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Beloved writer J. California Cooper has won a legion of loyal fans and much critical acclaim for her powerful storytelling gifts. In language both spare and direct yet wondrously lyrical, LIFE IS SHORT BUT WIDE is an irresistible story of family that proves no matter who you are or what you do, you are never too old to chase your dreams. Like the small towns J. California Cooper has so vividly portrayed in her... (more)

Oklahoma Crude

by Marc Norman

House of Night: Book 5

Hunted

by P. C. Cast

The good news: Zoey’s friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren’t Neferet’s secrets any longer. The bad news: Ancient evil with the face of an angel has been let loose – that and various other nasties (whose faces aren’t so angelic). Grandma Redbird is in trouble. Heath is in trouble. The House of Night is in trouble. Okay, let’s face it – Zoey’s whole world is in trouble! But... (more)

The Secret of Wellington's Map

by Mollie Penrod

Jaime and her best friend, Nicole are looking forward to a carefree summer in their hometown, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. All is going according to plan until they discover a strange ancient map and suddenly their relaxing vacation becomes a desperate fight for their lives. Though danger lurks around every corner, Jaime is up for the adventure, but is set to discover more about herself and her past than she may be... (more)

Murder at Oklahoma

by Jack Bickham

They didn't take Flip Ryan too seriously when she first arrived at the University of Oklahoma. Until Lillith, the elegantly haughty star of the English department is suddenly murdered--and Flip is the only one who can solve the case.

Lost Highways

by Curtiss Ann Matlock

As her mother always said, nothing happens by coincidence . . . Meet Rainey Valentine: thirty-five, twice divorced, a woman with broken dreams but irrepressible hope. When her mother dies, she inherits a truck, an old barrel-racing mare named Lulu and a lifetime supply of Mary Kay cosmetics. So taking a page from her mother's life, Rainey packs it all up and heads off, leaving Valentine, Oklahoma, in her... (more)

Bud & Me - The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys

Bud & Me - The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys

by Alta Abernathy

Bud & Me is one of the 20th Century's most exciting true stories of courage and adventure. The year is 1905. The new century is still in its infancy. Automobiles are little more than rich men's toys and many short-sighted people feel that everything that can be invented has been invented! In the early 1900's there are only 150 miles of paved road in the entire country. Fifty percent of Americans live and... (more)

Treasures in the Dust

by Tracey Porter

Annie May Weightman and Violet Cobble are best friends and neighbors. They live in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression. This is their story, told in two voices. Annie is happiest on the ground, sifting through the dust for traces of the past. But Violet is a dreamer always playing make believe to escape, to fly away from the dusty land. In this beautifully crafted first novel, poet Tracey Porter... (more)

Oil Field Child (Chisholm Trail Series, No 7)

Oil Field Child (Chisholm Trail Series, No 7)

by Estha Briscoe Stowe

Memory Album of a Territorial LadyLinda K. Rosser

Memory Album of a Territorial Lady

by Linda Kennedy Rosser

Suits Me

by Diane W. Middlebrook

White Dove's Promise (The Coltons) (Silhouette Special Edition)

White Dove's Promise (The Coltons) (Silhouette Special Edition)

by Stella Bagwell

McCavett's Bride (Harlequin Historical Series)

McCavett's Bride (Harlequin Historical Series)

by Carol Finch

Unable to tolerate the controlling expectations of her upper-class family, Pru Perkins shipped herself to Paradise, Oklahoma, as a mail-order bride. She was destined to make Jack's dreams of a peaceful life a distant memory! Ex-lawman Jack McCavett was done with excitement, glad to have his days of adventure behind him. Now he wanted to enjoy his quiet ranch with a restful, respectable woman at his side. But his... (more)

House of Night: Book 2

Betrayed

by P. C. Cast

Fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night. She’s come to terms with the vast powers the vampyre goddess, Nyx, has given her, and is getting a handle on being the new Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, Zoey finally feels like she belongs--like she really fits in. She actually has a boyfriend…or two. Then the unthinkable happens: Human teenagers are being killed, and all... (more)

Come in This House: The Hoyle Family, Oklahoma HomesteadersHelen Dutton Russell

Come in This House: The Hoyle Family, Oklahoma Homesteaders

by Helen Dutton Russell

House of Night: Book 3

Chosen

by P. C. Cast

Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn enemies are also turning into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this “highly addictive series” ( Romantic Times ), in which Zoey’s mettle will be tested like never before. Her... (more)

Confessions from the Principal's Chair

by Anna Myers

In Denver, Robin (a.ka. Bird) is in with the cool clique. They wear the same clothes, talk the same way, and pick on the same girls. But when her Mom hears about a cruel prank against a less popular girl, she isn’t going to tolerate the Queen Bee behavior. Within 24 hours, she pulls up stakes and moves them both to Prairie Dog, Oklahoma. Bird is positively furious, and she’s going get revenge on her hippy artist... (more)

Blood Web

by Gary Starta

Deep within a Colorado cave, a teen drifter discovers an arrowhead shaped crystal harboring an evil sentience. Acting as the crystal's host, the boy is endowed with psychic powers and extreme rage. He embarks on a cross country mission, eager to exact revenge for crimes committed more than a century ago; able to track his intended victims through a biological conduit. Caitlin Diggs became the FBI s top agent by... (more)

An Uncommon Enemy

by Michelle Black

“There is no word in the Cheyenne language for forgiveness.” On the day after Thanksgiving, 1868, George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry attack a sleeping Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita. Ironically, it later becomes known that the village attacked was that of Black Kettle, the foremost peace chief of the Cheyenne Nation. Amidst the heartless and senseless slaughter of men, women, and... (more)

Runabout

by Pamela Morsi

After her first and only suitor leaves her at their engagement party, Tulsa May Bruder, the town wallflower, gives the town gossips something to talk about when she begins a very public courtship with childhood friend Luther Briggs.

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by J. California Cooper

by Marc Norman

by P. C. Cast

by Mollie Penrod

by Jack Bickham

by Curtiss Ann Matlock

by Alta Abernathy

by Tracey Porter

by Estha Briscoe Stowe

by Linda Kennedy Rosser

by Diane W. Middlebrook

by Stella Bagwell

by Carol Finch

by P. C. Cast

by Helen Dutton Russell

by P. C. Cast

by Anna Myers

by Gary Starta

by Michelle Black

by Pamela Morsi