ᴥ Irena ᴥ's Reviews > A Texan's Luck

On its own the story is probably better, but I can't help comparing it to the first two.
Lacy is the youngest of the three women sheriff married off in his wife lottery. She went to see her husband once, lost her virginity and he sent her home.
Now Zeb Whitaker is back from prison and he wants his gold back, so sheriff arranged that Lacy's husband, captain Walker Larson, comes back to Cedar Point and protect her.

I didn't feel the connection to these characters as I did with the ones in the first two books. Very often Lacy acted weird. She argued when there was no need. I should have had more of her experiences to empathize with her the way I was supposed to. The captain wasn't much better either. They were simply not developed enough for my taste. We are just told about their past, their experiences.
Some things were thrown into the story, but they were not necessary. For example, the whole scene with Walker's brother's ex-wife was not necessary, because that is the only time she appears. If I had had more time with these two, I might have loved the story more.

I didn't like some of the other characters either. There was a spinster (it was repeated so many times you can't forget the fact) near the end who couldn't be more of a stereotype even if she tried. She didn't have any role to play, she was not important for the story or the character development at all and she got too much space. The space which should have been used for Lacy and Walker. The soldiers in the fort were also stereotypes. I loved Nell and Dalton though. Their story should be great.