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{"id":1622,"date":"2019-05-26T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2019-05-26T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T10:26:21","slug":"texas-june-books-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=1622&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"Texas June Books Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A preview of books set in Texas, by Texas authors, or both, publishing in June 2019<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">As befits June, the traditional month of weddings, three-quarters of the Texas books which will publish in June are romances. There&#8217;s some journalism and some thriller-ism, but half of the others are about music. Coincidence? We think not. Bring on the love songs!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781481451468_p0_v6_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Max-Attacks\/Kathi-Appelt\/9781481451468\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Max Attacks<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">By&nbsp;Kathi Appelt&nbsp;and&nbsp;Penelope Dullaghan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">(Atheneum\/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\">Fish and birds and lizards and socks \u2026 is there anything Max won\u2019t attack? From socks to strings to many a fish, attacking, for Max, is most de-lish. But how many of these things can he actually&nbsp;<em>catch<\/em>? Well, let\u2019s just say it\u2019s no even match. Watch your ankles and find out in this clever, rhyming picture book about a very naughty kitty cat.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781538746332_p0_v2_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:367px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandcentralpublishing.com\/titles\/jay-crownover\/justified\/9781538746325\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Justified<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#3498db\"> <em>(Loveless, Texas)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Jay Crownover<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Forever)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Case Lawton comes from a family of criminals. So as the sheriff of Loveless, Texas, he\u2019s determined to do everything by the book\u2014until he\u2019s called to Aspen Barlow\u2019s office after a so-called break-in. The last thing he wants to do is help the woman who cost him custody of his son. But Aspen isn\u2019t the heartless lawyer Case remembers, and he starts to question his long-held grudge\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Aspen is scared for her life, and Case is her last hope for protection. But to get him on her side, she\u2019ll have to reveal the painful truth from all those years ago. Now, as they work together to track down a dangerous criminal, Case and Aspen learn to trust each other. And as the threats escalate, it becomes clear there\u2019s a thin line between love and hate \u2026 because there\u2019s <em>nothing <\/em>Case wouldn\u2019t do to keep her safe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781420143690_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:374px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kensingtonbooks.com\/book.aspx\/36684\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Texas Free (The Tylers of Texas)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Janet Dailey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Zebra)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#2b1200\">Rose Landro is on the run. Seeking refuge at the Rimrock Ranch, she is finally ready to claim the land her granddaddy left her and make a fresh start. But her return is rife with controversy when cattle begin disappearing\u2014and a handsome menace named Tanner McCade starts watching Rose a little too closely. Could the new cowhand be connected to the men she\u2019s hiding from? Or is there another reason the rugged stranger is shadowing her every move?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#2b1200\">There\u2019s a secret in Rose Landro\u2019s eyes, a mystery that Special Ranger Tanner McCade is determined to uncover. Even if the beauty isn\u2019t behind the cattle rustling he\u2019s investigating, she\u2019s way too skittish, and all too exquisite for Tanner to just let slide past his piercing gaze. Then he discovers a vulnerability in Rose that has him aching to protect her\u2014and longing to possess her.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781335041067_p0_v2_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:361px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harlequin.com\/shop\/books\/9781335041067_sweet-summer-sunset.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Sweet Summer Sunset (A Coldwater Texas Novel)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Delores Fossen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Harlequin)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\">Rodeo rider Nico Laramie may not have a squeaky-clean reputation with the women of Coldwater, but there are rules he doesn\u2019t break. No bullies. No married women. And definitely not his best friend, Eden Joplin. So what exactly is Nico thinking, kissing Eden in front of her jerk ex-husband? With the proverbial bull out of the pen, Nico is about to get gored\u2014<em>hard<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\">Eden has secretly been writing a sex-advice blog called \u201cNaughty Cowgirl,\u201d but her divorce killed all her sexy inspiration. Then, when her gorgeous best friend kisses her in a way that makes her toes curl, suddenly Eden\u2019s mojo is back. And the heat isn\u2019t going away. Now something deep and long-denied is happening between them. Something that could destroy their friendship \u2026 or finally prove that this time it\u2019s the real deal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781949572186_p0_v3_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:352px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leroy-Adventure-Romance-Trail-Texas\/dp\/1949572188\/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=Leroy%3A+A+Tale+of+Adventure+and+Romance+on+the+Trail+to+Texas+in+1870&amp;qid=1558366240&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-fkmrnull\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Leroy: A Tale of Adventure and Romance on the Trail to Texas in 1870&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>K.G. Griffin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Carpenter\u2019s Son Publishing)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Leroy, age fifteen, rides his faithful mule, Molly, from Tennessee to Texas in 1870 in search of his brothers. He has numerous adventures along the way, including dangerous river crossings, a forest fire, and a budding romance with the lovely Cora. He deals with life, death, and birth. He also wrestles with anger and hatred, but ultimately realizes he must forgive. When he joins a wagon train, he is embraced by the Willett family and experiences and builds relationships that help him to become a confident young man.