"On Hank Littleton's first assignment as a Texas Ranger, he shows how his crack-shot aim can stop the careful escape plan of a group of prisoners being escorted to Austin. Then his captain again pairs him with war veteran Joe Casebolt on a do-or-die assignment: catch the notorious band of robbers led by former lawman Isom Whitaker that is working the stages and rails near San Antonio. The two Rangers soon conclude that this wouldn't be such a tough...

Retired teacher and amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom has entered a Christmas cookie contest. After an annual holiday cookie exchange, she stops by the home of another contestant, Mrs. Simmons, only to find her strangled and lying in a pile of sugar cookies.

When Phyllis's cousin asks her to look after her Oak Knoll bed-and-breakfast for a few weeks, Phyllis jumps at the chance-mostly because the inn is located close to the annual Rockport, Texas, Just Desserts competition. Determined to beat her friendly rival and enjoy some peaceful downtime with her boyfriend Sam, Phyllis concocts the ultimate sweet treat. But Phyllis's holiday turns bitter when she and Sam discover a dead body-and all signs point...

"Billy Cambridge is a Texas lawyer 'round about 1887, but in his younger days, he was a Texas Ranger. Entrusted with transporting $20,000 across northern Texas, he enlists the aid of his ranch foreman, Nacho Graves. Both expect an uneventful trip but lay that thought to rest when their stage is held up by six bandits who have been very active in the area lately but who have managed to escape the law. Billy and Nacho, interested only in their own money,...

When Eve Turner's new husband turns up dead shortly after the honeymoon, Phyllis Newsome, Eve's friend who hosted the wedding and baked the sumptuous three-tiered cake, must investigate to clear the bride.

At this year's school carnival fund-raiser, the obnoxious president of the Parent Teacher Organization is found stabbed through the heart with Phyllis Newsom's own knife, with traces of incriminating frosting. Clearing her name will be no piece of cake...

"It's Halloween in Weatherford, Texas-which means Phyllis Newsom is baking up a storm of yummy seasonal treats ... but she's about to get even busier unmasking a killer. While Phyllis and her friend Carolyn are preparing for a baking contest, her housemate Sam adopts Buck, an adorable Dalmatian who was hit by a car. To thank local veterinarian Hank Baxter for helping the dog, Phyllis and Carolyn bake a batch of doggie treats for his other four-legged...

Delilah Dickinson, who runs a literary travel agency in Atlanta, finds her new business getting some bad press when an overnight stay at a plantation modeled after Tara from "Gone with the Wind" results in murder when the actor playing the role of Rhett Butler turns up dead.

Buffalo hunter Cole Tyler rode with Jeb Stuart leading wagon trains across the West. Now he's wearing a star in Wind River, Wyoming Territory, where trouble is brewing. The Irish and Chinese are up in arms, and the friendly Shoshone stand accused of stealing cattle. Marshal Cole Tyler and his deputy, Billy Casebolt, must track down some cattle rustlers to keep the peace in Wind River - before the culprits can light the fuse that will set off a bloody...

Winter howled across Wyoming Territory the day Yancy Rowlett announced he'd struck it rich, mining in Montana. Then Henry Turner, the big man in the bearskin coat, showed up in Wind River, accusing Yancy of murder. As the wolves circled, all-out war blazed in the small town ripe for trouble and frontier justice.