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A BEGGAR’S BARGAIN The Bargainer Series, Book One by Jan Sikes Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Fresh Ink Group Date of Publication: March 12, 2024 Number of Pages: 324 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS A shocking proposal that changes everything Desperate to honor his father’s dying wish, Layken Martin vows to do Read more

THE DESK FROM HOBOKEN A Genealogy Mystery, #1 by ML Condike Mystery / Women Sleuths / Forensic Genealogy Publisher: Harbor Lane Books, LLC Date of Publication: March 5, 2024 Number of Pages: 446 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS After a personal loss, forensic genealogist RaeJean Hunter accepts what she believes is a straightforward Read more

REAP THE WIND by Joel Burcat Action-Adventure / Suspense / Climate Change / EcoThriller Publisher: Milford House Press, an imprint of Sunbury Books, Inc. Date of Publication: February 6, 2024 Number of Pages: 215 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS THE PERFECT STORM meets THE FIRM. Reap the Wind is a thrilling action/adventure novel Read more

THE KNOTTED RING BY MYRA HARGRAVE MCILVAIN Historical Fiction / Family Saga / Historical Romance Publisher: Next Chapter Publication Date: December 7, 2023 Page Count: 412 Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Susannah Mobley, expecting a baby by her lover, a slave owned by her family, submits to an arranged marriage to Hezekiah James who Read more

THE EDGE OF TOO LATE Harbor Pointe Series, #5 by Jan Sikes Ghost Suspense / Contemporary Short Stories / Action & Adventure Romance Publisher: RiJan Publishing Date of Publication: November 28, 2023 Number of Pages: 126 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Brandon Miller has his dream job, financial security, and he’s madly in Read more

THE MAGNOLIA BLUFF CRIME CHRONICLES Seasons 1 & 2 by The Underground Authors Scroll down for the Giveaway! About the Series Each stand-alone book in this multi-author crime novel series is set in the fictitious, beautiful little Texas Hill Country town of Magnolia Bluff. Each author writes in their preferred sub-genre to allow readers to Read more

THE OXYGEN FARMER by Colin Holmes Science Fiction / Space Mystery Publisher: CamCat Books Date of Publication: December 5, 2023 Number of Pages: 338 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS After 35 years of living on the Moon, cranky old oxygen farmer Millennium Harrison has stumbled onto a hidden facility in the shadows of Read more

The Brotherhood of Pandora by David L. Nichols Historical Fiction / Nautical Fiction / Action & Adventure Publisher: Moontower Press November 14, 2022 313 Pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS To combat Napoleon’s increasing interest in the Caribbean and help pressure France to sell New Orleans to America, Vice-President Thomas Jefferson enlists the aid Read more

PRINGLE PRAWN by Michael Scott Clifton Contemporary Urban Fantasy / Fairies / Humor Publisher: Book Liftoff Date of Publication: September 19, 2023 Number of Pages: 310 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Move over Tinker Bell. There’s a new fairy in town! Ben’s luck is changing. He has his iconic VW bus, a hot, Read more

Tested by Fire by C.J. Peterson Christian Fiction / Suspense / Romance Publisher: Texas Sisters Press, LLC Page Count: 278 pages Publication Date: August 21, 2023 Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Meet Robin Flynn: a woman of artistic soul and iron will, who forges metal and paints vibrant canvases as an escape from life’s Read more

FACING THE ENEMY by DiAnn Mills Christian Fiction / Suspense / Romance Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Date of Publication: September 5, 2023 Number of Pages: 310 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS When the long-awaited reunion between Risa and her brother, Trenton, ends in tragedy, Risa is riddled with guilt, unable to cope with Read more

THE KILLER ENIGMA Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles Book 16 by BREAKFIELD & BURKEY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER Cozy Mystery / Suspense / Cozy Mystery Series Publisher: ICABOD Press Coming August 19, 2023 SYNOPSIS Enough is Enough – JJ rumbled when the paparazzi invaded dinner. JJ and Jo realize privacy doesn’t exist for them. They return Read more

THINGS GET UGLY: The Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale Crime Fiction / Mystery / Short Stories Publisher: Tachyon Publications Date of Publication: August 15, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series) returns to the piney, dangerous woods Read more

FOR THE MINDS AND WILLS OF MEN by Jeff Lanier Mystery / Art History Publisher: Boyle & Dalton Date of Publication: October 16, 2022 Number of Pages: 310 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS A gripping, historical art mystery set in 1950s New York, For the Minds and Wills of Men is a story Read more

AND THEY DANCED The Tess Corona Chronicles, Book 1 by Tiffany Seitz Paranormal Suspense / Urban Fantasy Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Date of Publication: March 6, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Tess Corona left home thanks to a traumatic experience with the paranormal and has only recently Read more

WATERMELON TATTOO by Tony Burnett Psychological Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Watertower Press Date of Publication: February 14, 2023 Number of Pages: 300 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Naïve but charismatic farm girl, Jacquelyn Benderman, has her life perfectly planned until her town blames her for the accidental death of the local high school’s Read more

BLUE RUNNING by Lori Ann Stephens Dystopian Fiction / Coming of Age / Suspense Publisher: Moonflower Publishing Date of Publication: November, 2022 Number of Pages: 334 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS In the new Republic of Texas, guns are compulsory and nothing is forgiven. Blue Running is a gripping coming-of-age thriller set in Read more

GHOSTLY BUGLES by Max L. Knight Historical Fiction / Texas History Publisher: Wild Lark Books Date of Publication: February 23, 2023 Number of Pages: 210 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Do the souls of the dead reach out from beyond the grave? Do echoes of the past resound through the ages? Are such Read more

CALL OF THE WILDE An H. H. Lomax Western, Book 8 by PRESTON LEWIS Historical Fiction / Comic Western / Humor Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing Date of Publication: March 17, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Wild west hijinks continue in the eighth installment of the hysterical and historical adventures Read more

BLIND TRUST The SNAP Agency Trilogy, Book 3 by Natalie Walters Christian Fiction / Suspense Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: April 11, 2023 Number of Pages: 320 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Lyla Fox knows she has a reputation at the SNAP Agency for impulsivity, but when she receives a threatening letter from Read more

A RIVER OF CROWS by SHANESSA GLUHM Fiction / Suspense / Thriller / Revenge Publisher: TouchPoint Press Date of Publication: April 18, 2023 Number of Pages: 372 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS In 1988, Sloan Hadfield’s brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. Their father, a good-natured Vietnam veteran Read more

CONFESSIONS OF A KNIGHT ERRANT by Gretchen McCullough Humorous Fiction Publisher: Cune Press Publication Date: October 18, 2022 Page Count: 240 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Confessions of a Knight Errant is a comedic, picaresque novel in the tradition of Don Quixote with a flamboyant cast of characters. Dr. Gary Watson is the Read more

THE GOLD ROSE by Jodi Lea Stewart Historical Fiction / WWII / Action & Drama / International Mystery Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Date of Publication: February 21, 2023 Number of Pages: 372 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Since the early 1940s, THE GOLD ROSE, a secret rescue agency with Asian origins, has Read more

MURDER’S LEGACY A Tori Winters Mystery, Book 2 by Anita Dickason Mystery / Amateur Sleuth / Women Sleuths Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Date of Publication: February 17, 2023 Number of Pages: 378 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Secrets that defy time! An inconceivable disaster brings Tori Winters’ plans for the historic house she Read more

MARVA COPE Jackson’s Pond, Texas Series #4 by TEDDY JONES Rural Fiction / Small Town Texas / Literary Fiction Publisher: MidTown Publishing Date of Publication: February 5, 2023 Number of Pages: 281 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS A stranger comes to Jackson’s Pond and everything changes. Marva Cope, the fourth novel in the Read more

A STUDY IN CHOCOLATE Bean to Bar Mysteries Book 5 by AMBER ROYER Cozy Culinary Mystery / Women Sleuths / Romance Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: January 27, 2023 Number of Pages: 260 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Felicity Koerber’s bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston’s historic Strand is expanding, Read more

BRUTAL SEASON The Seasons Mysteries Series #4 BY MARYANN MILLER NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Police Procedural / Mystery Publisher: MCM Enterprises Coming April 10, 2023 SYNOPSIS Eighteen-year-old Jamel Frederickson is shot and killed by a white, rookie Dallas police officer. His crime? Being black and mentally ill. Following that unwarranted death, anger, and violence erupts Read more

SURVIVAL Fallout Series, Book 1 by Lisa Harris Dystopian / Science Fiction / Mystery / Christian Publisher: Adrenaline-Fueled Fiction Publication Date: October 19, 2021 Pages: 236 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS In today’s world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that Read more

FIND THE MOON by Beth Fehlbaum Young Adult / Social Issues / Family Issues Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Expected Publication Date: January 10, 2023 Pages: 298 pages SYNOPSIS For as long as she can remember, Kylie Briscoe’s been searching for the moon even though she has no idea why it soothes her. Placed in Read more

FINDING MY DESTYNEE by NATALIE CLINE BRIGHT & DENISE F. McALLISTER Holiday Romance / Country Music Romance / Clean & Wholesome Publisher: CKN Christian Publishing Publication Date: October 18, 2022 Page Count: 245 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS True heart’s desire cannot be ignored. Destynee Olsen has always done what her mother asked, Read more

THUNDER ROAD by Colin Holmes Noir / Suspense / Historical Fiction Publisher: CamCat Books Publication Date: February 15, 2022 Page count: 384 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS In this gamble, more than a few poker chips are at stake. When an Army Air Force Major vanishes from his Top Secret job at the Read more

