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
