Rainbow Lane in Harmony, Texas is the heart and real home of many young people, even though they have denied it for years and for different reasons. Ronny Logan has returned home to be alone, following a year of travel after her one true love has passed away. Her mother Dallas Logan is not someone she plans to see as they haven't seen eye to eye since Ronny left home at twenty-six. While sequestered away in a cabin by the lake, meeting Austin Hawk, suffering from severe burns during a firestorm now recovering at a nearby cabin, could change both their lives by teaching them to live again.

Dusti Delaney has visions of winning the local Texas Hold 'em poker tournament to receive the sponsorship and funds to enter the big tournament in Vegas. Another visiting Harmony resident is willing to teach Dusti how to win in the hopes she will then be able to pay for her sister Abby's remaining college and dream of becoming a nurse. Kieran O'Toole, the "Scot", has spent his summers as a child in Harmony, his childhood home, but lives mostly in New York, traveling all over the world with no special place to call "home".

Reagan Truman is in charge of the local tournament and festivities surrounding the event. Always and forever being in love with Noah McAllen, a man following the Rodeo circuit, she turns from him after learning some devastating news that confirms his unfaithfulness. Noah has decisions to make between the woman he desperately loves and the exciting life he thinks he wants.

Three men and three women who have each faced sadness and loss strive to find renewal in lifelong and permanent happiness which everyone desires. Jodi Thomas has again taken my breath away with a most beautiful and nostalgic tale of the fight for that one true love. I am a long time fan. Her depiction of a close knit community and the tangled lives of the residents bring warmth to the heart. I am never, never disappointed with the tales from this author which can always take me away to a place far from the humdrum reality of life. I dare the reader to put BETTING THE RAINBOW down without finishing it in one session.

Book Summary

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas returns to the town of Harmony, Texas, where life has a way of making better plans than anyone ever imagined…

Sisters Abby and Dusti Delaney have spent their entire lives on Rainbow Lane, but they dream of something bigger. So when a poker tournament comes to town, Dusti is determined to win enough money to leave. Enlisting expert Kieron O’Brian to teach her the game, sparks begin to fly as they play their hands. But Kieron refuses to stand in the way of her dream, even if it means losing her forever...

After a year of traveling, Ronny Logan is settling into a home on Rainbow Lane, but that’s all the settling she’ll be doing. Ronny refuses to fall for anyone, regardless of the chemistry she has with her neighbor Austin Hawk. Yet something undeniable begins to grow between the two loners—if only they can let their barriers fall and open their hearts...