CONNECTED DISCOVERING YOUR INNER GUIDES A Kid’s Guide to Navigating Their Emotions by SEEMA DESAI Illustrated by James Ballance Children’s Book / Self-Help / Mindfulness / Parenting Publisher: The Jai Jais Publication Date: February 3, 2022 Page Count: 56 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Connected is all about teaching kids and their families Read more

TARGETED: Three Romantic Suspense Novellas by Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn, & Natalie Walters Christian / Suspense / Romance / Novellas Publisher: Revell Publication Date: November 1, 2022 Pages: 368 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSES Get ready for triple the excitement, intrigue, and romance with three heart-stopping stories from your favorite romantic suspense authors! Read more

THE FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THORN RANCH by Julia Brewer Daily Women’s Fiction / Contemporary Western / Family Saga Publisher: Admission Press Publication Date: November 1, 2022 Pages: 322 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Emma Rosales is the heiress of the largest ranch in Texas—The Thorn. All the responsibilities of managing a million acres Read more

CONCRETE EVIDENCE by DiAnn Mills Categories: Christian Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Publication Date: October 4, 2022 Pages: 416 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Bestselling and award-winning author DiAnn Mills delivers a heart-stopping story of a faulty construction job, the discovery of a dead body, and a sinister plot. Read more

BEASTS OF THE EARTH BY JAMES WADE Categories: Literary Fiction / Crime Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Facebook Twitter Instagram Date of Publication: October 11, 2022 Number of Pages: 350 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS James Wade, whose first two novels were praised as “rhapsodic” and “haunting,” delivers his most powerful work to Read more

A TIME TO FLY! by Diann Floyd Boehm Illustrated by Nancy Hoover Children’s Picture Book Publisher: Texas Sisters Press Publication Date: August 2, 2022 Pages: 28 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS This baby bluebird will capture your heart as he shares with his momma why he doesn’t want to leave the nest and Read more

CREATRIX RISING AUDIOBOOK Written & Narrated by STEPHANIE RAFFELOCK Nonfiction / Self Help Memoir / Aging & Longevity Publisher: Narrating Sound Publication Date: February 22, 2022 Length: 4 hours, 43 minutes Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Ever since Eve was banned from the garden, women have endured the oftentimes painful and inaccurate definitions foisted Read more

CAVERN OF THE VEIL QUEEN Conquest of the Veil, Book 4 by Michael Scott Clifton Illustrated by Nancy E. Durham Fiction / Fantasy / Action / Sword & Sorcery Publisher: Book Liftoff Publication Date: July 27, 2022 Pages: 342 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS The Empire of Meredith has waged war against the Read more

BLACK AND WHITE Tales of the Texas Highway Patrol by BEN H. ENGLISH Law Enforcement Biography / Memoir / Ethics & Morals Publisher: Creative Texts Publishers Publication Date: June 7, 2022 Pages: 250 pages SYNOPSIS You know, I never saw an officer, an EMT, a fireman, or an ER crew ask anyone what their politics Read more

LOVE AND THE DREAM COME TRUE State of Grace Trilogy, Book 3 by TAMMY L. GRAY Contemporary Christian Fiction / Clean Romance Publisher: Bethany House Publication Date: August 2, 2022 Pages: 368 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS The Anticipated Series Finale to the 2021 Carol Award-Winning Novel, Love and a Little White Lie Read more

THE FLOWER ENIGMA Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles, Book 5 by CHARLES BREAKFIELD & ROX BURKEY >Small Town Mystery / Suspense / Amateur Sleuths Publisher: ICABOD Press Publication Date: August 20, 2022 Pages: 198 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Imagine a romantic getaway in the Texas Hill Country JJ, a cyber guru, whisks his Read more

CODE OF SILENCE Sexual Misconduct by Federal Judges, the Secret System that Protects Them, and the Women Who Blew the Whistle by LISE OLSEN Nonfiction / True Crime / Metoo / The Courts Publisher: Beacon Press Publication Date: August 9, 2022 (paperback) Pages: 288 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Code of Silence tells Read more

RIO HONDO Three Rivers Trilogy, Book 3 by PRESTON LEWIS Western / Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure Publisher: Five Star Publication Date: May 18, 2022 Pages: 373 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS With the embers of the Lincoln County War still burning, rancher Wes Bracken must rebuild his life amid the white-hot Read more

A SHOT IN THE 80% DARK Bean to Bar Mysteries, Book 4 by AMBER ROYER Cozy Mystery / Culinary Mystery /Woman Sleuth Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: July 15, 2022 Number of Pages: 285 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Felicity Koerber’s bean to bar chocolate shop is thriving. Despite everything she’s Read more

DEADLY KEEPSAKES A Tori Winters Mystery by ANITA DICKASON Categories: Mystery / Women Sleuths Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Publication Date: July 1, 2022 Pages: 360 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS When Tori Winters becomes the star witness in a murder trial, someone tries to kill her. Terrified, she’s not giving the killer a Read more

IN HONOR’S DEFENSE Hanger’s Horsemen, #3 by KAREN WITEMEYER Fiction / Christian / Historical / Inspirational Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Date of Publication: June 7, 2022 Number of Pages: 384 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS He’s Faced Countless Perils on the Battlefield, but Nothing so Dangerous as Falling in Love. Luke Davenport has Read more

THE MISCHIEF SERIES Mischief in the Mushroom Patch A Fairy Match in the Mushroom Patch Spider Web Scramble Stranger in the Mushroom Patch by AMANDA M. THRASHER Chapter Book / Fantasy / Action & Adventure / 2ND-4TH Grade Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Scroll down for the Giveaway!

DEADLY KEEPSAKES A Tori Winters Mystery by ANITA DICKASON NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! MYSTERY Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Coming July 10, 2022 Number of Pages: 360 pages

OUTLAW WEST OF THE PECOS An H.H. Lomax Western, Book 7 by PRESTON LEWIS Genre: Western / Humor / Historical Fiction Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing Date of Publication: January 4, 2022 Number of Pages: 228 pages Scroll down for the Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Accused of cheating at cards on a Southern Pacific passenger train in far West Read more

THE BONES OF AMORET by ARTHUR HERBERT Genre: Mystery / Suspense Publisher: Stitched Smile Publications Date of Publication: April 1, 2022 Number of Pages: 323 pages Scroll for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS In this enigmatic follow up to his critically acclaimed debut novel The Cuts that Cure, Arthur Herbert returns to the Texas-Mexico border with this saga Read more

THE SPARROWS OF MONTENEGRO by BJ MAYO Categories: Western / Historical Fiction / Texas Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Date of Publication: February 8, 2022 Number of Pages: 312 pages Scroll for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Tree “Bigfoot” Smith and Cedar Jones first meet on the day they join the US Cavalry’s Fourth Cavalry Regiment based out of the Read more

MARS ADRIFT THE HALO TRILOGY, BOOK 3 by KATHLEEN McFALL + CLARK HAYS Publisher: Pumpjack Press Categories: Science Fiction / Detective ( Hard-Boiled) / Mystery Date of Publication: February 14, 2022 Number of Pages: 300 pages Scroll for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS An interplanetary mystery and a searing critique of the contemporary billionaire quest for Mars. The Read more

PERFECT PAYBACK The Pepperman Mystery Series by BILL BRISCOE COVER REVEAL Genre: Fiction Categories: Mystery / Thriller / Suspense Expected Publication: February, 2022 Number of Pages: 250 pages When Jim and Laura Pepperman find a musty German Olympic jacket and an old journal in their attic, they stumble onto a gripping pre-World War II story Read more

BEFORE THE ALAMO: A Tejana’s Story by FLORENCE BYHAM WEINBERG Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas History Publisher: Maywood House Date of Publication: September 17, 2021 Number of Pages: 296 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Emilia Altamirano, half Otomí Indian, half pure Spanish, is born in 1814, the year after the Battle of the Medina River, Read more

SCATTERED LEGACY: MURDER IN SOUTHERN ITALY Annalisse Series, #3 by MARLENE M. BELL Genre: Mystery / Romance Publisher: Ewephoric Publishing Date of Publication: November 4, 2021 Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS To outsiders, the relationship between Manhattan antiquities assessor Annalisse Drury and sports car magnate Alec Zavos must look carefree and Read more

IF A BUTTERFLY SERIES: BOOK 1 – CHRYSALIS BOOK 2 – EMERGENCE by MICHAEL SIROIS Genre: Mainstream / Literary Fiction Publisher: Flio Widdix Publishing Date of Publication: December 11, 2021 Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Nine Characters + One Butterfly = Chaos Theory. The series, If a Butterfly, is a bit like Six Degrees of Separation from Read more

THE BIG EMPTY By LOREN C. STEFFY Genre: Western / Rural Fiction / Small Town Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Group Date of Publication: May 25, 2021 Number of Pages: 304 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS When Trace Malloy and Blaine Witherspoon collide on a desolate West Texas highway, their fender bender sets the tone for Read more

CROSSHAIRS: Natchez Trace Park Rangers, #3 by Patricia Bradley Genre: Christian / Suspense / Romance Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: November 2, 2021 Number of Pages: 384 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS When evil just won’t quit, good must prevail. Investigative Services Branch ranger Ainsley Beaumont wishes the visit to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, Read more

UNDER THE TEXAS MISTLETOE by KAREN WITEMEYER Genre: Holiday Fiction / Christian Historical Romance / Novellas Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Date of Publication: August 31, 2021 Number of Pages: 304 pages Scroll for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS This historical romance novella collection presents “A Texas Christmas Carol,” where a town’s wealthy, Scrooge-like bachelor finds his world invaded Read more

