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Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 3
Language
English
Description
A Texas cowboy falls in love with a Mexican prostitute, only to discover he has a rival, her pimp. The pimp refuses to let her go because he will lose money and the stage is set for a violent confrontation.
Author
Series
Last picture show volume 1
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
5) Texas tough
Author
Series
Tylers of Texas volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Author
Series
Crow Feather series volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
In 1874 Jeff Layne, a Confederate veteran and reformed hide hunter sick of killing both men and buffalo, is on his way back to Texas to revive the family ranch, which fell into carpetbagger hands. Sequel to: Slaughter.
Author
Series
The Carsons of Mustang Creek volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this life, its pleasures and heartbreaks. Lately, managing the wild stallions on his property is wearing him down. When an interfering so-called expert arrives and starts offering her opinion, Drake is wary, but he can't deny the longing - and the challenge - she stirs in him. Luce Hale is researching how wild horses interact with ranch animals - and...
Author
Series
Calloway series volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Cowboy Hewey Calloway travels to west Texas with his beloved brother, Walter, to find work, struggles to prevent his brother's ill-fated marriage, and drives six hundred head of cattle to a Pecos ranch in the face of dangerous challenges.
10) Ryan's hand
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious inheritance takes lovely Cara Martin from Boston to a ranch in West Texas, where she encounters its forceful owner, Jeth Langston.
11) Calder pride
Author
Series
Calder saga volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
After her fiance is killed, Cat Calder, a Montana rancher's daughter vows never to marry, but sex with a stranger is acceptable. The result is a son and years later when the stranger is appointed sheriff and she faces danger her vow is tested.
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico and Las Vegas lead to his realization that he cannot change his identity or outrun his destiny.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Anderson decides that it is finally time to reveal the truth about her seemingly perfect late husband so that she can move on with her life, and, in losing the past, finds a new love -- and family.
15) If the boot fits
Author
Series
Cowboys of California ;v0002 volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"In this thoroughly modern take on the timeless tale of a struggling Cinderella who finds her prince charming at the eleventh hour, an Oscar-winning actor and an aspiring screenwriter attempt to make a relationship work away from the Hollywood spotlight. Working as the personal assistant to one of Hollywood's cruelest divas has left Amanda Queen more determined than ever to sell her screenplay and gain her independence. In the meantime, she'll settle...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Lonnie grows up caught in the middle of his beloved grandfather Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman dedicated to the values of honesty and decency, and Hud, Homer's unscrupulous stepson." *** "When Larry McMurtry's classic novel of the post-World War II era was originally published in 1961, it created a ssensation in Texas literary circles. Never before had a writer portrayed the contemporary West in conflict in such stark, realistic, unsentimental...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Bill Canavan rode into the valley with a dream to start his own ranch. But when he managed to stake claims on the three best water holes, the other ranchers turned against him. No one is more determined to see Canavan dead than Star Levitt. Levitt is an unscrupulous businessman who has been accumulating cattle at an alarming rate. Suspicious after witnessing a secret meeting between the riders of warring ranches, Bill begins noticing other dubious...
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Set in the wide-open spaces of the American West, The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in American literature. The novel tells the story of two brothers — one magnetic but cruel, the other gentle and quiet — and of the mother and son whose arrival on the brothers’ ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel’s...
19) Titans
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"As the new horticulturist at Rancho Lindo, Nora Torres is determined to make the garden a success and prove to the Ortega family that they made the right decision in hiring her. Plants take patience and care, and that should be Nora's focus, not Gabe Ortega, who is back home on his family's ranch after an injury abruptly ended his military career. A long time ago, Nora made the mistake of believing a promise from Gabe, and she's determined not to...
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