Valentine, Texas (Previously Published as Addicted to Love)

by Lori Wilde

Book Overview

New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde's heartwarming story of a bride who's lost her faith in love and the cowboy who makes her believe in second chances . . .

Addicted to Love
Growing up in Valentine, Texas, can make anyone believe in happily ever after. But recovering romantic Rachael Henderson has decided that love stinks. And after having two grooms ditch her at the altar, she commits an uncharacteristic act of...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538729342
• ISBN13: 9781538729342
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Forever
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Addicted to Love

After being left at the altar for the second time and finding out bad news about her parents' marriage, Rachael Henderson is ready to give up on love. She returns to her hometown of Valentine, Texas, and vandalizes a sign. That gets her arrested by sexy sheriff Brody Carlton, but she's undaunted. Rather than giving up, she starts up Romanceaholics Anonymous to help other people who are addicted to love stop making the wrong choices. If she can just shrug off her attraction to the sexy sheriff, Rachael is sure her life will be perfect. Brody Carlton is fairly content with his life until Rachael shows up and starts stirring up the whole town. Now the romantics and the cynics are squaring off, and Brody's fighting his unwanted desire for the pretty troublemaker. Will Rachael's return lead to love for Brody and Rachael, or just more problems? Addicted to Love is a sweet, fun story about a die-hard romantic who's been hurt once too often and a cynic who doesn't believe in love. Watching Rachael grow from a romance addict to an independent woman who understands the true meaning of love was really entertaining. Brody is just wonderful. A divorced veteran injured in Iraq, he has many reasons to be bitter, yet he isn't. He's the perfect hero for Rachael--low on flash but full of substance. There's a huge cast of entertaining and amusing secondary characters, and several subplots. There's the disintegrating marriage of Rachael's parents, an attraction between two political rivals, and a mystery involving vandalism in the town. The plot was action-packed but rarely too busy. Lori Wilde did a good job of juggling all her plotlines and not taking away from Rachael and Brody's romance. Addicted to Love is a story with a great message, that real love should be cherished. Fans of "awwww" inducing romances, small towns, and comedy will be sure to enjoy Addicted to Love. ***Note: Addicted to Love is part of a series, although it stands alone quite well.*** Cassie Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Third time's the charm

Reviewed by Leslie Storey for RebeccasReads (3/09) Rachel Henderson is fed up with romance, especially after being dumped at the altar, not once but twice! She blames it on her hometown of Valentine, Texas and is determined to punish the town for putting the idea of romance in her head when she was a young girl. On top of being left at the altar, she finds out that her parents are divorcing on her wedding day. Definitely not one of her better days. Rachel is angry and drives the 400 miles from Houston to Valentine to seek her revenge on Valentine Texas. She decides that the way to do this is paint over the billboard on entering town with black paint. Unfortunately the town's mayor catches her in the act and has her arrested by non other than the hunky Sheriff Brody Carlton. It turns out that Brody was Rachel's first love until he moved away at the age of 12. Rachel is stuck in Valentine until she finishes her community service. This gives her time to start Romanceaholics Anonymous (a 12 step program for those addicted to romance), plot revenge against the fiancé that dumped her at the altar and get to know Brody as a friend. After all, she is done with romance and only wants either friendship or hot sex. But what does Brody want? Does he just want her as a friend or will he want more? And who knew that Romanceaholics Anonymous would become so popular? Rachel has to set up chapters in nearby towns to handle the interest that her YouTube video garnered. I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it is the first one by Lori Wilde that I have read, but it won't be the last. "Addicted to Love" is definitely a romance book, but there are several underlying stories that keep it from being pure fluff. There is the story of her parents, Michael and Selina, who still truly love each other, though Selina can't get past an indiscretion from 30 years ago. There is also Mayor Wentworth and Giada Vito. She is originally from Italy but has been a citizen for 15 years and has decided that Mayor Wentworth needs a reality check in regards to the town and his position as mayor, which is why she decides to run against him. But what is this spark that they feel when they are around each other? And of course there is the story of Rachel and Brody, her addiction to romance and whether she can learn to the separate the two, or does she really need to?

Fall In Love

Valentine, Texas is the place you want to go to when you're in the mood for love and romance. Well maybe not everyone comes to Valentine for love, Rachael Henderson came for revenge. Revenge on a local landmark, and a town that professed love at every turn. Rachael had just been left at the alter, again, and was on a mission to prove that love is not all sparkles, glitter and fairy tales. In the middle of her graffiti work, the local sheriff pulls up and is ready to take her in as his prisoner. Rachael remembers this man from her childhood, he was the first man to ever break her heart at the tender age of seven, and then his family moved away. That all too familiar tingly feeling shot right through her, but she was tired of these so called loves... she wanted the great love. And Brody didn't give it to her back then, but things change right? Only he didn't want to fall in love either. Brody Carlton, was injured in Iraq, now an amputee with his new mechanical knee he found himself climbing 40 feet up in the air to drag down the grown-up Rachael Henderson. From the moment he laid eyes on her it was magic, but he was still torn up over his divorce over two years ago and has been pretty much celibate ever since. He knew what Rachael needed, he just didn't think he could give her all she desired. But he could give her a good romp in the hay so to speak. It seemed that the moment Rachael rolled into town she brought out the worst in the people in Valentine, but she also started an origination called Romanceaholics Anonymous, helped in the politics and not to mention she was offered a pretty exciting job writing a column for a well known magazine. With the good comes the bad... but with Brody by her side and always in her thoughts she could make it through anything. No matter how badly she didn't want to love this man, she couldn't help it... they both needed a little intervention and the Judge would see to that. Addicted to Love by Lori Wilde is candy coated, pink fuzzies, and all that other girly mushy love stuff. It was a phenomenal read with real characteristics, loveable characters and that touch of something special that every woman wants when she reads a romance novel. Lori Wilde has done a spectacular job with Addicted to Love, she shows that no matter how badly you're hurt, that it is always possible to find that once in a lifetime great love. If you're into Happily Ever After's, then you'll fall in love with this book. 5 Hearts Hachette Book Group Isbn# 0446502049

A real winner

This story is so cute. I loved Rachael and Brody and Valentine Texas was a character in its own right. It's laugh out loud funny, tender heartwarming and filled with wonderful love scenes you won't soon forget.

Book #3 in the Wedding Veil Wishes series

They just get better and better! In this novel Racheal the romantic of the group was just dumped at the alter and is found by the Valentine's Sheriff defacing the Valentine Town sign. This author takes on journey of Racheal and Sheriff Brody Carlton. The secondary romances are great! The underlining theme that marriage and love takes work and is not all about 'romance' was complete on target! You don't have to read the whole series to enjoy this book but why not get them all;There Goes the Bride, Once Smitten, Twice Shy and looking forward to Jillian's Story the final book in the series.