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Fortunes of Texas: Reunion #2
A Baby Changes Everything
After five years of loving and honoring her husband, Savannah Perez worried that her marriage to Cruz was doomed. She loved him so much, but felt that his backbreaking devotion to their new ranch was ruining their relationship.
Cruz Perez felt he had something to prove, so he pushed himself beyond his limits. He wanted the best for his wife and son, but tried to forget the pained looks they gave him when he returned home late at night. He knew he had to show his pregnant wife that she meant everything to him--before it was too late.
Cruz Perez felt he had something to prove, so he pushed himself beyond his limits. He wanted the best for his wife and son, but tried to forget the pained looks they gave him when he returned home late at night. He knew he had to show his pregnant wife that she meant everything to him--before it was too late.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Marie Ferrarella
1,231 books276 followersMarie Rydzynski-Ferrarella
aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella
Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York.
Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress.
Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today.
After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says.
In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.
aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella
Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York.
Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress.
Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today.
After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says.
In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.
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March 24, 2010
Título em português: A Luz da Esperança
Tradução: Flávia Neves
Sinopse: Após cinco anos de dedicação e amor ao marido, Savannah Perez sentia que seu casamento com Cruz estava se desgastando. Ela o amava muito, porém a devoção obsessiva do marido com a fazenda estava destruindo a relação. Cruz Perez ignorava os olhares insatisfeitos que recebia ao chegar em casa, tarde da noite. Sabia que teria de convencer sua mulher, grávida de outro filho, que ela era tudo para ele - antes que fosse tarde demais.
Tradução: Flávia Neves
Sinopse: Após cinco anos de dedicação e amor ao marido, Savannah Perez sentia que seu casamento com Cruz estava se desgastando. Ela o amava muito, porém a devoção obsessiva do marido com a fazenda estava destruindo a relação. Cruz Perez ignorava os olhares insatisfeitos que recebia ao chegar em casa, tarde da noite. Sabia que teria de convencer sua mulher, grávida de outro filho, que ela era tudo para ele - antes que fosse tarde demais.
March 5, 2019
Leído en Agosto 2013
PASIÓN RECOBRADA
SINOPSIS:
Estaba embarazada y su matrimonio estaba en peligro…
Después de cinco años de amor y fidelidad a su marido, a Savannah Pérez le preocupaba que su matrimonio con Cruz estuviera condenado al fracaso. Ella amaba con todo su corazón, pero tenía la sensación de que su devoción al rancho estaba poniendo en peligro su relación.
Cruz Pérez sentía que debía demostrar algo y por eso se presionaba tanto. Quería lo mejor para su esposa y para su hijo, pero no quería pensar en el dolor que veía en sus ojos cuando llegaba tarde a casa. Sabía que debía demostrarle a Savannah cuanto significaba para él…antes de que fuera demasiado tarde.
PASIÓN RECOBRADA
SINOPSIS:
Estaba embarazada y su matrimonio estaba en peligro…
Después de cinco años de amor y fidelidad a su marido, a Savannah Pérez le preocupaba que su matrimonio con Cruz estuviera condenado al fracaso. Ella amaba con todo su corazón, pero tenía la sensación de que su devoción al rancho estaba poniendo en peligro su relación.
Cruz Pérez sentía que debía demostrar algo y por eso se presionaba tanto. Quería lo mejor para su esposa y para su hijo, pero no quería pensar en el dolor que veía en sus ojos cuando llegaba tarde a casa. Sabía que debía demostrarle a Savannah cuanto significaba para él…antes de que fuera demasiado tarde.
December 20, 2023
Segundo volume da série Fortunes of Texas: Reunion.
A história começou interessante por ter o casal já num relancionamento por cinco anos - o drama fica com a chegada de um segundo filho e a incapacidade de Cruz voltar-se para a família em vez do trabalho.
Infelizmente, a escrita e o desenvolvimento foram fracos com diálogos clichés e narrativa repetitiva.
Pena.
A história começou interessante por ter o casal já num relancionamento por cinco anos - o drama fica com a chegada de um segundo filho e a incapacidade de Cruz voltar-se para a família em vez do trabalho.
Infelizmente, a escrita e o desenvolvimento foram fracos com diálogos clichés e narrativa repetitiva.
Pena.
August 29, 2018
Sequel to a previous book where the couple get together. Part of a series. A reasonable amount of the book is spent moving the series forward rather than anything to do with this book’s plot. Not the best book therefore to read as a stand-alone.
February 1, 2025
Story feels incomplete. It brings in characters that belong in another story. Like there is a book before and after missing.
June 4, 2013
Um... who titled this story because although Savannah is five months pregnant she doesn't show it and it doesn't play a role when she finally decides to leave her husband. Although it does factor into bringing the two back together again, but seriously this was a misleading title. I was expecting the classic (although somewhat overused) secret baby/pregnancy plot again, because we get this story originally in Expecting ... In Texas from the first twelve book series 'Fortune's of Texas' which sucked me in like a black hole and I had to read them all because I fell in love with those crazy Texans.
So this is a sequel to Expecting ... In Texas five years later.
Contemporary Texan ranch romance with a married couple dealing with an evolving relationship and a new pregnancy. It is so refreshing to read about a mature relationship and not some virgin story or the easy falling in love plot because it is so much more difficult to write about the tough times of actually dealing with compromising and living with another person while trying to keep the relationship alive and healthy.
Savannah and Cruz Perez have been married for five years with a wonderful son and a big ranch to run. But life is difficult and Cruz spends all his time working on the ranch and not on his relationship with his pregnant wife, Savannah. I really think Savannah had tried everything before taking the step to separation and perhaps divorce, she does wait around for five years before forcing the situation. I was worried that there wasn't a HEA because it is kept to the very last pages...
221 pages on a mass market paperback bought used in a set of 6 books
2 stars
So this is a sequel to Expecting ... In Texas five years later.
Contemporary Texan ranch romance with a married couple dealing with an evolving relationship and a new pregnancy. It is so refreshing to read about a mature relationship and not some virgin story or the easy falling in love plot because it is so much more difficult to write about the tough times of actually dealing with compromising and living with another person while trying to keep the relationship alive and healthy.
Savannah and Cruz Perez have been married for five years with a wonderful son and a big ranch to run. But life is difficult and Cruz spends all his time working on the ranch and not on his relationship with his pregnant wife, Savannah. I really think Savannah had tried everything before taking the step to separation and perhaps divorce, she does wait around for five years before forcing the situation. I was worried that there wasn't a HEA because it is kept to the very last pages...
221 pages on a mass market paperback bought used in a set of 6 books
2 stars
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December 27, 2014Miniseries: Fortunes of Texas: Reunion
Category: Contemporary Romance
Category: Contemporary Romance
July 24, 2013
for the first time, this is a fortune book I was not fond of. :(
March 3, 2014
Could not put down.
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November 29, 2016Used - Good (Light spine creasing; bent front cover)
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