Jodi Thomas

"Piper Jane Mackenzie, mayor of Honey Creek, won't let a major scandal rip her quirky hometown apart, or jeopardize her dream of one day running for higher office. So she's willing to welcome undercover detective Colby McBride, hired to help solve the mystery behind her wannabe fiancé's disappearance. Colby's cover? That he is an old boyfriend now begging Piper for a second chance--always when there are plenty of townsfolk around to witness his shenanigans....

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas has captivated readers around the world with her sweeping, heartfelt family sagas. To introduce her brand-new series, Jodi tells the story behind the unforgiving Texas landscape and how one man claims Ransom Canyon—and a timid beauty—for his legacy...
A wanderer's life was all James Randall Kirkland had known since he was an orphaned boy in San Antonio. And while years of...

"Pulling a stranger out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died 20 years earlier, Starri Knight, a big believer in fate, must convince Rusty O'Sullivan, with whom she feels a compelling connection, he has something to live for, which takes all her faith in miracles"-- Starri Knight is a big believer in fate. When she pulls Rusty O'Sullivan out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died twenty years earlier,...

The Ransom Canyon series is coming soon to Netflix starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly!
A small-town Texas Christmas story, where hearts are lost, love is found, and family always brings you back home.
Griffin Holloway is desperate: the Maverick Ranch has been in his family for generations, but lately, it's a money pit. He'd sooner marry one of his horses than sell the ranch. Marriage, though, could be...

"If there's any place that can convince Angela Harold to stop running, it's Ransom Canyon. And if there's any man who can reveal desires more deeply hidden than her every fear, it's Wilkes Wagner. Beneath the rancher's honorable exterior is something that just might keep her safe or unwittingly put her in danger's path. With his dreams of leaving this small Texas town swallowed up by hard, dusty reality, all Wilkes has to show for his life is the...

"Marcie Latimer longs to run away from Someday Valley--especially since her ex-boyfriend spun a web of lies that almost led to tragedy in neighboring Honey Creek. Little wonder so many locals have turned their backs on her. But not Brand Rodgers. The quiet cowboy comes to listen every time she sings at Bandit's Bar, offering a glimpse of safety and calm that Marcie's rarely known. After Texas Ranger Colby McBride saved Honey Creek's mayor, Piper Mackenzie,...

With a career and a relationship in ruins, Jubilee Hamilton is left reeling from a fast fall to the bottom. The run-down Texas farm she's inherited is a far cry from the second chance she hoped for, but it and the abrasive foreman she's forced to hire are all she's got. Every time Charley Collins has let a woman get close, he's been burned. So Lone Heart ranch and the contrary woman who owns it are merely a means to an end, until Jubilee tempts him...

Local librarian Emily Tomlinson must confront a long-hidden secret when someone from her past appears in the Texas town, while new lawyer Rick Matheson must protect himself from attempts on his life while he contemplates a new-found, and maybe true, love.

"The Secret Wish, Jodi Thomas: The little town of While-a-Way, Texas, may as well be named Last Chance as far as Avery Cleveland is concerned. Running her late great-grandmother's quilt shop is the only way to build back her life after losing her dancing career. But local sheriff Daniel Solis is stunned by Avery's beauty and spirit--and hopes to show her how to stitch brand-new dreams together... Wish Upon a Wedding, Lori Wilde: Ellie Winter's sister...

Widower Tinch Turner feels a spark of attraction for the first time in many years when he meets the beautiful new doctor in town, Addison Spencer. Meanwhile, Reagan Truman finds comfort in the makeshift family she's made in Harmony, and a coming baby will be the first born in the Wright Funeral Home in 45 years.