17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heathcliff with a Texas Accent, November 23, 2001
Chase Tyler is a man broken by tragedy. The oldest brother of the tight-knit Tyler clan, Chase becomes dark and brooding after the tragic loss of his pregnant wife in a horrible car accident. In fact he is SO dark and brooding that he gives Bronte's Heathcliff a run for the money. Only this time, the setting is Texas, not the English moors. No matter.
Bent on self-destruction, Chase is now a hard-drinking, self-pitying rodeo rider, oblivious of the family who loves him and needs him to help save the Tyler business.
Along comes Marcie, who has known and loved Chase since childhood. It was she who was driving the doomed car; she survived her injuries, but not her guilt or her secret love for Chase. Knowing he will never love her back, but desperate to redeem him, she makes him an offer he could well refuse: She will become his wife in return for the cash to save the family business. Chase eventually accepts, but this is no happily-ever-after tale. In a word: Chase treats Marcie like dirt. And it is hard to read.
Throughout most of the book, the big, brooding cowboy (who of course is gorgeous like all the Tylers) greats his devoted, shy wife with barely concealed contempt. In bed, he uses her for his own pleasure. Out of bed, he ignores her, is rude and curt, and in every way lets her know that she is not the love of his life, and never will be. Of course WE know that he secretly loves her. And it takes a harrowing near-tragedy to make him see that fact.
Has Chase waited too long to realize that he loves Marcie as much as she loves him? Is he, through his own stupidity, about to suffer unspeakable tragedy twice in a lifetime? Read it and find out. You might want to kick him a few times, and Marcie too, for loving such a jerk, but of course in the end....well, no more hints. This is a great book for a long, cold night, written with talent and insight. I recommend it.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard to put down, October 3, 1997
This book is really hard to put down. You have to read it to the last page. Chase had just lost his wife, Tanya (Texas! Lucky) and become a drunk and risk his life by once more joining the rodeo. Marcie Johnson, who had been with Tanya the day Tanya died saw Chase when she was entertaining her clients. Seeing Chase in trouble, she offers lending him money to save his company. Chase who didn't want to own her anything refuse. Marcie offers to marry him, so that her money become his money. Chase agrees. Everything is alright until Chase finds out that the house they had been living in is the house his wife, Tanya, had been thinking of buying. They had a fight and then Chase finds out in a bad way that Marcie is pregrant. Chase is not prepared to get another woman pregnant, and he really freaks out. This book is really good. =>
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Texas Series, June 26, 2000
I read all three of this Texas Series books by Sandra Brown. Of couse I'm an avid Brown fan. Lucky, Chase and Sage were all three GREAT books and I would surely recommend them to anyone who wants great romance along with story lines that keep you reading and wanting to read the entire book all at once. Don't miss Texas Chase, Texas Lucky and Texas Sage, they are tops.
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