When Regis Royal and his cattlemen association hang an innocent man for rustling he feels so guilty when his head foreman bone an ex ranger tells him he should start letting the law handled the rustlers of course Regis is going to stand his ground but at the next cattlemen get together we just bring up the idea to the rest of the men who aren’t so happy about letting the Rangers dish out the law. Regis cannot spend much time on that however his younger brother Shep is busy being Shep and when he gets his self stabbed on his birthday by the Mexican señorita who kidnapped in almost killed him years before Regis is out for blood. Regis and his foreman bone are still at odds through their argument but come together when it’s time to dish out justice can Regis save his brother from his self and will just plan to become the best ranch in Texas come true I love the story and although the beginning was very sad I really came to love the characters it’s all bad for poor ship who seems short on common sense but thank God he got someone like Regis to look out for him. This was a great book and a definite five star read by William Johnstone I know if him and Jay are the authors it’s going to be one riproaring western and he never disappoints. I received this book from NetGalley and Kensington books but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

There is no such thing as a bad Johnstone western. Each series is built around main characters whose belief in the law and family is absolute, even if they've had to be reformed to get there. From Preacher, the original mountain man to the Jensen family to Perly Gates, to.....well, you get the point. Many times, characters from one series will show up in another as supporting hands. The communities are true to the era, clothing, guns, food and troubles are all what you'd find if you looked them up in the history books. No two stories are the same, each character or set of characters is unique and so are their stories. The writing is skillful, readers are pulled into the story and you will laugh and cry right along with the characters. I made the mistake of picking up a Johnstone western my uncle was reading. Ive been hooked ever since. Now I share them with my reading family and will continue as long as new Johnstones are released.
A new family line joins the Jensens. These brothers are determined to build their own legends through blood and hard work. They must face challenges that have stopped many men befor ethem. Will they succeed where others failed?

You have to have eyes in the back of your head and an unimaginable strength to survive Texas in 1854. The second in this series had me glued to my seat as much as the first one did. It seems like everyone was always shooting each other over the beeves and the land. Trying to accumulate the largest herd of cattle was rough, but these guys are up for it. And having a railroad spur will help them tremendously. I love Westerns and this series and cannot wait for the next book.

I found Johnstone's Lone Star Legacy to be a fabulous read. I loved it and exactly what I would expect from this author. Five stars.

Forever Texas is a new series about a man who dreams of building a successful ranching operation with his friend and his brother. Lone Star Legacy by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone is the second book and it's not the best ever written by these guys. It has some new twists in a western but not really enough to keep it going. I do like westerns but I do think it would be better if they wrote fever with better quality. I know they can. Still it was a few hours of entertainment and I have read worse. Thanks to Netgalley and Kensington Books

This entry #2 in the 'Forever Texas' series is very well written. Quite an involved series of threads of stories that encompass a large area of Texas. The tales are filled with the typical strong Johnstone characters.

This book differs from a large lot of the Johnstone library with illustrative writing that is more insightful than the bulk majority of the Johnstone books I've read, so far. This writer appears to be the same as the one who wrote the first entry, but seems, otherwise, new to the longtime series.
This book is better than the first involving the writing and various plots.

The troubles are the same as with the first book: There are far too many tales that don't connect well and chapters that abruptly leap from one set of circumstances to the next. As with the first, i get the idea that the book was written in sections and then attached. The central character has a series of startling revelations, but is written in the next chapter as if the situation meant little and the story slides to another plot. The beginning makes as little sense as the end. The coldness of the central character, despite being the only one somewhat sympathetic to what is written, is quite a turn from the first book.

Most disappointing is the ending. As the book meanders from plot to plot, some carried over from the first book, the story has no central plot. A plot trickled throughout is a mysterious character that doesn't make much sense. Near the end a clearer intent is introduced. Then the book ends after a very eventful situation is written in the last dozen pages. Thus, leaving an intent of another book int he series. Will there be one? The Johnstone history is that series sometimes end before getting to the next book in the multitude of series.
Seems to me this book should've been 3 or 4 books and been better organized and have a beginning, middle and end.

Again, the book is very well written. Just disjointed in focus and unsatisfying in the end.

Bottom line: I recommend this book. 6 out of ten points.

This story called “Lone Star Legacy” picks up on Regis Royle trying to build the largest cattle dance in Texas. In an earlier storyline, his younger brother is kidnapped and held by a evil woman to force Regis to sell or relinquish his claim.

Regis has a lot to learn about human nature and about how to deal with people around him. His younger brother Shep is not one to take what the older brother has done lightly. There is a lot of tension between the brothers as well as with the partner in the process who is a called Cormack and his good friend Bone. .

Learning how to deal with others is something that Regis must learn to do if he is going to be able to hold on to his far flung holdings. He has to learn to apologize to people and really mean it.

A key point of tension is when Regis learns his painstaking plan for acquiring land may be in jeopardy. Murderers and rustlers as well as a secretive woman all come into play. While Regis tries to turn over a new leaf in dealing with folks, is it “too little too late”? Time will tell but there are clues for the reader.

this was a great sequel in the forever texas series, I always enjoy a good Western novel from the Johnstones'. It has the same style that I enjoy and was glad to go through this journey. The characters worked both in this story and in the time-period. I look forward to read more in this series and from the Johnstones'.

"The man pulled out two sheets of somewhat yellowed paper, slightly bent at the edges, and creased in four. He unfolded them and smoothed them on the table top between them. A small puddle of spilled whiskey soaked into the paper from beneath, but neither man seemed to notice."