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{"id":2812,"date":"2022-06-04T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2022-07-23T18:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T18:26:58","slug":"june-2022-texas-book-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=2812&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"June 2022 Texas Book Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preview of Texas-connected titles publishing in June 2022<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">It&#8217;s pert near summer in Texas and the June new releases have one thing in common &#8211; they bring the heat! Read on for&nbsp;jaw-dropping thrillers and mystery to thought-provoking nonfiction. Happy reading!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/among_the_innocent_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 309px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakerpublishinggroup.com\/books\/among-the-innocent\/408020\/affiliates\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Among the Innocent<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Mary Alford<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Ten years ago, Leah Miller\u2019s entire Amish family was murdered. Now, after a string of new homicides with the same MO, it appears the killer has returned with one target in mind: Leah. Can she and the new chief of police stop the killer before it\u2019s too late?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/belinda_1.jpeg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 300px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Belinda-Mark-Zvonkovic\/dp\/173527514X\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=cNSzV&amp;pf_rd_p=bbb6bbd8-d236-47cb-b42f-734cb0cacc1f&amp;pf_rd_r=EKCC6G0EFRB2R784S4B5&amp;pd_rd_r=f07ae404-bd0f-461a-8ac3-08527cc01f98&amp;pd_rd_wg=hssag&amp;ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Belinda<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Mark Zvonkovic<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Belinda \u201cLyn\u201d Larkin is at a crossroads. A beautiful and experienced attorney who is married to the law, faces the end of a long and successful law practice at the hands of the \u201cmen in suits\u201d who run her firm, when a man once her lover suddenly appears after a long and mysterious absence. Set in the conference rooms of white shoe Houston law firms and the stunning coastline of Baja California, Belinda is the story of a woman\u2019s bravery and resourcefulness as she navigates the end of her career (forced retirement is a real thing, especially for women lawyers) and a complex world of international intrigue, legal infighting, and unexpected romance. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/best_equipped_and_most_loved_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 291px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1734570261\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23Y0OPYTRXLJH&amp;keywords=risa+brown+best+equipped+and+most+loved&amp;qid=1652793369&amp;sprefix=risa+brown+best+equipped+and+most+loved%2Caps%2C85&amp;sr=8-1\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Best Equipped and Most Loved: Texas Wesleyan&#8217;s Second Decade, 1901-1911<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Risa Brown<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">There was something in the air in east Fort Worth in the years 1901-1911. Visions of greatness, mostly. After struggling to survive during their first decade, Polytechnic College&#8217;s president Hiram Boaz turned things around. Not only did he convince everyone an outstanding college was possible, those students who passed through their doors felt like they could achieve amazing things as well. See who was inspired by this scrappy little college to dream big!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/black_and_white_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 302px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"benhenglish.com\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Black And White: Tales of the Texas Highway Patrol<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Ben H. English<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">I never saw a peace officer ask anyone what their politics were, and then refuse their needs because of the answer. A person\u2019s skin pigment, their last name, the money in their bank account, none of that mattered. All that mattered was someone needed help and the officer possessed the skills, as well as the burning desire, to provide it. While only human and as internally flawed and prejudiced as any other; their true nature, their crowning glory in mortal life, is their ability to rise above those flaws and prejudices when called upon. In a world of hungry, destructive wolves, they are the sheepdog who serves and protects the flock. They are the heroes among us, and these are some of their stories\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/community_klepto_1_cover.png\" style=\"height: 305px; width: 200px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/community-klepto\/9781647423735\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Community Klepto<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Kelly I. Hitchcock<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Ann Josephson is a twenty-five-year-old sociopath whose compulsive kleptomania manifests itself in the most unlikely of places: the community center where she works out every day. The walls of the community center insulate her from the terrors of the outside world, which include her freelance work as a graphic artist; her socialite parents, who pay the better part of her living expenses; her therapist, who devotedly punches the clock; and the dark void of romantic relationships. As Ann battles the