Texas Roads is the story of Dani. She is escaping her life in the city to visit an aunt she's never met. She is trying to find a place to call home. Her aunt, Mama Beth, is living in a small town that is struggling and it's the hometown of her now wealthy and snooty mother. Her mother is incredibly critical and manipulative.
On the way to Miller's Creek, Dani's car runs out of gas and she meets Steve. Not knowing that he is the mayor and future love of her life, Dani makes some comments on small town living and the people that live there. This creates a rocky start for them.
Steve is trying to protect his town and Mama Beth, who is like a mother to him. She has some medical problems that throw Steve and Dani together and he is able to see that she honestly cares. Both have been hurt and have no interest in pursuing a relationship, but that's about the time that they fall in love regardless of what their heads are telling them. Secrets and misunderstandings throw a wrench into their friendship and romance.
I thought that the book was good, but there was a ton of depressing elements to overcome. There was cancer, betrayal, mistrust, dementia, divorce, death, fire, vandalism and more death. I didn't have any issues making it through the book, but I don't think that I'm going to watch any more in the series. There was a preview of the next book (and only one I found) in the series, A Path Less Traveled, and it starts out with Steve's sister and her husband has died. It's just too depressing for me. Texas Roads will get my Good Book review regardless of the small issues I had with it.
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