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{"id":3189,"date":"2023-11-04T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T10:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2023-12-07T21:32:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:32:57","slug":"november-2023-texas-books-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=3189&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"November 2023 Texas Books Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preview of Texas-connected books publishing in November, 2023<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Leaves and temperatures are falling (sometimes)! Whether you want to snuggle up with a charming romance, a chronicle of Texas history, a chilling mystery, or a crackling adventure, the Lone Star Lit November Texas Books Preview has a cornucopia of feast-worthy&nbsp;titles.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/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\/beneath_the_surface_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 263px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/SnitkerBeneaththeSurface\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Beneath the Surface&nbsp;<\/em>(Danger is Destiny: Book 3)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Melanie D. Snitker<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">As the county&#8217;s chief medical examiner, many of the bodies coming into the morgue hold a mystery that Genevieve &#8220;Eve&#8221; Marks is determined to solve. In discovering what happened to the victims in her care, she can be their voice when they are no longer able to speak for themselves. Until one particular body includes a message challenging her to examine the past and solve a puzzle before the killer strikes again. Detective John Paris is leading a murder investigation that&#8217;s going nowhere. What he desperately needs is a break in the case. Unfortunately, that break comes in the form of another body that is obviously tied to the first. Even more disturbing than the idea that he may have a serial killer on his hands is the fact that the beautiful Eve Marks seems to be a target.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/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\/cherokee_reel_1.png\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 259px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsalagibooks.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Cherokee Reel<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">James A. Humphrey<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Lisa Waters, the social queen of Fort Smith, Arkansas, loses her sister to a political assassin and moves to Indian Territory, where she bonds with the First Lady of the Cherokee Nation. Constitutional strife rips her society and forces extremist choices. Married to a freedman, she organizes a freedom railroad and establishes a women\u2019s rights organization only to lose her husband and tribe to politics. Vicious Civil War conflict reveals her sister\u2019s murderer. Revenge and justice stimulate self-evaluation and propel&nbsp;the activist into an ultimate confrontation with her sister&#8217;s murderer, the Confederacy&#8217;s iconic general Standhope Watie. The battle defines her soul and completes the Waters families &#8212; and their culture\u2019s &#8212; dance into a fresh century.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/christmas_conundrum_a_1_basic.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 263px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christmas-Conundrum-Liz-Adams-Mystery-ebook\/dp\/B0CKQ7GZWC\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">A Christmas Conundrum&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">(A Liz Adams Mystery)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Stacy Wilder<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Who\u2019s stealing the holiday decorations? They\u2019re disappearing like Christmas cookies from PeggyLou Designs, and Lou\u2019s newly launched event planning service is in trouble. He implores his neighbor and friend, Private Investigator Liz Adams, to bring the thief to justice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/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\/clucked_1_basic.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 261px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cluckedthenovel.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Clucked<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Troy Hollan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">A deadly head-on collision took Matt\u2019s wife from him. Who\u2019s ultimately responsible? The owner of a corrupt chicken corporation. His court battle \u2013 lost. His world \u2013 shattered. With limited sailing experience and his trusted first mate, Hank, a senior rat terrier for company, Matt heads out from Corpus Christi Bay in a vintage sloop, trying to outsail his bad memories and find a path forward. A close encounter with a coral reef nearly wrecks his boat, a mishap that draws him away from his loosely-charted journey, up the Intracoastal waterway, and deep into the heart of Gullah Geechee country. Here, Matt will learn some terrible truths about the Colonel, and together with his friends, both old and new, find a way to fry the dastardly chicken king, once and for all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/courting_miss_emma_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 266px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/m0og7W\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Courting Miss Emma<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Linda Broday<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Texas, 1868. Emma Taggart has finally found a place to belong \u2013 setting up Heaven&#8217;s Door orphanage with her sister Maura was a new beginning for her \u2013 and one she will do anything to protect. When guarded ex-army man Stone Landry buys the neighboring land and moves in &#8211; camels and all &#8211; Emma&#8217;s world changes forever. He is an infuriating man who instantly gets under her skin &#8211; in ways she never dreamed possible, and despite herself, Emma starts to wonder if, just maybe, he is man enough to take on a Hangman&#8217;s daughter. Can Emma find enough courage to trust in Stone and give her the life she&#8217;s always dreamed of?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/edge_of_too_late_the_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 280px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jansikes.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">The Edge of Too Late<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Jan Sikes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">What&#8217;s the point of having it all when you have no one to share it with? Brandon Miller has everything\u2014except a commitment from the woman he loves. Angela Cooper has deep scars from a previous marriage. She&#8217;s not interested in a do-over with Brandon or anyone. Yet, he arranges a romantic getaway to the historic Harbor Pointe Inn, where he plans to propose. Angela&#8217;s got her camera in hand and ghosts on her mind, but they arrive to find a much more tangible horror. Accident or foul play? Angela becomes the next target, and when suspects can be worldly or otherworldly, danger and secrets lurk everywhere. Poised at the perilous edge of too late, Angela and Brandon face the fight of their lives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/kitchen_heat_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 280px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kitchen-Heat-Restaurantland-Kathleen-McFall-ebook\/dp\/B0C92WY565\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Kitchen Heat <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">(A Restaurantland Romance)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Kathleen McFall &amp; Clark Hays<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A waitress and chef, both newly divorced, struggle to mend their broken hearts and find love again. Crackling with offbeat humor and set in a funky restaurant in the 1990s, the novel features a colorful cast of customers, servers, cooks and dishwashers who regularly fall in and out of love (and bed).