" I found this to be a good story diminished by gimmicky writing. Two things bothered me. The story was set in Texas, but the main character seemed modeled after Ruby in Cold Mountain, including the Appalachian dialect. It might have worked if the other characters in the area spoke the same dialect, but no one else did, so to me it stuck out as annoyingly weird. She also kept speaking in muddled cliches that really grated on my nerves, and even if you found them cutesy at first, the gimmick was vastly overdone to the point of being nauseating. It was overall an entertaining story, not without its charms, and a fast read to fill a stormy night, but I would have enjoyed it so much more and given it four stars if the protagonist seemed like an authentic plainswoman instead of Ellie Mae Clampett channeling Archie Bunker--that totally ruined the romance for me. She was a most NOT charming heroine indeed. However, the price (free) was right. "
— Lola4, 2/8/2014