Lana’s Lawman by Karen Leabo is sweet contemporary romance about second chances and risking it all.
Lana Gaston is surprised when her car gets stuck in a ditch and her white knight in shining armor turns out to be the man that she ran from 10 years before, Sloan the bad-boy that she fell in love with and the man that is now a cop.
After a childhood on the wrong side of the tracks, Sloan has made good of himself. He is now a cop and he has a college degree. But all it takes is a look at Lana, the girl he fell in love with for all the old insecurities to come back.
Now a single-mom Lana will have to look at all her mistakes and try and make better choices for her son’s well being and her own. But it will take a lot of trust and faith from her if she wants her HEA, for she has a lot of issues to get over that her marriage made even worse. Sloan also has some issues that he has to get over if he want to be part of Lana’s and her son’s lifes.
This is a fun, interesting and beautiful romance story that will leave you wanting to read more. Especially since in the epilogue it shows that there will be a story for each Lana, Millicent and Callie.
Quote from book:
“ The Gypsy was quiet for a long time while the girls waited nervously. Then to Lana’s surprise, Theodora recited a poem:
One will tarry, losing her chance at love
The next will marry, but her spouse will rove
A third will bury her in a hickory grove
With little help from above.
“The poem’s nice, but it’s not very helpful,” Lana pointed out. “I want a name. How will I know my future husband when I meet him?”
Theodora smiled. No Problem. Everyone who has their fortune told by Theodora gets a souvenir. These mementos will help you recognize the man who will make you happy.” She reached under the table and pulled out a cardboard box that appeared to be filled with gun-machine toys and other plastic junk. She rummaged around in it for a moment the held out her hand toward Callie.
Callie her expression still filled with skepticism, nonetheless reached out and accepted Theodora’s gift. It was a plastic key chain in the shape of a cowboy boot.
Lana bit her lower lip. Did this fortune-teller, this stranger, somehow know about Callie’s Sam, who worked at his great-uncle’s ranch?
“I’m not marrying anyone who wears boots,” Callie said, folding her arms. Theodora merely gave her a kknowing smile.
Lana actually trembled as Theodora handed her a “souvenir,” hoping to get an equally clear directive, but it didn’t make mush sense to her. It was a cheap toy policeman’s badge.
Theodora had to search a bit longer for something to give Millicent. She finally came up with a small bottle made of brown glass. Lana had seen such bottles in antique shops.
As the three girls studied their gifts, Theodora quietly stood and walked to the back of her booth.
“Hey where’d she go?” Callie asked.
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Publisher: Loveswept (October 8, 2012)
Back Cover: Though it’s been years since Sloan Bennett has seen Lana Gaston, time melts instantly when he comes to her rescue during a Texas thunderstorm. Lana was everything a teenage bad boy couldn’t have . . . but she felt like his for three magical weeks. Then she broke his heart—and Sloan walked away from Destiny, Texas. But now he’s back, wearing a badge, and wondering if fate has decided to give him another chance.
A struggling single mom, Lana can’t help looking back at all the wrong choices she made. With Sloan so close again, she’s filled with old regrets and deep new longing. Could the silly souvenir of a policeman’s badge, given to her by a fortune-teller, have more meaning than she ever dared to dream? Once, Lana didn’t have the courage to tell Sloan how much she cared. So she hurt him instead. But as his sensual lips dare to kiss away yesterday’s pain, she’ll risk her heart to let him know that this time, she’s his forever.