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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Dean James

Dean James

Pseudonym for Jimmie Ruth Evans.

Dean James is Manager of Murder by the Book in Houston, one of the nation's oldest and largest mystery bookstores. He has co-authored a number of works of mystery non-fiction and has won the Agatha and Macavity Awards and been twice nominated for the Edgar Award. To date he has published eight novels, with four more under contract. Though born and reared in Mississippi, he has lived in Texas for over half his life. He holds a Ph. D. in medieval history from Rice University.

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Series

Cat In the Stacks

Books:

Murder Past Due, August 2010
Cat in the Stacks #1
Paperback / e-Book
Baked to Death, April 2005
A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
Hardcover
Death by Dissertation, May 2004
An Academic Mystery
Paperback (reprint)
Decorated to Death, April 2004
A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
Hardcover
Faked to Death, March 2004
A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
Paperback (reprint)
Posted to Death, March 2003
A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
Paperback (reprint)
Closer Than the Bones, May 2001
A Southern Mystery
Paperback (reprint)
Cruel as the Grave, May 2000
A Southern Mystery
Trade Size (reprint)

 

 

 

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