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Kelly Webster had buried herself in her phone since her father died in Afghanistan. So when her mother made her get out and join a club in school, she was headed for Yosemite National Park on a backpacking tour. Her father had loved hiking, but she'd never joined him. Suddenly she found herself closer to him and learning a lot about her partner, Billy Williams.

When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates and finds the new grave. Now, he has a job to do and risks losing the love of his life doing it. It's a harrowing Halloween night in Haleyville, Texas.

Victor Frank is no ordinary killer. For one, he kills women with his bare hands. When he kills John T.'s mother and tells him he's "better off without her," John T. swears he'll track him down someday and kill him. Wesley Collins is a Texas Ranger, who's already had a run-in with Victor in his earlier days. He's bound to find him once the Rangers retire him before he does any more damage. Rascal Mills' wife was killed by Victor. He's got three kids left without a mother.

Ben Tyler took a job at the Baldwin farm after Kitty's father died and Ben had moved home. He hadn't known the problems at the Baldwin farm were as bad as they were. When he found out, he set out on a mission to help Kitty, the girl he'd gone to school with and had a secret crush on forever.

Daniel Connor accepts an assignment to protect a senator's daughter from a drug lord. Her father suspects that she's romantically involved with this man. But he doesn't have all the facts. Gabby is out to save the drug lord's son, Tony. So now Daniel's stuck with the two of them for no telling how long and the girl is drop-dead gorgeous. A real problem since he's not supposed to get involved.

A son he never knew he had sent Mitch to West Texas to bring him home. But he hadn't counted on running into the boy's voluptuous aunt, who wouldn't consider letting Mike go without her. From the moment they met, it was an attraction neither could deny, but Sarah had a lot to lose if this romance wasn't for real. Hot blooded and warm hearted, she was his Cinderella.

Emma just moved to California, and an earthquake woke her up one morning. Not knowing what an earthquake was, she was scared. But her new step-dad Pappy told her not to be afraid, that God knew where his children were.

Callie Evans was hanging around the wrong people, she was going to get into trouble if she kept it up. Gil Sutton had liked Callie all her life, but she had such a stubborn streak. Somehow he had to protect her from herself. And considering Joe Boggs was now after her for the bank money, that was going to be a full time job.

Jax is a bassett hound that loves to sniff things. He forgets about things when he's sniffing. One day, he wanders off from home, and before he knows it, it's dark and he's lost. But Jax has a hard time finding home again, and when he does, there is no home. Where did it go, where did his master's go? Now Jax is on his own and lost in the city. Then he meets a friend.

Emily Carrington was running away from her controlling Uncle and overbearing fiancé. When she met Cole Morgan, he told her he didn't allow unmarried women on his wagon train west. However, since he needed a cook for his men, he decided he could marry her and she'd do the cooking. Could a city gal hold up to the rigorous journey west?

Rachel Landers fell in love with the beautiful letters that she thought Hershel Newton wrote. So she left Philadelphia and went to Colorado to marry him. Only Hershel didn't write the letters. Had she married the wrong man?

Rusty Peters moved to Hard Tack and became their sheriff, leaving his medical career and wife behind in Melville. Elmer Martin was looking for a new chance at life. He'd done some dastardly things and he wanted to change. So he became John Conroy to the citizens of Hard Tack. John prospered in Hard Tack, becoming the local butcher for the cafe. He met and fell in love with a rancher's daughter, Penelope Carver.

Mia Tyler had a crush on Jeremy Potter. Problem was Mia was only 15-and-a-half, at an age where she wasn't old enough for some things and too old for others. Would Jeremy ever see her the way she saw him?

Bonnie McDaniel had spent the last four years raising her brothers and sister after a tragic accident killed her parents. But now, four years later, she was out of money, and short on ideas. She had to form a plan. The only thing she could come up with was to find a husband who would help her. She'd never done anything so bold in her life.

Sam Tanner buried a man hanging from a tree the day he met Riley Morgan. He could tell from the moment he met her that she was trouble. After all, she was white and he was black, and he wanted to avoid her at all costs, but Riley managed to get under his skin, in more ways than one.

Willy, the hard-of-hearing little duck, had been waiting for the other ducks to fly south to his pond. He couldn't wait to make new friends and he thought Waffles was a very cute girl duck. Problem was, she didn't seem to like him. Whatever could be wrong?

There'd been several killings in Melville. Unusual killings, no witnesses, no clues, and no suspects. Sheriff Jim Bonner was having a time trying to narrow his search down. He had no idea where to look, or what he might be looking for. The murder was so gruesome, so unexpected, neither him nor his deputy, Smitty Younger, knew where to start looking. Whoever was doing this to his peaceful town was clever and covered his tracks. So Jim set about setting a trap for the villain.

Book six of the Willy Series. Mother Hen's eggs were missing. She was so upset. Willy was upset too. Who could have taken her eggs? But then Socks, the cat, came into the barn with wet paint on her back. But Willy didn't think Socks was stealing the eggs. How could he prove it?

Michael has become the star of the basketball team, and Tina feels pushed to the side as everyone crowds around him. But Michael has an idea to bring her closer. He wants her to try out for the cheerleaders' team. Tina is interested but worries that her mother won't be able to participate.

Ben forgot his mother's birthday, but he was tired of giving her the same old home-made cards every year. He wanted to give his mother something nice like his brother and sister had.