Preview of Texas-connected books publishing in March 2022<\/p>\n

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With March arrives the dreaded spring forward — and a delightful assortment of Texas-connected new releases. Whether you’re seeking murder mysteries or monsters, spring flings or real romance, there’s something for every reader. Read on!<\/i><\/p>\n

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A Bittersweet Murder<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kaz Delaney<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For one brief hour on a sunny Texas morning, amateur baker Rosie Hart glimpses the life she\u2019s always dreamed about\u2014thanks to a surprise inheritance from the late Miss Alice. But her benefactor is barely cold in the ground when Rosie is accused of her murder. As the only stranger in the tight-knit Airlie Falls community, and the only person with an obvious motive, all eyes turn to Rosie. Especially when more bodies begin to pile up and mysterious letters from the grave start circulating. When Rosie begins to suspect the murders have links to a sixty-year-old suspicious death on her newly inherited property, locals become uneasy. But how can she prove the two are related\u2014and prove her innocence\u2014before the killer strikes again?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Man of Legend<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Linda Broday<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two young lovers are ripped apart by a deadly family feud but they never stopped loving each other. In an effort to save a dying child, they put aside everything and work together to save him and that begins to heal their fractured relationship. A talking parrot has lots to say and makes Crockett and Paisley see that they’re more alike than different. But secrets abound and evil stalks. No one is safe. Is love and passion enough to right all the wrongs in this thrilling conclusion to the Lone Star Legends series?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Tasty Dish<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kelly Cain<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kasi Blythewood has spent most of her life in the shadow of her famous film producer father. Ready to make a name for herself, Kasi secretly heads to Austin to rustle up some financing for her dream project\u2014an indie series that showcases cuisine from around the world. When Kasi meets chef Declan Everheart, it\u2019s instant lust spiced with a business opportunity. Declan\u2019s father will fund her film, but Declan must be a producer. Kasi knows business and pleasure never mix, but she\u2019s exhausted all other options. She immediately discovers Declan\u2019s not just a natural producer and talented chef, he also shines on camera as the host. Can Kasi convince Declan to break away from his father and build the life he wants\u2026with her?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Eddy Johnson, Book Dealer<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John Wiley<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This ia a spoof of hard-boiled mysteries: A rare book is stolen from wealthy Austin mayoral candidate Big Frank Miller, and Eddy Johnson–a small-time book dealer–is hired to get it back. Eddy\u2019s glad to have the work. He\u2019s flat broke and desperately needs the money. But just as he thinks his luck is changing, he gets swept up in a perfect storm of corrupt politicians, dirty cops, and rival book wholesalers. Everyone thinks Eddy is expendable. He\u2019s doing what he can to prove them wrong.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Freaks<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brett Riley<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hunted by monsters. Wanted for questioning. Late for class. Four high-school friends suffer daily humiliation at the hands of three bullies. When the friends accidentally open a portal to another dimension, they unintentionally allow terrifying, other-worldly creatures to invade their small Arkansas town. Discovering that they are now endowed with strange superpowers, the four teens dub themselves \u201cFreaks,\u201d the very name their tormentors used to ridicule them. The Freaks must fight to save the lives of family and friends now in mortal peril and thwart a secret government task force that appears to be hunting them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ghost Agents: Revelations<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nita DeBorde<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Claire Abelard has always been able to see and communicate with energy projections, or the entities more commonly known as ghosts. As an agent of the Bureau for Historical Preservation, her abilities come in handy, but they complicate every other aspect of her life. Now, four months after a series of world-shattering events in Galveston, Claire\u2019s life is still in turmoil. She is convinced a sinister secret organization is behind the disappearances of dozens of rogue energy projections, but she can\u2019t prove it. When Claire learns that rogues in New Orleans are acting strangely, she joins the investigation. As she and her fellow agents unravel the new mystery, they discover The Syndicate has more ominous plans for the rogues than simply making them disappear.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Secrets of the Snow Globe<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine Stier, Floss Pottage<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A curious kid discovers how magnification and density make her favorite collectible possible. After starting to collect snow globes with the help of her grandmother, Lily has questions. She wants to know who invented them, what the snow is made of, and how the tiny scenes look so magical when she peers inside. As she researches and experiments, Lily learns about light waves, magnification, and density\u2014all while gathering materials to make her own snow globe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Spark of Love<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amanda Cabot<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alexandra Tarkington flees a spurned suitor and reunites with her father in Mesquite Springs. She doesn’t know that Gabe Seymour, whom she met on the stagecoach, is a private investigator determined to unmask a con man . . . her father.