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{"id":2962,"date":"2022-12-10T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2023-01-25T17:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:54:46","slug":"december-2022-texas-books-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=2962&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"December 2022 Texas Books Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preview of Texas-connected books publishing in December, 2022<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>It will be a December to remember with all the titillating Texas-connected titles hitting shelves this month. From dual timelines and double agents, to midnight murders and messages,&nbsp;your holidays are booked with Lone Star Lit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/amok_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 160px; height: 243px; border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09C681LRX\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>AMOK<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Barry Eisler<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him and his mother and sisters need him, but after four years as a Marine and another two as a CIA contractor fighting alongside the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviet Union, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family\u2019s dire straits. But secret wars are never what they\u2019re billed to be, and Dox is about to get the education of his young life\u2014among the lessons, that the only thing more dangerous than a secret war is falling in love with your enemy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/an_unlikely_gift_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 160px; height: 256px; border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unlikely-Gift-Vickie-Phelps\/dp\/B0BMSZS998\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>AN UNLIKELY GIFT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Vickie Phelps<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Cara Phillips has had doubts about Christmas ever since Brandt Peters abandoned her on their wedding day. Then an unlikely gift comes her way to remind her of the true meaning of the holiday.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/double_agent_1.png\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 255px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/double-agent\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>DOUBLE AGENT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Brittany E. Brinegar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Secrets die but secrecy grows.<\/p>\n<p>Winter 1950<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A cryptic message from an old friend sends Jenny Nicolay and Sawyer Finn to Dallas on assignment. The routine lunch meeting turns sour when their contact shows up with a bullet wound. With his dying breath, he warns of a double agent in the Company.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Out of options and with no one to trust, the rookie spies are forced to go rogue. The mission to unmask the traitor brings the pair closer than ever. But when a flirty British spy shows interest in Sawyer, Jenny must confront her feelings once and for all.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Can Jenny and Sawyer find the double agent before he finds them? Or will the daring accusation ruin their young careers and their chance at love?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/lost_legacy_of_gabriel_tucci_the_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 240px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/mBvNqD\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>THE LOST LEGACY OF GABRIEL TUCCI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Joan Mora<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In 1850 Trastevere, gifted architect Gabriel Tucci encounters Anna Maria, an olive merchant\u2019s daughter betrothed to another. The love-struck couple flee to London, where a rival architect steals Gabriel\u2019s church designs and blacklists him. They fight poverty, prejudice, and tragedy until Gabriel must leave his family to seek work elsewhere. Barely surviving, Anna Maria is offered a heartbreaking proposal to redeem his name.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Generations later, a new rivalry emerges between their descendants. When an art restorer unearths haunting artifacts inside the church, a discovery threatens to dispel everything the rivals believed was true.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In a multilayered narrative, crossing timelines and continents,&nbsp;<em>The Lost Legacy of Gabriel Tucci<\/em>&nbsp;is a testament to the endurance of love and will to survive.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/pasko_na_1_basic.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 240px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/PaskoNaMyLove\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong>PASKO NA, MY LOVE: A Holiday Romance Anthology<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">While Filipino ballads fill the chilly Northern California air, hearts throb and passions ignite as seven remarkable couples find love in all the right\u2014or wrong\u2014places.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">From acclaimed and bestselling Filipino American authors\u2014Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Maida Malby, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, and Tif Marcelo\u2014comes&nbsp;<em>Pasko Na, My Love<\/em>, a holiday romance collection that is sure to warm your heart and uplift your Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/splendid_ticket_the_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 224px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Splendid-Ticket-Bill-Cotter\/dp\/1952119499\/\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>THE SPLENDID TICKET<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Bill Cotter<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A young Central Texas family suffers a terrible domestic tragedy. Years later, on the brink of dissolution, they win a massive lottery, which offers redemption.