Download or read book The Heart of Texas written by RJ Scott and published by Love Lane Books Limited. This book was released on 2011-02-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley Hayes, the playboy of the Hayes family, is a young man who seems to have it all: money, a career he loves, and his pick of beautiful women. His father, CEO of HayesOil, passes control of the corporation to his two sons; but a stipulation is attached to Riley's portion. Concerned about Riley's lack of maturity, his father requires that Riley 'marry and stay married for one year to someone he loves'. Angered by the requirement, Riley seeks a means of bypassing his father's stipulation. Blackmailing Jack Campbell into marrying him ""for love"" suits Riley's purpose. There is no mention in his father's documents that the marriage had to be with a woman and Jack Campbell is the son of Riley Senior's arch-rival. Win-win. Riley marries Jack and abruptly his entire world is turned inside out. Riley hadn't counted on the fact that Jack Campbell, quiet and unassuming rancher, is a force of nature in his own right. This is a story of murder, deceit, the struggle for power, lust and love, the sprawling life of a rancher and the whirlwind existence of a playboy. But under and through it all, as Riley learns over the months, this is a tale about family and everything that that word means.

Download or read book Promise Texas written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber take you back again into the HEART OF TEXAS, in this classic western romance for your keeper shelf! In Promise, Texas, people know what really matters—family, friends, community. And they know that love gives meaning to every day of their lives…. Some of the people in Promise are from old ranching families—like the Westons and Pattersons—folks who arrived in the Hill Country more than a century ago. And then there are newcomers like Annie Applegate, who opens a bookstore in town. Some might say Annie does things backward. She marries a widowed veterinarian for the sake of his kids…and discovers that marriage can lead to love. In Promise, everyone’s life is a story! The people here, like people everywhere, experience tragedies as well as triumphs, sorrow as well as joy. This town, like towns everywhere, has its share of secrets. But whether times are good or bad, you’re never alone in a place like Promise. And as Annie Applegate knows, that makes all the difference. Originally published in 1999

Download or read book Nell s Cowboy written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisit this classic western romance, book 5 in the Heart of Texas series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning Twin Canyons into a dude ranch. One of her first guests is Travis Grant, a celebrity of sorts, a wannabe cowboy, an "Easterner" known for his books about the West. Nell’s kids are crazy about him, and Nell...she could fall for him herself. But it’s too soon to be thinking of love and marriage again. Too soon! Not only that, Travis seems intent on stirring up the town?by uncovering the mystery in its past... Originally published in 1998

Download or read book In the Heart of Texas written by Ginger McKnight-Chavers and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a “Top Pick” by RT Book Reviews Named a “Fall Must-Read” by RedbookMag.com * PopSugar * Parade Magazine * Brit + Co * SoulCycle Hailed as a “Best Fiction Book by Women of Color” at Bustle.com Pitched as “a poor man’s Halle Berry,” forty-one-year-old soap star Jo Randolph, has successfully avoided waiting tables since she left Midland, Texas at eighteen. But then, in the span of twenty-four hours, Jo manages to lose her job, burn her bridges in Hollywood, and accidentally burn down her lover/director’s beach house—after which she is shipped home to Texas by her agent to stay out of sight while she sorts out her situation. The more Jo reluctantly reconnects with her Texas “roots” and the family and friends she left behind, the more she regains touch with herself as an artist and with what is meaningful in life beyond the limelight. The summer of 2007 is cathartic for Jo, whose career and lifestyle have allowed her to live like a child for forty years, but who now must transition to making grown-up decisions and taking on adult responsibilities. In the Heart of Texas is a wry, humorous commentary on the complexities of race, class, relationships, politics, popular culture, and celebrity in our current society.