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Texas Cowgirl<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eve Gaddy<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pilot Nate Kershaw may be one of Whiskey River\u2019s biggest players, but from the moment he met cowgirl Damaris Walker, he was smitten. But Damaris, though tempted, has put him firmly in the friend zone. When his beloved grandmother tells him her dearest wish is to see him settled, Nate decides it\u2019s the perfect opportunity to convince Damaris they\u2019re meant to be. Betrayed years ago, Damaris is still can\u2019t trust her heart\u2014especially with charming lady-killer Nate. Against her common sense, she agrees to be Nate\u2019s fake girlfriend and finds herself falling hard for him. When Damaris learns Nate has been deceiving her about his true feelings, her fears and trust issues reignite. Can Nate convince Damaris to take a risk on forever\u2014with him?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Wonder of Color<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine Stier, Floss Pottage<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A painting contest inspires one artist to learn about light waves, prisms, and the color wheel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Animal Power<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alyson Charles, Wiilian Santiago<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brimming with 100 different vibrant animal illustrations, transformative practices, and captivating stories from around the world, Animal Power is an enlightening guide to the power of the animal realm and how they bring peace, healing and empowerment to your life. Discover rituals, meditations, and visualizations to connect with 100 remarkable animals and their specific messages to share with you. Learn how to connect with the animal power of the bear for comfort and protection, the leopard for confidence, the seal for healthy relationships, and the peacock for creative inspiration, and many others. Animal Power is a celebration of the natural world and an inspiring companion for modern mystics, nature and animal lovers, and the spiritually curious.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Eslite Chronicles<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CM Doporto<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Coronavirus killed 1.9 billion people after the deadly, unpreventable, and incurable Omega variant spread across the continents. The last thing the world needed was an alien invasion, but that\u2019s exactly what happened when an elegant and all-male entourage landed in the small town of League City, Texas. On the verge of extinction, the Eslites negotiate a treaty with the world\u2019s governments to provide a cure for Coronavirus in exchange for human females between the ages of 14-25. Eager to help save the Eslite race but frightened by her imprisonment at Nidus, the Eslite medical compound, 16-year-old Miranda Maya is forced to go through a series of tests to determine if she will be a superior donor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Frowning Madonna<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jean M. Roberts<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Roman Empire is on the brink of collapse. Lalia gathers with fellow supplicants to call on the Goddess Cybele to aid Londinium. A rival mob attacks, and a golden orb is lost, trapping the goddess in her statue. Before she turns to stone, Cybele lays a curse on Lalia’s head; she is bound in a cycle of reincarnation and death. Time and again, Lalia must choose between ending the curse and saving the city she loves from destruction. The Frowning Madonna, a unique blend of history, mythology and fantasy, is a story of friendship, loyalty and love with a backdrop of 1500 years of English history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Lee Lanning<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Based on meticulous research, Lanning has assembled authoritative accounts of these heroic individuals and their deeds of valor, from the American Civil War through the current campaign in the Middle East. This clear and vigorous narrative\u2014derived from enlistment records and other public documents, newspaper accounts, archival sources, and interviews with the families of the honorees\u2014presents brief biographies that include details of the recipients\u2019 lives before and\u2014in the case of those who survived\u2014after their active-duty service. Lanning also includes the text of the citation from each recipients\u2019 Medal of Honor ceremonies and gripping accounts of the battlefield heroics that earned them the ultimate military honor from a grateful nation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jewish Medal of Honor Recipients<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Lee Lanning<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jewish Americans have fought in every war and conflict to protect the liberties and freedoms of their country, despite anti-Semitism and prejudices they encountered. Across differences of time, place, and individual background, the heroic service members profiled in this work share a common factor beyond their Jewish heritage: their deeds moved a grateful nation to bestow upon them its greatest military honor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rowdy: Redemption<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Mullen<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When Rowdy returns from a hunting trip he discovers the Circle ‘R’ has been burned down and Dog severely injured. Searching for answers, he finds a clue that just might lead him to an old foe. Filled with anger, frustration, and pain, Rowdy once again sets off with Roberson and Cappy to face Patrick Byrne, the man behind the ruthless attacks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sly Man Gray<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nicole R. Locker<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter and Annie embark on a fake relationship journey to Tennessee where Annie must face her toxic family and painful past. Hunter, Annie’s boss and recently divorced, is wary of a new relationship for more reasons than one, but he’s a sucker for a damsel in distress and needs a distraction from another man sitting at his seat at the Thanksgiving table.