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/tilted_scales_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 256px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tilted-Scales-Trafficking-Julian-Kindred-ebook\/dp\/B0BKWFC9K7\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>TILTED SCALES: Inhuman Trafficking<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Julian Kindred<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the modern age of magic, tensions run high between the human and nonhuman citizens of the United States and the fortunes of lawyers are made practicing arcane law.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Jayne Hart, known in the courtrooms of Texas as the Southern Serpent, has made a career of these cases at one of the most prestigious law firms in the nation.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A favor to a senior partner plunges Jayne\u2019s life into chaos. What should have been a simple lawsuit concerning unlicensed spellcraft transforms into a deadly game between rival crime lords, with Jayne and their victims caught in the deadly crossfire. The stakes are raised when the shadows of Jayne\u2019s own history of abuse return to haunt her.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/veil_of_confusion_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 256px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Veil-Confusion-Kessler-Effect-Book-ebook\/dp\/B0BHV4QJ54\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>VEIL OF CONFUSION<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Vannetta Chapman<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Who can be trusted in a world gone mad?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">When Harper Moore and Cade Dawson realize they are expecting a child, they both understand that it\u2019s time to leave the northern barrio located in what used to be El Paso, Texas. But where will their unborn child be safe, and how are they supposed to get there?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Three months after all of the lower orbital satellites crashed to Earth, society has crumbled. Law and order no longer exist. An escape will mean walking across the Chihuahuan Desert, putting their lives in the hands of a stranger, and through it all, finding a way to cling to their humanity.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">What place is safe, when the entire world is covered by a Veil of Confusion?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/vulnerable_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 256px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/4Nd0GG\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>VULNERABLE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Marsha R. West<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Interior designer and junior college professor Maddy Crawford Crain strives to stand on her own after the unexpected death of her husband two years ago in a car wreck. Being sexually harassed at work makes her feel vulnerable and forces her to seek help.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Former LA Homicide Detective and now security expert David Bourland wants to protect his clients and protect his heart after seeing his wife gunned down. Maddy\u2019s problems draw on all his protective instincts to keep her safe.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Will David\u2019s fear of falling in love with someone who could die violently and Maddy\u2019s determination to stand on her own keep them from finding each other?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/weddings_politics_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 255px;\"><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08QZ8SRPZ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>WEDDINGS, POLITICS &amp; FOOTBALL<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>L.J. Breedlove<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">She&#8217;s Going to Get Married<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Newspaper editor Katy Williams proposed to her football coach fianc\u00e9 in the newsroom \u2014 and Sam Parker said yes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">All she wants is a simple wedding \u2014 and to live long enough to say I do. But there are problems: Politics. A winning football season. And a psychopath who has escaped from jail and is hunting her.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Book 5 is the conclusion to a Newspaper in Texas series set in 1980s Texas. Book 1 is free during release week!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/100_years_100_voices_comp.png\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 225px; height: 191px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttupress.org\/9781682831557\/100-years-100-voices\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\">100 YEARS, 100 VOICES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><em><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"color:#444444\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:.4pt\">100 Years, 100 Voices<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"color:#444444\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:.4pt\">&nbsp;tells the stories of individuals who made the campus of Texas Tech University their home. Lives of students, professors, and leaders dot these pages, telling their unique histories. From Texas Tech&#8217;s first President, Paul Whitfield Horn, all the way to NFL star Patrick Mahomes, this book celebrates Texas Tech&#8217;s centennial in 2023 by celebrating the people who have comprised its history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/born_and_bred_texan_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 255px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Texan-Born-Bred-Magnolia-Chronicles-ebook\/dp\/B0BKX1SY36\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>BORN AND BRED TEXAN<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Jinx Schwartz<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">Blue Bonet, widowed and in mourning, returns to her home state of Texas to start over. Her grandmother left her a stately lake house, but time and weather have turned it into a money pit. She throws herself into restoring her home, but things go to hell in a handbasket when she finds a couple of dead men in her back forty. And the small-town gossip mill hint Blue must have had something to do with it. It all makes Blue wonder, is it true? That you can\u2019t go home again?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/favor_the_1_basic.