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Tess Reilly is home from college for the summer. Being the little sister of Memory Grove’s local hero isn’t easy, especially when she falls for his number one rival, Shane Wyatt. To fund his spot in the next big rodeo where he intends to upend Luke Reilly, Shane lives and works at Sarafina Ranch where a fling with the bawdy owner throws a wrench into his developing relationship with Tess. With mounting disapproval from Tess’ family, will Shane prove himself to be worthy and win Tess’ heart or will she give up and move on?

Finding the Missing Pieces, book two in Elaine Dyer’s Texas Trilogy, takes up where Mindset left off and tells the story of Eva Sandoval and Josh Dubeck.  Eva has survived a nightmarish marriage and relocated to El Paso, Texas with her best friend, Callie, to begin a new life and embrace this fresh beginning.  Callie’s brother Josh offers his legal services help Eva obtain a divorce from her affluent husband, while she searches not only for the path she will choose to follow as she begins this new chapter in her life, but also struggles to regain her self confidence, courage, and other missing pieces which she lost along the way while trapped in her abusive marriage.  Josh’s interest in Eva evolves from professional and platonic in nature to protective and devoted and finally transcends into the romantic realm.
The more Eva sees of Josh, the more comfortable she becomes around him.  He inspires trust and confidence, two things she’d thought never to associate with any man ever again.  As her confidence and positive outlook continue to grow, so does her attraction to Josh.  As Eva’s self esteem resurfaces, so do other needs and desires she thought she’d never consider indulging in again.  But will her desire for a deeper, more emotional connection with Josh override the extreme caution and mistrust her previous marriage has instilled in her?  And will Josh be able to protect her from her furious ex-husband when he is determined to force Eva into a reconciliation to avoid embarrassment and reestablish his dominance over her?