Download or read book Texas Two Step written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover this classic Western romance, the second story in the Heart of Texas series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. After her father’s death, Ellie Frasier takes over the feed store in Promise, Texas. Still in mourning, she relies on her friends for comfort. She was always close with her childhood buddy Glen Patterson, but they never shared "those" feelings for each other. However, the folks around town know a good match when they see one, and Ellie and Glen suddenly find themselves being pushed together more and more often. And now her long-standing friendship feels like it’s turning into something else… Originally published in 1998

Download or read book Deep in the Heart of Texas written by Texas A. Stready and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Texas and this is my story. The daughter of a Southern Baptist pastor, I ran away from home when I was 17. For 28 years I traveled a path that took me to places from which few return. Unhealthy relationships and unbridled lusts corrupted my view of freedom and left me cornered in addiction--financed by crafty manipulation and drug dealing. My tainted knowledge of love and polluted desire for escape kept me on a treacherous treadmill that continually fed the heartache of those I loved. But, through it all, the One who loved me unconditionally remained. This is my unvarnished account of the years I spent running and what brought that season to its redeeming end.

Download or read book Big and Bright written by Gray Levy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas is a diverse state. But the one thing that binds Texans more than their state pride, even more than religion, is football. For the many towns and cities of Texas, high school football is more than a sport or an extracurricular activity—it’s the glue of their community. Author Gray Levy, a high school football coach for more than two decades, became disillusioned with the state of the education system nationwide and traveled to Texas, a place where high school football still matters, to see just what schools and communities were doing right. What he found will both confirm and debunk common presumptions about high school football in Texas, a complex phenomenon that varies by region, school size, and the ethnic diversity of the Lone Star State.

Download or read book Heart of the Texas Doctor written by Eve Gaddy and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opposites attract... Graham McBride is a cardiothoracic surgeon and the eldest of the McBride siblings. Dedicated, hardworking, traditional, and oh, yeah, hot. But Graham married young and divorced, and is now convinced no woman will tolerate his dedication to his career. When he meets Bella Benson at a party he’s immediately attracted to her, probably because she’s totally different from any woman he’s ever dated. ...but can they stay together? Bella owns one of the local hair salons. She’s young, hardworking, successful and unconventional. And to Graham there’s no denying that, from the tips of her rainbow-colored hair to the soles of her fancy turquoise cowboy boots, Bella Benson is smokin'. Bella is no more interested in getting serious than Graham. After all, other than a sizzling physical attraction, they don’t have a lot in common. But oh, that sizzle! Irresistible right? So they jump into the fire, both confident they can keep their emotions in check. Love and passion rarely stick with a plan, and while Graham has expertise in repairing hearts, he is disastrously clueless figuring out his own. Can he prove to Bella that he’s worth the risk?

Download or read book Texas Home written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Promise, a small town in the heart of Texas where the neighbors are friendly and you just might find love. Nell’s Cowboy Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning Twin Canyons into a dude ranch. One of her first guests is Travis Grant: a celebrity of sorts, a wannabe cowboy and an Easterner known for his books about the West. Her kids adore him—and she has to admit she’s drawn to him, too. But it’s too soon to be thinking of love and marriage again. Isn’t it? Lone Star Baby When Amy Thornton shows up in town pregnant and alone, she’s looking for some guidance and compassion, so she turns to Reverend Wade McMillan. He might be a minister, but he’s also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. But is it as a man that he responds to Amy? Or as a man of God? Maybe it’s both. Amy needs the town’s help to get back on her feet. What she wants is the love of a man named Wade…

Download or read book Caroline s Child written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return again and again to Promise, Texas, in the third book in this classic romance series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Who’s the father of Caroline’s child? Everyone in Promise wants to know, but no one’s ever asked? or ever will. Little Maggie is five now, and Caroline Daniels has kept her silence all these years. It doesn’t change how the people in this Texas Hill Country community feel about Caroline. They’re protective of her and Maggie; they care. Especially rancher Grady Weston, who’s beginning to realize he cares even more than most… Originally published in 1998

Download or read book Lone Star Baby written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisit this classic western romance, book 6 in the Heart of Texas series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Wade McMillen might be a minister, but he’s also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. Is it as a man that he responds to the lovely young woman who shows up in Promise, pregnant and alone? Or as a man of God? Maybe it’s both. Amy Thornton hopes to make a new life for herself and her baby, and to do that, she needs Reverend McMillen’s help, his compassion. What she wants is the love of a man named Wade… Originally published in 1998

Download or read book Between Heaven and Texas written by Marie Bostwick and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifted quilter Mary Dell Templeton is enjoying life with her new husband, and when their son is born, a child as different as he is wonderful, she must reconsider what truly matters as she begins to piece together the life she's always wanted.

