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Prosecutors say Texas financier Stanford, stole investors' money in $7 billion ...

Washington Post - Jan 24, 2012
HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford lied to investors and stole their hard-earned savings so he could live the lavish lifestyle of a billionaire, a prosecutor said Tuesday at his fraud trial. Prosecutor Gregg Costa told jurors in Houston ...

Texas woman stranded for days in car in Idaho dairy wastewater pond

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Washington Post (blog) - Jan 24, 2012
BURLEY, Idaho — A Texas woman may have spent up to a week in a rental car stuck in an Idaho dairy wastewater pond after taking a wrong turn while looking for a hotel in Burley, authorities said. Lynn S. Keesler, 61, of Houston, was evaluated by ...

Texas AD wants Mack Brown to stay as long as he wants

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Washington Post - Jan 24, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds says he's committed to keeping football coach Mack Brown for as long as Brown wants to stay. Texas regents are scheduled Thursday to consider a four-year contract extension to keep the 60-year-old ...

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Snarky and Sweet: A Romantic Comedy about Twins, Texas and a Big Red Diamond

by: Susan Denney
Resistance is futile.

Shy, demure, reserved Lurleen couldn’t possibly be more different than her gregarious, sassy, sarcastic twin, Lurlette. One is your kind stereotypical schoolteacher and the other is a man-eating adventuress. Whether they take you cruising in a Miata or busting out of a kidnapper's shack on a John Deere, you’re in for one riot of a ride. The novel moves you to compassion then spins you into comedic circles.

“Ms. Denney has written a book that keeps the reader turning pages just to get acquainted with the characters as they reveal their stories.
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Bubba and the Dead Woman

by: C.L. Bevill
Bubba Snoddy is a good old country boy with a big problem. Although he’s personable, handsome, and lives in a historical Southern mansion in a small Texas town, he has just discovered the dead body of a woman to whom he was once engaged to marry. His ex-fiancée was responsible for Bubba being thrown out of the military which in turn caused his shameful return to the tiny town of Pegramville, where everyone is a consummate gossip and no one has any secrets. Sheriff John Headrick believes Bubba killed his ex-fiancée in a fit of vengeful rage.
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Last Summer

by: Theresa Weir
Contemporary Romance
Last Summer was originally published in 1992 by Bantam Books
Original edit by Beth de Guzman
Theresa wrote four contemporary romances for Bantam Books before moving to Harper Collins.
This is a romance; it contains sex scenes.
Heat index: 5 out of 10
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A young widow...
A self-destructive celebrity...
A small town in Texas...

This book is an unabashed romance. No mystery. No suspense. Not a lot of external motivation. It's all about two people.
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Jenna's Cowboy: A Novel

by: Sharon Gillenwater
Jenna Callahan has a young son and rewarding work on her father's ranch. She's content. But she never expected to see Nate Langley back in town--the first guy she noticed, the one her father sent away all those years ago. And she never thought the attraction they felt would be as strong as ever.

Jenna's cowboy has some healing of his own to do, though, after two tours of duty in the armed forces. With the help of good friends, strong faith, and a loving family, he hopes to put the horrors of the past behind him--and become the man Jenna deserves.
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