Roundup of new and recent Texas romances<\/p>\n

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With its central theme of love and the promise of a guaranteed-hopeful ending, very few works of fiction can rival romance in providing respite from concerns during troubled times. No matter the subgenre or trope, there\u2019s always something to entertain everyone. This month\u2019s selections prove that variety.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Paranormal Co<\/strong><\/span><\/span>medy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

License to Bite<\/em><\/strong><\/a> offers much-needed comic relief with Jane Anderson, the daughter of the Texas governor, gaining immortality when she was \u201cturned\u201d by a sexy New Orleans vampire in a hilarious case of mistaken identity. Thinking she was his late fianc\u00e9e reincarnated, Ethan Deveraux claims Jane for his own, only to find out that the Mardi Gras party-girl is loud, obnoxious, and terrified at the sight of blood. Now, they have three weeks for Jane to overcome that fear and gain her vampire license, otherwise she will be staked, and Ethan\u2019s undead existence could end for good. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Book one of the New Orleans Nocturnes, License to Bite<\/em> is now available. Author Carrie Pulkinen<\/strong><\/a> is from a small town just south of Houston, and she’s always been fascinated by things that go bump in the night. Of course, when you grow up next door to a cemetery, the dead\u2014and the undead\u2014are hard to ignore.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Road-Trip Romance<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, to be able to travel right now. In the sweet contemporary romance Road Trip With the Billionaire<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Samantha Perkins and Garrison Haverford enviably do exactly that. Both unwilling to be matched to each other, they end up sharing the last available rental car each needs to get from Denver to San Antonio. What should have been a fifteen-hour drive takes multiple days of dealing with snow, lies, fire, and a deer. Getting to Texas isn\u2019t as easy as they thought it would be, especially when the traveling companions can\u2019t get along\u2014or can they?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Road Trip With the Billionaire<\/em> is book eight of Remi Carrington<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Bluebonnets and Billionaires series, sweet romance books set in San Antonio and the surrounding Hill Country. They\u2019re available from all your favorite retailers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The author lives in San Antonio with her husband, sons, black cats, and leopard gecko.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Marriage <\/strong><\/span><\/span>of Convenience<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Naturally, a Texas cowboy completes this month\u2019s roundup of romantic Texas reads. In Murmur of Love<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, cattle rancher and single father Aidan Lawson is faced with a struggling ranch, a custody suit, and an uncertain future. Enter supermodel and entrepreneur Cecelia Carlsen, arriving in a private jet and offering him a solution to all his problems. Is a marriage of convenience, between a man who abhors lies and secrets and a woman who is shrouded in them, a recipe for disaster? Or is it a fairy tale? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Book one of the Texas Solace series, Murmur of Love <\/em>is set in a ranch near a fictitious town in the Texas Panhandle modeled on Mott Creek Ranch near the town of Matador in Motley County, which Nicole Ann Nielsen<\/strong><\/a> visited for research in 2019. Nicole lives in scenic Cape Town, South Africa, and shares her space with her husband, two dogs, and a lone cat, her son and daughter having long flown the coop. Her debut series is available now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stay safe, everyone; stay home, if you can, and read more romance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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