Download or read book Texas Wide Open written by KC Klein and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie Harris loved growing up on a ranch. She had her horse, the beautiful Texas prairie, and Cole Logan, the cowboy next door. But there are a lot of secrets hidden under a Texas sky. . . Katie was always sure she'd marry Cole Logan someday--until he kicked away her pretty dreams like so much horse pucky. So she wised up and moved to the big city. And she was happy there. That is, until her daddy got sick, and she found herself back on the wrong side of Cole's corral. Cole knows Katie doesn't want anything to do with him. But after so many years, he can't pretend she's no more than a neighbor. Not when thinking about her cherry lip gloss and hell-for-leather passion is keeping him up all night. Holding his ground was hard enough when she was seventeen. Now that she's her own woman, Cole's heart doesn't stand a chance. . . "Passionate, gritty and fast paced. . .with a hot blooded, honorable hero to make every woman's knees go weak." –Diane Whiteside "A tortured hero, a love that defies distance and time. . .this is a book you won't soon forget." --Cat Johnson 81,000 Words

Download or read book Going Cowboy Crazy written by Katie Lane and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling author Katie Lane welcomes you to the small town of Bramble, where you will fall in love with "handsome cowboys with hearts as big as Texas" (Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author). Faith Aldridge wants answers. Bramble, Texas is the only place she can find them . . . as well as Hope, the identical twin sister she never knew she had. But the townsfolk reckon that shy city-girl Faith is really her long-lost sister Hope, back in Bramble at last. And they're fixin' to do whatever it takes to heat things up between her and Hope's long-time flame, Slate Calhoun. If that means rustling her car, spreading rumors like wildfire, and reining in some explosive secrets, well, there's no way like the Lone Star way . . . But Slate's no fool. The woman in his truck may look like Hope, yet the way she feels in his arms is altogether new. He's determined to keep this twin in his bed and out of his heart. Trouble is, the real Hope is headed home, and she's got her own designs on Slate. If Faith wants to avoid heartbreak, she'll have to show a certain ruggedly handsome cowboy that this crazy-impossible love is worth fighting for.

Download or read book Lonesome Cowboy written by Debbie Macomber and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisit Promise, Texas, in this classic western romance from a favorite author, No.1 New York Times bestselling Debbie Macomber. Everyone in Promise thinks Savannah Weston is an old-fashioned kind of woman, quietly content to stay on the family ranch with her brother, Grady. But Savannah has her passions - for the old roses she loves to grow, for the children she hopes to have. And for a man named Laredo Smith. He's a stranger to the small town, a disenchanted drifting cowboy who may just change Savannah's life - in the best possible way!

Download or read book Heart of Texas Collection Volume 1 written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to Promise, Texas, in this favorite series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, now with four classic romances in one box set! Promise is a ranching town in the Texas hill country—and it’s a place with a mysterious past. But Promise has a heart of goodness, and everyone here knows what really matters in life. Love, family, community… Lonesome Cowboy Savannah Weston is an old-fashioned kind of woman, quietly content to stay on the family ranch. Until she meets a disenchanted cowboy named Laredo Smith. Texas Two-Step Ellie Frasier is still mourning her father and needs her friends. But now her relationship with one of those friends, rancher Glen Patterson, seems to be changing, turning into something else… Caroline’s Child Who’s the father? Everyone wants to know, but the people here are protective of Caroline Daniels and her daughter. Especially rancher Grady Weston, who’s beginning to realize how much he cares. Dr. Texas Dr. Jane Dickinson is planning to work at the Promise clinic only for a short while before returning to California. Too bad she reminds Cal Patterson so much of the former fiancée he’s trying to forget!

Download or read book The Christmas Cowboy Hero written by Donna Grant and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times-bestselling author Grant returns to Texas, where a small-town legend comes home for the holidays and finds the greatest gift of all. Original.