Books by Jennifer Pierce

All Maggie Jones wants to do is sell her late father's property and get out of Whitehaven, Texas as fast as possible-before she runs into the one man she's spent the past six years avoiding. Someone has other plans for her, though. Sinister plans. And when a seemingly harmless act of vandalism turns into a series of menacing threats, she has no choice but to turn to last person on earth she wants to see for help. Sheriff Cody Smith never expected to see Maggie again, especially after he'd broken her heart all those years ago. Maybe this is the second chance he's always wanted. But when he realizes Maggie's in grave danger, he intends to keep her safe at all costs. With lines from an old nursery rhyme as their only clue, he needs to find out who's behind this deadly game before the rhyme ends and Maggie's time runs out. Can he protect her, catch the bad guy, and make amends for past wrongs? Or will old wounds get in the way?

Investigates the roles of popular culture and white professional elite men in constructing and facilitating the backlash against affirmative action policies.