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 255px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Madison-McCall\/e\/B07B3NBLYW\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>THE FAVOR<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Madison McCall<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">Lawrence Johnson never expected to wake up one day as a woman. It was all thanks to a mix-up in genetically modified crops that affected 5,012 men who were now women. Now Laura, she is fortunate to have a good friend Connor that takes her in and helps her adjust to life as a woman. She feels that she owes him one for all he has done, so when he is fighting for custody of his daughter, she comes to the rescue and marries him so it will look better in the courts. Will they stay together or go their separate ways when all is said and done?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">This sweet romantic comedy asks the question \u2013 what would you do for love?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/hole_in_the_roof_comp.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 240px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hole-Roof-Murchison-Swaim-Paup-sponsored\/dp\/1648430961\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>HOLE IN THE ROOF<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Burk Murchison and Michael Granberry<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.5pt; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><i><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">Hole in the Roof: The Dallas Cowboys, Clint Murchison Jr., and the Stadium That Changed American Sports Forever<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">&nbsp;tells the story of Texas Stadium, with its trademark hole in the roof, which served the Cowboys for 38 seasons without ever requiring a penny of public dollars. In 1966, though the Cotton Bowl was one of the newer stadiums in the National Football League, Murchison saw it as an outdated venue. What he envisioned was a shiny new stadium near downtown Dallas, but to realize his vision for what a professional sports venue could be\u2014and the many benefits that the resulting revenue could generate\u2014he needed buy-in from Dallas city leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><i><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">Hole in the Roof&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">chronicles Murchison\u2019s founding of an extraordinary sports franchise and the battles he fought to build the stadium he wanted. It also gives us a critical look at how Clint&#8217;s original concept of the stadium has been corrupted\u2014by greed and avarice.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/living_beaches_of_the_gulf_coast_comp.jpg\" style=\"border-width:5px; border-style:solid; margin:5px; width:160px; height:240px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pineapplepress.com\/books\/9781683340577\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>LIVING BEACHES<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Blair and Dawn Witherington<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color:#4a4a4a\">Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle beckon curious beachcombers with miles of wave-swept Gulf coastline. These beaches offer more than a sandy stroll amidst stunning scenery\u2014they are alive! As ever-changing ribbons of sand, these beaches foster unique life-forms and accept beguiling castaways from a vast marine wilderness. Mysteries abound. What is this odd creature? Why does the beach look this way? How did this strange item get here?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><i><span style=\"color:#4a4a4a\">Living Beaches of the Gulf Coast<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:#4a4a4a\">&nbsp;satisfies a beachcomber&#8217;s curiosity within a comprehensive yet easily browsed guide.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/messages_at_midnight.jpg\" style=\"border-width:5px; border-style:solid; margin:5px; width:160px; height:240px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/messages-at-midnight-betsy-bass\/19039997\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>MESSAGES AT MIDNIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Betsy&nbsp; Bass<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color:#252629\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:.6pt\">In her second collection of poems, Betsy Bass continues to impart enriching inspirations with themes of hope, love, creativity, connection, playfulness, and openness. Continuing her tradition from&nbsp;<b><i>SPIRITED POEMS FOR SPIRITED PEOPLE<\/i><\/b>, this new, soul-filling collection is designed with seven categories each containing seven poems with timestamps marking the moment they were received.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><b><i><span style=\"color:#252629\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:.6pt\">MESSAGES AT MIDNIGHT<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"color:#252629\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:.6pt\">&nbsp;is a beautiful addition to any meditative practice as it speaks through themes of musings, manifestations, moorings, miracles, memories and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/murder_at_the_stroke_of_midnight_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width:5px; border-style:solid; margin:5px; width:160px; height:240px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09VJSLBP6\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>MURDER AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Becki Willis<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">On New Year\u2019s Eve in The Sisters, Texas, anything is possible. Madison and Brash deCordova are hosting a masquerade party, so a bit of mystery and drama is expected. Murder, however, seems a bit drastic, even with Madison\u2019s knack for finding dead bodies. As the list of suspects and motives grows, this amateur sleuth\/ police chief couple has their hands full. Book 14 of the addicting mystery series everyone is talking about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/my_perfectly_imperfect_summer_comp.jpg\" style=\"border-width:5px; border-style:solid; margin:5px; width:160px; height:240px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0BN8XWR3B\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>MY PERFECTLY IMPERFECT SUMMER<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Sandra Brown-Linstedt<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">Sandy Forte, discovers during the course of one amazing summer, that she has changed from a tomboy who likes to challenge boys at everything, into a teenager who falls in love for the very first time\u2014not with one boy but with two! Filled with adventure, exciting drama and humor, this beautiful story of self-discovery, faith, and fireflies will inspire and encourage girls of any age to love, accept and embrace each process of growing up.