Bless Your Heart: a small town, enemies to lovers, contemporary romance

Lyra Parish

Jun 2023 · Valentine Texas Book 1 · Happily Ever After Ink

About this ebook

I have three simple wishes:

1. Keep my houseplants alive.

2. Open a charming bed-and-breakfast in my small town.

3. Never see or speak to Beckett Valentine again.

None of those things are currently possible.

When Beckett decides he’s also interested in purchasing the Horseshoe Creek Ranch, my dreams of owning a bed-and-breakfast become a nightmare. He refuses to give me what I want while playing dirty—a common theme in our rivalry. Because of him, we’re in a ridiculous bidding war for the land.

We might have hated each other since our teens, but the stakes have never been so high.

And right now, I’m more determined than ever to take down my best friend’s older brother—cowboy boots and all.

Bless Your Heart is an enemies to lovers, older brother's best friend stand-alone contemporary southern romance with a happily ever after. Warning: this book contains tons of Southern sass, sarcasm, and lots of spice! Fade to black is not included.

Ratings and reviews

This is the first book in a news series and I am here for it! I'm already smitten with the Valentine family. I love a good best friend's brother trope. It was hard to put this one down. I loved the banter between Beckett and Summer. They sure know how press each other's buttons. There is also sexual tension so thick you can cut with a knife. Beckett so knows how to woo because the date he sets up would make me swoon big time. I would have been putty in his hands for sure.

A wonderful start to a new series! Small town feel with likable characters, Bless Your Heart sets the bar high for the first book in the Valentine Texas series! An enemies to lovers romance, Summer and Beckett has a hate/love relationship that only gets hotter when a farm that borders her parents farm goes on sale. What happens next was a battle that sparks their long time sexual chemistry that takes it to the next level. This was a definite must one click and I can’t wait for more!

Summer has the worst luck with dating, good thing she's on her family's farm or she'd be bored to death. She's always had a dream of opening her own Bed and Breakfast Inn. When her friend tells her about a ranch for sale, her dream is finally within reach of coming true. Beckett works on his parents ranch showing "City folk" how to ride the trails. When the ranch next to theirs goes up for sale, he has ideas of his own about expanding the trails. He and Summer have had a crush on each other for years but since they can't even have a civil conversation with each other, they never acted on it. When they both want the ranch, it's a gloves off all out bidding war. Neither wants to give in, the solution he offers? Agree to go on a date with him. As far as she's concerned, he can't be trusted and she knows he's up to something. He won't get the chance to embarrass her. Again. Can the past be forgiven? Can they work together? Can they keep their hands off of each other? Wild steamy ride!