[Pies, Books & Jesus 02] • Autumn Leaves

Autumn is good at one thing: leaving ...until she meets the one man who wants her to stick around.

When Galveston bounty hunter Nate Donahue is hired to find Skye "Autumn" Hudson, it's just another job. Until this shop girl, who lives on the other side of his duplex, challenges his commitment to keep things strictly professional. A challenge he has to overcome, After all, he's being paid to spy on her-not care about her. No matter how tempted he may be.

Skye has secrets of her own. She's always left any relationship before it could go anywhere. She's certainly never trusted someone the way she trusts Nate. He's so kind, so helpful. Can it be possible? Has the girl who always runs finally found a safe place to stay?

Bestselling author Kathleen Y'Barbo is a multiple Carol Award and RITA nominee and bestselling author of more than one hundred books with over two million copies of her books in print in the US and abroad. A tenth-generation Texan and certified paralegal, she is a member of the Texas Bar Association Paralegal Division, Texas AM Association of Former Student and the Texas AM Women Former Students (Aggie Women), Texas Historical Society, Novelists Inc., and American Christian Fiction Writers. She would also be a member of the Daughters of the American Republic, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and a few others if she would just remember to fill out the paperwork that Great Aunt Mary Beth has sent her more than once.

When she's not spinning modem day tales about her wacky Southern relatives, Kathleen inserts an ancestor or two into her historical and mystery novels as well. Recent book releases include bestselling The Pirate Bride set in 1700s New Orleans and Galveston, its sequel The Alamo Bride set in 1836 Texas, which feature a few well-placed folks from history and a family tale of adventure on the high seas and on the coast of Texas. She also writes (mostly) relative-free cozy mystery novels for Guideposts Books.

Kathleen and her hero in combat boots husband have their own surprise love story that unfolded on social media a few years back. They make their home just north of Houston, Texas and are the parents and in-laws of a blended family of Texans, Okies, and one very adorable Londoner.