Welcome to Pistol Rock, Texas where everyone knows secrets last about as long as the sporadic west Texas rain showers. Laney Briggs has long been considered reckless by the denizens of her hometown, but she's finally turned it all around--she's happily engaged to the local veterinarian and she's become a Pistol Rock deputy sheriff. Everything's fine and dandy--until a dead body turns up and her ex, Texas Ranger Gunner Wilson, decides to stick his boots into the town's first murder case. Of course, the troublesome cowboy's rugged good looks and T-shirt-straining muscles are already leaving Laney knee-deep in hot water, but she'll be damned if she lets Gunner trample all over her turf. She's decided that, instead of conflict, she wants a contented, steady life with her vet--a life in which Gunner Wilson and his seemingly endless ability to undermine her resolve and her libido plays no part. Still, it's hard to keep her head as forbidden sparks ignite and suspicions arise between old rivals and old flames. And when the bodies start to pile up, Laney has to ask the lethal bad boy for a hand--and a truce in exchange for his help. But after uncovering the pack of lies surrounding not only her job but her heart... Having an ex-boyfriend as an ally might not be the best idea, but it's certainly the most reckless, and Laney has always been pretty reckless...
New topics in this edition include debates over the federal government's involvement in healthcare, student loans, the election of Supreme Court justices, interest group lobbying of Congress, and partisan bias in the news media.
A hard-hitting saga of maverick Texas oilmen in the boom-or-bust Twenties, their spirited women, and the birth of America's oil industry
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"When Best Selling New York author William Hoffman set out to write a book about Texas oilman Jack Grimm's search for the Titanic, he never dreamed where that would lead him.
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A secret baby bargain?
About the Author Roz Denny Fox began her writing career in 1986 , at which time she added writing to her secretarial career and locally published a series of self - help articles . Next she sold a short story , then focused on ...
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Vicki Lewis Thompson, Cathy Gillen Thacker, Bethany Campbell. Dear Reader , I was delighted to venture back with all of you to the fictional town of Crystal Creek . After all , what's not to love ? Cowboys , pickup trucks , spicy Tex ...
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