Catalina and the Winter Texan (Snowbirds Book 1), by Hebby Roman
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NOMINATED FOR 2016 RONE AWARDTHE ROMANCE REVIEWS Readers Choice 2016 Nominee Catalina Reyes has sacrificed everything to own a beach-front recreational vehicle Park. Widowed and struggling, her Park falls on hard times and needs extensive renovations to stay open. When Manuel Batista, a widowed and successful contractor rents a slot at the Park, he's immediately attracted to Catalina and captivated by her fiery spirit and determination. Manuel helps Catalina to renovate her Park. Working together, their relationship sizzles, but Catalina realizes Manuel will return north after the winter. Unwilling to start a long-distance relationship after a painful breakup in her previous marriage, she must learn to trust again. Can they overcome Catalina's fears and bridge the gap of hundreds of miles between their homes and families to find a second chance at love?
Catalina and the Winter Texan (Snowbirds Book 1), by Hebby Roman- Amazon Sales Rank: #617720 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-16
- Released on: 2015-06-16
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "'Catalina and the Winter Texan' is an enchanting story about a second chance at love. Manny and Cat are incredibly relatable; two salt-of-the-earth people who almost let their trust issues, ego, and pride tear them apart. One can't help but feel like they know these two! Ms. Roman has woven a refreshing tale, giving the reader insight on mature love...the reader will be delighted by this fun and flirty story. Kudos to Ms. Roman for the reminder that as long as one has a spark, one can still start a fire!" 4 Stars Chantel Hardge for InD'Tale Magazine"Never to old to find love again. What a great story with Cat and Manny! Adored their relationship from the start to finish. Crazy how stubbornness makes you stumble into something great. This is a book I could not put down I just had to finish it.You meet a sweet red head sprouting some mean Spanish curses and a hot sexy constructor who makes a smashing first impression!! Lol! At a time in their life where they lost their first love they find that they still call fall in love again and maybe just maybe find happy ever after once more. Manny and Cat have grown children and in Mannys case grandkids. But don't call them old they are still young and still a little freaky in bed.A great story that touches on somethings in relationships that we find hard to face and fear that seems like we can never overcome from the situation.Mahalo Reading Alley for giving me this book for an honest review. I will be looking for more books by Hebby Roman." 5 Stars Reading Alley "I love how this book demonstrates that older couples don't necessarily have all the answers when it comes to relationships. They too can make mistakes. However, they can also still find true love, even if it's for the second time. These two manage to make a Texan winter even hotter." RECOMMENDED READ at Romance4theBeach
From the Author This is a book of my heart. It's set in one of the most wonderful places I know, beautiful and still remote and relatively untouched--South Padre Island, TX. I love this place so much, I would like to live here! And the book is about an older couple who have both been married before, both widowed, with grown children and even grandchildren. This is a very down-to-earth book about people you might have as neighbors. A heroine who's sacrificed everything to own her dream, a recreational vehicle park, and a hero who started as a humble carpenter and is now a successful contractor. Their story is heart-warming and touching. I hope you'll enjoy it!
From the Inside Flap "Could you put Migo there?" She pointed to the counter beside the sink. "Sure." Manuel hoisted the Lab as if he weighed no more than a cream puff. Watching him lift her dog, Catalina couldn't help but notice the bulge of Manuel's biceps and the corded strength of the tendons in his forearms. Her mouth went dry as sawdust. The air in the kitchen felt close. She swallowed hard and fought the urge to fan herself. Like Super Glue, her gaze was locked on his muscular arms. Not only did he look like a bear, if she were any judge, he was as strong as one. Standing this close to his raw masculine strength and with the soapy-clean, man-smell of him tantalizing her senses, her stomach muscles tightened. And lower, she felt the old, familiar stinging ache. He glanced over his shoulder. "I've got him. Bring on the soap and alcohol." She jerked her head up, and a flash of heat basted her face. She'd been daydreaming--or fantasizing. She grabbed a bar of soap and the bottle of alcohol she kept by the sink. Then she turned on the water faucet and lathered her hands with soap. She grasped one of her dog's hind legs and worked the lather into his fur. Migo whined and tried to wriggle away, but Manuel clamped down, holding him still and soothing him with low words. She focused on Migo, not daring to look at Manuel or accidentally brush against him. After liberally soaping the cuts, she used a wet dishtowel to rinse them. Then she bent over to examine the wounds. "They're not deep," he said. His voice, rumbling from the expanse of his broad chest, forced her to glance up. Her gaze met his. This close, she could see the thick fringe of his eyelashes framing his brown eyes. He had a small bump in the middle of his nose. An old break--maybe from a fistfight? But as strong as he was, she couldn't imagine him fighting. There was something innately gentle about Manuel Batista. Even the firm but tender way he held Migo. A lump lodged in her throat. What she wouldn't give to be held like that. How long had it been since someone had protected and cherished her? She closed her eyes, fighting an overpowering urge to bury her face in Manuel's broad chest. And just as swiftly as the urge swept over her, she recoiled. What was wrong with her? Had she flipped out?
