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61) Rueful death
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China Bayles mysteries volume 5
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English
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Private investigator China Bayles was looking forward to her vacation retreat at a Texas convent, but the peace and quiet she anticipated is disrupted by undercurrents of tension engendered by the recent death--supposedly an accident--of the convent's mother superior.
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Christmas Tree Ranch volume 4
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English
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The lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding, widowed single father Sheriff Sam Delaney shoulders a lot until a special someone enters the picture.
The lone lawman in the small town of Branding Iron, Texas, Sheriff Sam Delaney is also the widowed single father of six-year-old Maggie. This year Maggie is determined that what her daddy needs this holiday season is a girlfriend. He hustles Sam to a meeting with her schoolteacher, and he is surprised...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A twenty-first-century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, and corruption The Texas Rangers rode into existence in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico, and continue today as one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In Cult of Glory, Doug J. Swanson offers a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles both their epic, daring escapades...
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Death and Texas volume 2
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English
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"There are a million ways to die in the great state of Texas. And on the lawless streets of New Hope, the odds are even worse. Once the home of Comanche, the region has been up for grabs since the settlers drove off the natives. Now it's a magnet for settlers looking for cheap land, merchants looking to exploit its resources--and outlaws looking for a place to hide in between robbing and killing. With shootouts and showdowns being a nightly occurrence,...
65) Ruby fever
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Series
Hidden Legacy novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Prime magic user Catalina Baylor. An escaped spider, the unexpected arrival of an Imperial Russian Prince, the senseless assassination of a powerful figure, a shocking attack on the supposedly invincible Warden of Texas, Catalina's boss... And it's only Monday. Within hours, the fate of Houston-not to mention the House of Baylor-now rests on Catalina, who will have to harness her powers as never before. But even with her fellow Prime and fiancé...
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Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"Hang-em high boys. Make sure there is a six-foot drop so the outlaw dies clean from a snap of the neck," said old Judge Roy Bean, the man they called the Hanging Judge. Captain Ridge Creek of the Texas Rangers stood by as the hangman focused on the task at hand. The outlaw that Ridge brought to justice on the trail to Laredo for his appointment at dawn with the noose and hell. As eighteen sixty approached the lawlessness on the Texan border with...
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Lonestar (Colleen Coble) volume 3
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English
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"With nothing but five dollars and the wedding dress she's wearing, Gracie Lister flees with her daughter by train to West Texas ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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Houston series volume 1
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English
Description
"Moving On anticipates McMurtry's Terms of Endearment and explores the emotional journey of a young woman against a sprawling metropolis in 1970s Texas. Larry McMurtry's Moving On, his epic first novel in the acclaimed Houston series, has long been considered a defining tale of "monumental honesty" worthy of great attention (New York Times). Preceding Terms of Endearment by five years, it is essential reading for anyone who appreciates the inherent...
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Series
Heart of Texas volume 8
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Cal Petterson is left alone on his Texas ranch when his wife Jane returns to her childhood home in California with their children.
71) The maverick
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Series
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English
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"Always in the middle of trouble, be it during roundup or at Jacobsville county dances, Harley Fowler emerges unscathed. Until he meets whirlwind, top-notch investigator Alice Jones, who is trying to solve a murder involving the one family Harley doesn't want to talk about--his own. Suddenly he's in the midst of mayhem--and all he can think about is protecting Alice. But the stubborn woman is unappreciative of his efforts. What's a confirmed maverick...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Attempting to escape his abusive father and generations of cyclical poverty, young Jonah Hargrove joins the mysterious River--a teenage girl carrying thousands of dollars in stolen meth--and embarks on a southern gothic odyssey through the East Texas river bottoms. They are pursued by local drug kingpin John Curtis and his murderous enforcer, Dakota Cade, with whom River was romantically involved. But Cade and Curtis have their own enemies, as their...
73) Fearless
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
Anna Campbell is ready to take her first tentative steps back into the world after widowhood. On a singles cruise, she meets divorced professor Ryan Robertson, and the sparks between them are undeniable. Back home in West Texas, Anna and Ryan continue their romance, and Anna decides it’s time for their families to meet.
Anna is delighted when her daughter, Christina, hits it off with Ryan’s daughter, Renée. The two girls are close in age and...
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Pub. Date
2007
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English
Description
Kelton presents two stories of his beloved West Texas, cowmen, and cow country in this 'OMNIBUS EDITION.' In 'Pecos Crossing, ' Johnny Fristo and Speck Quitman have been cheated out of six-months' wages by their rancher boss and intend to get it. In 'Shotgun, ' rancher Blair Bishop has to contend with a rival cowman whose herd is encroaching on Blair's land, and a recently released ex-con who has a score to settle with Blair.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"One minute, Rhett Lockhart is a love 'em and leave 'em bull rider with a slow, sexy smile, a swagger, and not a care in the world. The next, he learns his free-wheeling days are over: a baby has been abandoned in the hospital, and there's no question: he's the father. But from the first moment he gazes into his daughter's eyes, he knows the moment has come to say 'no' to no-strings. It's time to grow up. Standing in his way is the baby's foster mother,...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"The Good Old Boys: Hewey Calloway has a problem. He wants to be a footloose cowboy, endlessly wandering the land on horseback, but the open range of his childhood is slowly disappearing. Land is being parceled out, barbed-wire fences are springing up all over, and cars are replacing the horse as a mode of transportation. Swimming against the tide of "progress," Hewey begins to understand that the time of the cowboy is over, that the life he dreams...
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 3
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English
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The Civil WAr has ended, and Texas is isn turmoil as Rusty Shannon rides to his home on the Colorado River 4
78) Texas
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
Get to know the fiery spirit, Southern hospitality, and larger-than-life personality of the Lone Star State.
79) Dangerous
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English
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Tall, lean and headstrong, FBI agent Kilraven lives by his own rules. And one of those rules is keeping his hands off Jacobsville's resident sweetheart, Winnie Sinclair, no matter the temptation. Shy and innocent, Winnie couldn't handle a man like him - a merciless man with a haunted past. And this small Texas town may hold not only the woman he fights to resist, but the answers to a cold case that is very personal to Kilraven ...
80) Above and beyond
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LETTERS OF LOVE
The letters Kyla sent to her husband, Sergeant Richard Stroud, stationed a world away, spoke of a love that stretched across the ocean and held the young couple together. But when tragedy ended their marriage too soon, Kyla was left a widow with a newborn son. And Richard left behind only a metal box filled with his wife's declarations of love.
Trevor Rule had been Richard's best friend. Returning home from military...
The letters Kyla sent to her husband, Sergeant Richard Stroud, stationed a world away, spoke of a love that stretched across the ocean and held the young couple together. But when tragedy ended their marriage too soon, Kyla was left a widow with a newborn son. And Richard left behind only a metal box filled with his wife's declarations of love.
Trevor Rule had been Richard's best friend. Returning home from military...
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