The Prodigal Returns Twelve years ago, Lorrie Ann Ortega left the tiny town of Clear Water with stars in her eyes. Now she's back home—trying to live right and put her mistakes in the past. Even so, she'll never be the kind of woman who would make a good wife for the handsome widowed pastor, John Levi. But when she agrees to be nanny to his two sweet daughters, she's thrown constantly in his path. And she can't keep herself from dreaming that a man like John could one day love her. Can a prodigal daughter turn into a pastor's wife?

Smoke and Matt Jensen team up with Falcon and Duff MacCallister in this special Western adventure from the USA Today bestselling author! They just wanted to get home for Christmas—but fate had other plans . . . It's December 1890. A Texas rancher named Big Jim Conyers has a deal with Scottish-born Wyoming cattleman Duff MacCallister. Along with Smoke and Matt Jensen, the party bears down on Dodge, Kansas, to make a cattle drive back to Fort Worth. But before they can get out of Dodge, guns go off and a rich man's son is killed. Soon the drive turns into a deadly pursuit, then a staggering series of clashes with bloodthirsty Indians and trigger-happy rustlers. And the worst is yet to come—the party rides into a devastating blizzard, a storm so fierce that their very survival is at stake. From America's greatest Western author, here is an epic tale of the unforgiving American frontier and how, amidst fierce storms of man and nature, miracles can still happen.

When Mathilde’s stepfather dies in Denmark, she is plagued by worries about the potential death of her American father on the other side of the Atlantic. In a desire to catalog her love for, and memories with, her father, Mathilde travels to America and writes a novel about their relationship that she has always known she should write. Lone Star is about distances: the miles between a father and daughter; the detachment between Mathilde’s Danish upbringing and her American family; the separation of language; and the passage of time between Mathilde’s adulthood and the summers she spent as a child in St. Louis. These irrevocable gaps swirl as Mathilde voyages to meet her father in Texas to explore a relationship that still has time to grow. At once a travelogue and family novel, Lone Star occupies the often-mythologized landscape of Texas to share a story of being alive and claiming the right to feel at home, even across the ocean.

A sexy Texan has the holidays to decide: close the deal or open his heart? Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Yvonne Lindsay! Royal, Texas, native Nolan Dane's homecoming is bittersweet--he'd once lost everything here. But he's eager to finalize a key real estate deal for his mysterious boss by Christmas--even if making it happen means cozying up to local shop owner Raina Patterson. Falling for the beautiful single mom isn't part of the plan. But when Nolan's secrets catch up with him, he realizes his true feelings for Raina run deep. Now, can he prove he's worthy of her--before it's too late?

Christmas brings dogs, kids…and romance Her Holiday Hero by Margaret Daley Captain Jake Tanner is struggling to find Christmas cheer. Having survived a devastating attack overseas, he has emotional scars that run deep. Widow Emma Langford wants to show Jake that a four-legged companion is the best therapy, but she’s afraid that the closer she gets, the more her own wounds will be revealed… Lone Star Holiday by Jolene Navarro Lorrie Ann Ortega will never be the kind of woman who would make a good wife for handsome widowed pastor John Levi. But when she agrees to be nanny to his two sweet daughters, she can’t keep herself from dreaming that a man like John could one day love her. Can a prodigal daughter turn into a pastor’s wife for Christmas?

A TEXAS CHRISTMAS… FAMILY STYLE! Callie McCabe-Grimes has one thing on her holiday wish list: to make this the best Christmas ever for her little boy. Without including Nash Echols, whose team of lumberjack cowboys is creating a Texas-size racket at the Christmas tree farm next door! But she has no defense against two determined males when her son decides Nash is the extra-special present he wants from Santa. Just the sight of the beautiful widow who bought the sprawling spread east of his puts Nash in the yuletide spirit. Callie and the toddler in the tyke-size cowboy hat fill his head with visions of the three of them together under one roof. That is, if Callie can let go of her past and picture a future with her one and only Lone Star cowboy!

The Cowboy’s Christmas ReunionA Lone Star Legacy romance Determined to restore the historic buildings in Clear Water, Texas, Jackie Bergmann needs permission from the property’s new owner—her ex-boyfriend. And though Max Delgado agrees to give her access, he has one request: that she help him care for his orphaned brothers. But when she starts to fall for Max again, can she convince him not to sell his family’s ranch…and stay home for Christmas and forever?

#4 on Publishers Weekly's Bestselling Gardening Books list! This new, completely revised edition has over 500 new photographs, 400 new illustrations, 400 new plants and trees, the latest pest control recommendations, fruit and vegetable recommendations, new tips and plants specifically for Southern Texas, plus everything in the first edition.

THE LONE STAR SOCIAL CLUB A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL… Mitch Ryan knew Phoebe Smith and her orphaned niece and nephew needed a home for the holidays. So the rich executive played Santa and offered Phoebe an apartment…in exchange for temporary secretarial services. The only catch: the apartment came fully furnished—with Mitch. Phoebe had to take the apartment, Mitch included. But on one condition: No fooling around! Which seemed fine with confirmed bachelor Mitch—he was only interested in short-term arrangements. Still, Phoebe never figured she'd fall for her irresistible roommate. And did she dare hope that Mitch would allow Phoebe and company to set up camp permanently—in his heart? You may walk in alone…but you won't leave that way!

Originally published: New York: Free Press, 2004.