Dear Reader,

I can’t believe this is the seventh TEXAS OUTLAWS book. For those of you who read the last book, The Twin (January 2010), you’ve already met the heroine of this story, Cassidy Outlaw, the other twin sister. On flex time, Cass and her sister, Sunny, manage the family’s Chili Witches Café in Austin, Texas, a stone’s throw from the capitol grounds.

Cass is a maverick for sure, and there’s not much she can’t handle—until she runs into Griff Mitchell, a man who’s dead set on wining and dining and wooing our Cass. Austin is known for a lot of things, tops among them are music, history, great food…and bats. Get set to learn more about both its bats and its great food, everything from migas to rattlesnake cakes and wild game, as a New York lawyer tries his best to win this Texas gal who isn’t too fond of lawyers in general. Bet I’ll have you smacking your lips for sweet potato empanadas. (There are tasty recipes on the Internet.)

The senator pops in from time to time, offering advice to his daughter. (He’s rooting for Griff, but the rest of her family have their doubts about him—and maybe with good reason.) You’ll also get reacquainted with characters you’ve met before if you’ve followed the TEXAS OUTLAWS series. The whole Outlaw clan congregates for a couple of neat celebrations.

It’s with a tear in my eye that I say goodbye to the Outlaw family. I’ve learned to love them. I hope you do, too.

Enjoy!

Jan Hudson