Frankie J. Jones Bücher

Despondent after years of abuse, Clara Webster decides to end it all and swims out into the Texas Gulf. Totally exhausted, she surrenders to the relentless pull of the tide- only to feel strong arms wrap around her.

An attraction that is both immediate and undeniable.... When sexy Texas rancher Beth Harman hires strong, tan, and ruggedly handsome Jo Merrick to build a room onto her remote cabin they both know there's trouble ahead. Three years after the death of her beloved partner, Jo tries to resist Beth in order to honor her commitment to the past. As Beth and her daughter Tracy begin to chip away at the walls Jo has built around her heart, she begins to believe that she could find love again. But Beth's past, too, threatens this new passion: when Jo learns Beth's terrible secret--and discovers that Beth has another lover--she tries to protect her heart and walk away. Were it not for the series of dramatic events that follow, and Beth's commitment to their fledgling relationship, Jo might never again make room for love.

After losing her job and girlfriend in the same day, Andrea "Andi" Kane goes home to San Antonio to rest and re-evaluate her life. But her relaxation is quickly disrupted when her grandmother tells Andi that she wants her to solve a murder that occurred sixty-five years earlier. The shock of the request is nothing compared to the one Andi receives when she discovers the convicted murderer was none other than her own great-grandfather. Andi's search will take her to HiHo, a small town in South Texas. Here, she meets a host of colorful citizens to include the charming district attorney Janice Reed. As Andi struggles with rebuilding her life, she finds herself being drawn deeper into the rich and sometimes deadly mysteries of small town life.

Sandra Tate has it all - a successful business, a penthouse apartment, a beautiful girlfriend - and she is miserable. When a chance encounter with a motorcycle's owner turns Sandra's head, she hits the road in search of her future - only to crash headlong into the past.

Money can't buy happiness ... but it can sure rent a lot of it. And with her rich daddy paying the rent, twenty-eight-year-old C. J. Riley lives in a world of fast cars, willing women and zero responsibility. Attractive, arrogant, charming when-she-wants-to-be, C. J. is used to getting what she wants, when she wants it ... until she is pulled over for speeding by San Antonio Police Officer Lois Franklin. Intense and by-the-book, the tall, tanned cop is not impressed by C. J.'s wealth or her advances. Never one to resist a challenge, C. J. sets out to add Lois to her conquests -- unaware that a shocking chain of events is about to unfold. Events that will forever change her life -- and her heart.

What do you do when you fall in love with your best friend's daughter? Denise and Jody have been best friends for over 35 years. They've been through everything together, always finding comfort and solace in their enduring friendship. After living apart for years, they're now following their lifelong dream of opening their own flower shop together. Life has never been better. The last time Jody met Denise's daughter, Ellen was nothing more than a seventeen-year-old whiney, spoiled brat. So when Denise announces that the now twenty-six-year-old Ellen is returning home with a broken heart, Jody can't help feeling a total lack of sympathy for the younger woman. But then Denise tells Jody that Ellen has confided that she's a lesbian…and who better than Jody to take Ellen under her wing and show her the lesbian life in San Antonio? Jody cannot believe that the once spoiled child has grown into such a kind and exquisite woman. She and Ellen find their attraction for each other overwhelming…but can they confront and overcome all of the challenges that lay ahead? Not only is Denise furious about their new relationship, but Ellen's ex-lover has come to town to try to win her back…and then there's something even more devastating that could threaten to tear all of them apart forever…