Heiress
by Janet Dailey
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New York Times Bestseller: Two Texan half sisters battle over their father's fortune, risking their relationships with the men who love them.Standing over her father's coffin, Abbie Lawson wonders if he ever actually loved her. Yes, he'd given her wealth, a place in the top echelon of Houston society, and horses—a farm full of Arabians—but not his attention. On those important family occasions, he was always away on business in California. And then Abbie sees why . . . On the fringe of show more the crowd of mourners at the funeral is a woman whose face nearly mirrors her own—a second daughter. And, as if that betrayal isn't enough, she discovers that her father has left his money to the interloper. Abbie has the Arabians, but not the money to support them. As she witnesses her rival's rise in the Texas social scene, a tall, rough-hewn oil man named MacCrea Wilder enters her life. She doesn't need the distraction, but there's something about his sinewy arms that keeps her mind circling back to his kiss. Yet, as the years pass, even love may be sacrificed to the bitterness between these two women.
With over 300 million books sold, Janet Dailey is one of the great names in fiction. In Heiress, she tells the story of half sisters trapped in a bitter rivalry, providing the "solid entertainment" that made her famous (Publishers Weekly). show less
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"Heiress" by Janet Dailey was a book I picked up at a garage sale a few months ago. The synopsis looked interesting enough. I problem I had with the plot, is that it really dragged on. Perhaps it was due to the fact that this book was written in the 1980's and writing styles have changed over the years. The plot was pretty predictable. Personally, I was also disappointed with the ending.
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Janet Dailey was born on May 21, 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was a romance writer, who wrote over 150 books during her lifetime. Her works include No Questions Asked, the Calder series, the Americana series, and Merry Christmas, Cowboy. In 1993, she received the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award. She died on December 14, 2013 show more at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Heiress
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Abbie Lawson; Rachel Farr
- Important places
- Texas, USA
- First words
- Sunlight pierced the thick canopy formed by the branching limbs of the oak trees and dappled the century-old marble monument that laid claim to this seciton of the Houston cemetery as the
Lawson family plot. - Original language
- English
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- Languages
- 7 — Czech, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian (Bokmål), Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 32
- ASINs
- 10
