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A review by isitcake
Texas Legacy by Lorraine Heath
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
3.5
Well shit was not expecting Faith's time skip past to be so dark. I do like when legacies live on conveniently so when I saw this was about Dallas' adopted son Rawley and his actual daughter Faith you know they're gonna get together.
Rawley continues to find himself attracted to Faith until, at 19, she kisses him. Dallas punches him and he knows he needs/wants to leave. He wanders around for 6 years - seeing the Grand Canyon, working different cowboy jobs, and part of this book is just about the death of the cowboy since its 1909 now. Rawley gets a telegram telling him to come back - Dallas is having heart problems at 63 (omg!! :( ). There he finds that Faith has a daughter, Callie.
While he was gone, the oil guy Cole started courting Callie but he got "tired of waiting" and raped her. Dallas beat the shit out of him and blacklisted him. Of course the second Rawley shows up, that's when Cole emerges again. He wants to ransom Faith since his reputation and face are ruined. But he catches Callie instead. Faith admits that its Cole's own daughter but that doesn't even deter him. Rawley distracts him and Faith manages to shoot him.
Rawley and Faith get married and a year later they have a son, Jackson. Rawley tells Dallas he wants to legally change his name to Leigh - and this wraps up everything nicely - what started this entire series, Amelia as a mail-order bride, then Dallas marrying Cordelia McQueen but not being able to have a son. Finally he gets a grandson with his name and we know that his legacy will live on.
While he was gone, the oil guy Cole started courting Callie but he got "tired of waiting" and raped her. Dallas beat the shit out of him and blacklisted him. Of course the second Rawley shows up, that's when Cole emerges again. He wants to ransom Faith since his reputation and face are ruined. But he catches Callie instead. Faith admits that its Cole's own daughter but that doesn't even deter him. Rawley distracts him and Faith manages to shoot him.
Rawley and Faith get married and a year later they have a son, Jackson. Rawley tells Dallas he wants to legally change his name to Leigh - and this wraps up everything nicely - what started this entire series, Amelia as a mail-order bride, then Dallas marrying Cordelia McQueen but not being able to have a son. Finally he gets a grandson with his name and we know that his legacy will live on.