inner demons that plague her millennial psyche, she must also battle the fiends that plague her at the gym. Set in suburban Kansas City in 2012, Community Klepto\u2014a droll combination of Bridget Jones\u2019 Diary and Choke\u2014makes incarnate the characters and shenanigans that go on in every gym in the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/dragons_in_my_classroom_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 309px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/dragons-in-my-classroom-a-teacher-s-memoir\/9781647423650\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Dragons in My Classroom: A Teacher&#8217;s Memoir<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Barbara Kennard<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">When Barbara Kennard realized that her perfectionism was holding her back from being the teacher she\u2019d always wanted to be, she thought about abandoning the professional altogether; instead, she took a risk and gave up everything she knew about teaching in the United States to teach at The Dragon School in Oxford, England, where, by the grace of God, she finally learned to deal with her own inner \u201cdragons.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/ginger_mancino_1.png\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 323px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookbardenver.com\/browse\/filter\/t\/%22Ginger%20Mancino%20kid%20comedian%22\/k\/keyword\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Ginger Mancino, Kid Comedian<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Wendi Aarons<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">At 12 years old, professional comedian Ginger Mancino has drawn laughs on stages across the country and even performed on the most popular late night comedy show. But when she\u2019s forced to retire from comedy and live a regular life for the first time, she discovers her toughest audience yet: middle school.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/in_honors_defense_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 309px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/405406\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">In Honor\u2019s Defense<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Karen Witemeyer<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">When her brother dies suddenly, Damaris Baxter moves to Texas to take custody of her nephew. Luke Davenport winds up gravely injured when he rescues Damaris&#8217;s nephew from a group of rustlers. As suspicions grow regarding the death of her brother, more danger appears, threatening the family Luke may be unable to live without.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/pictures_of_the_shark_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 300px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pictures-Shark-Thomas-H-McNeely\/dp\/1680032712\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Pictures of the Shark: Stories<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Thomas H. McNeely<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">&#8220;An emotionally taut and often haunting collection.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Kirkus<\/em> (starred review) \u201c[An] always compelling novel in short stories \u2026. <em>Pictures of the Shark<\/em> shows how early damage can linger \u2026 and reflects on the unexpected ways that it can manifest\u201d &#8211; <em>Foreword Reviews<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">What happens when childhood trauma haunts our adult lives? <em>Pictures of the Shark<\/em>, by Dobie Paisano award-winning Texas author Thomas H. McNeely, traces Buddy Turner&#8217;s coming of age from Houston\u2019s rough and tumble early seventies East End to bohemian late 1980s Austin, from the surreal world of childhood to the adult arenas of sex, art, and addiction.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/someday_belongs_to_us_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 309px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.aer.io\/Stoney_Creek_Publishing\/p\/Someday_Belongs_to_Us\/9781736839072-7508\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Someday Belongs to Us<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Margie Seaman<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Kate Caldwell\u2019s romance novels offer happiness to her readers\u2014and to herself. But at 72, she is dismayed that she\u2019s never met someone with whom she could form a true connection of the heart. Struggling with the latest installment in her series about a handsome, eighteenth-century pirate, Kate is awakened during a particularly violent thunderstorm by the presence of a man in her room. Realizing that this was either a dream or a figment of her imagination, Kate befriends the sea-faring apparition and together they produce two successful books about the life of Captain Edward Peregrine. Little did Kate know that there were troubled waters ahead and that she would share a fiery passion with Edward that would span the constraints of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0628_come_day_in_night.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 300px;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/come-day-in-night\/9781612545639\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Come Day in Night<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Hal Evans<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">When Sam White Jr., a white high school student, is asked to start playing at the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church-a predominately Black church-on Sundays, tensions begin to heighten in a Texas town that refuses to acknowledge their place in the Civil Rights era.