WILD ABOUT THE WRANGLER - Vicki Lewis Thompson
A Sexy Texans Novel , Book 2
Signet Eclipse
ISBN: 978-0-451-47140-6
November 2015
Contemporary Romance

Bicksford, Texas - Present Day

When three cowboys returned to the town of Bicksford and decided to try to revive the dying town, they inadvertently revived Anastasia Bicksford's love of drawing.  After a disastrous relationship in art school, Anastasia has had a hard time finding the desire to draw again, but Mac Foster is inspiring all sorts of ideas.  She started out by sketching Mac, and a friendship bloomed between the two.  Anastasia now spends her afternoons at the local restaurant/bar, Sadie's, sketching tourists and townspeople alike, but her two favorite subjects are still Mac and the Ghost, the leader of the pack of wild horses.  While she sketches Mac in person, Anastasia has never actually seen the Ghost, because a childhood trauma has left her terrified of riding a horse.  But, the more Anastasia becomes known for her drawings of the Ghost, the more she feels like a fraud for never having actually seen him in person.  So she turns to Mac to help her get over her fear.

For Mac Foster, the friendship with Anastasia can be trying at times.  He's interested in a lot more than friendship with her, but he's learned the hard way that he's not anybody's idea of a husband, especially not a woman with more talent than her small hometown can handle.  He's sure that with her art career starting to take off, it's only a matter of time before Anastasia will be off for bigger and better things.  Add in the fact that Mac's best friend, Vince, is about to marry Anastasia's over-protective big sister Georgie, and Mac knows it's best to keep things between them platonic.  So why exactly did he think teaching her to ride would be a good idea?

Burned by love in the past, both Anastasia and Mac feel it's best to remain strictly friends in WILD ABOUT THE WRANGLER.  The more time they spend together, though, the harder it is to deny the attraction between them.  Even when they finally admit that the chemistry is strong, they still do their best to avoid spending time alone, hoping that will cool things off.  But living in a small town makes avoidance difficult, and with Vince and Georgie's wedding coming up as well as the work Anastasia is doing for the business Mac, Vince, and Travis own, it's inevitable that they'll have to face each other and the strong feelings they have for one another.

The second book in the Sexy Texans series, WILD ABOUT THE WRANGLER steps back a bit from the business venture, and focuses more on Anastasia and Mac.  The plan the men come up with to save the town that holds so many good memories for them is actually hatched in the first book, so it might be best to read that one first to better understand the background.  However, WILD ABOUT THE WRANGLER is really Anastasia and Mac's story, and is just as enjoyable on its own.

Jennifer Bishop