"Readers will find themselves turning the pages, if only for more glimpses of a modern cowboy as captivating in the courtroom as he is on his hog."
Publishers Weekly
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New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston has captivated millions of readers with her sprawling, sensuous novels about the two opposing dynasties of Bitter Creek, Texas - the Blackthornes and the Creeds. Now in her new highly-anticipated Bitter Creek novel, Johnston returns to the drama, passion, and intrigue of Bitter Creek. A Stranger's Game features all of the passion and intrigue in Texas high society that her readers know and love, mixed with an explosive, spine-tingling tale of murder, wrongful imprisonment, and a woman who will risk everything to see a killer brought to justice.

FBI special agent Breed Grayhawk has the hottest sex in his life with a stranger who calls herself Grace Smith. Early the next morning, Breed's FBI office in Austin, Texas, gets an anonymous phone tip. The beautiful young woman's real name is Merle Raye Finkel—and she's a convicted double murderer who broke her parole a year ago and disappeared. Now she's the prime suspect in a terrorist threat against the U.S. president during his upcoming visit, and Agent Grayhawk has just five days to find his dangerous lover . . .