Promo Spotlight: Texas Legacy by Lorraine Heath

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Lorraine Heath's much anticipated western historical romance release, Texas Legacy (Texas Trilogy #3.5), as a part of the ongoing VBT. Check it out!

Texas Legacy
Lorraine Heath
(Texas Trilogy #3.5)
Published: January 15, 2019 by Avon Impulse
 

For as long as he can remember, Rawley Cooper has loved Faith Leigh. But the cruelty of his childhood haunts him and he knows he’s undeserving of Faith. When she comes to him on the night of her nineteenth birthday, they both give into temptation. But the searing kiss reaffirms what he’s always known: he can’t have a lifetime of her in his arms. To protect his heart, he packs his things and heads west.

Faith has always adored the boy her parents took in and raised. But she’s not certain she can ever forgive him for riding out of her life just when she needed him the most. When an urgent telegram forces him to return six years later, Rawley discovers Faith is now a woman to be reckoned with.

 

As old feelings are stirred back to life and new passions take hold, they both must confront secrets from their past or risk losing a legacy of love.

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Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath

Always to Remember

Lorraine Heath

Historical Romance/Western

Published in 1996

H/h - Clayton Holland/Meg Warner

Setting: Texas, 1866.

Read in Nov, 2011.

My rating:

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He stepped back and plowed his hands through his hair. "You think I'm a coward. You don't think I have the courage to stand beside you and risk the anger of your father. I'd die before I turned away from anyone or anything I believed in. You won't even walk by my side."
He looked the way she imagined soldiers who had lost a battle probably looked: weary, tired of the fight, disillusioned.
"You don't believe in me," he said quietly. "How can you believe in our love?"

These lines were taken from the best scene of the book IMO, where Clay questions Meg’s love for him. And I don’t blame him a bit. I had troubles myself believing that she’d go from a vindictive widow to someone madly in love with him in the space of a few months. I mean, when I read the way the whole town hated (it’s a mild word for what they did to him, comparing to how they treated him- both physically and emotionally) Clay for being a deserter of the Civil war, just because Clay didn’t want to kill people, didn’t believe in war; unbelievable! I don’t think I can capture that hatred in my review the way Lorraine Heath did in her brilliant storytelling, instead I’ll just try to tell you what’s in this book and why I couldn’t give it a full 5 star.

Sweet Lullaby by Lorraine Heath

Sweet Lullaby

Lorraine Heath

Historical Romance/Western

Published in 1994

H/h - Jake Burnett/Rebecca Anderson

Setting: Texas, 1883.

Read in Nov, 2011.

My rating:

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He was lying in bed with the woman he loved... a woman he couldn't make love to. He closed his eyes. More than anything in this world, he wanted this woman to be happy. He'd give her anything, do anything to make her happy. Even if it made his own life hell.

These are just the lines to show Jake’s incomparable devotion for Rebecca. I can only say Lorraine Heath has a very special way of portraying her heroes. Before her westerns, I read so few of those, I could count them. But, after Texas Trilogy, I haven’t looked back. Her narrative is so beautiful and uncomplicated yet so pure in it’s style that I never felt the need to drag on. From one review, I found out Sweet Lullaby was her 1st book. Was it? Seriously? I couldn’t tell. I’ve been tossed and turned, cried like a baby for Jake, been crazy mad at Rebecca and yet, when I finished, I felt this urge for the story to continue. It was that good. I can see why some would find it too depressing or be annoyed by Rebecca’s actions but either way, Sweet Lullaby won me over.

Parting Gifts by Lorraine Heath

Parting Gifts

Lorraine Heath

Historical Romance/Western

Published in 1994

H/h - Jesse Lawson/Maddie Sherwood

Setting: Texas, 1881.

Read in July, 2011.

My rating:

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Really, didn’t know where to put Charles in this book. Second hero? I don’t know. He played such a huge role in the whole book yet we knew he’s dying somewhere in the middle of it. Jesse, I really loved him, just too perfect of a guy. There was only one statement about Maddie Charles made that I didn’t like, otherwise he was a near perfect, too good a man as well. And the kids, GOD! They were so so ADORABLE. Lorraine Heath writes children so well, this book proved it once again.

Texas Splendor by Lorraine Heath

Texas Splendor

Texas Trilogy #3

Lorraine Heath

Historical Romance/Western

Published in 1999

H/h - Austin Leigh/Lorena Grant

Setting: Texas, 1886.

Read in July, 2011.

My rating:

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Hmm, I can’t decide what to REALLY write about this book. I liked it, liked a lot of things about it but I was sorely disappointed as well. Maybe I expected a bit too much because I so liked Austin in the first two books, was really looking forward to his book. But, *sigh*

Texas Glory by Lorraine Heath

Texas Glory

Texas Trilogy #2

Lorraine Heath

Historical Romance/Western
Published in 1998

H/h - Dallas Leigh/Cordelia McQueen

Setting: Texas, 1881.

Read in July, 2011.

My rating:

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“Dreams were the stepping stones to glory.”

My god! This book made me the ultimate watering pot. WOW! Dallas turned out to be one heck of a sweet pea and Dee, not as odd I thought she was. I have to say, the 1st half of the book was quite slow and a bit frustrating but the 2nd half made it for me, 10 times over. I cried and I laughed and had this silly grin on my face in the end. And, GOD, Houston and Amelia’s daughter Maggie was so so adorable!

Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath

Texas Destiny

Texas Trilogy #1

Lorraine Heath

Historical Romance/Western

Published in 1997

H/h - Houston Leigh/Amelia Carson

Setting: Texas, 1876.

Read in July, 2011.

My rating:

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This is my first Lorraine Heath book. Though there were times, in the narrative, I thought things are going a bit slow for my choice but the long and short of it, I was very very moved by this book. There were a few unexpected twists and turns did bug me, for which I couldn’t bring myself to give it a 4+ star. But, I can say this; I loved the way Ms. Heath tells a story, the narratives and the characters, their interactions and the overall history of the terror and aftermath of American civil war. I’m not a ‘history fanatic’ in that sense and I can’t quite say I ‘enjoy’ reading about wars, since ANY war IMO, only brings unimaginable amount of loss and distraction for the humanity, there’s no way I’ll ever condone/enjoy reading one. But, what was done was done; it’s a part of the history. And history is something we have to know for our own survival.