Carson Spade, 37 is the boss of the legendary Seven Spades stud farm in Texas. He is also dangerously charming, drop dead gorgeous and currently unattached. But as the third brother of the Billionaire Spade family - and the eldest unmarried brother - he's under pressure to settle down. Which he has zero intention of doing any time soon. He is laser focused on selling his three top yearlings at the Kentucky sales. Donna Bouchet, 32 is the manager at the exclusive Turf Club Resort in Lexington, Kentucky. While she enjoys her job at the club, she's got itchy feet and accepting a job in India sounds more exciting than managing a club full of wealthy but aging racehorse owners. She's had enough and it's time to move on. But Carson realises the only way to sell his multi-million dollar thoroughbreds at the Kentucky sale to an eccentric billionaire is to pretend to be married, he hatches a plan with Donna to be his fake wife until the auction date. No strings attached. Will their plan work? And what will Donna do when the auction ends? Or will Carson realise what he’s been looking for has been right in front of him the whole time? Enjoy the third book in the Spade Brothers romance series, full of action, plot twists and simply impossible to stop reading!

Luke Spade, 36, is the blonde, careless fourth billionaire brother at the legendary Seven Spades Ranch in Texas. Despite being boyishly handsome, laid-back and likeable,Luke just can’t keep a job, finish a project, or bring himself to marry his girlfriend Trina. After five years of dating, Trina dumps Luke to start a new life. But Luke’s troubles are only just starting! Trina pours out her troubles to her best friend Julie Parker, who is furious and vows to get even with him. When Julie arrives in Sandy Creek, Texas, she’s got one mission. Payback. She’s going to steal Luke Spade’s heart, then smash it to teach the careless billionaire how much that hurts. But things don’t go according to plan. Is Luke a cruel playboy who uses women, or is he the aimless, drifting, but lovable cowboy he seems to be? When Julie has to choose, which will prove sweeter--revenge or romance?

Buck Spade, 44, is the tall, handsome cowboy billionaire boss of the sprawling 250,000 acre Texas ranch, the Seven Spades, and one of the famous Seven Spade brothers. Buck is all cowboy: tall, tough, brash, and blunt and is used to getting his own way. Buck has sworn off love for good after the loss of his wife, and is currently in the fight of his life with the owner of the neighboring ranch for crucial water rights. Kate Malone, 41, is the gorgeous single mom and successful restaurant owner, who doesn’t suffer fools gladly. And when the rancher and the restaurateur clash, sparks fly. During an explosive lunch in town, Kate pours a well deserved pitcher of beer over Buck, and they become instant enemies. But can they put their differences aside and work together to save the Seven Spade water rights and keep the ranch? And can Kate finally melt this arrogant cowboy’s heart - before he loses her forever too? Enjoy this wholesome christian small town romance in the first book in the Seven Spades series. This is a fast paced, second chance and enemies to lovers romance - perfect for all those who love cowboys.

Morgan Spade, 42, is the billionaire owner-manager of the multi-billion dollar Seven Spades Ranch in Texas. He is the second of seven Spade billionaire brothers. Morgan is the tall, and distinctly silent type who’s most comfortable in the saddle checking cattle. Morgan has just endured a bitter divorce and has just won sole custody of his five-year-old son. He’s been burned badly in love and has sworn off women for good. All Morgan wants is to be a great single Dad, and to be left alone to raise his child. Heather Weston, 36, is a gifted veterinarian who specializes in horses, and she has just accepted a live-in job on the Seven Spades Ranch, to Morgan’s great dismay. Morgan plans to keep her at arm’s length and keep their relationship strictly professional. But Morgan soon discovers that Heather Weston is funny, charming, and as stubborn as he is, and his resolve slowly weakens as they become closer. But just when romance begins to bloom, Morgan’s ex returns to dredge up all his old fears and to shock him with devastating news: his beloved son isn’t his, and the real father - a notorious con man - wants him back. Can Morgan keep his heart open, or will the wounds of the past and the struggle to keep his son destroy his chance of a new love with Heather, before he loses her forever? Enjoy this wholesome christian small town romance in this remarkable second book in the Seven Spades series.

Critically acclaimed memoirs of one of America's most famous, colorful and controversial defense attorneys. A champion for the little man, this fast-paced account reads like Perry Mason and covers some of the most publicized legal issues of our time, including the world-famous "Television Intoxication" case and the history-making "Battered Daughter Defense."

25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

For two hundred years the pessimists have dominated public discourse, insisting that things will soon be getting much worse. But in fact, life is getting better—and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the Internet, the mobile phone, and container shipping are enriching people's lives as never before. In his bold and bracing exploration into how human culture evolves positively through exchange and specialization, bestselling author Matt Ridley does more than describe how things are getting better. He explains why. An astute, refreshing, and revelatory work that covers the entire sweep of human history—from the Stone Age to the Internet—The Rational Optimist will change your way of thinking about the world for the better.