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Hope's Path

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:15:33 +0300

Someone is determined to ruin Lex. Efforts to destroy her ranch lead to attempts on her life.

Lex and Amanda desperately try to find out who hates Lex so much that they are willing to ruin the lives of everyone in their path.

Can they survive long enough to find out who's responsible? And will their love survive when they find out who it is?

The Way Things Should Be

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:15:40 +0300

With long-standing family issues settled in the previous novel, Strength of the Heart, Lex and Amanda thought their biggest problems were behind them. But they were wrong.

Trouble brews when two family members - one known, one unknown - come into contact with Lex and Amanda, and suspicious things start to happen.

Someone wants to force Lex to give up land she recently purchased.

An explosion is set off by unknown people down by the creek.

Somehow, finances thought safe have been tampered with.

Meanwhile, Amanda's sister Jeannie prepares for the birth of her first child, while Amanda feels her own biological clock ticking.

Strength of the Heart

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:15:29 +0300

Lex and Amanda are caught up in the planning of their upcoming nuptials while trying to get the ranch house rebuilt so they can move back to their home. But an arrest, a brushfire, and the death of someone close to her forces Lex to try and work through feelings of guilt and anger.

Is Amanda's love strong enough to help her, or will Lex's own personal demons tear them apart?

Faith's Crossing

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:15:38 +0300

In the sequel to Destiny's Bridge, new lovers Lexington Walters and Amanda Cauble have withstood many things to be together.

When Amanda decides to move to Texas for good, she goes back to her family's California home to get the rest of her things, taking Lex with her. Even though her parents have never understood her "lifestyle", they've not exactly fought against it. But when Amanda brings her rancher home with her, all bets are off.

To Hold Forever

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:15:41 +0300

In the seventh book of the Lex and Amanda series, three years have passed since Lexington Walters and her partner, Amanda, have taken over the care of Lorrie, their rambunctious niece. Amanda's sister, Jeannie, has fully recovered from her debilitating stroke and returns with her fiancé, ready to start a family. Adding to the volatile situation are Amanda's unsuccessful attempts to become pregnant.

Meanwhile, a hostile new relative arrives. He resents everything about Lex, including Amanda's love. Lex's brother, Hubert, recently paroled from prison, returns to Somerville with his own special surprise. And an old adversary returns with more than a simple reunion in mind. Through it all, Lex begins to have doubts about continuing to run the ranch she's worked so hard to build.

Will Lex and Amanda finally have the family they have longed for? Or will the people and circumstances surrounding them destroy their chances?

Beyond Always (Lex and Amanda Series)

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:15:28 +0300

Set a year after the events in Trust Our Tomorrows, everything is going well for the Walters family. The ranch is prospering, the kids are growing-and Lex & Amanda have never been happier. When an unimaginable tragedy strikes close to home, everyone handles it in different ways. Will the family be able to survive?

Love's Journey

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:15:35 +0300

Lexington "Lex" Walters and Amanda Cauble are back in this fourth installment of the popular series.

Amanda's father has moved home to Somerville to begin a new life, which gives her the opportunity to strengthen her relationship with him.

Lex learns more about her mother's family but also contends with her deep feelings of abandonment and mistrust when her own father returns.

As they reconnect with their fathers, both women struggle with overwhelming emotions and questions that have long gone unanswered. At the same time, unprovoked attacks increase in severity until both women fear for their very lives as someone tries to tear apart the love they share.

Can they unravel the mysteries in time to save themselves and their love?

Destiny's Bridge

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:15:31 +0300

Rancher Lexington Walters is the owner and operator of the Rocking W ranch, not too far from the small Texas town of Somerville.

While repairing a fence during a thunderstorm, she sees a car torn from her wooden bridge and swept into the raging creek. She pulls young realtor Amanda Cauble from the water and the two quickly become good friends. Cut off from the rest of the world and stranded at the ranch, their friendship deepens.

Fending off the bad weather, cattle thieves, and other obstacles, the tender friendship grows into an everlasting love.

Trust Our Tomorrows

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:15:36 +0300

Set six years after To Hold Forever, life at the Rocking W ranch is constantly changing.

Lex and Amanda are back, struggling through a drought and trying to raise their two daughters as best they can. Lorrie is now ten and gets into as much trouble as Lex ever did, while six-year old Melanie is content to follow along.

When someone from the past returns and asks for an unusual favor, will Lex and Amanda agree? And, considering the favor, can they refuse?

Chocolate Girls with Golden Hair

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:45:50 +0200

Tapping into the common wish to be someone else, if only for a short time, this suspense drama explores what happens when a black woman, bored with her humdrum existence bleaches her hair blonde and takes on the persona of her late sister with disastrous consequences.