HOLDING ON LOOSELY by DANA KNOX WRIGHT Genre: Narrative Nonfiction / Memoir / Self Help Publisher: Carpenter’s Son / Clovercroft Publishing Date of Publication: August 24, 202 Number of Pages: 208 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Helicopter parents. Control freaks. Perfectionists. Intolerants. Over-consumers. Social media junkies. We all fit in there somewhere. Read one woman’s Read more

WHAT LIES BENEATH: TEXAS PIONEER CEMETERIES & GRAVEYARDS By Cynthia Leal Massey Genre: Regional History / 19th Century/ Landmarks & Monuments/ Travel Pictorial Publisher: TwoDot Date of Publication: August 1, 2021 Number of Pages: 400 pages w/77 B&W photos Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Texas, the second largest state, both in land mass and population, has Read more

ONCE UPON A CAMEL by Kathi Appelt Categories: Middle Grade Fiction / Historical / Friendship / Ages 8-12 Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Pub Date: September 7, 2021 Pages: 336 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Read more

RIO BONITO By PRESTON LEWIS Categories: Western / Historical Fiction Publisher: Five Star Publishing Pub Date: August 18, 2021 Pages: 336 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS With Lincoln County teetering on the edge of lawless turmoil, small rancher Wes Bracken avoids taking sides, but his goal is complicated by his devotion to what he sees Read more

THE LAST TRIAL OF T. BOONE PICKENS by Chrysta Castañeda & Loren Steffy Genre: Biography/Autobiography, Courtroom Drama Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Group Date of Paperback Publication: September 15, 2021 Number of Pages: 300 Pages SYNOPSIS Finalist, 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award T. Boone Pickens, legendary Texas oilman and infamous corporate raider from the 1980s, climbed Read more

CREATRIX RISING: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF MIDLIFE WOMEN By Stephanie Raffelock Categories: Nonfiction / Self Help Memoir Publisher: She Writes Press Pub Date: August 24, 2021 Pages:176 Pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS From the author of the award-winning book A Delightful Little Book on Aging comes a new self-help memoir Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power Read more

TRACE OF DOUBT BY DIANN MILLS Categories: Romantic Suspense / Christian Fiction / FBI Crime Solving Novel / Clean Romance Publisher: Tyndale House Pub Date: September 7, 2021 Pages: 432 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Fifteen years ago, Shelby Pearce confessed to murdering her brother-in-law and was sent to prison. Now she’s out on parole Read more

NO NAMES TO BE GIVEN By JULIA BREWER DAILY Categories: Women’s Fiction / Vintage Fiction / Adoption / 1960s Publisher: Admission Press Inc. Pub Date: August 3, 2021 Pages: 334 pages Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS 1965. Sandy runs away from home to escape her mother’s abusive boyfriend. Becca falls in love with the wrong man. Read more

CRUDE AMBITION by Patricia Hunt Holmes Categories: Mystery / Thriller / Women’s Fiction Publisher: River Grove Books (Greenleaf Book Group) Date of Publication: June 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 326 Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS A Texas Reckoning In the early morning hours after a law firm recruiting party at a beachside house on Galveston Island, Read more

The Forgotten World by Nick Courtright Genre: Poetry / Travel / Fatherhood Publisher: Gold Wake Press Date of Publication: August 1, 2021 Number of Pages: 88 Pages  SYNOPSIS In his third collection, poet Nick Courtright explores the world at large in an effort to reconcile selfhood as an American in the international community, while also Read more

MAKING IT HOME By Teddy Jones Publisher: MidTown Publishing Pub Date: July 26, 2021 Series: Jackson’s Pond, Texas Series Stand Alone: YES Pages: 275 Categories: Family Fiction / Racism / Ku Klux Klan / Texas Women’s Fiction / Rural Fiction Scroll for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS In this third novel in the Jackson’s Pond, Texas series, fifty-five-year-old Read more

70% DARK INTENTIONS Bean to Bar Mysteries Book 2 by AMBER ROYER Categories: Cozy Mystery / Woman Sleuth / Romance Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: July 20, 2021 Number of Pages: 260 pages  SYNOPSIS An Idyllic Chocolate Shop. An island with endangered species. And a murder. Felicity Koerber’s bean to bar chocolate shop Read more

THE UVALDE RAIDER A Templar Family Novel BY BEN H. ENGLISH Categories: Historical Fiction / Military / Texas Publisher: Creative Texts Publishers Publication Date: April 17, 2021 Pages: 229 Pages  SYNOPSIS The time is the eve of the First Gulf War. The place an abandoned World War II emergency landing strip for heavy bombers, nestled Read more

EL PASO SUNRISE & EL PASO SUNSET by Louis Bodnar Categories: Thriller / Terrorism / Conspiracy Publisher: Morgan James Fiction Pub Date: September 24th, 2019 | January 5th, 2021 Pages: 292 | 238  SYNOPSIS El Paso Sunrise From a Constitutional Republic to a Marxist Dictatorship led by a Muslim President in a Second American Civil Read more

RIVER, SING OUT BY JAMES WADE Categories: Contemporary / Literary Fiction Rural Fiction / Crime Fiction / Coming-of-Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Facebook · Twitter · Instagram Date of Publication: June 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 315 pages  SYNOPSIS “And through these ages untold, the river did act as the lifeblood of all those things Read more

DEADLY BUSINESS COVER REVEAL BY ANITA DICKASON Categories: Suspense | Thriller | Crime Thriller Anticipated Publication Date: July 3rd, 2021 Pages: 324 pages  SYNOPSIS A Texas Multi-Billion Dollar Lure! Following a tactical raid at an Oklahoma farm, a phone call sends U.S. Deputy Marshal Piper McKay rushing back to the East Texas cattle ranch where Read more

GINGERBREAD KISSES Hot in Magnolia Book 4 By Minette Lauren Categories: Sexy Romance Publication Date: April 30th, 2021 Pages: 275 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Hollywood actress Ginger Lynn Harding is broke, unemployed, and stuck in the glaring spotlight of a sex-tape scandal thanks to her lousy ex-boyfriend. Changing her coveted ginger-colored hair to brown, Read more

A WITCH’S BREW Conquest of the Veil Book III By Michael Scott Clifton Categories: Sword & Sorcery / Magical Realism / Fantasy / Paranormal Publisher: Book Liftoff Publication Date: April 14th, 2021 Pages: 318 Pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Intent on defeating the Dark Queen and destroying the Veil, Prince Tal and Alexandria arrive Read more

THE CHINESE MURDER OF EDWARD WATTS Covey Jencks Mystery, #3 By Shelton L. Williams Categories: Mystery / Humor Publish Date: December 8th, 2020 Pages: 233 pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Covey and JayJay travel to China and then return home to deal with shady characters, spies, gangsters, and other tough customers. In an exciting Read more

THE PARIS BETRAYAL By James R. Hannibal Categories: Fiction / Christian / Suspense Published by: Revell Publication Date: May 4th, 2021 Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS After a rough mission in Rome involving the discovery of a devastating bioweapon, Company spy Ben Calix returns to Paris to find his perfectly ordered world Read more

TO THE REPUBLIC The Republic Series, Book One BY BRUCE CLAVEY Categories: Hispanic American Fiction / Political Fiction Publication Date: October 26th, 2020 Pages: 394 pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS A novel for our times. A saga for the ages. On the eve of passing landmark immigration legislation, the entire Texas Senate and its Read more

THE MAD RAMBLINGS OF A JOKER By Brandon Dillon Categories: Poetry / Psychology / PTSD / Veteran Stories Publisher: Paper Airplane Publishing Pub Date: January 24, 2021 Pages: 156 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Poet Brandon Dillon makes his debut with The Mad Ramblings of a Joker, a brutally honest collection full of metaphor Read more

THE TAKEAWAY MEN By Meryl Ain Categories: Historical / Jewish Literature / Sibling Fiction / Holocaust Publisher: SparkPress Pub Date: August 4th, 2020 Pages: 265 pages SYNOPSIS With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronka and Johanna Lubinski and their parents arrive in the US from a Displaced Persons Camp. Read more

DIRE’S CLUB by Kimberly Packard Categories: Action & Adventure / Contemporary / Women’s Fiction Publisher: Abalos Publishing Publication Date: March 23, 2021 Pages: 326 Pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Dying isn’t just hard on the ones left behind, the regret of unfinished lives weighs heavily on the terminally ill. That’s where Dire’s Club steps Read more

STIFF LIZARD By LISA HANEBERG Series: A Spy Shop Mystery Categories: Women Sleuths / Cozy Mystery / Private Investigator / Humor Publisher: Written Pursuits Press Pub Date: March 13th, 2021 Pages: 364 pages SYNOPSIS Rodent Roger, a popular Galveston Island exterminator, goes missing the day after he tells private investigator and spy shop owner Xena Read more

A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers By Babette Fraser Hale Categories: Short Stories / Literary Fiction Publisher: Winedale Publishing Pub Date: March 1st, 2021 Pages: 216 Scroll down for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Most are newcomers to the scenic, rolling countryside of central Texas whose charms they romanticize, even as the troubles they hoped to leave behind Read more

HER EVERY MOVE By Kelly Irvin Categories: Christian / Romance / Suspense Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub Date: February 9th, 2021 Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS He’s a cop trying to stop a serial bomber. And she’ll stop at nothing to clear her own name. When a deadly bomb goes off during a Read more

AGGRAVATED BY MICHAEL SIROIS Categories: True Crime / Criminal Procedural Law Publisher: Truth Boots Publishing, LLC Pub Date: December 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 389 Scroll down for Giveaway! SYNOPSIS Description: In 2006, the author’s brother, Steve Sirois, was sentenced to serve 35 years in a Texas prison for a horrendous crime, aggravated sexual assault Read more

