You never know what you’re really
made of until you lose everything.
Texas socialite Claire Massey is
living the dream—designer clothes, luxury cars, stunning homes. But everything
comes crashing down when her charming cattle broker husband is arrested for
fraud. Suddenly she finds herself facing attorneys, a media frenzy, and a trail
of broken hearts. Betrayed and humiliated, Claire must face incredible odds to
save her family—and discover a life worth living.
A Woman of Fortune is the
first book in Kellie Coates Gilbert’s Texas
Gold series, and is also the first book I have ever read by her. I wasn’t
entirely sure what to expect going in, but I was pleasantly surprised by this
book. I really enjoyed the very different storyline this book took—I can easily
say I’ve never read anything like it—and it kept me wondering what was going to
happen next. I have to say, I wasn’t exactly fond of the ending when I first
read it, partly because it wasn’t necessarily the way I wanted things to go,
but once I was able to spend some time just thinking about and mulling over the
book, I eventually realized just how perfect the way Kellie ended it was.
Claire
Massey is an extremely strong character. Her grace and strength through the
trials her family faces throughout the course of this book is astounding, and
the way she treats her fallen husband at the very end of this book takes more
guts than I will ever have in my entire lifetime. I can’t imagine going
everything that she goes through, feeling all the pain that she is forced to
endure, and yet coming out as brave and together as she does, and I can’t help
but love Claire for that. No matter how naïve I felt like she was at the
beginning of the book for not having the slightest idea of Tuck’s subterfuge,
she proved herself in the end to be worthy of every ounce of my praise, and
that I am sure of.
All in all,
I really enjoyed this book, and can happily give it four out of five
bookshelves, and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for something
good to read. I would give it all five bookshelves, but I just didn’t fall in
love with this book, and because of my new rating policy I just couldn’t
condone giving it that many bookshelves when it just didn’t meet all of my
criteria (if you want to know more about my rating policy, check out my About
Me page). Despite all of that, I definitely did like this story, and I know I will
read more by Kellie in the future.
Happy
reading!
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
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