Holland Family Universe Books in Order

In early twentieth century Texas, fourteen year old Bessie Holland sees spirits and refuses to stay quiet in the face of abuse and greed. After shooting an abusive man to save her father Hackberry, she flees to New York, where oil money, gangsters, and family ties reshape her fate.

Grieving his daughter’s death, elderly novelist Aaron Holland Broussard retreats to rural Montana, only to clash with racist vandals and a network of violent men. Guided by his daughter’s ghost and a state trooper ally, he faces threats that feel both earthly and deeply supernatural.

In the early 1960s, drifting writer Aaron Holland Broussard hops a boxcar to Colorado and takes a farm job. His romance with a gifted art student draws the ire of a sadistic businessman, a cultish professor, and something stranger that stalks the wheat fields and his own damaged mind.

Houston, 1952. Seventeen year old Aaron Holland Broussard falls for Valerie Epstein and crosses a rich bully with mob ties. A missing Cadillac, stolen money, and simmering class warfare pull Aaron into a violent underworld that tests his courage and his sense of right and wrong.

In revolutionary Mexico and postwar Texas, Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland steals a mysterious chalice from an arms dealer and goes searching for his estranged son. Their struggle to reunite plays out against gunrunners, corrupt officials, and a relic some believe to be the Holy Grail.

Sixteen year old Weldon Holland first crosses paths with Bonnie and Clyde, then a decade later survives the Battle of the Bulge and rescues Rosita Lowenstein. Back in Texas, their attempt to build an honest oil business draws them into conflict with ruthless men who never left the war behind.

Sheriff Hackberry Holland's quiet Texas county becomes a crossroads for smugglers, intelligence operatives, and a mysterious figure pursued by multiple factions. As bodies fall and Preacher Jack Collins returns, Hack must decide how much of his own soul to spend just keeping people alive.

After nine murdered women are found in a shallow grave near a dusty border town, aging sheriff Hackberry Holland hunts the killers. An Iraq war veteran on the run, federal agents, a crime boss, and a soft spoken hit man who calls himself a preacher all collide in the desert heat.

Now practicing law in Missoula, Billy Bob Holland defends Johnny American Horse, a Native American activist charged with double murder. The case draws in a senator's daughter, a dangerously obsessed detective, and shadowy federal interests that make Montana feel like occupied territory.

On a visit to Montana, Billy Bob Holland tries to help his friend Doc Voss, an environmentalist clashing with a mining operation. Soon he is facing a vengeful ex con, violent bikers, and a mob connected predator, all while his own past mistakes stalk him.

Billy Bob Holland takes on the defense of a rodeo cowboy accused of stealing bonds from ruthless land baron Earl Deitrich. As secrets from Billy Bob's old affair with Deitrich's wife surface, the fight in court turns into a dangerous reckoning with class, desire, and power.

In Deaf Smith, Texas, attorney and ex Ranger Billy Bob Holland defends nineteen year old Lucas Smothers, accused of raping and murdering a local girl. The case exposes small town corruption, a psychopathic enemy, and the buried fact that Lucas may be Billy Bob's own son.

Falsely convicted and chained to a brutal Louisiana prison camp, Son Holland escapes with a fellow inmate and a Native American woman. Fleeing into Texas, they find their only cover in the chaos of the fight for independence and the looming battle for survival.

In 1960s Texas, lawyer and Korean War veteran Hackberry Holland is urged to run for Congress but finds more meaning defending a former cellmate and helping migrant workers. His involvement with civil rights protests and a charismatic organizer puts him at odds with his own class and past.