Julia Robb: 5 books

When daddy abandoned Nicki in Encendido, Texas in the late 1950’s, Nicki was too young to imagine her future. It seemed wonderful that Doña Paulita and her grandson, Frank Kendall, adopted her. She could not imagine falling in love with Frank, or the consequences if she did.David Rodríguez is...

It’s 1876 at Scalp Mountain, and Colum McNeal is fleeing gunmen sent by his Irish-immigrant father. Colum pioneers a Texas ranch, a home which means everything to him, but struggles to stay there: José Ortero, a Jacarilla Apache, seeks revenge for the son Colum unwittingly killed. At the same time,...

San Angela is a rough place in 1870, and Magdalena Chapas knows all about it; from the men who shoot holes in each other while drinking in her saloon, the Del Norte, to the man who loved her, married her and left her without a word.Now Ray Cortez is back, and Magdalena doesn't know what her ex-husband...

Col. Mac McKenna's Fourth Cavalry recaptures white captive August Shiltz from the Comanche, only to find August is determined to return to the Indians. McKenna attempts to civilize August and becomes the boy's foster father. But when August kills another boy in a fight, McKenna rejects him....

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...