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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Texas Rich continues the Coleman family saga that's "fine fare for Fern Michaels's fans!" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Built before World War II by domineering patriarch Seth Coleman, Sunbridge, the magnificent Austin, Texas, empire, now belongs to Moss and Billie's daughter, Maggie. She's invited the whole family—and several hundred guests—to a Fourth of

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Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male: middle-aged, liberal-leaning, self-centered, emotionally damaged, generally determined to avoid both pain and responsibility. As his relationship with his girlfriend approaches a turning point, and his career seems increasingly pointless, he decides to secretly fly to a job interview in Austin, Texas. Aboard the plane, Kevin is simultaneously attracted to the young woman in the seat next to him and...

As s health inspector and former chef, Poppy Markham thought she'd seen it all - until she steps into Capital Punishment. The restaurant's twisted concept - last meals of famous death row inmates - could be a hit only in outlandish Austin, Texas. But the macabre theme becomes all too real when co-owner Troy Sharpe a hard-drinking ex-jock and all-around jerk, is found dangling from a hangman's noose in the cinderblock dining room.

Death for Dinner

Health inspector Poppy Markham suspects murder when a popular chef buys the organic farm.

Feast in the Field is the event of the season for Austin foodies. A fine-dining affair hosted by the Friends of the Farm, it's Poppy Markham's favorite opportunity to drink boutique wine and get the latest scuttlebutt from her pals in the restaurant business. But this year's hottest dish of gourmet gossip won't be whispered over

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Tres has taken a short-term teaching job at the University of Texas at Austin. He is living with his brother Garrett, a computer wizard, and enjoying this easy assignment. But when Garrett's business partner is murdered, Tres must switch from professor to detective. Rick Riordan, teacher, Texan, and multiple award-winner, creates a masterful mixture of local color and mystery in each Tres Navarre mystery.

A prolific writer and blogger, Ruth Pennebaker has also contributed to the New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, Redbook, and other publications. Her adult fiction debut, Women on the Verge stars divorcEe Joanie Pilcher. Already stressed to the limit, Joanie's life is further complicated when her now cash-strapped mother comes to live with her and her teenaged daughter. "Pennebaker's effort delivers right through to its hopeful but realistic conclusion."-Publishers...

"One seemingly perfect American family finds themselves targeted for destruction after the shocking murder of a family friend in the park behind their backyard. Early one morning, Danielle Roberts, who lives next door to the Pollitts and has for a decade been like family to them, is found dead just beyond their property line, throwing the exclusive Winding Creek neighborhood of a wealthy Austin suburb into chaos. The Pollitt family - dad Kyle, mom...

"French entrepreneur Amersen Beaudin comes to Austin, Texas at Christmastime to make a business deal with Kate Fortune, never expecting to be attracted to Kate's gardener, Robin Harbin." --