Amanda Cabot brings us back to Texas’ Hill Country and the Rainbow’s End resort in her final installation of the “Texas Crossroads” series — “On Lone Star Trail.”
Cabot’s latest novel picks up the story of Gillian Hodge, a concert pianist whose career comes to a crashing halt after an accident involving a motorcycle at the end of Book 2. Gillian comes to Rainbow’s End to rest and to be with and support her pregnant friend Kate, who runs the resort with her husband Greg.
While driving to the resort on a rainy day, widower TJ Benjamin hydroplanes on his motorcycle and crashes right in front of Gillian. What follows is a lovely story of both Gillian and TJ dealing with their pasts and taking a journey toward healing together.
“On Lone Star Trail” is a romance story, as Gillian must decide between the mysterious and sometimes distant TJ and Mike, the local guy from an influential family, but it is also a tale of healing and peace; dealing with loss, regret and hopelessness; being a Good Samaritan for someone else; second chances; learning the difference between sitting in church and living a life for God; knowing and accepting that all things are possible with God; and to LGLG (you’ll have to read the book to know what that means!).
Besides our new characters, the author allows us to revisit old friends, like Kate and Marisa and Lauren and Carmen. I also liked how Cabot gave plugs to her fellow authors — including Janice Thompson, Patricia Bradley and Jane Kirkpatrick — by having Gillian read and/or recommend their books. That’s a nice touch.
“On Lone Star Trail” is a nice little cozy romance with numerous life lessons thrown in.
Four and a half stars out of five.
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, provided this complimentary copy for my honest, unbiased review.
“On Lone Star Trail” (Texas Crossroads series, #3) by Amanda Cabot