AN EX TO REMEMBER – Jessica Lemmon
Texas Cattleman’s Club: Ranchers and Rivals
Harlequin Desire #2900
ISBN: 978-1-335-58139-6
October 2022
Contemporary Series Romance

Royal, Texas – Present Day

Aubrey Collins and Vic Grandin dated as teens and were even engaged, but it all ended when he made her choose him or her plans to continue to get her college degree. He thought she would be content being his wife and making babies together, but she wanted to be a teacher. Late one night in a bar, they unexpectedly meet again. Aubrey is cool toward Vic but agrees to have one drink together. One thing leads to another—and they end up spending the night making love. A couple of days later, he is horrified to learn that Aubrey has been injured in an accident at an event at the Texas Cattleman’s Club. At the hospital, it turns out that she has selective amnesia and thinks she is still engaged to Vic.

With the approval of the doctor, Vic goes along with pretending he’s still dating Aubrey. She has selective memory, which means that she remembers that she is a teacher and other things but has forgotten that she and Vic split up ten years ago. Of course, since they are dating, Aubrey wants to spend as much time as she can with her sweetheart. It’s a temptation that Vic can’t resist, especially since he’s still attracted to her. He is playing a dangerous game. How will she react after she gets her memory back and realizes that he’s been lying to her? What if they fall back in love again? Or…maybe the love has never been lost. Can they rekindle their love and find a happily ever after together?

Readers suspect when Aubrey and Vic meet up in the bar at the beginning of AN EX TO REMEMBER that they are still in love but are too stubborn to admit it. In fact, two days later he is already planning to catch up with her after the event she is at to see if they can go out again. But the accident changes things. Vic is much different than he was years ago when he thought Aubrey should put her plans aside to go along with his. She loves her job teaching, and he now realizes that it was a mistake to have fought over her decision. Meanwhile, Vic is dealing with his sister, Chelsea, and her anger over the fact that their father plans to turn over the family ranch to him. Chelsea works as hard as Vic to run the ranch but because he is the only son, their father feels it is sensible to leave it to the male heir. During the course of this tale, will Vic change his mind about his father’s decision? Add in the drama of whether a stranger may own part of their land (the ongoing theme of this latest Texas Cattleman’s Club series), then there is a lot of stress going on for Vic.

AN EX TO REMEMBER is a tale of reunited lovers who get back together in the most unexpected way. Vic cares for Aubrey but will it be enough to rekindle their romance? Or will she be too angry when she realizes that she’s been deceived? Find out the answer by grabbing a copy of this sizzling tale.

Patti Fischer