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Texas #1-2
Texas Rich/Texas Heat: Two Novels in One Volume
In one irresistible volume, here are the first two novels of Fern Michaels’s bestselling Texas series, which follows the illustrious Coleman family—four generations of a powerful American dynasty.
TEXAS RICH
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II, young Billie Ames falls head over heels for the daredevil pilot Moss Coleman. Within months she is pregnant, married, and moving to the 250,000-acre Austin estate known as Sunbridge—and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, amid intrigue and betrayal, courageous Billie must fight to maintain control of her marriage and her life.
TEXAS HEAT
Hoping to heal the wounds of a fractured family, Moss and Billie’s daughter, Maggie, throws a Fourth of July bash at Sunbridge. But Maggie has also decided to finally divorce her husband, much to the dismay of her children. As loved ones gather, old resentments and new temptations promise to generate more than a little heat.
TEXAS RICH
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II, young Billie Ames falls head over heels for the daredevil pilot Moss Coleman. Within months she is pregnant, married, and moving to the 250,000-acre Austin estate known as Sunbridge—and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, amid intrigue and betrayal, courageous Billie must fight to maintain control of her marriage and her life.
TEXAS HEAT
Hoping to heal the wounds of a fractured family, Moss and Billie’s daughter, Maggie, throws a Fourth of July bash at Sunbridge. But Maggie has also decided to finally divorce her husband, much to the dismay of her children. As loved ones gather, old resentments and new temptations promise to generate more than a little heat.
- GenresRomance
944 pages, Paperback
First published May 20, 2005
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About the author
Fern Michaels
427 books6,541 followersFern Michaels isn’t a person. I’m not sure she’s an entity either since an entity is something with separate existence. Fern Michaels® is what I DO. Me, Mary Ruth Kuczkir. Growing up in Hastings, Pennsylvania, I was called Ruth. I became Mary when I entered the business world where first names were the order of the day. To this day, family and friends call me Dink, a name my father gave me when I was born because according to him I was ‘a dinky little thing’ weighing in at four and a half pounds. However, I answer to Fern since people are more comfortable with a name they can pronounce.
As they say, the past is prologue. I grew up, got a job, got married, had five kids. When my youngest went off to Kindergarten, my husband told me to get off my ass and get a job. Those were his exact words. I didn’t know how to do anything except be a wife and mother. I was also a voracious reader having cut my teeth on The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and the like. The library was a magical place for me. It still is to this day. Rather than face the outside world with no skills, I decided to write a book. For some reason that didn’t intimidate me. As my husband said at the time, stupid is as stupid does. Guess what, I don’t have that husband any more. Guess what else! I wrote 99 books, most of them New York Times Best Sellers.
Moving right along here . . . Several years ago I left Ballantine Books, parted company with my agent, sold my house in New Jersey that I had lived in all my married life and in 1993 moved to South Carolina. I figured if I was going to go through trauma let it be all at one time. It was a breeze. The kids were all on their own at that point. The dump was a 300 year old plantation house that is listed in the National Registry that I remodeled. Today it is beyond belief as are the gardens and the equally old Angel Oaks that drip Spanish moss. Unfortunately, I could not get my ghost to relocate. This ghost has been documented by previous owners. Mary Margaret as we call her, is “a friendly”. She is also mischievous. It took me two weeks to figure out that she didn’t like my coffee cups. They would slide off the table or counter or else they’d break in the dishwasher. I bought red checkered ones. All are intact as of this writing. She moves pillows from one room to the other and she stops all the clocks in the house at 9:10 in the a.m. at least once a week. When the Azaleas are in bloom, and only then, I find blooms on my night stand. I have this glorious front porch and during the warm months I see my swing moving early in the morning when the air is still and again late in the day. She doesn’t spook the dogs. I always know when she’s around because the five of them line up and look like they’re at a tennis match. As of this writing we’re co-habiting nicely.
Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it.
I’ve been telling stories and scribbling for 37 years. I hope I can continue for another 37 years. It wasn’t easy during some of those years. As I said, I had to persevere. My old Polish grandmother said something to me when I was little that I never forgot. She said when God is good to you, you have to give back. For a while I didn’t know how to do that. When I finally figured it out I set up The Fern Michaels® Foundation.
READ FERN MICHAELS' FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE: http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography/
As they say, the past is prologue. I grew up, got a job, got married, had five kids. When my youngest went off to Kindergarten, my husband told me to get off my ass and get a job. Those were his exact words. I didn’t know how to do anything except be a wife and mother. I was also a voracious reader having cut my teeth on The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and the like. The library was a magical place for me. It still is to this day. Rather than face the outside world with no skills, I decided to write a book. For some reason that didn’t intimidate me. As my husband said at the time, stupid is as stupid does. Guess what, I don’t have that husband any more. Guess what else! I wrote 99 books, most of them New York Times Best Sellers.
