Central Skagit Library District

The Civil War has ended, and Union soldiers and federal officials have taken control of Texas as Rusty Shannon rides to his home on the Colorado River. As a child, he was a captive of the Comanche, as a young man a proud member of a ranging company protecting settlers from Indian raids. Shannon's fate is intertwined with the young man accompanying him: Andy Pickard, himself but recently rescued from Comanche captivity and known by his captors as Badger...

Comanche Indian captive Eli McCullough must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong -- a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.

Dana Birch has vowed to never put herself at the mercy of a powerful man. She has become a sheriff's deputy so she can protect herself. Garth Duncan has sworn revenge on his father for abandoning him and his mother. Now all that stands between him and his goal is Deputy Dana, her gun, and a growing passion that can't be denied.

Centering her life on the successful Walker family, into which she plans to marry, Shea struggles to end her affair with a less-than-stellar boyfriend only to have her entire existence placed in question by the death of the family's mother.

Newly married Texas Ranger Andy Pickard and his new partner, Logan Daggett, investigate a series of murders and cattle thefts in central Texas, a task complicated by a gang of masked vigilantes and the appearance of a notorious gunman.

Colton Nelson was twenty-eight years old when he won the Texas Lottery and went from ranch hand to ranch owner overnight. Now he's desperate to keep the gold diggers away. It shouldn't be too hard to find a pretty girl and hire her to pretend to be his one-and-only. Laura Baker's got mixed feelings about this, she's on the ranch to work, not to be arm candy. On the other hand, being stuck for a while in the boondocks with a gorgeous cowboy isn't half-bad....

When he arrives in the small town of Branding Iron, Texas, journalist Cooper Chapman, hoping to start a new life with his young son, gets a second chance at love with the help of a little Christmas magic.

When a spirited matchmaker finds her own match, will overwhelming obstacles prevent her from finding happiness and fulfillment? Set in eastern Texas in the 1880's.

Three friends from a small Texas town that thrives on Friday night football games try to move on after a fateful event colors each of their futures.

A woman seeking refuge on her inherited ranch and a Special Ranger posing as a cowhand navigate doubts about each other while investigating an outbreak of cattle rustling.