My Heart May Be Broken, But My Hair Still Looks Great by dixie cash

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

Nice, quick read. Especially after Atonement; this is what I needed. No thought involved. Nada. While I enjoyed the story, it didn't really fall true to the back cover. It seemed to me to promise horse thefts and more about the Domestic Equalizers, but the story was narrated by the two love interests with maybe three two-page chapters from the horse thief's perspective. And, never from Debbie Sue or Edwina's that I recall. Which in the end I probably enjoyed more. I also wasn't a big fan of the ending, but I guess how else were they going to wrap it up. All that being said, the one thing that annoyed me the most about this book was the constant referral to the male love interest's penis as his "Roommate." Do people really talk like that? If you do, you should STOP. Seriously.

Would I read Dixie Cash again, and another Domestic Equalizer book? Sure. I wouldn't pay $14+ for it though. Luckily I found this one on the Bargain shelf at Borders for $3.99. Perfectly priced for value.

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w12920

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

FUN, FUN, FUN!!! The perfect beach/pool read. Requires nothing of you, but will make you laugh out loud.

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Twauma

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

another one of those books I got for $2.99 off B&N. It was a very fast and simple read that I thoroughly enjoyed and couldn not put down. The author had great character development and I could totally picture each character and their actions. I really liked the chemistry between Spar and Paige. This book will definetly put a smile on your face as your reading.

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ShabbaRico

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April 17,2025

This is the second book in the series and Debbie Sue Overstreet and her friend, Edwina, are still running their beauty shop and the detective agency "Domestic Equalizers." The agency's business is all about tracking down erring spouses and getting the goods on them, so the pair find it a challenge to try to discover why neighboring horses are going missing. A spoiled little rich girl turns into a friend and horse lover and catches the eye of the new bachelor vet, Spur Atwater, and the four of them put their heads together to get to the bottom of disappearances.

The mystery is only the top surface of this madcap adventure. There's tons of local color and Southern traditions. For Southerners who have moved away from their roots, this is a refreshing reminder of simpler times.

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Xenosaiyan

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

My review from 2010 is below. It still stands. I love this series so much!! The titles are superb, the characters, the setting and premise are fantastic. I do love to snort laugh and enjoy the intelligence of these women and their observations for the mysteries they solve and life itself. I can definitely recommend this book, this series and this author.
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O...M...G!!! Yeah, I know, I've been starting quite a few of latest blog reviews with this, but this book totally deserves the OMG, I swear!

This was the perfect listen, snort laugh funny, excellent characters I could easily dig, and a good mystery with no murder. Missing horses was the main investigation along with the cheating husbands that are par for the two Domestic Investigators.
Main story was Paige McBride and her getting over herself to become a charming young woman...she had a trek to get there. She was born rich and had everything she ever wanted. When she is almost 25, her daddy turns her loose from the funds to make her grow up. Bless her heart, she does her best to find a job, but she's not qualified to do much. She does find a job working on a horse farm in Salt Lick and meets the local veterinarian and does not make a good first impression.

Debbie Sue and Edwina do their darndest to help move things along. And each meeting is so funny and sweet. Debbie Sue and Ed take Paige under their margarita-fueled wings and let her know they are there for her in friendship.
Spur Atwater is the new veterinarian in town. Now, typically, I would toss the book aside with the main man character having a name like Spur, but it's explained (the kids in the family are named for whichever town their family is living at the time) and I already love Dixie Cash's books, so I got over the name.

I also loved the narrator, Peggity Price. She did a wonderful job of voicing all of the characters, nothing too over the top Texan.

I just bumped up the next in the series, I GAVE YOU MY HEART, BUT YOU SOLD IT ONLINE, to the top of my RecordedBooks wishlist. I think I am going to have to get these for my keeper shelf to listen to at anytime I need a *snort laugh* lift. I strongly suggest you get one of this series for a good mystery, good laugh and some good romance.

Five Texas big ol' sparkly diamonds!!!!

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sullynathan

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

Totally predictable, but nice fluff reading which doesn't require thought. Although now I want to find a vet named Spur to spend my time with.

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penguin2424

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

April 17,2025

This was a great book to read to get away from all the seriousness in my life. Totally fluffy beach read. Didn't realize it was the second in a series and maybe I would have appreciated the plot and characters a little more. I gave it an extra star as it was the perfect book for me to read in the moment. That aside, plot was very generic and characters flat.... Not that I needed it to be different. Overall a cute story.

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