot someone and now she is going to run back to the place that she felt the safest in her life. Unfortunately, everything has changed in the years she has been gone from the Idaho Ranch that belonged to her Foster Mother, including the death of the woman that meant so much to her. Can Jackie, or Pepper Prescott, find safety in her old home? Dan Graham has been taking care of the ranch until he could find Pepper to tell her about her inheritance, but until he did find her he had been using it to uncover a secret plot in the military. Once that assignment was over he planned on retiring from the military for good. When Pepper shows up before things are settled he worries about keeping his ex love safe. Will the two be able to get past the hurt and pains of the past and find love with each other? This is Book Two of the Lost Texas Hearts series about siblings that lose their family in a tragedy. This book is about the middle child. Almost like Being in Love is very far fetched, but it was fun to read anyway. The Terrorist Plot that touched both Pepper, and Dan's lives was interesting and complex and it kept me reading despite overly dramatic wording and plot lines. I am looking forward to reading the next book. Tori Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Pepper Prescott had her world torn apart at a young age. Her parents were killed and she was separated from her siblings. Pepper has created a new life for herself as a landscaper. She witnesses a murder and runs to the one place she feels safe, the foster home of Mrs. Dreiss.Dan Graham has been taking care of Mrs. Dreiss ranch since her passing several months ago. He has been recovering from a life threatening injury from his job as a Special Forces soldier.Dan and Pepper share a past from their teen years. Dan had no idea where Pepper has been. Now that she is back he will do anything he can to make sure she realizes that the ranch is where she belongs.As danger from both their past catches up to them, they fight to protect each other from harm.Almost Like Being In Love is a wonderful follow up book to Just The Way You Are. These characters have such depth and passion. You feel their joy and pain.I really hope Gabriel and Caitlyn stories will follow.

No one--I repeat no one!--writes better heroines than Ms. Dodd. Pepper is smart, funny and utterly adorable. And as always, the love scenes are really intense and made me blush! I love this book. It is fresh and fast-paced, and is the perfect summer treat.

Pepper Prescott believes her family betrayed her when she was put into foster care, so now that she's an adult she has changed her name and made a life for herself without letting anyone in to love her. Then she sees the one person she admires commit murder, and she returns to the one place she is safe, a small ranching community in the mountains of Idaho. There her high school love is, and she finds herself entangled in his life again. She's trying to escape being a murder victim. He's a soldier on an undercover mission. The sexual attraction between them burns, but they've both grown up and now have ulterior motives and deep secrets.Almost Like Being In Love is compelling and HOT (wait until you read the scene in the barn) but the story is complex and exciting. I hate ranch books, hate cowboy hats, hate horses, but Christina Dodd sucked me in when she wrote Just The Way You Are and I had to read this book. Fabulous! I can't wait for the third installment.

Pepper is totally untrusting of other people and has no faith in anyone. She has been orphaned by her parents who were running away after embezzling from the church. Later her sister lets her down. Not to mention all of her less that pleasant foster families.Still she has gone from a rebellious teen to a new together women. She even owns her own business. She believes that this is all due to the autobiography of a general which inspired her lifechange.She witnesses her heroine murdering her personal assistant and conspiring with terrorists. Needless to say, she runs for her life.She ends up going to the only foster parent who cared for her. Unbeknownst to Pepper, the fostermom has died, but left her the family ranch which is being tended by Pepper's old flame Dan.Dan is a soldier who is being used as a decoy to capture a terrorist. He is not sure why Pepper has shown up again at this point. Is she just there to visit, heard of the inheritence, or there to kill him. One thing is for sure, he wants to start over.OK-let me be clear on one point, I do NOT like "getting back together" stories. Ever.That said, Dodd rocks! She writes with such style how can you not love her? She is one of the few writers who can write sarcasm that carries through in a story. While this is likely NOT her best story, it is so much fun. Get a copy. If you like her style, you will dig this novel.