The third book of the series, A Texas Family tells the story of Janet Parker Baker, great niece of the infamous Bonny Parker, criminal partner and lover of he Depression era outlaw, Clyde Barrow. Unlike her great aunt, Janet was a good person, but her husband's uncle Charlie Haley, Sheriff of Long Horn County said, "Janet you are a good person, but trouble is attracted to you like horse shoe nails are attracted to a magnet." Janet thought her troubles were over when she married Air Force S...

Professor Rick Ricardo, after his wife dies decides he has no real reason to stay in Miami. He sees an ad to teach history at the community college in Comanche Springs, Texas, the home town of his Vietnam War buddy, Robert Baker. He accepts the job, moves from Miami to Comanche Springs. He is not there a day when trouble finds him.Lydia Baker, alcoholic twin sister of Robert Baker moves from Dallas to manage the local library. She thinks this will be an easy way to go into retiremen...

After the Time of Troubles, the war that pitted the United States against the countries in the Middle East and North Korea, A total oil embargo was imposed on the United States. Several American cities were destroyed with weapons of mass destruction. Things became so chaotic in America, that the government only kept order in the major cities. Texas received permission to secede from the Union, if Texas would sell all their oil to the U..S.. This treaty did not please Iran, so Iran devised ...

Time: The winter of 1968. America is involved in a cold war with the Soviet Union, and a hot war in the jungles and rice fields of South Vietnam.Place: Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.Situation: A nuclear armed B-52 Bomber that has been flying just outside Soviet air space develops serious mechanical problems and will try to make an emergency landing on the icy runway at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Sergeant Robert Baker, a young Texan and the rest of the Broken Arrow...

It has been thirteen years since Janet Baker's husband, Sergeant Robert Baker left for Vietnam. When he did not return from the war, Janet permits Bernard Fouquet, the man who caused her to cheat on Robert to live with her and her son, Robert Lee. Although Janet refuses to marry Bernard, they have Rita Fay.Bernard is jealous and abusive to Janet and Robert Lee. When Janet and the kids stay overnight on retired Sheriff Charlie Haley's ranch, so that she can rent her grandmother's old...

In the fall of 1947, Sue Pickford took a moonlight stroll along the banks of the Brazos River. She never returned. Everyone in Comanche Springs, Texas believed that she fell in the river and drowned, except her boy friend, who suspected the town bully of foul play. Forty years later, Rita Fay Baker and David Cook are returning from Comanche Springs to College Station, when they are caught in a violent thunder storm. A flash flood washes their car into Bull Hide Creek. Rota Fay is carried a...

“The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.” — Los Angeles TimesA bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career.It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She su...

Patricia Anne would swear that either she or her sister Mary Alice were switched at birth, except they were both born at home.Flashy, flirtatious Mary Alice is one foot taller, twice the body weight of Patricia Anne, and three times as likely to do something completely off the wall. But now Mary Alice's impulsive behavior has land them both in the Birmingham jail!It all begins with a call from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, who's starting an investment club -- kind of a Beardstown...

**Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Joe Pickett’s friend’s past comes back to haunt everyone he cares about in this “violent, bloody, and quite satisfying thriller”* from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.**In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did something terrible. Now the high-ranking government official and cold-blooded sociopath is determined to eliminate anyone w...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compulsively readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton“This book, this writer, are magnificent.”—Ann Patchett**WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times...

“An endearing tale” of friendship, love, and the choices we must make in their name from the New York Times bestselling author of A Thread of Truth (Manic Readers).While New Bern, Connecticut, lies under a blanket of snow, the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop remains a cozy haven for its owner, Evelyn Dixon, and her friends. Evelyn relishes winter’s slower pace—besides, internet sales are hopping, thanks to her son Garrett’s efforts. In addition ...

As wild as the Wyoming frontier and a terror when spurned, Jessie Blair is furious when she over hears Chase Summers refusing her hand -- and vows to seduce the handsome drifter out of spite.Enraged by Jessie's arrogance yet haunted by her beauty, Chase is irresistible drawn to the headstrong miss -- and into her troubles with the land-hungry villains who murdered her father. For his pride insists he tame the fiery temptress who toys with his emotions. And his passion won't be sate...