SCORCHED EARTH THE HALO TRILOGY, BOOK 2 by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays Categories: Science Fiction / Hard Boiled Detective Publisher: Pumpjack Press Date of Publication: February 14th, 2021 Number of Pages: 318 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS The year is 2188 and the Earth—long-ago abandoned for Mars by the plutocrats—is scorched by poverty, disease, Read more

ALL THE COWBOYS AIN’T GONE BY JOHN J. JACOBSON Categories: Historical Fiction / Action Adventure / Western Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pub Date: February 23, 2021 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS All the Cowboys Ain’t Gone is the rollicking adventure story of Lincoln Smith, a young Texan living at the beginning of Read more

KNOCK! KNOCK! Lessons Learned and Stories Shared By Douglas Thompson Categories: Nonfiction / Motivational Stories / Positivity / Relationship Building / Integrity / Time Management / Entrepreneurship Publisher: Lucid House Publishing Date of Publication: January 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 154 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Knock! Knock! is a fast-paced, fun-filled journey through the Read more

NETWORK OF DECEIT An Amara Alvarez Stand-Alone Novel By Tom Threadgill Categories: Mystery / Suspense / Detective Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: February 2, 2021 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS She’s following her instincts. They’re following her every move. After her rescue of nearly fifty kidnapped children made international headlines, Amara Read more

ALFIE CARTER By BJ Mayo Categories: Southern Fiction / Rural Fiction / Mystery Published by Skyhorse Publishing Published: January 19th, 2021 Number of Pages: 288 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS The seemingly never-ending Cabinda War (1975—) has left multitudes dead in its wake and thousands of children homeless and orphaned. Jackaleena N’denga, a young Angolan Read more

AT CLOSE RANGE: A MEMOIR OF TRAGEDY AND ADVOCACY By Leesa Ross Categories: Nonfiction / Memoir / Personal Transformation / Advocacy Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Publication Date: April 15, 2020 Number of Pages: 192 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy Read more

FACTOR-7 by J.D. MAY Categories: Suspense/ Science Fiction / Romance / Medical Thriller Publisher: Palmetto Publishing Date of Publication: January 5, 2021 Number of Pages: 468 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Dr. Sam Hawkins’s friend and mentor, Dr. William Roberts, has been struck down by an unknown and hideous disease. Roberts’s dying words are cryptic, Read more

STORK BITE by L.K. Simonds Genre: Historical Fiction / Southern Fiction Date of Publication: November 30, 2020 Number of Pages: 359 pages Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS “Everything has to be reconciled eventually.” Caddo Parish, 1913. On an October morning, a Klansman confronts seventeen-year-old David Walker at a hidden oxbow lake where he has gone Read more

ELY AIR LINES Select Stories from 10 Years of a Weekly Column, Volumes 1 & 2 by MIKE ELY and LINDA STREET-ELY Genre: Nonfiction Categories: Short Stories / Aviation / Adventure Publisher: Paper Airplane Publishing, LLC Date of Publication: January 29, 2020 Number of Pages: Volume 1: 350 pages; Volume 2: 330 pages Scroll down Read more

OPERATION NAVAJO: A Tracker Novel by Anita Dickason Categories: Suspense / Political Thriller / Crime Fiction Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Date of Publication: August 30, 2020 Number of Pages: 320 Scroll down for Giveaway!  SYNOPSIS “Whoever controls the flow of the money supply, irrespective of whether it’s fiat or gold currency, is the one to Read more

COMFORT FOODS A Comfort Stories Stand-Alone Novel by Kimberly Fish Categories: Contemporary / Second-Chance Romance Publisher: Fish Tales Publishing Date of Publication: October 7, 2020 Number of Pages: 385  SYNOPSIS From the award-winning author of Comfort Plans and Comfort Songs comes a story of two rising stars blitzed by social media. Lacy Cavanaugh and single-dad Read more

THE BLACK-MARKETER’S DAUGHTER by Suman Mallick Category: Contemporary / Literary Fiction / Multicultural Publisher: Atmosphere Press Date of Publication: October 13, 2020 Number of Pages: 166  SYNOPSIS Zuleikha arrives in the US from Lahore, Pakistan, by marriage, having trained as a pianist without ever owning a real piano. Now she finally has one-a wedding present Read more

RIVER, SING OUT by JAMES WADE Categories: Contemporary / Literary Fiction Rural Fiction / Crime Fiction / Coming-of-Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Date of Publication: June 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 315 SYNOPSIS “And through these ages untold, the river did act as the lifeblood of all those things alongside it.” Jonah Hargrove is celebrating his Read more

ONCE UPON A MAIL ORDER BRIDE Outlaw Mail Order Brides, #4 by Linda Broday Categories: Western / Historical Romance Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Date of Publication: November 24, 2020 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Accused of crimes he didn’t commit, ex-preacher Ridge Steele is forced to give up everything he knew Read more

The Cowboy Who Saved Christmas by Jodi Thomas, Sharla Lovelace, and Scarlett Dunn Genre: Romance / Adventure / Anthology Publisher: Kensington Books Date of Publication: October 27, 2020 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS The Lone Star State doesn’t have to be lonely during Christmas time! Legendary author Jodi Thomas headlines Read more

Mia and Nattie: One Great Team! by Marlene M. Bell Genre: Children’s Picture Book (K-3rd Grade) / Farm Animals Publisher: Ewephoric Publishing Date of Publication: October 4, 2020 Number of Pages: 34 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Nattie’s mouth was a little crooked. Her legs were a bit shorter than usual, and one horn Read more

ARACELI’S PATH Among Angels and Devils in Juarez by MARION SURLES Genre: Realistic Fiction / Border Stories / Mature Middle Grade Publisher: Love and Literacy Date of Publication: November 30, 2019 Number of Pages: 145 Scroll down for the giveaway!  SYNOPSIS Araceli comes from a blended, dysfunctional family held together by the love of a Read more

Strong from the Heart (Caitlin Strong #11) by Jon Land Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Forge Books Date of Publication: July 28, 2020 Number of Pages: 368 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Caitlin Strong wages her own personal war on drugs against the true power behind the illicit opioid trade in Strong Read more

THE LOVE NOTE by Joanna Davidson Politano Genre: Christian / Historical Fiction / Romance Publisher: Revell Publication Date: October 20, 2020 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Focused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she Read more

NORTH TO ALASKA The Memoirs of H. H. Lomax, #6 by PRESTON LEWIS Genre: Historical Fiction / Western / Humor Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing Date of Publication: August 5, 2020 Number of Pages: 414 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS WEALTH AND FAME IN THE WILD WEST ARE WHAT LOMAX SEEKS . . . HIS OWN Read more

LOW WATER CROSSING Book Two of the Sulfur Gap Series by DANA GLOSSBRENNER Genre: Literary Fiction / Family Saga Independently published Date of Publication: July 19, 2020 Number of Pages: 476 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Low Water Crossing is a tribute to those who endure heartache and nevertheless celebrate, to those who wait—and Read more

ESCAPE FROM WHEEL Conquest of the Veil, Book Two by MICHAEL SCOTT CLIFTON Genre: YA / Fantasy / Magical Realism / Sword & Sorcery Publisher: Book Liftoff Publication Date: August 4, 2020 Number of Pages: 302 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS New Life, New World, New Problems Alexandria Duvalier’s new life on the magical Read more

SAVING IRENE A Culinary Mystery By JUDY ALTER Cozy Mystery / Women Sleuth Publisher: Alter Ego Press Date of Publication: September 10, 2020 Number of Pages: 208 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Irene Foxglove wishes she were a French chef. Henrietta James, her assistant, knows she is nothing more than a small-time TV chef Read more

SIX FEET UNDER TEXAS: Unique, Famous, & Historic Graves in the Lone Star State (Cemetery Tales Book 1) by TUI SNIDER Genre: Nonfiction / Texana / History / Texas Travel Publisher: Castle Azle Press Date of Publication: August 15, 2020 Number of Pages: 250 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Explore the cemeteries of Texas Read more

SOMETHING WORTH DOING A Novel of an Early Suffragist by Jane Kirkpatrick Genre: Christian Historical Fiction Publisher: Revell Publication Date: September 1, 2020 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Some things are worth doing—even when the cost is great. In 1853, Abigail Scott was a nineteen-year-old schoolteacher in Oregon Territory when Read more

A VOTE IS A POWERFUL THING By CATHERINE STIER Illustrated by Courtney Dawson Children’s Picture Book / American Historical Fiction / Elections and Voting Ages 4-7 Publisher: Albert Whitman and Company Date of Publication: September 1, 2020 Number of Pages: 32 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Callie knows there’s a presidential election coming up, Read more

SLANTED LIGHT Jackson’s Pond Texas Series, Book 2 by Teddy Jones Genre: Literary Fiction / Family Saga / Western Women / Rural Fiction Publisher: Midtown Publishing Publication Date: August 21, 2020 Number of Pages: 275 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Teddy Jones’s earlier novel, Jackson’s Pond, Texas, began the saga of the Jackson family. Read more

NACHO’S NACHOS The Story Behind the World’s Favorite Snack by Sandra Nickel Illustrated by Oliver Dominguez Genre: Picture Book / Nonfiction / Food History / Latinx Interest Publisher: Lee & Low Books Publication Date: August 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 32 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS NACHO’S NACHOS is the deliciously true story about Read more

AIRBORNE by DiANN MILLS Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Date of Publication: September 8, 2020 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Heather Lawrence’s long-awaited vacation to Salzburg wasn’t supposed to go like this. Mere hours into the transatlantic flight, the Houston FBI agent is awakened when passengers begin Read more

