"Shady Rest, Texas has the dubious reputation for being the deadliest town in America. Getting yourself killed is as easy as blinking and twice as quick. Sure enough, Matt Jensen hasn't swallowed his whiskey before the town's marshal is gunned down before his eyes. Matt defends himself by putting two bullets in the shooter's chest, unaware that he's in line for a $5,000 bounty--as long as he stays in Shady Rest to collect it. And staying gets even...

As two people work together to help a mysterious little girl, feelings they never planned on spark between them in this rich contemporary story.

With his two young daughters in tow, ex-rancher Rance McKettrick, swearing off women, returns home to Indian Rock where a free-spirited bookstore owner writes a passionate new chapter in his life.

"Special Agent Tara Rushing arrives at a grisly murder scene and quickly discovers she's got a serial killer on her hands. The killer is meticulous, making sure to wipe up even the smallest traces of evidence...but the Delphi Center experts are on the case. The local sheriff has a suspect all picked out--ex-Marine and current security expert Liam Wolfe. Despite all her digging, Tara knows very little about Liam when she shows up at his sprawling Texas...

Determined to rebuild her life after the death of her parents, Priscilla Morton moves to Texas and forges a relationship with ranch foreman Zachary Webster, but when the past intrudes, it threatens their relationship.

Holt, the eldest McKettrick son, returns to his family home in Texas to make peace with his past and save the man who raised him, but his involvement with Lorelei Fellows complicates Holt's efforts to keep his trip short and remain unattached to his family home.