Texas...Now and Forever

by Merline Lovelace

Book Overview

Luke Callaghan, millionaire and secret agent, must embark on the toughest rescue mission of his life when Haley Mercado, the only woman he has ever loved, confesses to having his child--a baby girl who has been kidnapped by the notorious Texas Mafia. Original.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373613636
• ISBN13: 9780373613632
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Book, Great Conclusion

Texas...Now and Forever is the Final installment of the Lone Star Country Club series, there are a few extra books but this concludes the larger story line. Although I strongly recommend reading the books that preclude this story, it is not necessary. The reader will be able to follow the story line with out much fuss. For those who have read the series this is the finale you've been waiting for.Finally all the secrets are revealed, baby Lena's parents will reunite and rescue there daughter together. That is of course if Haley can finally tell the truth about who she is and if Luke can forgive her. But can two people facing the worst of odds, the mafia, Luke's blindness, and deceptions, come together and work if out for the sake of there baby girl?This is an exciting book filled with adventure, intrigue and great love scenes. The characters come to life and are so likable you would forgive them anything. Ms Lovelace did a fantastic job sewing up the series and leaving the reader satisfied with the results.I highly recommend the entire series but this book as one of the best.

Great story with a lot of action

Haley Mercado's family ruled the Texas mob. Ten years ago, when mob lieutenant Frank Del Brio forced an engagement ring on Haley's finger with the threat of turning her father over to the FBI, Haley knew she had to escape. With the help of a trusted family friend, Judge Bridges, Haley devised a plan to sneak off from a party at her family's house and fake drowning in the lake. Eight years later, Haley receives a call from Judge Bridges that her mother has been beaten to near death in a mugging so she races back to Texas. Disguised as a nun, Haley slips into her mother's hospital room where her mother makes her promise to go back to London so she won't be dragged into the mob like her father and brother. Before leaving town, Haley stops at the local tavern to get something to eat and runs into Luke Callaghan, the man she has always secretly loved. Luke is immediately fascinated by the beautiful blonde whom he's never met yet seems so familiar. After sharing dinner and a couple of spins around the dance floor, Luke and Haley end up spending the night in each other's arms. The next morning while Luke is in the shower, Haley again disappears from his life. A couple of days after Haley returns to London, her mother dies of a heart attack. Six weeks later, she finds out she's pregnant. Haley is ecstatic that she is having Luke's child since she'll never see him again.Shortly after Haley's baby, Lena, is born, the FBI and Judge Bridges approach Haley in London and tell her that the heart attack her mother suffered was not from natural causes but induced and they believe that it was ordered by Frank Del Brio trying to get information on whether Haley was alive and where she was. Realizing that her daughter would never be safe until Frank was behind bars, Haley agrees to go back to Texas and work undercover for the FBI. She wants her baby to be put in the care of Luke Callaghan until she is done with her mission so the baby is safe. The Judge devises a plan to leave the baby on the ninth hole of the golf course where Luke and his three buddies golf every Sunday morning. The plan goes awry when the note pinned to the baby smears and Luke's name is unreadable and then Luke doesn't even show up. Lena is put in custody of one of the other men until they can determine who the father is. Months later when Luke does finally reappear, he is blind from an accident. After a year of undercover work, Frank has become suspicious that the waitress working at his country club is really Haley Mercado and that the baby found on the golf course is Haley's. In order to lure Haley out of hiding, Frank kidnaps the baby and hides her for months in a farmhouse. After the FBI botches an attempt to arrest Frank, he runs off with the child. He calls Haley demanding she deliver two million in ransom. Haley turns to Luke for help. Luke is stunned and angry that Haley deceived him as she did. After hearing her story though he realizes she had no other choice.