THE GULAG P-PA DIARIES by PRESTON LEWIS Genre: Memoir / Christian / Humor / Grandparenting / Family Publisher: CKN Christian Publishing Date of Publication: April 22, 2020 Number of Pages: 268 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS As new empty-nesters, Harriet and Preston next looked forward to becoming grandparents. Their journey to assuming the names Read more

ENEMIES OF DOVES by Shanessa Gluhm Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery Publisher: TouchPoint Press Publication Date: March 20, 2020 Number of Pages: 324 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Told in alternating timelines from World War II to 1992, debut author Shanessa Gluhm’s Enemies of Doves is a tale of family secrets, jealousy, and deception Read more

LANDING IN MY PRESENT by Mary Clark Biography / Aviation / Historical / WWII Publisher: Hellgate Press Date of Publication: June 15, 2020 Number of Pages: 218 Scroll down for the giveaway! SYNOPSIS Mary Walker Clark barely knew her father. When he died, he left not only the obvious void every teen would experience, but Read more

A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BOOK ON AGING by Stephanie Raffelock Genre: Inspirational / Spiritual / Essays / Self-Help Publisher: She Writes Press Publication Date: April 28, 2020 Number of Pages: 119 Scroll down for the giveaway! All around us, older women flourish in industry, entertainment, and politics. Do they know something that we don’t, or are Read more

THE REPUBLIC OF JACK by Jeffrey Kerr Political Satire / Texas Humor / Texas Fiction Publisher: Independently published Date of Publication: April 7, 2020 Number of Pages: 253 Scroll down for the giveaway! Jack Cowherd will do anything to win the Texas governorship, even flirt with twenty-first-century secessionists in the Texas Patriot Party. Victory is Read more

ALL THINGS LEFT WILD by James Wade Genre: Adventure / Rural Fiction / Coming of Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Publication Date: June 16, 2020 Number of Pages: 304 Scroll down for the giveaway! After an attempted horse theft goes tragically wrong, sixteen-year-old Caleb Bentley is on the run with his mean-spirited older brother across the Read more

THE KEY TO EVERYTHING by Valerie Fraser Luesse Contemporary Christian Romance Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: June 2, 2020 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway! Based on a true story, Valerie Fraser Luesse’s new novel takes readers on an incredible journey of self-discovery. The poignant prose, enchanting characters, and captivating settings in Read more

STORMS OF MALHADO by MARIA ELENA SANDOVICI Genre: Historical Fiction / Ghosts Publisher: Independently Published Date of Publication: March 26, 2020 Number of Pages: 252 Scroll down for the giveaway! Galveston Island, Texas, September 2008 Katie doesn’t believe in ghosts. And she certainly doesn’t believe the rumors that her family’s home is haunted, despite its Read more

FIRST HERD TO ABILENE An H. H. Lomax Western, #5 by PRESTON LEWIS Genre: Historical Fiction / Western / Humor Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing Date of Publication: February 5, 2020 Number of Pages: 449 Scroll down for the giveaway! HISTORICALLY SOUND AND HILARIOUSLY FUNNY! H.H. Lomax meets Wild Bill Hickok in Springfield, Missouri, and is responsible for Read more

FULL CIRCLE: A MEMOIR by PAMELA LOMBANA Genre: Memoir / Domestic Abuse / Forgiveness Publisher: Wordfall Publishing Date of Publication: December 5, 2019 Number of Pages: 217 Scroll down for the giveaway! Alcoholism and domestic abuse creep silently into people’s lives, shattering dreams. For Pamela Lombana, the excitement of marriage turned into paralyzing fear as Read more

EDISON JONES AND THE ANTI-GRAV ELEVATOR by MICHAEL SCOTT CLIFTON Genre: MG-YA / Action & Adventure / Men’s & Boys’ Publisher: Book Liftoff Publication Date: February 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 282 Scroll down for the giveaway! Twelve-year-old Edison Jones is a prodigy with a passion for technology and inventions. Paralyzed from the waist down Read more

VIOLENCE / JOY / CHAOS by Jane Marshall Fleming Essays / Poems Publisher: Rhythm & Bones Press Date of Publication: April 1, 2020 Number of Pages: 154 Scroll down for the giveaway! This debut full-length hybrid collection of essays and poetry explores the moments of joy and chaotic hilarity that mingle with the experiences of Read more

BREAKFAST AT THE HONEY CREEK CAFÉ A Honey Creek Novel by Jodi Thomas Genre: Contemporary Romance Publisher: Zebra Publication Date: May 26, 2020 Number of Pages: 336 VISIT JODITHOMAS.COM FOR ALL JODI’S BOOKS BY SERIES From Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Mornings on Main and Indigo Lake, comes this heartwarming new novel Read more

DESTINY’S WAY A Novel of the Big Bend by Ben H. English Historical Fiction / Suspense Publisher: Creative Texts Publishers Date of Publication: January 18, 2020 Number of Pages: 363 Kate Blanchard woke up one morning in a dream home she could no longer afford, with a young son who needed a man’s influence, and Read more

POSTCARDS FROM LONNIE HOW I REDISCOVERED MY BROTHER ON THE STREET CORNER HE CALLED HOME by Lisa Johnson Biography / Photo Journal / Poverty Publisher: Rand-Smith LLC Date of Publication: January 14, 2020 Number of Pages: 200 Scroll down for the giveaway! It all started on Christmas Day 1993. Lisa and Lonnie were sitting on Read more

BLUE SKIES by Anne Bustard Middle Grade /Historical Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Date of Publication: March 17, 2020 Number of Pages: 224 Scroll down for the giveaway! Ten-year-old Glory Bea Bennett believes in miracles. After all, her grandmother—the best matchmaker in the whole county—is responsible for thirty-nine of them so Read more

OUT OF THE EMBERS MESQUITE SPRINGS, BOOK ONE by Amanda Cabot Historical Fiction / Christian Romance Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: March 3, 2020 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway! Ten years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless. The orphanage that was her refuge and later her Read more

BAYOU CITY BURNING Harry & Dizzy Lark, Book 1 by D.B. BORTON Mystery / Detective / Humor / Historical Publisher: Boomerang Books Date of Publication: May 30, 2019 Number of Pages: 390 Houston, 1961: comedy meets mystery and history. It’s hard to be hard-boiled when your biggest fan and worst critic is your twelve-year-old daughter, Read more

CHASING THE WHITE LION (Talia Inger, Book Two) by JAMES R. HANNIBAL Genre: Contemporary Christian / Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: March 3, 2020 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for the giveaway! Young CIA officer Talia Inger has reconciled with the man who assassinated her father, but that doesn’t mean she Read more

SITTING ON A FORTUNE The Sisters, Texas Book 9 by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: February 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 228 Scroll down for the giveaway! Hidden fortune. Hidden danger. Madison Reynolds deCordova is about to uncover a dangerous secret…literally. During In Read more

RIO RUIDOSO Three Rivers Trilogy, 1 by PRESTON LEWIS Genre: Historical Western Publisher: Five Star Publishing Date of Publication: February 19, 2020 Number of Pages: 299 2017 Elmer Kelton Award from the West Texas Historical Association: Best Creative Work on West Texas Scroll down for the giveaway! Rio Ruidoso offers a gripping blend of history Read more

COLLISION OF LIES (Detective Amara Alvarez, Book One) by TOM THREADGILL Genre: Contemporary Christian Suspense Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: February 4, 2020 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on Read more

ALL IN by L.K. Simonds Genre: Gritty Realistic / Christian Fiction Publisher: Morgan James Publishing Date of Publication: August 27, 2019 Number of Pages: 282 Scroll down for the giveaway! A woman’s empty pursuit of happiness leads to a crisis before finding redemption in the Lord in this challenging and gritty Christian novel. Twenty-nine-year-old novelist Read more

SPENT IDENTITY Annalisse Series, Book 2 by Marlene M. Bell Genre: Mystery / Suspense / Light Romance Publisher: Ewephoric Publishing Date of Publication: December 11, 2019 Number of Pages: 378 Scroll down for the giveaway! A body, a disappearance, just another hot summer in upstate New York. It’s July when antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury reaches Read more

SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY A True-Crime Saga in Texas by TUI SNIDER Genre: Nonfiction / Texana / Texas History Publisher: Castle Azle Press Date of Publication: December 8, 2019 Number of Pages: 146 pages + black & white photos Scroll down for the giveaway! When Marshall Ratliff dressed like Santa Claus to pull a Christmas-time Read more

COVEY AND JAYJAY GET EDUCATED by Shelton L. Williams Genre: Murder Mystery / Social Thriller / Amateur Sleuth Publication Date: September 1, 2019 Number of Pages: 209 pages Scroll down for the giveaway! Amateur detectives, Covey Jencks and JayJay Qualls, are drawn into a triple murder on the campus of Baker College in West Waverly Read more

WHY STUFF MATTERS by JEN WALDO Sub-genre: Literary Fiction / Humor Publisher: Arcadia Books Date of Publication: June 4, 2019 (US) Number of Pages: 212 When Jessica, a grieving widow, inherits an antique mall from her mother she also inherits the stallholders, an elderly, amoral, acquisitive, and paranoid collection. When one of the vendors, a Read more

Lone Star Literary Life EXCLUSIVE! Lone Star Literary Life is honored to present the cover of the fifth book in the Gethsemane Brown Mysteries by Alexia Gordon & Henery Press. To be released March, 2020

SINGAPORE FLING Carpe Diem Chronicles, #2 by MAIDA MALBY Contemporary Romance / Multicultural Publisher: EOT Publications Date of Publication: October 21, 2019 Number of Pages: 267 Scroll down for the giveaway! One alluring French-Filipina beauty. One sexy US Air Force officer. One torrid weekend affair. Maddie Duvall should be living it up at her challenging Read more

