Blissful, Texas

This warm tale is a pleasure to read! Lacy is an idealist with decidedly proper principles on how one should live their life and she is out to change the immoral goings on in BLISSFUL, TEXAS! One of the recipients on her list is the very handsome barkeep, Lucas Burns. Lucas has his own ideas about her civilizing influences and he sets out to reform the prissy Lacy. This fun tale is quick and easy read.

Nineteen year old Lacy Calhoun leaves her convent school to return to mama and Blissful, Texas.On the stagecoach she runs into 29 year old Lucas Burns who happens to run the saloon, The Rooster.Boy did things heat up when Lucas learned that Lacy was the daughter of Flossie Calhoun, owner of the Satin Slipper.He was under the impression that Lacy was not as innocent as she appeared and Lacy thought that Lucas, with his saloon, was the downfall of all of Blissful's good men.The good men of Blissful, [didn't meet too many] gathered in The Rooster to decide how to get rid of the do-gooder, Lacy.She was ruining their business, fun and relaxation with Boot Withers the most out-spoken.Ah, you have to follow the hilarious high-jinx of the people of Blissful, with Myrtle and her sister-in-law, Birdie.With Lila gone, with the other girls, the sheriff comes acourting, thinking that his ma would approve of Lacy but.....Lacy figures that it is up to her to bring about a higher moral standard for the good people of Blissful. And she had to take Jacob, Lucas's son under her wing. He needed a real home.Then Lucas teaches her that she can become one of the fallen and her ideas slowly grow and mature. The characters are great, the evolving of Lacy into a more mature woman is hilarious and touching as she finds out that no one is as bad as they seem nor was she as good as she thought.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -M Exceedingly delightful - great reading.