T. Jensen Lacey

Fun facts about Alabama. From the foreword by Governor Kay Ivey: As Alabama celebrates her Bicentennial year in 2019, I am proud to represent the people of Alabama as their Governor. Alabama is a beautiful and welcoming state. From the mountains to the beaches and the plains to the black belt, Alabama's natural resources and people are unmatched.I hope you will enjoy Lacey's stories about all Alabama has to offer in this "tour-able history" book. If you have never visited our beloved state, I join Lacey in encouraging you to come and experience the amazing sites and history our state has to offer. We welcome you with our trademark southern hospitality to our sweet home.

Anyone who knows anything about Texas can tell you that it's like no other U.S. state or even any other place in the world--even the official Texas Travel Guide claims that Texas is ". . . like a whole other country," and that's right. People who were born in Texas seem to stand a bit taller than those who weren't; people who have lived there even a miniscule amount of time consider themselves to be Texans, and the state embraces them too. People who visit Texas come away inspired, of having been in a place that's larger than life. Not just because it's a huge state, not just because Texas was its own republic, not just because of the six different flags that have flown over Texas--there's something more to Texas, something fantastically indefinable, something that author John Steinbeck referred to once as the "Texas mystique." He was right about that mystique; it's a part of anyone who has ever been there. Come along with me while we explore the anecdotes, short stories, and trivia that may explain in part the fascination we all have for this great state. Then come see Texas for yourself. Governor Rick Perry

Kirby Austin is a half-Ute girl. Growing up on the reservation, most of what she has learned has come from television sit-coms. She marries young, to a rodeo bronc buster named Jake. Once he becomes abusive, in the middle of one violent night she packs up their two kids and leaves.Nashville, Tennessee--also known as Music City, USA--is THE place for people who want to make it in the music business, and Kirby heads there. Finding a job writing Obituaries for a local newspaper, Kirby finally feels that the puzzle known as her life has the pieces falling into place.Then something terrible and sinister happens. A serial killer is on the loose--and Kirby is the main suspect.She finds herself falling for a young, half-Comanche man (Nick), then feels her safe and ordered life falling apart further when the unthinkable happens.Jake shows up in town. Kirby is suddenly in a race for time, to protect herself, her new life--and her children.