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  Travis: Book 2

  Blue-Eyed Devil

  by Lisa Kleypas

  The New York Times bestselling author of Sugar Daddy is back with her most breathtaking, hot-and-bothered novel yet! MEET THE BLUE-EYED DEVIL His name is Hardy Cates. He’s a self-made millionaire who comes from the wrong side of the tracks. He’s made enemies in the rough-and-tumble ride to the top of Houston’s oil industry. He’s got hot blood in his veins. And vengeance on his mind. MEET THE HEIRESS She’s... (more)
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  Travis: Book 3

  Smooth Talking Stranger

  by Lisa Kleypas

  Jack Travis leads the uncomplicated life of a millionaire Texas playboy.  He makes no commitments, he loves many women, he lives for pleasure.  But no one has ever truly touched his heart or soul.  Until one day, a woman appears on his doorstep with fury on her face and a baby in her arms.  It seems Jack is the father and this woman is the baby’s aunt. The real mother has abandoned the child to her more... (more)
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  Travis: Book 1

  Sugar Daddy

  by Lisa Kleypas

  Money is tight while Liberty Jones is growing up in Welcome, Texas, but somehow she and her mother Diana manage. Having good friends like Miss Marva, Lucy Reyes, and especially Hardy Cates, on whom Liberty has a crush, helps. Then tragedy strikes and Liberty must take care of her younger sister and find a way to support them. Hard work and determination get Liberty through cosmetology school, then, while working... (more)
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  Jack Reacher: Book 5

  Echo Burning

  by Lee Child

  Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's new "rip-roaring thriller" (Denver Rocky Mountain News). This time, he's a hitchhiker picked up by a troubled beauty. And what happens between them has everybody talking. "Smashingly suspenseful...Child builds tension to unbearable extremes." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
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  Anna Pigeon: Book 1

  Track of the Cat

  by Nevada Barr

  Fleeing New York to find refuge as a ranger in the remote backcountry of West Texas, Anna Pigeon stumbles into a web of violence and murder when fellow park ranger Sheila Drury is mysteriously killed and another ranger vanishes.
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  The Raines of Wind Canyon: Book 6

  Against the Sun

  by Kat Martin

  It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine Drilling International. His instinct is aroused…in more ways than one.A savvy... (more)
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  The Raines of Wind Canyon: Book 2

  Against the Fire

  by Kat Martin

  The Raines of Wind Canyon - They were known as the “no-account Raines boys” but they’ve grown into successful, honorable men and everything they have, they’ve fought for tooth and nail. Now each of the three brothers has one last obstacle to overcome to claim what’s eluding them: love.You can't fight what you can't see. And Gabriel Raines can't be sure just who's setting the fires in his new real-estate... (more)
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  Tess Monaghan: Book 4

  In Big Trouble

  by Laura Lippman

  Edgar Award-winner Laura Lippman is developing a reputation as one of the most exciting new detective fiction authors in years. Now she delivers her most suspenseful novel yet, and places Baltimore's Tess Monaghan... In Big Trouble. First as a reporter and then as a p.i., Tess Monaghan has learned how to survive and thrive on the streets of Baltimore. But a new case will force her to confront her own past, and a... (more)
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  Texas! (Sandra Brown): Book 3

  Texas! Sage

  by Sandra Brown

  In the dramatic finale of #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s popular Texas! trilogy, the headstrong youngest daughter of the Tyler family finally steps out of the shadows cast by her two older brothers. But forging her own path will take every ounce of savvy in Sage Tyler’s possession. The youngest heir to her family’s oil fortune, Sage has always been the unbridled spitfire in the Tyler... (more)
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  Katie Nash Books: Book 1

  Durable Goods

  by Elizabeth Berg

  In the sweltering heat of a Southwestern summer, on a small army base in rural Texas, Katie waits impatiently for her life to change. Though battered by the recent death of her mother, her spirit remains miraculously stong. She is filled with longings: for a boy to fall in love with her the way Dickie Mac has fallen for her sister; for her father to stop hitting her; for her life to become less uncertain. And she... (more)
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  Bitter Creek: Book 6

  The Next Mrs. Blackthorne

  by Joan Johnston

  A lavish summer wedding is being planned at Bitter Creek ranch. In one month, Clay Blackthorne will wed socialite Jocelyn Montrose. But when she hears stirrings of a corporate takeover by the family's archrival, North Grayhawk, Jocelyn covertly heads to North's ranch to offer a valuable commodity -- herself -- if North will call off his plans. Striking a deal to spend the summer with the steely, seductive North,... (more)
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  The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

  by Jacqueline Kelly

  Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural... (more)
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  The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming

  by Jeannie Ralston

  “I couldn’t help but question how I’d gotten to this strange spot in my life, so far from what I’d expected for myself. Yes, there had been a heady romance a few years back. Then a slew of subsequent decisions, fueled by love and yearnings I didn’t even know I had. But I never, ever would have suspected that this was where the sum total of them would bring me. That afternoon a new doubt dripped into my mind. When... (more)
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  The scoop from "Bird Poop" : 35 years of wild bird rescues

  by Bebe McCasland

  Written from the birds' points of view, the tales in this collection feature dramatic bird-rescue stories ranging from the smallest hummingbird to the largest golden eagle. Filled with informative facts about the vast variety of bird species rescued-whether a member of a native species or one of the migratory visitors passing through the Texas Flyway-this volume discusses the miraculous similarities and... (more)
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  Doctor Who: Original Audiobooks: Book 9

  The Runaway Train

  by Oli Smith

  This is an exciting audio adventure for the 11th Doctor and his companion, as played by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in the hit BBC "One TV" series. It is written by Oli Smith.
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  Wynette, Texas: Book 6

  Call Me Irresistible

  by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  R.S.V.P. to the most riotous wedding of the year . . . Lucy Jorik is the daughter of a former president of the United States. Meg Koranda is the offspring of legends. One of them is about to marry Mr. Irresistible—Ted Beaudine—the favorite son of Wynette, Texas. The other is not happy about it and is determined to save her friend from a mess of heartache. But even though Meg... (more)
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  The Informationist

  by Taylor Stevens

  Vanessa 'Michael' Munroe deals in information - expensive information - working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was just fourteen. As his protégé, she earned the respect of the jungle's most dangerous men,... (more)
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  Caitlin Strong: Book 2

  Strong Justice

  by Jon Land

  Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong is back, pursuing justice the Ranger way. She takes on the case of a Mexican girl on the run from white slavers. For Caitlin, the case evokes memories of her legendary grandfather-s run with the Rangers, even as it brings her face-to-face with a serial killer who-s left a trail of bodies along the Mexico border. Pursuing the killer brings Caitlin to a sleepy Texas... (more)
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  Anna Pigeon: Book 15

  Borderline

  by Nevada Barr

  The New York Times bestseller by the author of Winter Study. Hoping a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Anna Pigeon and her husband, Paul, go to southwest Texas, where the Rio Grande is running high. The beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert and the power of the river work their magic -- until the raft is lost in the rapids and a young college student makes a grisly discovery.... (more)
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  Rainwater

  by Sandra Brown

  Acclaimed bestselling author Sandra Brown celebrates the spirit and determination that kept our country proud even through the Great Depression, in this moving tale of a bygone generation and a strong young widow who must rise above her circumstances.Ella Barron is determined that even the ravages of the Dust Bowl will not affect the well-ordered life she has built for herself and her special child,... (more)