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1) Echo burning
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Freelance lawman Jack Reacher, hitchhiking through West Texas, is picked up by Carmen Greer who asks him to kill her husband, Sloop, who is about to be released from prison; and though Jack declines, he does offer Carmen his protection and finds himself embroiled in a messy domestic dispute that quickly turns to murder.
2) Standoff
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Ambitious TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving through New Mexico when she hears over the radio that Sabra Dendy, the 17 year-old daughter of Fort Worth multimillionaire Russell Dendy, has been kidnapped.ááTiel calls her editor and learns that Sara was "kidnapped" by her boyfriend Ronnie and is pregnant.ááTiel is at a gas station store when an armed couple robs the cashier and orders all the customers to the floor.ááThe girl goes into labor
...3) Llano River
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In "Llano River," Dundee works to stop a cattle rustling operation and gets caught in the middle of a deadly feud.
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He's fallen for a woman . . .
Anxious to meet her soon-to-be husband, Dallas Leigh, for the first time, mail-order bride Amelia Carson is en route to Fort Worth, Texas. When she steps off the train and locks eyes with her betrothed, she immediately feels drawn to him. But the cowboy standing before her isn't Dallas. Instead, Dallas's brother Houston has been sent to accompany her on the three-week journey to the ranch where she'll begin her new...
5) Summer moon
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RANCHER SEEKING WIFE
A newspaper ad is the desperately needed answer to Kate Whittington's prayers. Abandoned by her mother--the town tramp, raised in a bleak Maine orphanage, and a spinster without prospects, Kate dreams of a home and family of her own. Unfortunately, when she arrives to begin her new life, the man she believes she married by proxy denies placing the ad. He denies ever corresponding with or marrying her. Worse, he's a Texas Ranger...
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On the road in a "borrowed" '36 Ford, nineteen-year-old Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and his companion, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, are on a perilous odyssey that takes them from Houston to a mysterious bayou world of voodoo, sex, revenge, and death. Their destination is desolate Pariah, Texas - Mouse's home once, and still home to his hated stepfather. Encountering violent and unexpected threats, Easy and Mouse forge bonds that will link them in the decades...
7) Lawman
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When San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, the strong, silent loner is hoping to mend some broken family fences. He's not looking for love. Grace Carver grew up in this quiet Texas town, but because of her troubled youth, she's never married-hadn't even thought about it...until Garon. These unlikely allies are brought together by the most difficult case of Garon's career: hunting an escaped child predator whose former...
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From the seductive waters of Hawaii to the rustic splendor of Vermont, from the sprawling family ranch, Sunbridge, to the high-tech glamour of Japan, the Colemans have been driven apart by the passions and betrayals of a new generation. But now, as Billie Coleman Kingsley, their beloved matriarch, lays dying, she offers new hope to heal their rifts. Even as her own strength fails, the indomitable Billie instills courage and confidence in the future....
10) Faith
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1998 HOLT Medallion Award winner! (Inspirational category) Best-selling author Lori Copeland kicks off this historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872. When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named...
11) Lady be good
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"[A] sexy and whimsical modern fairy tale." -Greensboro News & Record "The always-funny Susan Elizabeth Phillips…has the heat turned up all the way for this one."-Detroit Free Press The only four-time recipient of the Romance Writer's of America's prestigious Favorite Book of the Year Award, the incomparable Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of America's most beloved authors-and Lady Be Good is one of the perennial New York Times bestseller's hottest,...
12) Cimarron rose
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Billy Bob Holland is a lawyer for the people of sunbaked Deaf Smith, in southern Texas. Although occasionally he is haunted by memories of a violent past, his life is serene - until a local guitarist, Lucas Smothers, lands in jail for raping and murdering a young woman. As Billy Bob gathers information to defend him, the evidence soon points to the son of a wealthy local businessman.
13) Above and beyond
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Give up while you're ahead, ol' boy. She doesn't want you. Then he remembered the passion of her kiss, the taste of her mouth, the scent of her hair, the feel of her skin beneath his hands, and he knew he wasn't about to give up. While serving his country, Trevor Rule experienced the wrenching heartache of losing his best friend in a brutal attack. His grief is coupled with guilt when he falls in love with that friend's wife by reading letters...
14) Lone star lovin'
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Texas rancher and single father Cody Bailman has no time for dating, but his twelve-year-old daughter, Heather, plays matchmaker when she decides that newcomer Sherry Waterman would be perfect for her father.
15) Heartless
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His long-standing friendship with Gracie shattered by a moment of passion, Jason refuses to see Gracie as anything more than a younger stepsibling until their circumstances are further challenged by Gracie's abduction, an interfering woman, and Jason's brush with death.
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The annual chili cook-off sounds like a nice respite from the stress, so China Bayles gladly accoumpanies her wheelchair-bound sweetheart to the event. But tragedy strikes when cook-off judge Jerry Jeff Cody dies of a severe allergic reactionto a peanut. Everyone knows that peanuts don't belong in a bowl of Texas chili...and China knows something suspicious is afoot. China Bayles (Rueful Death, LJ 10/1/96) contends with the paralysis of her new husband,...
17) Borderline
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Embarking on a guided rafting trip with her husband, Paul, in Big Bend National Park on the Texas-Mexico border, Anna Pigeon is drawn into dangerous intrigue when one of their companions on the trip discovers a pregnant woman caught among tangled branches in the river.
18) Giant
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Reprint of a 1952 novel about Leslie Benedict, a New England woman who meets and marries a Texas rancher whose life is consumed by a rivalry with Jett Rink, a former employee who made good.
19) The ex-debutante
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With her family in turmoil, Boston attorney Carlisle Wainwright Cushing, a former Texas debutante, returns home to set things right, but things become complicated when she comes face-to-face with the true love of her life.
20) Hearts aglow
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The future should be bright for Deborah Vandermark, who is now pursuing her interest in medicine alongside Dr. Christopher Clayton, who is courting her. But the lumber town is resistant to the idea of a woman physician, and she feels thwarted at every turn. A more devastating blow occurs, however, when Christopher breaks off their relationship to return home to his troubled family. Despite her own love life going awry, Deborah is still intent to be...
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