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Hot romance for older people By Karen Teague Review copy provided via Reading Alley in exchange for an honest review.Summary: Catalina and the Winter TexanCatalina Reyes has sacrificed everything to own a beach-front recreational vehicle Park. Widowed and struggling, her Park falls on hard times and needs extensive renovations to stay open.When Manuel Batista, a widowed and successful contractor rents a slot at the Park, he's immediately attracted to Catalina and captivated by her fiery spirit and determination. Manuel helps Catalina to renovate her Park. Working together, their relationship sizzles, but Catalina realizes Manuel will return north after the winter. Unwilling to start a long-distance relationship after a painful breakup in her previous marriage, she must learn to trust again.Can they overcome Catalina's fears and bridge the gap of hundreds of miles between their homes and families to find a second chance at love?Review:First of I’ve got to say you hit this one out of the park. As a person in this age group, I’ve seen my step mom find love after my dad’s passing, as well as seeing my mom find love again and my step dad was the best thing that ever happened to my mom until she passed a few years ago. It doesn’t matter how old we are, we all deserve someone to love. Now to explain why I’m only giving this story a four star when I feel you hit it out of the park. I don’t speak Spanish and had to look up meanings to words. You might want to put a glossary of the words in the back of the book. This is also why It’s taken me over a month to write the review, I’ve been thinking hard on how to approach this and being blunt I feel is the best way. Not everyone knows and understands Spanish words after all we are Americans.From the first paragraph you feel the connection between Catalina and Manuel and you keep saying to yourself Catalina you’re being stupid if you don’t take this chance. You have a way of putting the reader right there on the scene like we are watching a movie unfold right before our eyes. You’ve captured each and every emotion, so the reader is laughing and crying as they are reading this story.The editing was perfect I didn’t stumble across any grammatical or punctuation errors, which always ruin a book for me.Conclusion:Would I recommend this book to others? YESWould I read other books from this Author? YESIs this book a Novel or Novella. NovellaIs this book priced correctly? Yes it’s at the top end of what I would pay for a Novella, but with the quality of writing Miss Roman does it’s spot on.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A charming story of love over 40 By Leiah “Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.” - Dolly PartonI’m going to tell you a secret. Young people don’t get it, I know, but just because you are older, that doesn’t mean you can’t fall in love. It just means you have a lot of history behind you – and sometimes working out the details can be a real pain in the backside.Catalina and Manny both have histories. Some good, like their grown children, and Manny’s grandchildren. And they both have a lot of pain in their backgrounds, as well as all the good stuff. Both are widowed, both have been alone for quite some time. But when Manny shows up on Catalina’s doorstep, literally, to rent a space in her run-down RV Park on the beach on Padre Island, they soon find that finding someone again can be sweet. But it can also be harder than either expect.Catalina and Manny are great characters. Both over forty, “Why did young people think everyone over forty had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel?” both with families, his in Chicago, hers in Houston, they both have their own lives, far from one another. Neither think they should explore the instant attraction. But when Catalina is being harassed on all sides, by quadrupled taxes, storm damage, and a development company who wants to take her little piece of heaven, her dream, away from her, Manny steps in to help.The story is realistic in ways I completely understand. Trust is difficult. And with both their families extremely important to them, can they find a way to be together? Do they even want to try?I got a huge kick out of this book. It was lovely not only reading about people who are older than twenty, it was also interesting to watch two Hispanic people as they fight their own cultural biases about family, dreams, and what it means to be together. Very happy making for me.I received Catalina and the Winter Texan from Reading Alley in exchange for a realistic review. All thoughts are my own.