Julia Gibson

Newly-single Marcie notices the quiet cowboy who comes to watch her sing at Bandit's while Piper wonders where things are headed with her Texas Ranger.

For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden divorce, Mariah struggles with depression and Faith seeks solace in a new friend - a friend who may or may not be imaginary.

McQuarrie Middle School's students miss Origami Yoda when Dwight leaves for Tippett Academy, but he sends Sara a paper Fortune Wookiee that seems to give advice just as good as Yoda's--even if, in the hands of girls, it seems preoccupied with romance.

In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.

When young Reagan rides into Harmony, Texas, in the back of a pickup truck, she's in search of that elusive quality called "home," and prepared with enough background on the small town's inhabitants and history to pass as one of the founding family's descendants. Grateful for irascible old Jeremiah Truman's unquestioning acceptance, she settles quickly into the rhythm of school and chores, but remains standoffish even when junior rodeo champion Noah...

"Millanie McAllen is always logical. But after returning to her childhood home, she learns that some things are beyond explanation--like her undeniable passion for Drew Cunningham...After finding success as a singer on the road, Beau Yates returns to Harmony to make peace with his dying father--only to find the woman he's been dreaming of for years. But the secrets they discover might be too much for him to bear...When Johnny Wheeler is charged with...

After a tragic accident leaves Delta sergeant Connor Flynn a widower, he faces the toughest fight of his life: battling his in-laws for custody of his two young children. To win he'll need a make-believe bride to take care of the kids while he runs his Wyoming ranch. Who better than a woman he already knows and likes--his late wife's best friend? Ruthlessly forced from her home by her powerful father, King Grayhawk, Eve needs somewhere to go . . ....

In Edilean, Virginia, undercover detective Mike Newland uses Sara Shaw to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the United States--and also happens to be the mother of Greg Anders, the man whom Sara plans to marry and who leaves her without explanation three weeks before the wedding.

Two science teachers at a small Texas college reluctantly join forces to collaborate on a notoriety-attracting research project that studies the mating habits of students, as they deal with their own increasing attraction to each other.

"A New York Times best-selling author releases her first southern novel, a Steel Magnolias-meets-Sweet Home Alabama story set on St. Simons Island. After losing two loved ones in a devastating tornado and suffering a head injury, Tara Abbott flees to St. Simons Island, where her disorientation causes the lines between imagination and reality, past and present to blur. There she encounters island residents Julep Burnside, Luella Ward, Sue Beth Manning,...