Texas Sunrise (Texas Series) [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Fern Michaels (Author), Laural Merlington (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2005 | Series: Texas Series (Book 4)

Billie Coleman Kingsley, beloved matriarch of the clan and founder of a fabulously successful fashion empire, is dying. As her family gathers together in this time of sorrow, the indomitable Billie offers new hope to heal the rifts that separate them. Even as her own strength fails, Billie instills courage, fortitude, and her conviction that life goes on after tragedy. From the seductive waters of Hawaii to the rustic splendor of Vermont, from the family’s sprawling Texas ranch, Sunbridge, to the exotic beauty and high-tech glamour of Japan, the Colemans have been driven apart by the passions and betrayals of a new generation. But now, as they deal with the shattering news of Billie’s illness, all the Colemans must transform their lives. “A sequel without equal…A stunning and emotional conclusion to the story of a family that readers have come to care for and love.” – Los Angeles Daily News

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The final installment (after Texas Fury ) in Michaels's series about the Coleman clan and its aeronautics and fashion empires opens with family matriarch Billie Coleman Kingsley receiving bad medical news. Meanwhile, Billie's daughter Maggie is ruining her marriage with her total devotion to her husband; another daughter, embittered and weak Susan, searches desperately for love; Maggie's son, Cole, questions his ability to lead his father-in-law's business, while his sister Sawyer forces him to confront the ghosts that haunt him. Through such family crises as death, divorce, birth and tragic accidents, staged in locales ranging from Texas to Japan to Hawaii, the family members struggle to cope with Billie's impending death and to understand her lessons about family, power and love. Readers who are new to the series may have trouble understanding how the characters are linked and why they act as they do, but already indoctrinated fans will find that Michaels provides a satisfying, though somewhat perfunctory, sense of closure.
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Review

“A SEQUEL WITHOUT EQUAL . . . A stunning and emotional conclusion to the story of a family that readers have come to care for and love.”
—Los Angeles Daily News --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Lib Ed; Library edition (November 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597375152
• ISBN-13: 978-1597375153
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,134,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Fern Michaels is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Fool Me Once, Sweet Revenge, The Nosy Neighbor, Pretty Woman, and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy million copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Texas Sunrise, January 31, 2008

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Kelly "Reviewer for The Sinfully Sensuous" (Littleton, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Sunrise (The Texas Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

What a stunning conclusion to the Coleman saga. Fern Michaels is so very good at telling her stories. The whole series was such an emotional read. I was so attached to all the characters, but I knew before starting the book that since it all started with Billie, it would likely end with Billie. I had to keep more than a couple kleenex handy.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant finale!, December 28, 1999

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Matthew D. Hydeman "voyage" (Tucson, Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Sunrise (The Texas Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" could have been what a lot of readers of Fern Michaels' TEXAS series said about this "final" novel in her outstanding Coleman family saga. Admittedly, I was a bit skeptical, as I thought the events at the end of TEXAS FURY seemed like an appropriate capper to the whole saga. But Michaels' found a way to draw me back into the lives of the Colemans and their extended family by bringing the series full circle -- with Billie Ames Coleman Kingsley's journey through life slowly coming to an end. From the first teary-eyed moments when the diagnosis is revealed to a resigned and oddly serene Billie, to her beloved husband Thad's steel will in ensuring her last few months are tranquil and peaceful, to her children's resolve to overcome their own obstacles and rally around Billie, this is a novel that could have been summed up in a brief epilogue as a fellow reviewer stated. But consider this -- would we really want something so short, so sketchy? Michaels has invested time and research in fleshing out these characters to where we feel as though they're a part of our family (or us as a part of the Colemans) -- how could we settle for a simple, "Billie died and the Colemans moved on"? Simple -- nobody who is a fan of this series would! Hence TEXAS SUNRISE -- a moving, hopeful and thoroughly entertaining final chapter in the Colemans of Texas.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grab the Kleenex Box, September 14, 2000

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This review is from: Texas Sunrise (The Texas Series) (Mass Market Paperback)

All I can say is this was the best of her books that I have read and after reading the entire set I felt that I was reading about friends. Thanks to you and please keep them coming.