Trite, stereotypical, almost offensive characters and dialogue nearly turned me away from this book after only 25 pages. The authors (Dixie is, of course, a pen name) are from Texas according to the bio in the back, but they do a disservice with their portrayal of the characters. According to them, people say things "little filly" and "darlin" and "no you didn't" in common conversation. The plot is too familiar as well. I would compare the love story to Pride and Prejudice but that would potentially give more credit than it should.
If you like easy reads that have no basis in reality, this is a good book.
A fun, fast read, but not the sort of thing I usually go for. Just not enough to the story for my liking. Reminded me more of Nicholas Sparks than Janet Evanovich... the first Dixie Cash I read had a lot more humor in it than this one. Fun for a quick, light romance-y read.
Well, take one Mary Sue with a daddy who happens to be mind-blowingly rich, one poor but swoon-inducing (at least - i think he is. I don't remember ever actually reading a description of him that wasn't totally and depressingly generic) studly cowboy veterinarian, stick both in a tiny town in Texas and stir.
Add two raunchy hairdressers, one horse thief, pages and pages of small-town, alcohol-induced drama and you have - this. "My Heart May Be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Great."
I'd give it two stars, just because it was, at least, a tolerable beach read, but...the title has nothing to do with the story. And those two hairdressers have mouths like sailors. And I'm a little grumpy that I actually wasted an hour reading this.
I hated this book. I was beginning to wonder if it was even a Domestic Equalizer book as we are many chapters in before Debbie Sue and Edwina even show up. On top of that, the mystery they are supposed to solve is just tossed in and doesn't even get going until chapter 23. As usual, the misunderstandings between the two people readers are supposed to hope fall in love are stupid and their assumptions about each other's actions are ridiculous -- so ridiculous that I couldn't bring myself to care about them. Normally I like these books for light reading , but I couldn't bear this one.
Dixie Cash's books are a bit of guilty pleasure. They may not be the most well written books, and focus a little too much on the romance for my taste, but the team that writes these books do have an undeniable funny bone between them. Yeah, you know how it ends, but the quirks are why I read them. All in all, as good as I expected.
A friend gave me this book and I wasn’t very excited about reading it because I’m not big on romances and it seemed cheesy. However, it surprised me and I really enjoyed it!
This book is hilarious. Taking place in Salt Lick, Texas, the story features Debbie Sue and Edwina, who not only have a hair salon, but they also own the Domestic Equalizers, a detective agency that normally finds cheating spouses. This time, though, they are contacted to help find some horse thieves, but in the meantime, they have another project: to take spoiled rich-girl Paige and help her adjust to a basic, pared-down life working on a ranch training cutting horses. The situations they all get into are funny, and the romance that is lurking between Paige and the new vet in town adds some spice to the mystery.