Great love story of a Yankee doctor and a Confederate woman who dresses as a man and ends up having to be treated by the doc. They find each other and love after the war ends.

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I was so happy to finally read the first of the Texas Brothers Trilogy! A good basis for the trilogy, but little sexual tension and not the best of the series, however still good and WORTH READING.

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cute story. I especially like the easy going relationship between the mclain brothers.

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A wonderful, totally engaging read. Highly recommended.

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Adam McLain is the 2nd of the 3 McLain brothers and the doctor of the family. He served with the Union forces and during that time he was kidnapped by a specialized unit of the Confederate forces to save the life of the youngest member of the group. While treating "Nick", Adam realizes that she is a woman. She makes a large impact on him in a very short period of time and soon their lives are intertwined.
This is a great story of the strong bond and relationship between the McLain brothers and the slow and steadily building love relationship between Nick and Adam. Love, heartbreak, suspense are all present in this wonderful story. This the first book in what started as a trilogy but now consists of 5 books. Be sure you have the next book in the series ready to read as you will want to continue the story of the McLain men and the women who love them.

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THE TEXAN'S TOUCH is Jodi Thomas opening salvo in a 5 book series. All of them are worth reading. Thomas has a writers gift of grabbing your interest from page 1 and not letting go until the last page.

The story opens when some Confederate soldiers steal a Union doctor from his tent. Dr. Adam McLain tends to the substantial wounds of one of the Confederacys clandestine unit, the Gray Shadows. The soldier turns out to be a woman (Nick); no one in her unit (except her brother) is aware of her gender.

Nick repays his kindness by helping him escape from the Shadows, who were planning to kill him (to keep info about the Shadows from the Union troops).

Soon the Civil War ends and Adam rushes home to see his fiancée, whose family profited from the war -- they have become snobs. After seeing Nick again, Adam breaks his engagement. The 3 brothers decide to leave Indiana for Texas.

Adam opens his practice in Fort Worth helping towns people by day and whores and vagabonds late at night. Wolf sends his sister (Nick/Nicole) to Adam to protect her while he fights to keep their confiscated land (back taxes after the war). Unfortunately, Adams former fiancée, Bergette decides to give him one more chance to come to his senses and marry her.

Adam finds he has both women living under the same boarding house roof with him, a nun, the owner of the boarding house and her son. Things get complicated.

I like this story because it demonstrates the agony of the Civil War and Reconstruction in human terms. It also sets the stage for the 3rd book about Daniel. The second book is Wes McLains tale.

Texas Brothers Series
1. The Texan's Touch (1998)
2. To Kiss a Texan (1999)
3. To Wed in Texas (2000)
4. Twilight in Texas (2001)
5. The Texan's Dream (2001)

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