Jack Lyle

Love and War in Texas is an adventure /suspense novel told in both the nineteenth century and in the present day. The founders of the northeast Texas pioneer family central to the story are Zebediah and Mary Holmes who come to Texas in 1863, fleeing the wrath of a Yankee General in Missouri. Zebediah has been a Missouri Bushwhacker, riding with William Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson. Along the way, he becomes close friends with Frank and Jesse James as well as the Younger brothers. Zebediah ... more info>>

In a story torn from the headlines of today's newspapers, rancher and professor Wes Phillips faces the realities of the immigration and drug smuggling crisis facing America. Drug runners as well as human traffickers are moving their illicit cargoes to the north across the Phillips Ranch in the remote Big Bend area of Texas, and the authorities seemingly are powerless to stop it. From El Paso to Laredo, the Mexican Drug Cartels are at war with the Mexican government, and the US Border Patrol is d... more info>>