Moving right along here . . . Several years ago I left Ballantine Books, parted company with my agent, sold my house in New Jersey that I had lived in all my married life and in 1993 moved to South Carolina. I figured if I was going to go through trauma let it be all at one time. It was a breeze. The kids were all on their own at that point. The dump was a 300 year old plantation house that is listed in the National Registry that I remodeled. Today it is beyond belief as are the gardens and the equally old Angel Oaks that drip Spanish moss. Unfortunately, I could not get my ghost to relocate. This ghost has been documented by previous owners. Mary Margaret as we call her, is “a friendly”. She is also mischievous. It took me two weeks to figure out that she didn’t like my coffee cups. They would slide off the table or counter or else they’d break in the dishwasher. I bought red checkered ones. All are intact as of this writing. She moves pillows from one room to the other and she stops all the clocks in the house at 9:10 in the a.m. at least once a week. When the Azaleas are in bloom, and only then, I find blooms on my night stand. I have this glorious front porch and during the warm months I see my swing moving early in the morning when the air is still and again late in the day. She doesn’t spook the dogs. I always know when she’s around because the five of them line up and look like they’re at a tennis match. As of this writing we’re co-habiting nicely.
Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it.
I’ve been telling stories and scribbling for 37 years. I hope I can continue for another 37 years. It wasn’t easy during some of those years. As I said, I had to persevere. My old Polish grandmother said something to me when I was little that I never forgot. She said when God is good to you, you have to give back. For a while I didn’t know how to do that. When I finally figured it out I set up The Fern Michaels® Foundation.
READ FERN MICHAELS' FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE: http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography/
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December 28, 2017
These are definitely the best two books of the four book series. And to understand the whole series, they must be read in order, because understanding who is who can be confusing, otherwise.
Texas Rich
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.
Texas Heat
This is the second in a wonderful trilogy involving a Texas family. This one doesn't have quite the same excitement as the first book, but it's worth reading if only to absorb yourself with this family, who are completely crazy, but in an appealing sort of way. It's like reading a soap opera that you can enjoy at your own pace.
Texas Rich
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.
Texas Heat
This is the second in a wonderful trilogy involving a Texas family. This one doesn't have quite the same excitement as the first book, but it's worth reading if only to absorb yourself with this family, who are completely crazy, but in an appealing sort of way. It's like reading a soap opera that you can enjoy at your own pace.
June 6, 2020
Certainly not the sweeping romance I thought it was going to be. Readability was good, it kept me interested even when the "plot" fizzled and was reborn only to fizzle again and again. I found myself puzzled a few times when the writer steered away from a plot line that would have led depth and interest to a character (ie being captured by the enemy was barely covered by a sentence). The characters were were great, but infuriating at times with their actions; some very believable actions (the grandfarher) others not so much (Maggie when the boys were getting close to Luna). Overall I liked it and it will sit with me for a while, but I don't know if I'd recommend.
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August 1, 2019
I enjoyed this book (actually 2 books our of the series). Fern Michaels didn't disappoint.
May 28, 2023
I enjoyed Texas Rich, but lost interest during Texas Heat.
March 12, 2014
i have been furious while reading the book coz of bille how can be so coward to stand up flr herself ask for her right and for her childern too !! she kept married to him although what she had known about his affairs when she could start up a new life with a man who loves and cares about her enough ! well i dont see this as a commitment but wasting your life , at least at the end she started her career raised sawyer in the way she wanted to raise her own daughters, hated what maggie & susan had done cant believe they were that greedy and blind for their mother's love, but at last a mother will always love her childern no matter what. gona start to read second part hope to love it as this one.
November 19, 2017
This book is book one of Fern Michaels series, Texas. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed a book more. And that’s saying a lot because I’m a real book worm. There are four books to this series, and I’m not looking forward to finishing the last book.
January 30, 2023
This has always been one of my favorite family sagas.
I am enjoying the reminders of who is who and who did what. It is recommended you read them in order so as not to confuse yourself with the characters. I did not do so the first time I read them so am rereading them again in order.
I am enjoying the reminders of who is who and who did what. It is recommended you read them in order so as not to confuse yourself with the characters. I did not do so the first time I read them so am rereading them again in order.
April 4, 2009
I moved on to other books. Hopefully I will come back to this one someday.
August 13, 2008
I was on a Fern Michaels kick for a while and went on a marathon.
This is the first one I read...
This is the first one I read...
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June 9, 2013
VERY GOOD SERIES!!
February 9, 2014
WOW! Can't wait to get started on the next one.
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