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For five-year-old Mary Anne, a fairytale is something she has only read about with her mother, Nancy Jane, who had her at a very young age. But after she and her mother escape from an abusive situation in Chicago, their lives slowly begin to transform. The two of them run away to Mackenzie, Texas, to live with Nancy Jane’s grandmother and start a new life. There, Nancy Jane meets Davy Fahey, a sixteen-year-old.

From the author of Little Hatchet, this gripping historical saga continues—a powerful story of resilience, family, and the price of ambition. Perfect for fans of epic generational tales and action-packed historical fiction. Walter Oakley and his wife, Ada, used the westward expansion of America to establish themselves as model citizens in the town of Telegraph, Texas.

When Miss Julia received a phone call from her attorney, she could have never in her wildest dreams imagined what he was about to tell her. She was in a will and she had been granted guardianship of two small children—her brother's grandchildren, two young girls. But her brother had been dead for thirty years.

Sam Nolan returns, only this time he finds himself in the deep mountain wilderness of North Carolina. Paid to look for a young Cherokee girl who went missing along the Appalachian Trail, Sam begins his adventure in the small towns near Asheville as he attempts to collect information from persons involved with the initial search. It doesn’t take long before he suspects foul play might have been the culprit to the girl’s disappearance, but Sam takes to the mountains anyway, looking for more clues.

Can love restore a broken spirit? In the spring of 1950, an ex-Flying Tiger pilot came home from China to die. After flying for General Chennault against the Japanese, Howie Hill flew for Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Chinese air force against Mao’s Communist air force. In 1949, the Nationalists lost. Captain Hill’s family—his Chinese wife, son and daughter, and in-laws—went missing and were presumed dead, killed by the victorious Communist armies. In his P-40 fighter, Captain Hill escaped to Taiwan, but apparently none of his family or relatives had made it to the coast and the escape-boats.

Just when things started to look up, a tragedy struck—a tornado swept through town, knocking down barns, buildings, and killing the parents of her new love interest, leaving him to take care of his four siblings. Will Tayla see the light at the end of the tunnel or will the tornado threaten all that she worked for? Find out in the first novel in the “Once Upon a Time in the Texas Panhandle” series. Tayla wasn’t always “Tayla of the Golden Spread.” In her little town of Mackenzie, Texas, Tayla was often called “Trayla Trash” by classmates.

Awstin Blevens was born to a single mother—his father left them both alone in Texas to join the Navy and fight in WWII. Awstin navigated his early childhood full of hate and anger, taking up boxing and fighting other children as a way to mask his pain and suffering. Then he met Maggy, a little Hispanic girl who changed his thinking for the better. The more time he spends with her, the more he realizes that his violent actions hurt others around him. Awstin eventually gets sent to join the Marines, leaving Maggy behind. When he leaves, there is one thing he doesn't know: Maggy is pregnant.

Little Hatchet is an epic historical saga filled with multigenerational family drama and stories of survival in the American frontier. In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Oakley family seeks a fresh start on the rugged banks of Little Hatchet Creek in New Mexico. But when young Walter Oakley’s little brother is abducted right from the porch of their cabin, Walter embarks on a daring journey to rescue him. As they navigate their new life among the Mescalero Apaches, Comanches, and Tejanos, the Oakleys struggle to find peace in an unforgiving frontier.

In 1955, Beth Dalton is a runaway bride. Her father, who owns a large ranch in the Texas Panhandle, in effect sells his daughter to keep the bank from foreclosing on his mortgage. Mr. Dalton signs a contract with one of the wealthiest oil-and-gas tycoons of the region: his daughter for the mortgage. The 45-year-old widower will take the 18-year-old beauty in exchange for his paying off her father's mortgage.

Do you believe in Fate? Is it possible that two people are meant to be together? That it is their Destiny? For Tammie Velarde and Grant Gibbins, all signs point to yes.

Do you think it’s possible to rewrite history? Colleen Johnston believes it is. Founded on Irish teenager Colleen Johnston's interactions in 1955 with a Confederate soldier's statue in a Texas public park, this historical fiction novel ties directly into the continuing heated struggle to remove such pervasive monuments across the USA, and especially in the old Confederate States.

Cowboy Up gathers stories that celebrate the timeless tradition of rodeo. The dust, the grit, the glory—it’s all here. From the echoes of the past to the rodeo arenas of today, these stories will take you on a wild ride through the highs and lows of rodeo life. You’ll share in their triumphs and their heartbreaks. From the unbreakable bond between rider and horse to the courage it takes to get back in the saddle after a fall, this anthology is a tribute to the spirit that keeps rodeo alive.