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Looking to bust a vicious cartel operating south of the border, DEA agent Rodrigo Ramirez goes undercover as an itinerant laborer on Gloryanne Barnes's truck farm in Jacobsville. Young, fiercely independent and determined to provide work for the immigrants and their families, Gloryanne is unaware of the danger surrounding her.

Returning to the southwest Texas community of her youth, Shannon Astor runs into a man who once devastated her life and is astonished to see his daughter's uncanny resemblance to Shannon's believed-dead daughter.

"Facing foreclosure on her California home, widowed Kylie Wayne is grateful to accept her aging aunt Muriel's offer to come back to small-town Branding Iron, Texas, and help out on the ranch. But when an early storm rolls in, Kylie's dream of a perfect Christmas for her kids is blown away with the unexpected snow. Comfort and joy seem unlikely, unless a certain long, tall Texan with a bad boy's charm can rope some holiday cheer... No one imagined...

The story of a rugged hero and a mysterious heroine set against the beautiful Texas landscape which shows that sometimes the right match for a lonely soul is the one you least suspect.

Five years ago, Judd Dunn, a hard-edged Texas Ranger, put Christabel Gaines's father behind bars where he belonged. But Judd's involvement in Crissy's life was far from over. With their jointly owned ranch on the verge of bankruptcy, Judd wed her in name only, promising to save their land and vowing to ignore the sexual tension between them. Now, just when Judd decides to release Crissy from their sham of a marriage, he is blindsided by a bloodthirsty...

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas comes a reader-favorite story of a life, a legacy and a love that has the power to change a community. Originally published in 2005. Everyone assumes that Rosa Lee Altman lived a life without passion. Her once-beautiful home now sits silent and empty, its gardens overgrown and its windows boarded up, surrounded by what passes for progress in Clifton Creek, Texas. And if some of the townsfolk have...

"He's everything she doesn't need. The quiet horse whisperer whose touch still ignites her dreams--and is everything wealthy Lauren Prescott is not. She can think of a million reasons why she should never ever fall into Sky Fletcher's sure embrace again. Until she clashes head-on with the dangerous complications of her privileged life and needs his protection like air to breathe... She's more than he can resist. The heiress Sky can't get out of his...

Hank Harris wasn't even looking for a woman when he ended up with a wife. Aggie is exactly who he needs as a business partner - if only she weren't so damn beautiful, spirited - and in his bed ... Rowdy Darnell was born to be wild and Laurel Hayes knows she shouldn't get involved with him - but oh, how he can kiss ... When Anna lane Barkley whispers her dreams to Wynn McCord, the Texas Ranger knows he's found a woman worth fighting for ... If Cozette...

Blood brothers, Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves find themselves in the fight of their lives when they confront a mean-tempered outlaw who rules a shabby Texas town.

From William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, authors of Jackknife and Border War, comes Home Invasion, their most explosive and terrifyingly timely thriller yet. They Will Invade Your Home. Home, Texas. Two men break into the house of an elderly couple. Guns are fired. Blood is spilled. When one of the intruders sues the homeowner and wins, the good people of Home take the law into their own hands. In a stunning case of backward justice fueled...