&nbsp;Sam begins to question the morality of his own family&#8217;s ties to the Confederacy when his Black classmates reveal their family histories. Sam&#8217;s father takes him to a KKK rally to set his son straight, an act that does nothing to change Sam&#8217;s stance. He then begins to speak out against the strong racial dogma apparent in his town, spurring on several attacks on himself and his friends. Meanwhile, Sam&#8217;s mother remains locked in a mental asylum for reasons he does not know. Family relationships are tried, and new friendships unfold in this coming-of-age story about racial tension and doing what is right during hardship and iniquity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0607_a_botanists_guide.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 299px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/a-botanist-s-guide-to-parties-and-poisons-9781639100071\/9781639100071\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">A Botanist&#8217;s Guide to Parties and Poisons<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Kate Khavari<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleagues&#8217; beliefs about women&#8217;s academic inabilities and not so subtle hints that her deceased father&#8217;s reputation paved her way into the botany department, she feels stymied at every turn.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university&#8217;s large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn&#8217;t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors&#8217; wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Dr. Maxwell, Saffron&#8217;s mentor, is the main suspect and evidence quickly mounts. Joined by fellow researcher&#8211;and potential romantic interest&#8211;Alexander Ashton, Saffron uses her knowledge of botany as she explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons to clear Maxwell&#8217;s name.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Will she be able to uncover the truth or will her investigation land her on the murderer&#8217;s list, in this entertaining examination of society&#8217;s expectations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0601_big_horn.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 313px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09SVGWNNH\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Big Horn<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Pamela Fagan Hutchins<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">When an investment guru turns up dead in the septic tank behind her husband\u2019s new Wyoming lodge, Jennifer must put the campaign that could make her the youngest ever female district attorney in Houston on hold to defend the well-lubricated lodge caretaker, or he\u2019ll go down for a murder she\u2019s convinced he didn\u2019t commit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/elysium_tide_1_basic.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 309px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/bakerpublishinggroup.com\/books\/elysium-tide\/403060\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Elysium Tide<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>James R. Hannibal<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Dr. Peter Chesterfield is the top neurosurgeon at the Royal London Hospital. He&#8217;s also a workaholic, and after a blow-up with a colleague, his boss orders him to attend a medical symposium at the luxurious Elysium Grand on the island of Maui. During a midnight walk on the beach, Peter pulls a woman with a skull fracture from the water. Despite all his skill, she dies in his arms, leaving him with only one clue to what happened to her: the word &#8220;honu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obsessed with finding the cause of his patient&#8217;s death&#8211;discovering what or who ripped the power over life and death from his surgeon&#8217;s hands&#8211;Peter becomes entangled in an ongoing investigation. He also becomes a source of deep irritation to detective Lisa Kealoha, who has jurisdiction over the case.<\/p>\n<p>The reluctant pair join forces, diving deep into Maui&#8217;s evolving gang culture, and unearth a conspiracy that runs deeper than either could have imagined. Knowing too much is deadly&#8211;and they must catch the killer before the killer catches them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0607_frances_in_the_country.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 258px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/frances-in-the-country\/9780823443321\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Frances in the Country<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Liz Garton Scanlon<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Frances is a city kid, but it&#8217;s hard for her to fit in. City walls aren&#8217;t for climbing, city rooms aren&#8217;t for running, city shops and city yards are too crowded, and there are so many rules that Frances can&#8217;t seem to follow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">She takes a trip to visit her cousins in the country, where she finds cats for chasing, roads for racing down, ladders for leaping, and fields full of animals. When it&#8217;s time to go home, it&#8217;s not easy to leave her cousins, but she invites them to visit and see the sights and sounds, lights, thumps, beeps and shines of the city where she returns to her loving mom and sisters.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0607_gap_between_the.