Texas Glory is the second story of the Leigh family. Good, touching story, love marriage of convenience theme, still too clean for me. It was my favorite of the series though, it had most of the right elements, strong character developments, made me cry and you rooted for their HEA.
Beautiful love story. Great series.
Texas Glory is book two in Heath's Texas series..After loosing his first bride Amelia to his brother Houston, Dallas is desperate to marry. He is willing to marry Cordelia McQueen sight unseen. He'll give up water rights and she'll give him a son. Their story is one of Lorraine Heath's best...
Dallas Leigh has built his ranch empire, plus created a new town in West Texas. However, he has a problem -- he wants a son. West Texas offers few LADIES of marriageable age.
Dallas also has a problem with some rancher-enemies -- the McQueens. It turns out that they have a daughter and Dallas has the water the McQueens need for their cattle.
Problem solved, right? What a silly thought.
Cordelia McQueen turns out to be a lovely woman who has been kept inside the family home for years -- to "protect" her. She has also been served up large portions of hateful comments about the Leigh family - particularly Dallas. Finally, Cordelia's father has promised her that she would never have to marry!
When the McQueen patriarch "gives" his daughter for water rights to his worst enemy -- we have the makings of a great story!
I adore Jodi Thomas, but in her trilogies the main characters (in previous books) almost disappear in later stories. Lorraine Heath, however, continues to weave those (previous main) characters into later volumes. I really enjoy this aspect of her books.
This is an emotionally-intense book. Bring your hankie! A superb read!
1) TEXAS DESTINY
2) TEXAS GLORY
3) TEXAS SPLENDOR
He belonged to the land. She was given to a stranger.
Dee was traded in a land battle to Dallas. Can they learn to love?
Good story. Easy read.
Dallas Leigh had everything he ever wanted except a son. To accomplish that, he needed a wife. With women in short supply in West Texas, Dallas bargains with Angus McQueen. He'll give McQueen access to the river on his property if he can marry McQueen's daughter, Cordelia.
Cordelia "Dee" McQueen knows that her father sold her to Dallas to ensure water for his cattle. She feels she is getting out from under her father's thumb just to be placed under her new husbands. As Dee and Dallas come to know each other, their ideas about each other change. Dee sees a hard man who has a soft side when it comes to his family. Dallas watches Dee as she comes out of her shell and shows him that she can be a partner in this marriage.
I read this book when it came out in 2011 and enjoyed the story. This time I listened to the audiobook narrated by Eva Kaminsky, and I loved it even more. It's a wonderful story with strong characters. I'm upping my rating for this book. My rating: 5 Stars.Â
