"DEA Special Agent Garrett Kohl and his CIA team embark on an off-the-books investigation and partner up with a ragtag crew of outcasts and outlaws to stop extortionists and dismantle their operation before complete devastation rains down in their Texas High Plains community."--Provided by publisher.

When fate brings the man she once loved together with the son he never knew he had, Ruth McCoy knows it is only a matter of time before Judd Rankin learns the truth and wonders if the revelation will shatter the tender feelings between them, or be her family's greatest gift.

In a charming western anthology headlined by one of the most trusted writers of western romance, three bestselling authors offer stories of sexy cowboys finding their perfect matches.

THE HAWK'S SHADOW * Diana Palmer
Gil needs to prove himself in his new role as sheriff's investigator. That means working alongside a hotshot expert from the state crime lab who's come to Colorado to help untangle a long-ago mystery. But...

"The wild west becomes even wilder as violence erupts over booze in the Texas town of Red Horse. A play, The Devil's Brew, which demands the abolition of liquor, is greeted with gunfire. The author is brutally murdered, and the cast threatened with death by the appearance of devil dolls. Detective Rance Dehner quickly discovers that no one in the cast of the play believes in abolition. They are struggling actors trying to make a living. But powerful...

"Interrupting an attempted murder--and leaving with incriminating evidence--makes Sissy Spencer a serial killer's next target. With a flash drive in her possession containing disturbing proof of multiple murders, Sissy has no choice but to trust her ex-boyfriend, private investigator Beau Brighton, to keep her safe. But can they unravel the clues and track down a killer...before he catches them first?"--Page 4 of cover.

"It's springtime in Cedar River, Texas. Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie thought opening Sip & Spin Records was going to be their biggest hurdle, but the Frappuccino hits the fan when the mayor drops dead, poisoned by their delicious coffee. Juni will have to pull out all the stops to find the mayor's killer."--Back cover.

When widower Noah Lockhart offers veterinarian Tess Gardner a place to live until her reno is complete, she accepts. Tess falls hard for Noah, his three adorable daughters, their pregnant pet miniature donkey and life at the Welcome Ranch. Noah has sworn off love forever, yet Tess has him rethinking that vow -- and considering another! Until a past trauma revisits, and Noah and Tess find themselves rethinking everything.

"What would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the truth doesn't matter? As Lucy Chase's Texas hometown begins to tell versions of what happened and who Lucy is to a nationwide, true crime obsessed audience, at the bequest of her grandmother, she returns to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it"--

"Ghosts on the range -- fearsome figures in gleaming armor, spirits of the conquistadores, striking terror into the herdsmen of Texas' Matagorda Bay country . . . But maybe, Slade told himself, they're not ghosts, just smart owlhoots wrapped in tin plate. So the Ranger ace went "ghost"-hunting -- with hot lead and fighting fury! But Slade didn't know how close he himself would come to being made a ghost . . ."

Wyatt Gibson is in Texas looking for answers about his past. When he talks his way into a job at Woods Ranch, he never imagines that the hot cowboy he (almost) slept with the night before not only works there, but is the one showing him the ropes. As a rustler at the ranch, Jackson Summer handles all sorts of things: mucking, herding, grooming, riding--and minding his own damn business. A lifetime of hurt will do that to a guy. What he never imagines...