Long tall Texans

Men from Jacobsville, Texas, are a different breed--they are men of iron, forged to long-lasting steel under the hot Texan sun. And tough to convince in matters of the heart....

TOM WALKER: Elysia Craig thought he was a love-'em-and- leave-'em type of guy, when in reality once love lassoed his heart, he could never let go....

DREW MORRIS: The faithful widower didn't know what hit him when Kitty Carson landed as his assistant. Calamity

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Simon Hart had sworn off romantic entanglements forever. But every man had a weakness, and his was the beautiful, beguiling Tira Beck. He thought the bubbly socialite was a shameless flirt with a cavalier attitude about marriage--until he learned she'd secretly saved all her love for him. Against his will, Simon became entranced by her glorious presence, her every gesture tempting him like a sweet, beckoning caress. Still, he knew she wasn't about...

He was strong, charming and set in his ways. She was shy, unassuming and achingly innocent. Together, next-door neighbors Jordan Powell and Libby Collins were like oil and water. Yet when Jordan made it his personal crusade to help Libby hold on to her beloved homestead, everyone in Jacobsville knew it was just a matter of time before wedding bells chimed for these sparring partners. And if truth be told, the taciturn rancher wouldn't deny the exquisite...

A merciless man with a haunted past, FBI agent Kilraven can't help being attracted to Winnie Sinclair, a shy 911 operator. When he makes the disturbing discovery that her family's unsavory past might have a bearing on his cold case, Winnie is determined to help him crack it--and the ice around this Texan's heart.

"DEA agent Rodrigo Ramirez is sent undercover to the farm of Gloryanne Barnes's stepbrother in Jacobsville, Texas, where he's looking to bust a new and vicious drug cartel. Gloryanne is smart, savvy and fiercely independent, but her job has put her in danger from the same criminal Rodrigo is investigating. She's drawn to the enigmatic new farmhand, Rodrigo, a man who is much more than he seems. Bitter about love and driven by his dangerous job, Rodrigo's...

Jason and Gracie have been inseparably good friends until a moment of sudden passion pulls them asunder, and Gracie comes to realize that Jason will never see her as anything more than a younger step-sibling. It takes Gracie being kidnapped, Jason saving her, an interferring other woman and Jason almost dying before the two lovers conquer their fears of intimacy and admit their total love for each other.

When her photographic memory makes her the target of a criminal who will do anything to make her forget, Carlie Blair entrusts her life--and her heart--to a Lakota Sioux named Carson, a man she once despised.

"Tony Garza has been Odalie Everett's nemesis since the day they met. Once a New Jersey crime boss, Tony now owns an art gallery in New York, where he spends most of his time delegating his shadier business to subordinates. Odalie is a professional singer whose lifelong dream is to perform at the Met. She never expected to run into the heartbreaker from her past when she rents a small house near Tony's Manhattan apartment while taking voice lessons....

"San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, hoping to mend some broken family fences. Instead, he finds Grace Carver, the shy, lovely woman next door. Grace's past is darkened by tragedy and she's accepted loneliness as a way of life. That is, until Garon. Garon's hunt for a killer has led him to the last person on earth he would ever have expected to escape death at the hands of a predator. And now the desperate lawman...

Originally published in anthology Love With a Long, Tall Texan