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix  <\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aminah Mae Safi<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jerusalem, 1192.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span> The Third Crusade rages on. Rahma al-Hud loyally followed her elder sister Zeena into the war over the Holy Land, but now that the Faranji invaders have gotten reinforcements from Richard the Lionheart, all she wants to do is get herself and her sister home alive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Until We Meet  <\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Camille DiMaio<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Can one small act change the course of a life? <\/i>Margaret\u2019s job at the Navy Yard brings her freedoms she never dared imagine, but she wants to do something more personal to help the war effort. Knitting socks for soldiers is a way to occupy her quiet nights and provide comfort to the boys abroad. But when a note she tucks inside one of her socks sparks a relationship with a long-distance pen pal, she finds herself drawn to a man she\u2019s never even met.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Worser<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Ziegler<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A lover of logic, words, and grammar, 12-year-old William Wyatt Orser acquired the annoyingly ungrammatical nickname \u201cWorser\u201d so long ago that few people at school know to call him anything else. Nor do they know about his Masterwork\u2014an epic lexicon of words he\u2019s carefully collected over the years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are so many Texas-connected books publishing this month that we couldn\u2019t feature all of them. The following books also publish in March:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Books for Young Readers<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Forgery of Roses <\/i>by Jessica S. Olson <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kudzu’s Enormous New Life <\/em>by Sidney Thompson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Porch Talk: A Conversation About Archeology in the Texas Panhandle <\/i>by John R. Erickson, Douglas K. Boyd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Remember Me Gone<\/i> by Stacey Stokes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Biography and Memoir<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

American Reboot<\/i> by Will Hurd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Identified with Texas<\/i> by Elizabeth Whitlow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Love, Norm, Inspiration of a Jewish American Fighter Pilot <\/i>by Norman M. Shulman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Historical Nonfiction<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Military History of Texas <\/i>by Lloyd Uglow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bootstrap Liberalism: Texas Political Culture in the Age of FDR<\/i> by Sean P Cunningham<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lynching and Leisure: Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas <\/i>by Terry Anne Scott<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas<\/i> by James L Haley<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 Rogue Soldiers: The Disaster of the Texas Mier Expedition <\/i>by Ken Lizzio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Other Nonfiction <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Coraz\u00f3n Abierto: Mexican American Voices in Texas Music<\/i> by Kathleen Hudson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All About Birds Texas & Oklahoma <\/i>by Cornell Lab of Cornithology             <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boggy Slough<\/i> by Jonathan K. Gerland<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Hearts Under the Headsets: Enhancing Resilience for Telecommunications Professionals<\/em><\/span><\/span> by Tania Glenn<\/p>\n

Texas People’s Court<\/i> <\/b>by Mark Dun <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Western Skies <\/em>by Darden Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mystery <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Matter of Hive and Death<\/em> by Nancy Coco<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Batten Down the Belfry<\/i> by Diane Kelly<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>by Joe Lansdale<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Family Money<\/i> by Chad Zunker<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Politikill<\/i> by Timothy Gene Sojka<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Superstitions and Apparitions <\/em>by Becki Willis<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Romance <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bride for a Day<\/i> by Carolyn Brown<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cinderella Next Door<\/i> by Nancy Robards Thompson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Corralled in Texas<\/i> by Delores Fossen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finding the Rancher’s Son<\/i> by Karen Whidden<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Love at the Flower Caf\u00e9<\/i> by Monique Brasher<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rancher’s Reckoning<\/i> by Joanne Rock<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reluctant Rebel <\/em>by Parris Afton Bonds<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Setup at Whiskey Gulch<\/i> by Elle James<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Summer at Stallion Ridge<\/i> by Delores Fossen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Other Fiction<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Ballad of Love & Glory<\/i> by Reyna Grande<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bluebonnet Battle<\/i> by Carolyn Brown<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Goddess Stories<\/i> by Michelle Rene<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Lighthouse on Moonglow Bay<\/i> by Lori Wilde<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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