Hi ! New here and trying to find the names of 2 books .

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   Long story short , one was left behind during a move and the other was accidently put in with some donated books .

  
  The first I'm looking for was a horror or thriller novel from either ( I'm guessing ) the eighties or nineties about a man murdered by being burned to death .  He returns as a ' monster ' and his wife has bad dreams each night about him .
  Things I remember most about this book -  the wife wears her husband's clothing after his murder .  ( His shirts over her leggings )
   The people who killed him are part of a Devil worshipping / Satanic cult who later kidnap the wife for a sacrifice .
   The two main villians are an older woman who is maybe a case worker ( ?? ) who tortures other women for fun , and her sidekick , a younger man who might have been a gang member ( ?? ) They have a mother and son type of relationship .
   There is a scene I clearly remember where a young woman gets tied up in the caseworker's kitchen and is tortured with ice cubes falling on her .

 
   The second and possibly easier to find is a romance novel about a woman who lives ....... I'm thinking in Texas and a man ( divorced , I guess ? )  and his young son .
   What I remember from the book -
   The woman is more like a tomboy and she saves another woman from being raped / assaulted by knocking the guy out , throwing a baseball right at his head .  The two women become friends and go shopping and get makeovers together .
   The little boy hates living in Texas ( or wherever it is , somewhere warm ) and he spends lots of time climbing and sitting in trees .
    His drunk nanny or babysitter locks him in a closet or pantry and the female main character rescues him .


    Any help and / or info is appreciated !   I'd like to find the names , titles , authors ......... anything so I can replace those with other copies .