Celia Hayes

The Continuing adventures of Texas Ranger Jim Reade and his blood-brother Toby Shaw in the days of the Republic of Texas A pair of eccentric English explorers ask for a guide into a dangerous country, seeking not a fortune ... but something more There is the mystery of a haunted house on Galveston Island to unravel, and the safety of a beneficiary to an unusual will - and more The old wild west rides again in this continuing set of adventures from the pen of historical novelistCelia Hayes

Welcome back to Luna City, Karnes County, Texas ... Population 2,456, depending. Depending on births, new residents, grandchildren returning to the ancestral nest, and visitors to the newly refurbished and expanded Mills Farm. Richard the fugitive celebrity chef caters a fabulously up-market wedding and makes an unfortune discovery. His staff at the Caf enter a chili-cooking contest, the search continues for the fabulously bejeweled Gonzaga Reliquary, and Miss Letty finally tells all regarding the almost-lynching of historic ne-er-do-well Old Charlie Mills. Gentle comedy, the continued saga of life in a small eccentric town - all here in the third Luna City collection; containing Luna City Lucky Seven, Luna City Behind the 8-Ball, and Luna City Number 9, Number 9, Number 9. Stop in for a visit - you may never want to leave.

Welcome to Luna City, Karnes County, Texas Population ... well, that varies, depending on the time of year. Luna City; whose Town Square is the architectural jewel of South Texas.Where the high school football team is called the Mighty Fighting Moths and their yearly Homecoming game is under some strange and irregular curse.Once meant to be a stop on the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad, but derailed by True Love ...Where there might be a fortune in gold hidden somewhere for the last hundred years ....Where half the townsfolk has the surname of Gonzalez or Gonzales, they're all related and descended from the holder of the original Spanish land grant but no one has ever been able to figure out whether his name ended in an 's' or a 'z', due to illegible handwriting on the original paperwork A historic marker on Town Square marks the spot where a local bootlegger was nearly hung in 1926 for (among a long list of offenses against the laws of God and Man) impersonating a nun Luna City, where eccentricity is just a part of every-day life. Drop in for a visit - you might never want to leave.

The Republic of Texas is the place; the time is the 1840s, where Texas Ranger Jim Reade investigates mysterious deaths and disappearances, with the aid of his friend and blood-brother, the Delaware scout, Toby Shaw. In this sequel to Lone Star Sons, Jim and Toby also look into the matter of a strange creature, stalking and killing in the Borderlands, guide three scientific experts from Germany on their exploration of Texas, and search for the missing captain of a US Army exploring party, lost in the Southwest