Thursday, February 23, 2012

Now Available: Large Print Paperbacks



All Roads Lead to Texas by Linda Warren
(Home to Loveless County Series #3)

Callie Lambert flees New York with her three young siblings for the small Texas town where she was born, waiting for the day their abusive stepfather is put in jail and it's safe to return to the city. The four of them quickly become attached to Homestead and its people, especially Sheriff Wade Montgomery, a man who knows what it's like to lose everything. But what will happen when he finds out Callie's secret? 

Will he turn her in, or help her at the risk of losing his badge? No matter what the future brings, she's made a promise to bring the kids back home...but what if they're already there?
 

As Big As Texas by K.N. Casper
(Home to Loveless County Series # 2)

Nobody said it would be easy. But Kayla Price hadn't expected it would be this hard to begin a new life with her daughter in the Texas Hill Country town of Homestead. She's excited to join the innovative Home Free program, take ownership of a parcel of land and start a vineyard -- doing everything she can to revitalize the dying town.

And "everything she can" includes helping her neighbor, cowboy Ethan Ritter, set up a riding program for challenged kids.

Turns out hard labor isn't enough to make Kayla's venture a success, and she and Ethan must find out who wants her gone and why they're desperate enough to resort to sabotage.

Back In Texas by Roxanne Rustland
(Home to Loveless County Series #1)

Desperate times call for desperate measures

That's why the dying town of Homestead, Texas, established the Home Free program, offering land grants in exchange for the much-needed professional services modern homesteaders bring with them.

Kristin Cantrell had leaped at the chance to return to her childhood home, accepting subsidized land for herself and her son in exchange for the service she could offer as a physician's assistant. She didn't expect her reputation to be tarnished by a crime her deceased father had supposedly committed. She also didn't expect to see Ryan Gallagher again, even though his father, the senator, practically owned the Hill Country. Now she has to prove not only her father's innocence but also her own.


Because of Our Child by Margot Early

Jen Delazzeri never expected to see Max Rickman again. Their brief but intense affair was a mistake: they were young and he was grief stricken at losing his fiancee in a fire. Besides, he'd told Jen he didn't love her. All good reasons she'd kept their daughter a secret for thirteen years.

Now they're together again on fire duty--he as a smoke jumper, she as a reporter. Max wants to get to know his daughter and wants Jen to help investigate what went wrong at that long-ago tragedy.

Will rekindling their attraction be enough to create the family their daughter needs?



Big Girls Don't Cry by Brenda Novak

Reenie decides that the first step in recovering from her ordeal is to find work; after all, she has three young children to support. She's thrilled when she lands a job at Dundee High teaching history--until Isaac Russell, the man who triggered the unraveling of her marriage, accepts a temporary position teaching science. Then she's tempted to quit. 

Reenie doesn't care if the whole town admires Isaac...and she won't admit that, secretly, she admires him, too. She doesn't want to see him or his sister in "her" town.

But a friendship with the most unlikely woman leads to a relationship with the most unlikely man....


Born Under the Lone Star by Darlene Graham

I promise you, my little one, I'll do everything I can to see that your life is safe and happy. Even if that means giving you up….

Markie McBride has kept a secret locked in her heart—and in her long-lost diary—for eighteen years. And when she finds herself back in Five Points, Texas, face-to-face with Justin Kilgore, she finally tells him what she couldn't all those years ago. They have a son.

Brandon is coming to Five Points to work as an intern on a political campaign against Justin's congressman father. When the inquisitive teenager stumbles upon evidence of his grandfather's corruption, the boy unwittingly puts himself in danger. Markie swore to always keep her son safe—but keeping this vow may mean once again losing the man she loves.


Celebrates 25 Years by Tara Taylor Quinn

A lot can happen, a lot can change, in 25 years.

Best Friends by Tara Taylor Quinn--Jolene and Tina have been best friends for twenty-five years. Too bad Jolene's marriage isn't as solid as her friendship. But who better to talk to about your most intimate problems than your very best friend?

Wade in the Water by Margot Early--Lily Moran is observing a tragic anniversary--her brother's death. She blames herself, just as her parents blame her then-boyfriend, Colin Gardner. For the first time, she's returning home to scatter the ashes of the past and--maybe--find love and peace in the present. With her family...and with Colin.

A Visit from Eileen by Janice Macdonald--Eileen Doyle left Ireland twenty-five years ago to start a new life in California. But nothing turned out as she expected, so she reinvented herself in letters home. Now Eileen has to return to face the truth--and the man who broke her heart.

Coulda Been A Cowboy by Brenda Novak

Grandpa Garnier used to say, Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride.
If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess. The famous pro football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal--and an illegitimate child. Tyson needs a good nanny now if he's going to salvage his career. And plain, no-nonsense Dakota Brown is the ideal candidate.
Dakota doesn't care for football--or for a man who doesn't seem to want his own son. But she needs this job, and that precious little baby needs her.
Dakota isn't Tyson's kind of woman. But the more he sees of her--and the more he sees of his son--the harder he wants to hang on.