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9780785223146_p0_v3_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:348px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasnelson.com\/search-results\/?keyword=over+the+line\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Over the Line<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By Kelly Irwin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Thomas Nelson)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Gabriella has never forgiven her former fianc\u00e9, homicide detective Eli Cavazos, for breaking her heart. Then a man she\u2019s never met shows up at her restaurant, a bullet in his chest and her brother\u2019s name on his lips. Gabby soon realizes this man is connected to a powerful ring of criminals who know far too much about her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Against her better judgment, Gabby turns to Eli for help in finding her brother. When she receives a cryptic text from her brother\u2019s cell phone, she realizes she is in deep and may be dragging Eli down with her. With her brother nowhere to be found and pain from her past threatening to overwhelm her, Gabby wonders how she will make it through this unexpected quest unscathed\u2014or alive.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9780778369882_p0_v2_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:361px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harlequin.com\/shop\/books\/9780778369882_texas-home.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Texas Home: An Anthology (Heart of Texas)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Debbie Macomber<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Harlequin\/MIRA)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\">Welcome to Promise, a small town in the heart of Texas where the neighbors are friendly and you just might find love.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\"><em>\u201cNell\u2019s Cowboy\u201d:<strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning Twin Canyons into a dude ranch. One of her first guests is Travis Grant, a celebrity of sorts, a wannabe cowboy, and an Easterner known for his books about the West. Her kids adore him\u2014and she has to admit she\u2019s drawn to him, too. But it\u2019s too soon to be thinking of love and marriage again. Isn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\"><em>\u201cLone Star Baby\u201d:<strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/span>When Amy Thornton shows up in town pregnant and alone, she\u2019s looking for some guidance and compassion, so she turns to Reverend Wade McMillan. He might be a minister, but he\u2019s also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. But is it as a man that he responds to Amy? Or as a man of God? Maybe it\u2019s both. Amy needs the town\u2019s help to get back on her feet. What she wants is the love of a man named Wade\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9780778369875_p0_v2_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:361px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harlequin.com\/shop\/books\/9780778369875_texas-nights.html\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Texas Nights: An Anthology (Heart of Texas)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Debbie Macomber<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(Harlequin\/MIRA)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\">Welcome to Promise, a small town in the heart of Texas where the neighbors are friendly and you might just find love.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\"><em>\u201cCaroline\u2019s Child\u201d: <\/em><\/span>Everyone in town is curious, but no one\u2019s ever asked who the father of Caroline Daniels\u2019s child is\u2014and they never will. The people of this tight community are protective of her and little five-year-old Maggie. They care. Especially rancher Grady Weston, who\u2019s beginning to realize he cares even more than most\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\"><em>\u201cDr. Texas\u201d: <\/em><\/span>They call her Dr. Texas. Jane Dickinson, a newly graduated physician from California, will be working at the Promise clinic\u2014but just for a couple years before heading home. They call&nbsp;<em>him<\/em>&nbsp;Mr. Grouch. Cal Patterson was left at the altar by his out-of-state fianc\u00e9e, and he\u2019s not over it yet. Too bad Jane reminds him so much of the woman he\u2019s trying to forget.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781250314918_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:374px; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250314918\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Jackson: Eternity Springs: The McBrides of Texas<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By Emily March<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(St. Martin\u2019s Press)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Caroline Carruthers married young to a much-older man. Now that he\u2019s gone, she\u2019s lost \u2026 until she dares to chase a dream all on her own. Moving to Redemption, Texas, is chapter one in Caroline\u2019s new life story. Opening a bookstore is the next. Finding love is the last thing on her mind as she settles into this new place called home. But when she meets a handsome, soulful man who\u2019s also starting over, all bets are off.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">Jackson McBride came to Redemption looking only to find himself, not someone to love. Ever since his marriage ended, he\u2019s been bitter. Sure, he used to believe in love\u2014he even has the old song lyrics to prove it\u2014but the Jackson of today is all business. That is, until a beautiful young widow who\u2019s moved to town inspires a change of heart. Could it be that the myth of Redemption\u2019s healing magic is true \u2026 and Jackson and Caroline can find a second chance at a happy ending after all?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781477316504_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:343px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utpress.utexas.edu\/books\/rae-william-burroughs-and-the-cult-of-rock-n-roll\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Casey Rae<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">(University of Texas Press)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">William S. Burroughs&#8217;s fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence on music&#8217;s counterculture has been less well documented\u2014until now. Examining how one of America&#8217;s most controversial literary figures altered the destinies of many notable and varied musicians,&nbsp;<em>William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll<\/em>&nbsp;reveals the transformations in music history that can be traced to Burroughs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">A heroin addict and a gay man, Burroughs rose to notoriety outside the conventional literary world; his masterpiece,&nbsp;<em>Naked Lunch<\/em>, was banned on the grounds of obscenity, but its nonlinear structure was just as daring as its content. Casey Rae brings to life Burroughs&#8217;s parallel rise to fame among daring musicians of the 1960s, &#8217;70s, and &#8217;80s, when it became a rite of passage to hang out with the author or to experiment with his cut-up techniques for producing revolutionary lyrics (as the Beatles and Radiohead did). Whether they tell of him exploring the occult with David Bowie, providing Lou Reed with gritty depictions of street life, or counseling Patti Smith about coping with fame, the stories of Burroughs&#8217;s backstage impact will transform the way you see America&#8217;s cultural revolution\u2014and the way you hear its music.