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Texas Rich (1987)

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0345335406 (ISBN13: 9780345335401)
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Texas Rich (1987) - Plot & Excerpts

Had mixed feelings on this book about the Coleman's of Texas. It was a good story line. Moss Coleman and Billie Ames Coleman were the main characters of this novel; the first of a series of four. This book began in the early 1940's and continued into the 1980's. It showed the good and the bad of the family. It also showed the characters that picked up the traits of the old family: the stern Seth and the mellow Jessica. How the men in the family loved the sons and barely tolerated the daughters. It showed how the loved and hate of this family caused strengths and weaknesses in each family member. Did Seth ever learn what he did to is family? Did Moss ever learn? Were the ones that loved them so much and stood by them because it was what they were expected to do actually the strong people? This book takes you through so many turns in this family. It showed how common bonds can bring people together and sometimes tear them apart. The next book "Texas Heat" will begin with a new generation taking over the family home. Knowing who that person is, I will begin reading it with apprehension. This person has some of the same ruthless characteristics of the tyrant Seth. Maybe that is what is takes to bring the home back to it's glory days? Unfortunately, I am not a fan of ruthlessness.

I absolutely love this book and have read it several times. Having been born and raised in Texas is what most likely drew me to this story. I found it years ago on the shelf in my childhood home and with my mom's permission started reading it. I was instantly in love. It reads like an episode of the TV series "Dallas" and I can't help but wonder if the characters were written with that show in mind. This isn't a put down at all, but a compliment. This is the first book in a Texas Trilogy of which I have read all three. My advice is to definitely read them in order because the second one continues where the first one ends and so forth. I love epic books like this and I really wish that someone would turn these into a mini-series because I would love to see how this trilogy would unfold on screen.

What do You think about Texas Rich (1987)?

I can't tell you completely how I feel about this book. I loved,loved, loved the ending of it, when Moss' dream comes together, plus Billie and Thad finally get married, but the begining I had mixed emotions about the characters. I'm the kind who loves a strong women, and Billie deffantly wasn't strong. She let her mom make all the decisions for her, and she let Moss push her around, and if that wasn't bad enough, Moss' dad hated her and treated her like she was skum on the bottom of his chore boots. It took her way to long to stand up for what she wanted, but she finally did it, and stuck with it almost completely. A good start to the series, the rest of the series is much better than the first, which is odd for me because I almost always like the first book of a series the best, but not everything fits the mold.
—Sarah

This was the first Fern Michaels book I read. The Texas series is one of my favorite series of books. I read them for the first time about ten years ago, and I still enjoy going back and reading them again every couple of years. The characters develop really well. This (as well as the rest of the series) is a book that you can't put down until the end and it leaves you wanting more. It is great to follow such a story, a history of a family, for so long of a timespan. I'm not much of a romance book fan - and had I known Fern Michaels was a romance writer, I probably would never have read it. I'm glad I did as it is a great series.
—Brittany

The first of three books about the Coleman family dynasty in Texas. This book starts with World War 2. Each member in this family had their own agenda for power and wealth or was trying to distance themselves from the Coleman men - Seth and Moss. Teenager Billie Ames marries the heir Moss Coleman, young Air Force pilot, because she loves him. Her mother encourages the wedding because she wants to be a part of this rich family. Moss chooses Billie for his bride because he thinks she has the genes to produce a Coleman boy heir to take over Coleman Enterprises in the future and please his father Seth. What Moss didn't plan on was Billie turning into a strong woman with a mind of her own that valued her independence over money. The book spans about 40 years, and all the way through it I was rooting for Billie.
—Fay Risner

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