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 302px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/the-gap-between-loving-and-supporting-someone-with-alzheimer-s\/9781612545554\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">The Gap Between<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Mary Moreland<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Mary Moreland details her journey through the stages of grief as she comes to terms with her father&#8217;s death, followed by her mother&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s diagnosis. As her mother&#8217;s disease progresses over eight years, Mary walks readers through the earliest phase and all the way to her mother&#8217;s deathbed. She provides insightful advice on grieving and caring for loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer&#8217;s, alongside her own story of loss.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0607_instantly_her_hero.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 319px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09QPM4LSC\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Instantly Her Hero<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Jo Grafford<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Jeremy Morgan&nbsp;<i>(or Preacher, as his friends like to call him)&nbsp;<\/i>has always been a sucker for damsels in distress. He suspects it has something to do with his calling into the ministry that he\u2019s spent the last ten years trying to ignore. He\u2019s too much of a man of action to spend the rest of his life chained to a pulpit. When a diner waitress throws herself into his arms, however, he doesn\u2019t think twice about playing along with her plea to pretend like they\u2019re dating.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0628_red_sky_morning.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 304px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250275240\/red-sky-morning\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sky Morning<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Joe Pappalardo<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring bullet wounds, engaged in countless manhunts, was convicted of second-degree murder, and rattled Washington, D.C. with a request for a pardon from the US president. His story anchors the tale of Joe Pappalardo&#8217;s&nbsp;<i>Red Sky Morning<\/i>, an epic saga of lawmen and criminals set in Texas during the waning years of the \u201cOld West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Brooks are the Rangers of Company F, who range from a pious teetotaler to a cowboy fleeing retribution for killing a man. They are all led by Captain William Scott, who cut his teeth as a freelance undercover informant but was facing the end of his Ranger career. Company F hunted criminals across Texas and beyond, killing them as needed, and were confident they could bring anyone to \u201cRanger justice.\u201d But Brooks\u2019 men met their match in the Conner family, East Texas master hunters and jailbreakers who were wanted for their part in a bloody family feud.<\/p>\n<p>The full story of Company F\u2019s showdown with the Conner family is finally being told, with long dead voices being heard for the first time. This truly hidden history paints the grim picture of neighbors and relatives becoming snitches and bounty hunters, and a company of Texas Rangers who waded into the conflict only to find themselves over their heads \u2013 and in the fight of their lives.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/source_of_smoke_the_basic.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 321px;\"><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Source-Smoke-V-L-Adams-ebook\/dp\/B0B2B22T9S\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">The Source of Smoke<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>V. L. Adams<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Since Charlie\u2019s sister was killed, Charlie has dedicated herself to being the perfect guardian for her niece \u2014 even if it means the painful sacrifice of moving back to the hometown she&#8217;d wanted to leave for good. Her sister was murdered by her boyfriend in a crime of passion, case closed \u2014 or so Charlie thought. A series of letters ignites Charlie\u2019s curiosity about the convicted murderer\u2019s innocence. As she digs deeper, she sees things others may have hidden or ignored. She comes to an impasse where she has to decide what, if anything, she\u2019s going to do about it. Why won\u2019t the universe let Charlie move on? How would someone like her catch a killer anyway? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/22_0621_two_twins.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 300px;\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/touchpointpress.ecwid.com\/Two-Twins-a-novel-p465890025\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\">Two Twins<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:2.65pt; text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><b>Rene S. Perez II<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><i>Two Twins<\/i>&nbsp;is the story of a successful young couple living in Austin, Texas, whose personal histories, national and ethnic identities, and aptitudes and ambitions have brought them to this booming city in this fast time, to the music and tech industries, and to one another. New and old successes and family ties and responsibilities put Rob and Maria to the test of what they want in life, in marriage, and force them to reckon with the adults and spouses their happy modern lives have made them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0in; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Witty and heartfelt,&nbsp;<i>Two Twins<\/i>&nbsp;is an exploration of looming millennial middle age, how our personal anthropologies inform what we want from life, and the kinds of love we\u2019re capable of offering, the kinds we\u2019re apt to receive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">BUT WAIT, THERE&#8217;S MORE!