Review: A Heap of Texas Trouble by Carolyn Brown

I didn't realize when I read this one that it was a re-issue. It was first published as The Red-Hot Chili Cook-Off. It's also the second book in the series and I hadn't read the first when I found this one. I enjoyed it enough I will go back and re-read the first two in the series.

The only thing I would say about the book that I didn't like, was on occasion it got very wordy. Overall it was a delightful and fun story. Carlene Lovell is recovering from her husband's shocking affair, with a women she sold some of her expensive lingerie too! Waiting in the wings is sexy sheriff Jack Landry.

This story offers a lot more than just romance though, its really about friendship. Carlene and her friends and family decide to enter the chili cook-off to get back at Carlene's soon to be ex, and the rest of the men in town. It's a story about survival and friendship, and these friends have a whole lot of fun! I love stories like this that incorporate both friendship and a love story. I recommend it!

Thanks to Edelweiss for the Review Copy.
4/5 stars on Goodreads.

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