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A New Home<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Just a detour, or the home she needs?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lauren Longwood’s freewheeling existence has hit a bump in more ways than one. Pregnant by her ex, she retreats to Texas and meets charismatic Alex Reyes, as tied to the land as Lauren is to the road. Once, all he wanted was to save his ancestral ranch. Now he wants to offer Lauren the steadfast love that’s eluded her if she’ll trust him enough to stay. The sweet, small-town romance Hill Country Secret<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is book one of Kit Hawthorne\u2019s Truly Texas series. Book two, Coming Home to Texas<\/em>, a second-chance romance, is out in February.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Truly Texas books are set in Limestone Springs, a fictitious town in the Texas Hill Country, on a ranch that’s been in continuous operation by the same family for seven generations, since before the Texas Revolution. Alejandro Ramirez, the family patriarch, fought and died at the Battle of Bexar under the command of Captain Juan Seguin. His descendants take pride in their heritage as they cope with the present-day demands and rewards of rural life in a small Texas town.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kit Hawthorne<\/strong><\/a> makes her home in south-central Texas on her husband\u2019s ancestral farm, where seven generations of his family have lived, worked, and loved. When not writing, she can be found reading, drawing, sewing, quilting, reupholstering furniture, playing Irish pennywhistle, refinishing old wood, cooking huge amounts of food for the pressure canner, or wrangling various dogs, cats, goats, and people. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Fresh Start<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lilith spent almost twenty-five years as a trophy wife. But recently divorced and with little money, she sets out on her own. Her new rule: no men. She doesn\u2019t need a man or his money. Her plan for a fresh start is derailed by car trouble. Stranded on a dirt road in the Texas Hill Country, she\u2019s forced to accept the help of the cowboy who stops to offer assistance. Judging him on well-worn jeans and dusty work boots, she assumes he\u2019s a broken-down cowboy or someone\u2019s hired help. <\/span><\/span>Beau offers her a place to stay until she can get her car sorted out. But he quickly realizes Lilith\u2019s dislike for men, especially rich men, so he hides the fact that he owns the ranch where she\u2019s staying.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her fiery red hair, bad attitude, and exotic cat should have him running the other way, but he finds her intriguing. The more he flirts, the more she snaps back. Banter leads to attraction, but both are hesitant because they\u2019ve been burned by relationships before. Wrangled by Lilith<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is the first book in the Stargazer Springs Ranch series. This sweet, romantic comedy is available from most book retailers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/05a_texas_reads_hill_country_secret.jpg\")
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