A TEXAS KIND OF CHRISTMAS by JODI THOMAS, Celia Bonaduce, & Rachael Miles Genre: Historical Fiction / Anthology / Holiday Romance Publisher: Kensington Books Publication Date: October 29, 2019 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway! It’s Christmas Eve, 1859, and everyone who’s anyone is headed to the glorious St. Nicholas Hotel for Read more

TARNISHED BRASS by MAX L. KNIGHT Genre: Historical Fiction / Novella / War Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc. Date of Publication: September 20, 2019 Number of Pages: 114 Scroll down for the giveaway! The war in El Salvador as seen through the eyes of a U.S. Army officer, a guerrilla leader, and a refugee turned gang Read more

COMFORT SONGS a companion novel to Comfort Plans by KIMBERLY FISH Genre: Contemporary Romance / Women’s Fiction Publisher: Fish Tales, LLC Date of Publication: September 19, 2019 Number of Pages: 348 Scroll down for the giveaway! Award-winning author of Comfort Plans, Kimberly Fish, delivers a novel about family, forgiveness, and the seeds of second chances. Read more

BEYOND THE HORIZON by ELLA CAREY Historical Fiction / Friendship Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Date of Publication: October 15, 2019 Number of Pages: 326 Scroll down for the giveaway! From the author of The House by the Lake comes a powerful novel of friendship during World War II, fighting for the truth, and making peace Read more

JOURNEY OF THE PALE BEAR by SUSAN FLETCHER Middle Grade / Medieval Historical Fiction (grades 3-7) Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Date of Publication: October 2, 2018 Paperback: October 1, 2019 Number of Pages: 302 Scroll down for the giveaway! A runaway boy befriends a polar bear that’s being transported from Norway to London in Read more

A DISTANCE TOO GRAND (American Wonders Collection, Book One) by REGINA SCOTT Genre: Historical Fiction / Christian Romance Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: October 1, 2019 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for the giveaway! Meg Pero has been assisting her photographer father since she was big enough to carry his equipment, so when he Read more

CHRISTMAS IN WINTER VALLEY Ransom Canyon, #8 by Jodi Thomas Genre: Contemporary / Western / Holiday Romance Publisher: HQN Publication Date: September 24, 2019 Number of Pages: 288 Scroll down for the giveaway! Ransom Canyon welcomes you back for a Christmas that has everything you’re looking for: romance, family, and a whole lot of Texas. Read more

ANGEL THIEVES by KATHI APPELT Young Adult / Magical Realism / Historical / Contemporary Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Date of Publication: March 12, 2019 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway! An ocelot. A slave. An angel thief. Multiple perspectives spanning across time are united through themes of freedom, hope, and Read more

THE GRYPHON HEIST (Talia Inger, Book One) by JAMES R. HANNIBAL Genre: Contemporary Christian / Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: September 3, 2019 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! Talia Inger is a rookie CIA case officer assigned not to the Moscow desk as she had hoped but to Read more

FATAL STRIKE by DiANN MILLS Genre: Romantic Suspense / Clean Romance / Christian Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Date of Publication: September 3, 2019 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! There’s a killer on the loose in Galveston, targeting law enforcement officials and using a fatal injection of snake venom to take them Read more

THE BIRD BOYS A Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan Mystery by LISA SANDLIN Genre: Gentle Noir / Mystery / Women Sleuths Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press Date of Publication: August 20, 2019 Number of Pages: 306 Scroll down for the giveaway! The new novel from award-winning author Lisa Sandlin catches up with the almost-murdered secretary Delpha Read more

ROUNDING HOME by SARAH SWINDELL Genre: Memoir / Family / Autism Date of Publication: August 2, 2019 Number of Pages: 256 Scroll down for the giveaway! In 1991, twenty-one-year-old Sarah, the recently divorced mother to two-year-old Hayley, moved from the dusty small town of Farmington, New Mexico to the bustling city of Houston, Texas with Read more

A GLITTER OF GOLD Georgia Coast Romance #2 by LIZ JOHNSON Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance / Mystery Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: August 6, 2019 Number of Pages: 368 Scroll down for the giveaway! Discover a treasure worth more than all the pirate gold in the world Anne Norris moved to Savannah, Georgia, for a Read more

IBERIAN TIES by Quintin Vargas Genre: Crime Fiction / Mystery / Suspense Publisher: Vanguard Publishers Date of Publication: May 13, 2019 Number of Pages: 405 Scroll down for the giveaway! Without a motive, how do you catch a killer? A gripping thriller in the vein of Harlan Coben, Paula Hawkins, and Lee Child. A rising Read more

LIGHT FROM DISTANT STARS by SHAWN SMUCKER Genre: Christian Fiction / Magical Realism / Rural Fiction Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: July 16, 2019 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! When Cohen Marah steps over his father’s body in the basement embalming room of the family’s funeral home, he has no idea Read more

CHASING HOPE by DANA WAYNE Genre: Contemporary Romance Publisher: Book Liftoff Date of Publication: June 10, 2019 Number of Pages: 295 Scroll down for the giveaway! Max Logan longs for the joys of home and family he missed growing up in foster care. He fills that emotional void by becoming a kick-ass Marine, and for Read more

WHEN THE STARS FALL by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Publication Date: August 11, 2015 Number of Pages: 318 Scroll down for the giveaway! Named Best Mystery Series 2018  Texas Association of Authors Madison Reynolds is rebuilding her life, one obstacle at a time. But the Read more

CHICKEN SCRATCH by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Publication Date: April 13, 2015 Number of Pages: 314 Scroll down for the giveaway! Named Best Mystery Series 2018  Texas Association of Authors When Madison Reynolds finds herself widowed and penniless before forty, she does the only thing Read more

WHEN THE MEN WERE GONE by MARJORIE HERRERA LEWIS Genre: Historical / Biographical / Sports Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: October 2, 2018 Number of Pages: 240 Scroll down for the giveaway! A cross between Friday Night Lights and The Atomic City Girls, When The Men Were Gone is a debut historical novel based Read more

CHRISTMAS IN THE SISTERS by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Publication Date: November 1, 2017 Number of Pages: 251 Scroll down for the giveaway! Named Best Mystery Series 2018  Texas Association of Authors Madison Reynolds can’t wait for Christmas this year. Rebuilding her life as a Read more

MAX … ATTACKS by KATHI APPELT illustrated by Penelope Dullaghan Children’s Picture Book / Humor / Stories in Verse Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Publication Date: June 11, 2019 Number of Pages: 40 Scroll down for the giveaway! Fish and birds and lizards and socks…is there anything Max won’t attack? Watch your ankles and Read more

CAPTAIN FIN by AMANDA M. THRASHER Based on a screenplay by Kevin James O’Neill Genre: Young Adult / Adventure / Family Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Date of Publication: May 1, 2019 Number of Pages: 432 Scroll down for the giveaway! Hannah Gunner, once a carefree child, is faced with secrets, lies, and betrayal. A Read more

RADIOACTIVE Bonnie and Clyde Series Book Three by CLARK HAYS AND KATHLEEN McFALL Genre: Historical / Alternative History / Romance  Publisher: Pumpjack Press on Facebook Date of Publication: March 23, 2019 Number of Pages: 332 Scroll down for the giveaway! Bonnie and Clyde: Defending the working class from a river of greed. It’s January 1945, Read more

WOOING CADIE McCAFFREY by BETHANY TURNER Genre: Christian Romance / Humor Publisher: Revell a division of Baker Publishing Group Publication Date: May 21, 2019 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway! After four years with her boyfriend, Cadie McCaffrey is thinking of ending things. Convinced Will doesn’t love her in the “forever” way she Read more

SAVING THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE Outlaw’s Mail Order Bride, Book Two by LINDA BRODAY Genre: Historical Western Romance Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Publication Date: April 30, 2019 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for the giveaway! He may have a high price on his head, but all outlaw Jack Bowdre ever desired was a second chance. Read more

THE SHADOW WRITER by ELIZA MAXWELL Genre: Psychological Suspense / Domestic Thriller Publisher: Lake Union Press Publication Date: May 1, 2019 Number of Pages: 348 Scroll down for the giveaway! Every writer has a story. Some are deadlier than others.  Aspiring author Graye Templeton will do anything to escape the horrific childhood crime that haunts Read more

GOURMET ON A HOT PLATE by Judy Alter Genre: Cookbook / Cooking Tips / Tiny Kitchen Publisher: Alter Ego Press Publication Date: November 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 132 Scroll down for the giveaway! Gourmet on a Hot Plate is a collection of recipes and kitchen tips compiled after living for some time in a Read more

PANIC POINT Pepperman Mystery Series Book Two by BILL BRISCOE Genre: Mystery / Crime Fiction / Stand-Alone Publisher: self-published Date of Publication: March 26, 2019 Number of Pages: 248 Scroll down for the giveaway! When Earl’s bride Morgan vanishes in the Smoky Mountains on their honeymoon, the former Navy SEAL is certain she’s been abducted. Read more

THE STAMP OF HEAVEN by JULIA ROBB Genre: Historical Fiction / Civil War Publisher: self-published Date of Publication: February 19, 2019 Number of Pages: 196 Scroll down for the giveaway! The Union Army wants former Confederate Army general Beau Kerry for alleged war crimes, but he’s hiding out where the Yankees least expect to find Read more

DRIFTWOOD BAY A Hope Harbor Novel, Book 5 by IRENE HANNON Genre: Contemporary / Christian / Romance Publisher: Revell Publication Date: April 2, 2019 Number of Pages: 368 Scroll down for the giveaway! After tragedy upends her world, Jeannette Mason retreats to the tiny Oregon seaside town of Hope Harbor to create a new life. Read more

