In the second book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s beloved Texas! trilogy, readers meet another son of the troubled Tyler clan–Chase Tyler, a man hardened by life and desperately trying to outrun the sorrows of his past. Here is the next chapter in this classic family saga set against the oilfields and roughneck toughness of the Lone Star state.
Chase Tyler has been the object of Marcie Johns’s desire since grade school. But the handsome, laconic cowboy felt nothing but platonic affection for the class bookworm, and when it came time to settle down, Chase chose another woman to be his bride. Life was good for Chase, and Marcie resigned herself to finding happiness through professional success.
But things have a way of taking a tragic turn for the Tylers. In an instant, Chase’s life is changed–abruptly and irreparably. Ravaged by grief and unable to move on, Chase becomes a lost soul, hiding from his own pain. He abandons the family business, wanders aimlessly on the rodeo circuit, and tries to drown his troubles in an endless succession of whiskey bottles.
Then fate intercedes, reuniting Chase and Marcie, who was an unwitting player in his unfathomable family tragedy. Guilt weighs heavily on Marcie, but she’s also convinced that only the strength of her love can pull Chase back from the abyss. She’s willing to risk everything on a daring plan to rescue his business, save his life, and bring them together at last.
A dramatic tale of love and redemption that’s as bold and brash as the land in which it’s set, Texas! Chase advances the legend of the Tyler family’s three headstrong but charming and endearing progeny.
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I read Lucky's story last year and Sage's early part of this year. I don't know why I put off reading Chase's. I knew it was the best story in all three, Because I flipped to the back of the book to see how it ended.
I started reading this on a plane ride to San Francisco. I didn't even finish it, it was a 12 hour flight. Today, at dawn, I started reading it again, I was just trying to fall asleep. The first part didn't really excite me. When Marcie and Chase got married, I couldn't put the book down. And it's not even about the love scenes. Compared to other SBs, this one was really tamed. It's all about the story, how it evolved, how Marcie deeply loved Chase,how Chase was an idiot realizing he felt the same way towards the end. Actually, their first night of marriage broke my heart. i wanted to kick Chase's you know what. he was a jerk!
There was a scene in the hospital that was so heart wrenching, I almost cried. Marcie was an epitome of a lovesick puppy,will do anything for her master type of thing, even if it killed her, I meant her being broken hearted.
I think we can all relate to Marcie, being in love with the same guy for years. Remember high school life? You know, I ended up with a classmate of mine, too :)
Favorite scenes and lines
“Sharing a bedroom, however, was an intimacy reserved for his wife. Even though he was about to take vows legally bestowing that title upon Marcie, in his heart Tanya would forever be his wife. He might periodically share a bed with Marcie, but he would sleep in another room.”--- what kind of Neanderthal would get married and sleep in another room?
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“Chase?"
Her hesitant voice brought his eyes up from her breasts. "Hmm?"
"Are you wondering what I look like without my clothes on?"
His mouth dropped open and stayed that way for several seconds. Then he closed it and smiled with self-derision. "I guess I was, subconsciously. Consciously I was thinking how pretty you look in firelight. Your coloring matches it. Even your eyes. They're the same color as the blue in the flames."
"I wasn't fishing for compliments."
"I know.”
“Have you ever wondered what I
look like without my clothes on?" Before he had a chance to reply, she hastily added,
"Never mind. I know you haven't." She took a quick drink of champagne.
"Actually I have.”--this was a fun part
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“All her other goals, however, paled in comparison to making Chase love her. The money she had bartered with was insignificant. She had gambled much more—her pride, her womanhood”--- this was sad
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“What's the single worst thing that could happen to you. Chase? The worst possible thing?”
“The answer was full-blown and well-defined in his mind. After losing Tanya, after losing their child, the worst possible thing that could happen to him was to love again.”---he was lucky he felt love, twice..
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****For me,this is the most emotional scene. It made me teary eyed.
“Listen, you," he said harshly before the doctor had a chance to speak, "save her life.
Hear me?" He backed the startled physician into the wall. "I don't care if it costs ten million dollars, do whatever is necessary to make her live. You got that, Doc? Even if it means…" He stopped, swallowed with an effort, then continued in a rougher voice, "Even if it means destroying the baby, save my wife.”-- if you don't shed a tear or even have a lump in your throat reading this, I don't know if you're capable of human emotions. This just kills you. *****
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“Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"Of course not."
"Then be quiet. I want to tell you how much
I love you." He smiled at her blank, incredulous expression, then lowered his face to hers and sipped the tears off her cheeks”
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“All this fecundity is positively nauseating," Sage commented drolly.
"What the hell's 'fecundity'?"
Lucky wanted to know.”----exactly my thoughts while reading it :)
As usual reading a Sandra Brown novel is incomplete without a few vocabularies we can pick up
Eddied- A circular movement of water, a movement of water, wind, fog or smoke
Unstinting-Giving without restraint
Rebuke-Expression of sharp disapproval
Querulous-Complaining in a petulant or whining manner
Ok, you research for the rest :)
Zaniness-
Extenuating
Beguilingly
Fecundity
----Jb
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