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Older Couple -- Love and Life's Perspectives By Phil Johnson In romantic terms, what happens when it seems as if the best of life's cherished opportunities have passed? Do you simply give up? Or do you continue to slog through life, determined not to let your enthusiasm flag even though it sometimes seems like a lost cause?Accomplished romance novelist Hebby Roman dares to explore these questions, dangerous though it may be to advance storytelling into an age (of her primary characters, anyway) at which a lifetime has already been spent, but we as human beings still harbor hope that the best is yet to come.And Ms. Roman, as adept at meticulously describing a love scene as she is at getting to the very core of human emotions and exposing the fundamental reason love exists, exhibits to her fiercely loyal readers how life's vicissitudes can open new pathways -- even to a love so enduring that it can actually transcend all that's gone before.That's especially poignant in the cases of flawed characters -- who, in order to be human, after all, must be flawed to also be believable. And the characters the author has created in Catalina and the Winter Texan, the first in what she promises will be a collection of gripping yarns about lovers of an older generation who discover that their own personal flame may actually not yet have been totally extinguished, are definitely flawed.But they're flawed in a "good" way -- or, at least, a highly believable way. Catalina "Cat" Reyes runs an ocean-facing RV Park. Manuel "Manny" Batista is a moderately successful building contractor from the Chicago area who's finally exercised his option to actually take a vacation, and he's chosen the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas.It's not just the Valley region, though. It's perhaps the most enchanting and beautiful part of the Valley, at the mouth of the Rio Grande where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, and where eons of geology have created the Gulf's South Texas barrier islands, including what is undoubtedly the most famous of all, South Padre Island, probably best-known for college-age spring break debauchery, but also a magnet for retirees and, in general, an older set of adults to relax and prop their feet up to fish, play bingo and just vege in the company of like-minded, similarly aged individuals of both sexes.And therein, of course, lie the ingredients for romance, which are ingredients Ms. Roman seldom misses in creating extraordinarily believable characters who become some of her readers' best friends, even though those characters are fictional."Fictional," yes, but they're based on your next-door neighbor ... on the grocery store clerk at the store where you shop ... on the mechanic who fixes your car ... on the lady who runs the dry-cleaning business and from whom you trust that your best clothes will come back clean, pressed and ready to wear just like new -- say, Wednesday?For these are the characters who populate Hebby Roman's novels: real, down-to-earth, hardworking people just trying to get along in life, pretty much like most of us are. And that's why readers fall in love with them -- they're just like us.In this case, middle-aged (but very youthful-looking, with beautiful, almost magical auburn-shaded tresses) widow Catalina Reyes works her tail off all year long to maintain a beachfront, somewhat broken-down RV Park that she inherited from a close friend, and big, muscular-but-quiet-and-highly-sensitive middle-aged widower Manny Batista happens along to rent one of the spaces at the RV Park because ... well, because Cat needs somebody to fall in love with.There's more, of course. Manny, in addition to missing and doting on his four children (plus grandchildren) back in Chicago, has immense talent to work with his hands -- such immense talent, in fact, that he can take driftwood he finds on the beach and turn it into incredibly gorgeous carvings. He doesn't necessarily know why, but he happens to concentrate on religious subjects for his carving, and it's when Cat discovers that Manny's been whittling these wonderful art pieces out of nothing that ... well, let's just say she comes to appreciate him and his selfless skills. But as in real life, there are exigencies that keep getting in the way of these protagonists really melding.One thing her readers know for sure is that Ms. Roman will always manage to make it fun for everybody, with plenty of suspense along the way as to whether these extremely likable people will ever actually become lovers (hint: They do), or can ever possibly find a love lasting the rest of their lifetimes (that's a little more difficult equation, which the author relishes the opportunity to tell her readers about for the rest of the book).So where does that leave us?It leaves us at another charmingly witty, enchanting, inspiring, uplifting story from one of the best romance novelists in the business today.A smashingly fun read, featuring characters to whom readers will instantly relate, as well as a perpetually active black Labrador retriever named Migo ("Magician," in English, and named because ... well, it wouldn't be fair to explain, because that's part of the story) who is the quintessentially playful dog we've all owned in our lives (if we've had a dog), personifying the love that is unconditional, and that only a canine can exude (although people, especially Ms. Roman's characters, can sometimes approximate).But Migo's just a bonus -- the gem is the story. And Hebby Roman delivers on cue, as her legions of devout fans have come to understand, and quite rightfully anticipate, that she always will.
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