LIVE WIRE (Maggie, Book One) A What Doesn’t Kill You World Romantic Mystery by PAMELA FAGAN HUTCHINS Genre: Romantic Mystery Publisher: SkipJack Publishing Publication Date: March 6, 2019 Number of Pages: 270 Scroll down for the giveaway! A hook-up turned lethal. A spurned, angry cowboy. Can rebel Maggie turn the tables before a killer adds Read more

VORTEX by KIMBERLY PACKARD Genre: Women’s Fiction / Psychological Publisher: Abalos Publishing Publication Date: January 31, 2019 Number of Pages: 308 Scroll down for the giveaway! Constant spinning, round and round and round, temperatures rise and fall from stifling heat to chilling cold, emotions run high in anticipation of what will happen next… there’s a Read more

ARANSAS EVENING Sequel to Aransas Morning by JEFF HAMPTON Genre: Contemporary Literary Fiction Publisher: Jeff Hampton, Writer Publication Date: October 4, 2018 Number of Pages: 346 Scroll down for the giveaway! Life in Port Aransas was looking breezy and bright for Sam and his friends at the Dream Bean coffee shop. Shelly and Dave were Read more

DR. ARTHUR SPOHN: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer by JANE CLEMENTS MONDAY & FRANCES BRANNEN VICK Genre: Non-Fiction / Medical / Texas History / Biography Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Date of Publication: September 12, 2018 Number of Pages: 352 pages. 78 b&w photos. Map. 4 Appendices. Index. Scroll down for the giveaway! In Read more

THE WATER LORD by MATT MINOR Genre: Political Suspense Publisher: Dead Tree Publishing Publication Date: April 2, 2018 Number of Pages: 249 Scroll down for the giveaway! A town has gone dry, and the general manager of a water district is found dead, presumably a suicide. His crazed widow is in denial and recklessly loose-lipped. Read more

EINSTEIN’S COMPASS A YA TIME TRAVELER ADVENTURE by Grace Blair & Laren Bright Certified Lexile Measure: 860L Genre: Young Adult / Historical / Fantasy / Science Fiction Publisher: Modern Mystic Media Publication Date: January 2, 2019 Number of Pages: 394 Coming on Audio, February 2019! Scroll down for the giveaway! How did Albert Einstein come Read more

HEART OF THE OAK by J.L. NOVINSKY Genre: Children’s / Nature / Life Cycle Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing Date of Publication: November 15, 2017 Number of Pages: 36 Scroll down for the giveaway! Heart of the Oak is a sweet story of the life of an old oak tree. He’s old and weathered; his skin is Read more

FIERCE, FUNNY, AND FEMALE A Journey Through Middle America, the Texas Oil Field, and Standup Comedy by MARTI MacGIBBON Genre: Memoir / Drama / Humor Publisher: Stay Strong Publishing Date of Publication: March 20, 2017 Number of Pages: 412 This book is the celebrated prequel to the critically acclaimed, nationally award-winning and bestselling memoir, Never Give Read more

THE JANUS WITCH by MICHAEL SCOTT CLIFTON Genre: Paranormal Urban Fantasy / Romance Publisher: Book Liftoff Date of Publication: September 1, 2018 Number of Pages: 372 Scroll down for the giveaway! A beautiful witch, a member of a murderous coven, is torn from her medieval world and transported to East Texas. The passage leaves her Read more

COVEY JENCKS by SHELTON L. WILLIAMS Narrated by Kathy James Genre: Mystery / Social Thriller Publisher: Southern Owl Publications, LLC Date of Publication: February 10, 2018 Number of Pages: 229 Audio Book Length: 6 hours, 38 minutes Covey Jencks is a murder mystery with a social conscience. Set in West Texas with a cast of Read more

WAIT FOR ME Montana Rescue Series, Book 6 by SUSAN MAY WARREN Genre: Romance / Action / Christian Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: November 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway! EMT Jess Tagg has returned to Montana to finally give her heart to Pete, but it seems he’s no longer Read more

IN TOO DEEP Dive Team Investigations Book Two by Lynn H. Blackburn Genre: Suspense / Romance / Christian Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: November 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway! When the dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren’t prepared to find Read more

GRATITUDE: THE ART OF BEING THANKFUL by Vickie Phelps Genre: Non-Fiction / Inspirational / Devotional Publisher: Inspire Books Date of Publication: July 11, 2017 Number of Pages: 92, 4½” x 6″ This ninety-two-page gift book is a compilation of devotions, poems, prayers, and lists of things to be grateful for. The difference between having what Read more

THE WHOLE DAMN CHEESE MAGGIE SMITH BORDER LEGEND by BILL WRIGHT Genre: Biography / Texana Publisher: Texas Christian University Press Facebook • Instagram • Twitter Number of Pages: 160 pages with B&W photos Anecdotes about Maggie Smith abound, but Bill Wright’s The Whole Damn Cheese is the first book devoted entirely to the woman whose Read more

BURDEN OF PROOF FBI Rapid Response, #1 by DiANN MILLS Genre: Inspirational / Mystery / Suspense / Romance Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Date of Publication: October 9, 2018 Number of Pages: 416 Scroll down for the giveaway! Reeling from a negotiation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent April Ramos is caught off guard when a frazzled Read more

OLD BUILDINGS IN NORTH TEXAS by JEN WALDO Sub-genre: Literary Fiction / Dramedy Publisher: Arcadia Books Date of Publication: April 1, 2018 Number of Pages: 213 Scroll down for the giveaway! After rehab, Olivia, a 32-year-old cocaine addict, is required to move back in with her mother and pregnant sister. Having left a promising career Read more

Mistletoe Miracles Ransom Canyon by JODI THOMAS Genre: Holiday Romance / Western Publisher: HQN Date of Publication: September 25, 2016 Number of Pages: 354 A small-town Texas Christmas story, where hearts are lost, love is found, and family always brings you back home. Griffin Holloway is desperate: the Maverick Ranch has been in his family Read more

COWBOY CHARM SCHOOL HAYWIRE BRIDES, #1 by MARGARET BROWNLEY Genre: Western / Clean Romance Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Date of Publication: September 4, 2018 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for the giveaway! When Texas Ranger Brett Tucker accidentally derails a wedding, he’s determined to bring the estranged couple back together…but he never dreamed he’d start Read more

OUT AND IN a mystery-thriller MARIE DONOVAN MYSTERIES, #1 by PAT DUNLAP EVANS Genre: Fiction / Romantic Suspense Publisher: A.M. Chai Literary Date of Publication: April 27, 2016 Number of Pages: 316 Scroll down for the giveaway! Stunning beauty and amateur cellist Marie Donovan finds herself in deep trouble after her pro-quarterback husband dives off Read more

A RUMORED FORTUNE BY JOANNA DAVIDSON POLITANO Genre: Historical Romance / Christian Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: July 31, 2018 Number of Pages: 416 Scroll down for the giveaway! Welcome to Trevelyan Castle, home of the poorest heiress in Victorian England. Tressa Harlowe’s father kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the Read more

WHISPERS ON THE WIND by DANA WAYNE Genre: Romantic Suspense Publisher: Book Lift Off Date of Publication: March 7, 2018 Number of Pages: 277 Scroll down for the giveaway! You didn’t stop him. He killed her. Dire warnings from a voice only he can hear makes Sheriff Cooper Delaney doubt his sanity. When a body Read more

THE GRAND DUKE FROM BOYS RANCH EUGENIA AND HUGH M. STEWART ’26 SERIES by BILL SARPALIUS foreword by Bill Hobby Genre: Memoir / Texana / Politics / Eastern European History Publisher: Texas A&M University Press on Facebook   │   on Twitter   │   on Instagram Date of Publication: April 16, 2018 Number of Pages: 336 pages w/50 Read more

JUSTICE BETRAYED A MEMPHIS COLD CASE MYSTERY, #3 by PATRICIA BRADLEY Genre: Fiction / Romantic Suspense Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: June 5, 2018 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway! It’s Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide detective Rachel Sloan isn’t sure her day could get any stranger when aging Elvis impersonator Read more

THAT ONE MOMENT by PATTY WISEMAN Genre: Fiction / Romantic Suspense Date of Publication: May 8, 2017 Number of Pages: 258 Scroll down for the giveaway! Ricki Sheridan traveled a long way to seek refuge at Wolf Den’s Lodge high in the mountains after a devastating betrayal. Heartbroken, she signed up for a survivalist backpacking Read more

THE HOPE OF AZURE SPRINGS by RACHEL FORDHAM Genre: Inspirational Historical Romance Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: July 3, 2018 Number of Pages: 336 Seven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orphan train. But secrets from her past haunt her, and her new life in Read more

THE EDGE OF OVER THERE The Day the Angels Fell, Book 2 by SHAWN SMUCKER Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: July 3, 2018 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for the giveaway! The captivating sequel to the award-winning The Day the Angels Fell Abra Miller carries a secret and a responsibility she never Read more

TANGIBLE SPIRITS by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Paranormal / Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: May 13, 2017 Number of Pages: 316 Scroll down for the giveaway! Reporter Gera Stapleton has a difficult choice to make: write the story of a lifetime or save the legacy of a town—and a man—she has come Read more

HARMON GENERAL Misfits and Millionaires #2 by KIMBERLY FISH Genre: Historical Fiction / WWII / Spies Publisher: Fish Tales, LLC Date of Publication: June 16, 2018 Number of Pages: 330 Scroll down for the giveaway! In 1943, Lane Mercer and Emmie Tesco had nothing in common. Well, nothing stronger than a town neither of them chose Read more