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">There are so many Texas-connected books publishing this month that we couldn\u2019t feature all of them. The following books also publish in June:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Children and Young Adult<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Baby Gator<\/i> by John Biemer, Cynthia Meadows (Illustrated by)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Echoes of Grace<\/i> by Guadalupe Garcia McCall<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em>The Notebook Keeper&nbsp;<\/em>by&nbsp;<\/span>Stephen Brise\u00f1o; illustrated by&nbsp;Magdalena Mora<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Historical Nonfiction<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>From Behind the Screen<\/i> by Curtis M Graves<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>The Giant Awakens<\/i> by Lee Jackson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Oleander City<\/i> by Matt Bondurant<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Ophelia and the Freedmen&#8217;s School<\/i> by Flora Beach Burlingame<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>We Dance for the Virgen<\/i> by Robert R. Botello<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Memoir and Biography <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>The Art of Trumpet Teaching : The Legacy of Keith Johnson <\/i>by Leigh Anne Hunsaker<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><i>Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer&nbsp;<\/i>by Jane Wolfe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Liking Myself Back<\/i> by Jacey Duprie<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Scars &amp; Stripes <\/i>by Tim Kennedy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Other Nonfiction<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis&nbsp;<\/i>edited by Stephanie Raffelock<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Dream In Color <\/i>by Lindsay Steele&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Three Women Artists : Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West <\/em>by Amy Von Lintel, Bonnie Roos<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Romance<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Charmed&nbsp;<\/i>by Madison McCall<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Cooking, Kissing, and Cowboys <\/i>by Jean Brashear<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Cowboy for Annabelle<\/i> by Jovie Grace<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Fairly Royal&nbsp;<\/i>by Grace Grahme<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Her Cowboy Wedding Date<\/i> by Cari Lynn Webb<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Her Saving Grace<\/i> by Lorana Hoopes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Kitty: Time Served MC&nbsp;<\/i>by Cee Bowerman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Like Bees to Honey<\/i> by Sasha Summers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Love You Forever<\/i> by Sharon K. Middleton<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>On Opposite Sides<\/i> by Cat Schield<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>The Rancher&#8217;s Full House<\/i> by Sasha Summers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Riverbend Reunion<\/i> by Carolyn Brown<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Sheriff in the Saddle<\/i> by Delores Fossen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Styx&nbsp;<\/i>by Cee Bowerman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>The Sweetest Thing<\/i> by Sasha Summers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em>The Texas Soldier&#8217;s Match<\/em> by Deb Kastner&nbsp; &amp; Jolene Navarro <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>The Time Between Heartbeats <\/i>by<i> <\/i>Jen Fitzgerald <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em>Unforgettable Cowboys<\/em> by Debra Clopton&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em>What Might Have Been&nbsp;<\/em>by Jackie Boos<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em>Wild Texas Wind&nbsp;<\/em>by M.J. Fredrick<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Thriller and Mystery <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>9 Down is Dead <\/i> by Kenneth&nbsp;L. Toppell<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Duck Disaster&nbsp;<\/em>by Vikki Walton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Eyewitness Man and Wife<\/em> (A Ree and Quint Novel Book 3) by Barb Han<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>The Great Peanut Butter Conspiracy <\/i>by Cindy Davis<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>More Than You&#8217;ll Ever Know<\/i> by Katie Gutierrez <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em>Sitting Duck <\/em>by Pamela Fagan Hutchins<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b>Other Fiction <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>A Healer&#8217;s Journey through Ancient Texas<\/i> by Mary Hopkin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Driving Lessons<\/i> by Tim Coursey<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Everything Here Belongs to You<\/i> by Saborna Roy Chowdhury<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>Hannah and Ariela&nbsp;<\/i>by Johnnie Bernhard<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><i>More City than Water<\/i> by Lacy Mm Johnson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview of Texas-connected titles publishing in June 2022<\/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":[1521,813,830,1309,1312,1372,897],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-junetexasbooks","tag-lone-star-literary-life","tag-lonestarliterarycom","tag-newreleases","tag-texasauthors","tag-texasbookpreview","tag-texasbooks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812","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=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}