FROM DUMAC PUBLISHING
A little wit. A lot of heart. Novels about the lives we lead and the people who make them interesting.
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01 / THE SERIES
From the public stage to the wedding aisle to the back roads of the Hill Country, our books make room for ambition, family, friendship, and all the ways we get in our own way.
A Texas accountant. A gift for winning people over. A past that never stays quite where he puts it. Follow Mike Matthews through love, ambition, and the distance between being liked and doing right.
Begin with Vote for MikeyREAD IN ORDER: BOOKS ONE THROUGH THREE
Welcome to Pecan Hollow, where a wedding never stays between two people. Complicated families, heartfelt friendship, and Texas-sized laughs, with a town that can’t stop keeping score.
Begin with I Do It BetterCLOSED-DOOR ROMANCE · TEXAS-SIZED FEELINGS
The resident council of an assisted living community in the Texas Hill Country is done voting on pudding. They have a gavel, a coffee-can treasury, and a bus called the Biscuit, and they are going on an adventure.
Begin with The Great Kolache RunCLEAN, WARM, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD · BOOKS ONE THROUGH THREE
02 / THE CATALOG
Eight books, in series order.
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The Long Ordinary Good
Mike Matthews can win a room. Facing what his stories leave out is another matter.
The Long Ordinary Good
Texas state politics opens a larger stage. Marriage, ambition, and old obligations put Mike Matthews to the test.
The Long Ordinary Good
A young accountant, a Russian translator, and an oil deal. Some stories take decades to tell honestly.
The Hollis Wedding Wars
Two brides, two Hollis brothers, and one coveted wedding date turn planning into a town-wide competition.
The Hollis Wedding Wars
Tessa wants a wedding that feels like her own. Her mother and future mother-in-law have other ideas.
The Second Wind Adventure Club
The resident council of an assisted living community in the Texas Hill Country votes to have an adventure, and Reverend Tom wants just one thing: an apricot kolache from the town where he grew up.
The Second Wind Adventure Club
Winnie Pruitt won the county fair pie contest eleven years running. Now the council is entering the pie, the chili cook-off, and the Grand Parade in one weekend.
The Second Wind Adventure Club
Winnie wants to put her feet in the Gulf of Mexico one more time. The council has fourteen days, a new neighbor from New Jersey, and a bus that will never make it.
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