Jenna's Cowboy - review

Jenna's Cowboy by Sharon Gillenwater is a sweet small-town romance with real-life contemporary issues woven in. An interesting bit of trivia that I had to Google was the high school homecoming mums. Now, our high school had mums for homecoming, but nothing like the gaudy arrangements that were described in the story, so I just had to see for myself. Go ahead! Google "homecoming mums" and you'll what I mean. Incredible.

Here's the synopsis of the story from the publisher:

Popular author Sharon Gillenwater releases a new novel, Jenna’s Cowboy, set in the beautiful part of West Texas where she grew up as the debut novel in The Callahans of Texas series.

Readers meet Jenna Callahan, who has a young son and is working hard at her father's ranch. She's content with her life. But she never expected to see Nate Langley back in town—the first guy she ever noticed, the very same one her father sent away all those years ago. And she never thought the attraction they felt would be as strong as ever.

Jenna's cowboy has some healing of his own to do, though, after two tours of duty in the armed forces. With the help of good friends, strong faith, and a loving family, he hopes to put the horrors of the past behind him—and become the man Jenna deserves.

With an emphasis on simple acts of love, Jenna's Cowboy gives romance readers what they want most: a love story with a Texas touch. This contemporary novel will appeal to fans of Debbie Macomber and Lisa Wingate.

Available January 2010 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.