Count On Love by Melinda Curtis

It took guts for Annie Raye to come home to Vegas. With a cardsharp for a father and a convicted embezzler for an ex, she's already got two strikes against her. The last thing the struggling single mother needs is some private investigator deep-sixing her chance to go straight! 

Annie, a former gambling protege, isn't going to pull the wool over this ex-soldier's eyes--even if Sam Knight is finding the woman and her daughter impossible to resist. She certainly has an uncanny knack for counting cards, but Sam can read people. 

And everything about Annie tells him she wants the same things he only wishes he could have; a family and a love you can rely on.

Dad For Life by Helen Brenna

Legend has it that the lost bowl of Inca ruler Manco Capac has the power to heal. And the one who finds it will gain the answers he seeks—
 
Lucas Rydall is looking for redemption. His search leads him to his ex-wife, Sydney Mitchell—and the son he didn't know he had. Even as he confronts Sydney, however, Lucas believes in his heart that his family is still better off without him.

But Lucas isn't the only one searching for the legendary bowl—and his reappearance in Sydney's life puts them all in danger.

To save those he cares about, Lucas must put aside his fears and become the man they need.



The Dad Next Door by C.J. Carmichael

His daughter needs her mother. And Gavin Gray will do anything for Tory--even reunite with the woman who abandoned them. That's the only reason they've moved to Squam Lake, his ex-wife's last known address. Now it's a waiting game.

That game has suddenly gotten more complicated. Because of Allison Bennett, the next-door neighbor he never expected to fall in love with. Just as their future looks promising, his ex-wife returns with a past that haunts them all.



A Different Kind of Man by Suzanne Cox

Emalea LeBlanc is a different kind of woman. Nicknamed “ Doc” by the locals, she’ s a psychologist, a member of the volunteer search and rescue team and an avid motorcycle enthusiast. But she’ s haunted by memories of an abusive father and relationships with men who haven’ t been much better.

What she needs is a different kind of man. Someone she can trust. Someone who won’ t hurt her. Jackson Cooper is the new investigator in Cypress Landing, and Emalea believes she knows his type—big, strong, overbearing. Dangerous. But Jackson has a tragic past of his own. And he’ s not exactly the kind of man he appears to be….



Doctor in Her House by Amy Knupp

Katie Salinger has spent most of her adult life looking for the next big adrenaline rush. But the extreme-sports journalist faces her greatest challenge when she returns to Lone Oak, Kansas...and meets the attractive, secretive doctor who's intent on buying her beloved family home.

Ever since he returned from Africa, Dr. Noah Fletcher has been haunted by a tragic loss. His hometown thinks he's a hero, including Katie, the risk taker, who's determined to uncover all his secrets. Noah can't deny their mutual attraction.

But he also can't let her close. Because the last time he fell in love, it almost killed him.

Expectant Father by Melinda Curtis

What not to expect when you're expecting…--Becca Thomas is thrilled to be pregnant, even though it means bringing up her baby alone. At thirty-eight, this may be her last chance to have a child. And she doesn't expect to see Aiden Rodas again—doesn't think that a freewheeling younger man like him would even want to be a father.

Wrong--Aiden may live the life of a devil-may-care wildland firefighter, but he's not going to walk away from his responsibilities, no matter how unexpected they are. His challenge now is making Becca see that their child needs both of them. An even bigger challenge will be to make her realize that this expectant father has fallen in love with a certain mother-to-be!


For the Sake of the Children by Cynthia Reese

Dana Wilson is a single mom and the new school nurse. Lissa's dad, Patrick Connor, is chair of the board of education. They're a perfect match, right? Well, there may be a few wrinkles to iron out first. Wrinkles such as Dana's desire for a calm and predictable life, and Patrick's reluctance to start over.

But the way Lissa--and pretty much everyone else in town--sees it, Dana and Patrick are going to have to get over their hang-ups. Because anyone can tell from the sparks between them that these two are meant to be together.

Now, how to make it happen...?


Her Sister's Child by Cynthia Thomason

Ten years ago, to be exact. Then, Julia Sommerville was just an awestruck student in love with a dashing young professor. Now, after she has saved his life, Cameron Birch sees her for the attractive, alluring woman she’ s become. A woman who proves she has the courage to make extreme decisions by taking in her sister’ s eight-year-old daughter.

However, when Julia finds out Cameron is the unwitting father of little Katie, she faces the hardest choice she’ s ever had to make: tell him and lose the child she has come to love, or lie and lose the man of her dreams for the second time….

A LITTLE SECRET...But a big surprise


More To Texas Than Cowboys by Roz Denny Fox

Out of the mouths of babes…...
 
After a decade away, Greer Bell is returning to Loveless County, hoping for a reconciliation with her family—one that includes their acceptance of her nine-year-old daughter, Shelby. Thanks to the local land-grant program, Greer’ s also the new owner of a dilapidated property she’ s turning into a guest ranch. She’ s risking her financial future on it.

But she’ s risking far more than that on Noah Kelley, the man who wants to marry her despite the town’ s disapproval and all her efforts to discourage him. Shelby, however, is definitely in favor of having Noah as her dad—and sometimes kids know best.