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781574417524_p0_v2_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:343px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/untpress.unt.edu\/catalog\/3840\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 6<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Gayle Reaves&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#111111\">(editor)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">(University of North Texas Press)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">This anthology collects the eleven winners of the 2018 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, an event hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. For example:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">First place winner: Kale Williams, \u201cThe Loneliest Polar Bear\u201d (The Oregonian), relates the tale of Nora, a baby polar bear raised by humans in a zoo after being abandoned by her mother.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Second place: Patricia Callahan, \u201cDoomed by Delay\u201d (Chicago Tribune), reveals the experiences of Illinois families with children diagnosed with Krabbe\u2014a deadly disease that healthcare professionals could have screened for at birth, and ultimately treated, if it weren\u2019t for government bureaucracy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Third place: Christopher Goffard, \u201cDirty John\u201d (Los Angeles Times), is an investigative story that explores the dynamics of domestic violence with a nuanced, psychologically complex narrative of family and survival.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781477316467_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:366px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utpress.utexas.edu\/books\/rey-rosa-human-matter\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Human Matter: A Fiction (Latin American Literature in Translation)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Rodrigo Rey Rosa<span style=\"color:#111111\">&nbsp;(author),&nbsp;<\/span>Eduardo Aparicio<span style=\"color:#111111\">&nbsp;(translator)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">(University of Texas Press)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">More than a decade ago, novelist Rodrigo Rey Rosa made his first visit to the Historical Archive of the Guatemala National Police, where millions of previously hidden records were being cataloged, scanned, and eventually published online. Bringing to light detailed evidence of crimes against humanity, the Archive Recovery Project inspired Rey Rosa to craft a meta-novel that weaves the language of arrest records and surveillance reports with the contemporary journal entries of a novelist (named Rodrigo) who is attempting to synthesize the stories of political activists, indigenous people, and other women and men who became ensnared in a deadly web of state-sponsored terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">When Rodrigo&#8217;s access to the archive is suspended, he proceeds to the General Archives of Central America and the Library of Congress, also collaborating with the son of the Identification Bureau&#8217;s former head in a relentless pursuit of understanding. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/9781477318843_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg\" style=\"height:319px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utpress.utexas.edu\/books\/tongson-why-karen-carpenter-matters\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Why Karen Carpenter Matters (Music Matters)<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Karen Tongson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\">(University of Texas Press)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">In the &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, America&#8217;s music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy\u2014the underconsumption that led to Karen&#8217;s death at age thirty-two from the effects of an eating disorder.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">In&nbsp;<em>Why Karen Carpenter Matters<\/em>, Karen Tongson (whose Filipino musician parents named her after the pop icon) interweaves the story of the singer\u2019s rise to fame with her own trans-Pacific journey between the Philippines\u2014where imitations of American pop styles flourished\u2014and Karen Carpenter\u2019s home ground of Southern California. Tongson reveals why the Carpenters&#8217; chart-topping, seemingly whitewashed musical fantasies of &#8220;normal love&#8221; can now have profound significance for her\u2014as well as for other people of color, LGBT+ communities, and anyone outside the mainstream culture usually associated with Karen Carpenter\u2019s legacy. This hybrid of memoir and biography excavates the destructive perfectionism at the root of the Carpenters\u2019 sound, while finding the beauty in the singer&#8217;s all too brief life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/2019-05-22_17-08-47.jpg\" style=\"height:343px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danawayne.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Chasing Hope<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0a0a0a\">By Dana Wayne<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">Can one precocious seven-year-old be the catalyst that heals a wounded warrior\u2019s soul and brings joy back to her mother&#8217;s heart?&nbsp;Or will ashes of the past bury hope once and for all?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/51Hn7dc9cnL._SY346_.jpg\" style=\"height:346px; margin:2px; width:228px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wildflower-Wedding-Reception-Sisters-Mystery-ebook\/dp\/B07QPW61QG\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Wildfire+Wedding+--+Becki+Willis&amp;qid=1558655430&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em>Wildflower Wedding: With a Killer Reception<\/em> (The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series Book 8)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#111111\">By&nbsp;<\/span>Becki Willis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Wedding preparations are underway, but the aisle to the altar gets rockier by the minute. Though the community\u2019s support is humbling, their enthusiasm soon hijacks the wedding. Squeeze in a suspicious death during a Texas Independence Day celebration, the needy new widow Madison befriends, and the unscrupulous politician trying to unseat Brash as chief of police, and the path seems littered with obstacles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">Madison will move mountains, however, to marry the man of her dreams. All they really need is each other, their children by their side, and a preacher to make it official. In an effort to please everyone, the couple opts for a private ceremony followed by a public celebration.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">It\u2019s the perfect&nbsp;Wildflower Wedding, but who knew it would end in a&nbsp;<em>killer reception?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A preview of books set in Texas, by Texas authors, or both, publishing in June 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[944,813,830,967],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bookpreview","tag-lone-star-literary-life","tag-lonestarliterarycom","tag-preview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}