But all that changes when he meets Rainey, a stunning beauty who steals not only his heart-but his horse. Texas Ranger Travis McMurray prefers chasing outlaws to being cooped up in domestic life. The unspoken and unacted upon passion of the characters blend together with some mystery and murder in a story of such feeling that make this book hard to put down. Readers' Choice Award winner Jodi Thomas pens a touching, passionate tale about never giving up on love. If you are a romance fan looking for a string of passionate love scenes, they are not here, although underlying passion is, but it is somewhat subdued and builds toward the end. The story is beautifully written with deep insight into the characters feelings and struggles. The pen pal relationship continues and once healed Travis decides to practice law and seeks Rainey out, only to have some past Ranger trouble follow him.

Little does she know that she is also in Travis's thoughts and as he struggles with being a cripple, her letters become a source of strength to him. She flees once more and settles down in Austin where she continues to think about the handsome Texas Ranger and how he is recovering from his injuries. Rainey feels responsible for his injuries, but knows she cannot stay long enough to help. When Travis follows, not only to retrieve his horse, but to discover the identity of the beauty he cannot seem to stop thinkig about, the wagon train is attacked and Travis is left seriously injured and unable to walk or ride properly. She steals Travis's horse and blends in with a wagon train heading west. The last thing she feels she needs is to be tangled with a Texas Ranger. It is the runaway Rainey Adams, running from a harsh father and an arranged marriage in order to find a new life and identity out west. The handsome, rugged, half-breed Texas Ranger Travis McMurray returns home to the family ranch and takes his sister Sage to the local dance where he happens across who he feels is a ' beautiful fairy' skulking around the edges of the dance.

Jodi Thomas starts a new trilogy in her touching, in-depth style about the orphaned McMurray family and the McMurray Ranch.

Texas rain by jodi thomas