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/santas_texas_ride_comp.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 250px; height: 195px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Santas-Texas-Ride-Rhedd-Baron\/dp\/1667873539\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>SANTA&#8217;S TEXAS RIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Rhedd Baron; illustrated by Stacy Besco<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"color:#0f1111\"><em>Santa&#8217;s Texas Ride<\/em> is a fun, creative approach to the &#8220;Night Before Christmas&#8221; tale. Come along as we watch Santa and Mrs. Claus undertake their famed Christmas night toy delivery, with a Texan twist! Horses instead of reindeer? Santa in a cowboy hat and boots? What other new things are there to discover when Santa comes to Texas?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/season_of_angels_comp.jpg\" style=\"border-width:5px; border-style:solid; margin:5px; width:160px; height:240px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Season-Angels-Inspirational-Christmas-Romance-ebook\/dp\/B0B9KLQL99\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>SEASON OF ANGELS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Jo Grafford<\/b><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; text-align:center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.5pt; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><i><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">A waitress pretending to be somebody she\u2019s not, and the hottie police chief who\u2019s attracted to trouble\u2026and her!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.5pt; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">Tiva Nez has been a hot mess since the day she was born, so it\u2019s just her luck to find herself posing as a single mom to protect the two people in the world she loves the most. No, Christmas is NOT the most wonderful time of the year. She would give anything to skip it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.5pt; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">Everyone knows Police Chief Adriel Montana is married to his job. He lives to serve his people on the reservation, including the sassy waitress who refuses to officially date him despite privately paying him in kisses every time he rushes to her rescue \u2014 which is pretty often.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.5pt; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color:#0f1111\">Can the hope and joy of the holidays bring the singlest, most unavailable couple in Heart Lake any closer to happily-ever-after?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><b><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"color:black\">BUT WAIT, THERE&#8217;S MORE!<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"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:107%\"><strong><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"color:black\">There are so many Texas-connected books publishing this month that we couldn\u2019t feature all of them. The following books also publish in December:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/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><span style=\"line-height:107%\">BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS (CHILDREN \u2013 YOUNG ADULT)<\/span><\/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\"><i>Castle of Horror Anthology Volume 9<\/i>&nbsp; by David Bowles, Ammar Habib<\/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\"><i>Construction Site: You&#8217;re Just Right<\/i> by Sherri Duskey Rinker (Author); AG Ford (illustrator)<\/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\"><i>The Mystery of the Ball Python <\/i>by Jessica Lee Anderson<\/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\"><i>Once Upon a Ren Faire<\/i> by A.C. Castillo<\/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\"><em>Saving Snakes<\/em> by Jessica Lee Anderson<\/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\"><i>Vacancy<\/i> by Kailin Gow &amp; Kira G<\/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><span style=\"line-height:107%\">NONFICTION \/ ESSAYS \/ POETRY<\/span><\/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\"><i>28 Days to Save the World<\/i> by Dan Purvis &amp; Jason Smith<\/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;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stroke-Heaven-Processing-Thereafter-Spiritual\/dp\/166427006X\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Stroke of Heaven: Processing a Brain Injury and the Events Thereafter through a Spiritual Lens<\/em><\/a><\/strong> by Malori Rogers<\/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\"><i>Advanced White-Tailed Deer Management<\/i> by Timothy Edward Fulbright, Charles A. DeYoung, David G. Hewitt, Don A. Draeger<\/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\"><i>The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe <\/i>by Stephen Fox<\/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\"><i>Claiming Sunday<\/i> by Joleene Maddox Snider<\/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\"><i>Duck Walk: A Birder&#8217;s Improbable Path to Hunting as Conservation<\/i> by<i> <\/i>Margie Crisp<\/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\"><i>Engine Running <\/i>by Cade Mason<\/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\"><i>The Falls of Wichita Falls<\/i> by Jahue Anderson<\/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\"><i>Fatherhood in the Borderlands<\/i> by Domino Renee Perez<\/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\"><i>Gentrification and Bilingual Education: A Texas TWBE School across Seven Years<\/i> by Deborah K. Palmer<\/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\"><i>High-Velocity Digital Marketing<\/i> by Steven Mark Kahan<\/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\"><i>Hole in the Roof<\/i> by Michael Granberry<\/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\"><i>The Jeffersonians <\/i>by Kevin R. C. 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