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. If you need to help a loved one who is in denial about an Alzheimer’s diagnosis or need to know where to start with the caregiving process, you need to read this book! CRUDE BLESSINGS by T.M. “Roe” Patterson Genre:  Biography & History Date of Publication: April 15, Read more

THE CAPTIVE BOY by JULIA ROBB Genre:  Historical Fiction Date of Publication: December 20, 2015 Number of Pages: 170 Scroll down for the giveaway! Colonel Mac McKenna’s Fourth Cavalry recaptures white captive August Shiltz from the Comanche, only to find August is determined to return to the Indians. McKenna attempts to civilize August to nineteenth Read more

THE WIDOW’S WATCHER by ELIZA MAXWELL Genre:   Publisher: Lake Union Press Date of Publication: March 29, 2018 Number of Pages: 286 Scroll down for the giveaway! From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them… Living Read more

SINS OF THE YOUNGER SONS by JAN REID Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance / Spy / Thriller Publisher: Texas Christian University Press  Facebook   Instagram Publication Date: February 28, 2018 Number of Pages: 296 pages Sins of the Younger Sons has received the Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters! Luke Burgoa is an Read more

In addition to helping Maida Malby with the Boracay Vows trailer, I had the opportunity to discuss a few things about the book. The setting for Boracay Vows is the Philippines. Maida is a native of the Philippines, and I had spent a week or so there when I was in the Marine Corps. We Read more

WHAT LIES BELOW by Barbara Taylor Sissel Genre: Contemporary Mystery / Literary Suspense Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Date of Publication: May 15, 2018 Number of Pages: 334 Scroll down for the giveaway! Gilly O’Connell’s nightmares aren’t just bad dreams; they’re glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress Read more

HARMON GENERAL Misfits and Millionaires #2  by KIMBERLY FISH Genre: Historical Fiction / WWII / Spies  Expected Date of Publication: June 16, 2018 Number of Pages: 330 ABOUT THE BOOK: Harmon General is book two in the WWII historical fiction series entitled Misfits and Millionaires—set in Longview, Texas. The novel picks up about two months after Read more

Behind the Scenes of TANGIBLE SPIRITS  by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Paranormal / Thriller / Suspense  Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: May 13, 2017 Number of Pages: 316 Reporter Gera Stapleton has a difficult choice to make: write the story of a lifetime or save the legacy of a town—and a man—she has come Read more

TANGIBLE SPIRITS  by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Paranormal / Thriller / Suspense  Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: May 13, 2017 Number of Pages: 316 Reporter Gera Stapleton has a difficult choice to make: write the story of a lifetime or save the legacy of a town—and a man—she has come to love. Assigned to Read more

THE WAY OF BEAUTY by Camille Di Maio Genre: Historical Fiction / 20th Century / Literary Publisher: Lake Union Press Date of Publication: May 1, 2018 Number of Pages: 384 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Hearts and dreams evolve in the shadow of the once-magnificent Penn Station. Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants Read more

THE EL PASO RED FLAME GAS STATION  AND OTHER STORIES by J. REEDER ARCHULETA Genre: Fiction /Short Stories / Coming of Age Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC Date of Publication: December 8, 2017 Number of Pages: 132 Scroll down for the giveaway! These short stories are about coming of age in rural far West Texas.  Read more

BLOOD AND REMEMBRANCE by CHRIS MANNO Genre: Contemporary Literary Fiction Publisher: Dark Horse Books Publication Date: March 3, 2018 Number of Pages: 321 pages Scroll down for giveaway! Blood and Remembrance is the prequel to the award-winning Texas novel, East Jesus. This new, stand-alone story rampages from the west Texas plains to Huntsville’s Death Row and back. Cowboys, ranchers, Read more

COVEY JENCKS by Shelton L. Williams Genre: Mystery / Social Thriller Publisher: Southern Owl Publications, LLC Publication Date: February 10, 2018 Number of Pages: 229 pages Covey Jencks is a murder mystery with a social conscience. Set in West Texas with a cast of colorful and humorous characters, it follows a young lawyer from Washington, Read more

THE DOWNFALL OF GALVESTON’S MAY WALKER BURLESON Texas Society Marriage & Carolina Murder Scandal by T. Felder Dorn Genre: True Crime Publisher: Arcadia Publishing / The History Press Facebook     Twitter    Instagram   Date of Publication: April 2, 2018 Number of Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w images Jennie May Walker Burleson was envied for having everything a Read more

A TARGET ON MY BACK A Prosecutor’s Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit List by Erleigh Wiley Genre: True Crime Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Facebook     Twitter    Instagram   Date of Publication: October 3, 2017 Number of Pages: 176 with b&w photos Scroll down for the giveaway!   Murders don’t happen in Kaufman County, Texas, a Read more

DAM NATION  BOOK RELEASE BLITZ  Bonnie and Clyde #2 by CLARK HAYS AND KATHLEEN McFALL Genre: Historical / Alternative History / Romance  Publisher: Pumpjack Press Date of Publication: March 24, 2018 Number of Pages: 266 CLICK TO PURCHASE Bonnie and Clyde: Defending the working class from a river of greed. The year is 1935 and Read more

KILLING IN C SHARP A Gethsemane Brown Mystery, Volume 3  by Alexia Gordon Genre: Paranormal Mystery Publisher: Henery Press Date of Publication: March 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 288 Scroll down for the giveaway!   She saved Carraigfaire—but can she save her friends? Gethsemane Brown fought off an attack by a sleazy hotel developer who Read more

BENEATH THE SURFACE Dive Team Investigations Book One by Lynn H. Blackburn Genre: Suspense / Romance / Christian Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: March 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Dive into the depths of fear with an exciting new romantic suspense novel, Beneath the Surface. This gripping tale Read more

STOLEN OBSESSION Annalisse Series, Book 1 by Marlene M Bell Genre: Spicy Romantic Mystery Publisher: Ewephoric Publishing Date of Publication: March 20, 2018 Number of Pages: 284 Scroll down for the giveaway!   PEOPLE DIE, BUT LEGENDS LIVE ON. Manhattan antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury dreams of a quiet life on the family farm among the Read more

LEAVE TOMORROW: My Ride to the  Bottom of the World by Dirk Weisiger    Genre: Memoir / Travel / Inspiration Date of Publication: October 27, 2017 Number of Pages: 232 Scroll down for the giveaway!   After building a successful business, Dirk Weisiger was ready for something new. But he wasn’t sure what. Maybe a motorcycle Read more

ARANSAS MORNING by JEFF HAMPTON   Genre: Literary Fiction / Family Life Date of Publication: September 22, 2017 Number of Pages: 304 Scroll down for the giveaway!   When Sam Barnes’ high-flying life in Dallas falls apart, he flees to the coastal town of Port Aransas, Texas and fades into the life of a reclusive beach Read more

ELEPHANT DREAMS by MARTHA DEERINGER   Genre: Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Sweet Romance Publisher: Melange Books Date of Publication: September 2, 2017 Number of Pages: 224 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Desperate to escape her squalid life on the streets of New York City, sixteen-year-old Fiona Finn seeks help at the magnificent Church Read more

PALO DURO by MAX L. KNIGHT   Genre: Historical Fiction / Western Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc. Date of Publication: September 2, 2017 Number of Pages: 226 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Westward expansion following the civil war ushered in an era of increased conflict between the Southern Plains Indians and white settlers. Peace treaties offered Read more

ANAHUAC A Texas Story (Volume 2) by WILLIAM D. DARLING   Genre: Historical Fiction / Thriller Publisher: Canned Peas Productions Date of Publication: October 3, 2017 Number of Pages: 244 Scroll down for the giveaway! The Anahuac of 1972 is more than just an isolated outpost on Texas’s Trinity Bay – it’s a place where greed Read more

MISSING ISAAC by VALERIE FRASER LUESSE   Genre: Southern Fiction / Christian / Coming of Age Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: January 2, 2018 Number of Pages: 352 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Isaac believed in luck. But from Pete’s point of view, Isaac’s luck had all run out.When Pete McLean loses his father in Read more

BONNIE AND CLYDE: Resurrection Road Book One in a New Trilogy by CLARK HAYS AND KATHLEEN McFALL    Genre:  Alternative Historical Fiction / Thriller Date of Publication: April 22, 2017 Pages: 308 Publisher: Pumpjack Press on Facebook Scroll down for the giveaway!   In an alternate timeline, legendary lovers Bonnie and Clyde are given one last Read more

BLUSTER’S LAST STAND The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax, #4 by PRESTON LEWIS   Genre:  Historical Western Fiction / Humor Date of Publication: November 15, 2017 Publisher: Wild Horse Press Scroll down for the giveaway!   Events on the Little Bighorn might have turned out better for George Armstrong Custer had he listened to H.H. Lomax rather Read more

  UP NEAR DALLAS Winds of Change — Book III by GINA HOOTEN POPP   Genre:  Texas Historical Fiction / Romance Date of Publication: November 12, 2017 Number of Pages: 307 Scroll down for the giveaway!   The year is 1934. Economic turbulence rocks the country. And record drought dries up crops, along with the spirits Read more

DEATH AT THORBURN HALL   A Drew Farthering Mystery, #6   by JULIANNA DEERING   Genre: Historical British Mystery / Suspense Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Date of Publication: November 7, 2017 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for the giveaway!   Investigating a suspicious accident leads Drew on a path that points to international intrigue and Read more

BOMBSHELL (What Doesn’t Kill You, #9) An Ava Romantic Mystery by PAMELA FAGAN HUTCHINS   Genre: Romantic Mystery / R-Rated Publisher: SkipJack Publishing Date of Publication: July 11, 2017 Number of Pages: 236