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fun and flirty romance, left my heart full of hope and my stomach yearning for a Chef Clay brunch special.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/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\/nadiricover.png\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 279px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aminaalsherif.camp\/bookstore-\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Nadiri,&nbsp;A Novel<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Amina Al Sherif<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Follow Hagar Khalifa as she navigates growing up between two worlds. Caught between an American Christian mother and an Egyptian Muslim father, Hagar searches for her identity as she navigates the public Egyptian school system and subsequently the private American one. As she explores the two worlds, she discovers her ambition to immigrate to the United States and join the US Army. As she navigates extreme challenges of growing up between these two worlds, join Hagar in the second novel of the Nadiri series to discover her journey as she becomes a US Army officer, joins a university in the deep American south, and commissions as an Arab American during the Arab Spring and the rise of the so-called Islamic State.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/quiet_revenge_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 261px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quiet-Revenge-Book-Wilbarger-County-ebook\/dp\/B0CL5KK2VP\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Quiet Revenge<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Dianne Smithwick-Braden<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">The future of the Paradise Creek Inn is in jeopardy when a paranoid and spiteful guest accuses them of food poisoning. Lizzie and her family redeem themselves only to become suspects in two murders. Wilbarger County Sheriff Wade Adams is forced to hand the case over to Deputy Maddie Clifton. The Deputy is determined to uncover the truth, even if it means arresting Lizzie\u2019s grandmother.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/ruby_takes_chicago_1.png\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 271px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocpublishing.ca\/diann-floyd-boehm.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Ruby Takes Chicago<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Diann Floyd Boehm<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Ruby Takes Chicago<\/em>&nbsp;is the sequel to <em>Rise! A Girl&#8217;s Struggle for More<\/em>. It&#8217;s now the 1920s, and a young Ruby Dinsmore leaves her hometown of Oilton, Oklahoma, and heads for Chicago to make her dreams come true. Once in Chicago, Ruby is surprised to learn that, even in a big city, society as a whole is still reluctant to accept women working outside the home. Determined to stay true to herself, she takes on the challenges of life in tumultuous times of Prohibition, protests, and women&#8217;s rights marches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-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\/fatal_exam.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 262px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttupress.org\/9781682831878\/fatal-exam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fatal Exam<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Alan Burton &amp; Chuck Lanehart<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">On Monday, December 4, 1967, a body was discovered in the Science Building of the largest university in West Texas. The next day, citizens of Lubbock gathered for the Carol of Lights, an event typically the centerpiece of the holidays for the quiet college town. But in 1967, the normal festive excitement and anticipation were swiftly shattered by the harrowing events that had occurred just twenty-four hours earlier.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">For the first time, the account of this shocking murder has been painstakingly reconstructed by Alan Burton and Chuck Lanehart. Piecing together timelines based on interviews, journalists\u2019 archives, courtroom transcripts, and the personal experiences of Lubbockites,&nbsp;<em>Fatal Exam<\/em>&nbsp;situates the murder, relates the capture, and details the trial of the crime\u2019s perpetrator. Not your standard psychopathic master, the criminal at this tale\u2019s center cuts a challenging profile, and his history shines an unusual light on the criminal justice system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0px 0px 10px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-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\/final_words.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 263px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckypress.com\/9780813197838\/final-words\/\" target=\"_blank\">Final Words<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Anthology<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Final Words<\/em>&nbsp;is a project that addresses the death penalty in the United States as a violation of human rights. Consisting of a collection of government documents relating to the 578 executed Texas inmates, each set of pages reveals a portrait of a life bookended by violence in which final moments are often spent expressing words of love for family and friends, sorrow for victims, and gratitude for life lived. The compilation stands as a stark indictment of a system built by institutions rampant with racism, classism, and sexism. Each entry, each story, each utterance will challenge readers to answer the question: is there room for humanity in the American justice complex?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/girl_among_crows.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 271px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/camcatbooks.com\/Books\/G\/Girl-Among-Crows\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Among Crows<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Brendon Vayo<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">When two boys vanish from her hometown, Daphne Gauge notices uncanny parallels to her brother\u2019s disappearance 30 years earlier. Symbols of an ancient Norse god. Rumors of a promise to reward the town\u2019s faithful with wealth and power, for a price. She warns her husband that another sacrifice is imminent, but just like last time, no one believes her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">This leaves her with a desperate choice: investigate with limited resources, or give in to the FBI\u2019s request for an interview. For years, they\u2019ve wanted a member of the Gauge family to go on record about the tragedy back in 1988. If she agrees to a deposition now, Daphne must confess her family\u2019s dark secrets. But she also might have one last chance to unmask the killer from back then . . . and now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/guac_the_avocado_bird.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 200px; height: 200px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/guac-the-avocado-bird-julie-branch-evans\/20081155?ean=9781612546155\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Guac, the Avocado Bird<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Julie Branch-Evans<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">In this charming tale from Julie Branch-Evans comes freshly hatched Guac, the one and only avocado bird.&nbsp;Alone without a home, he searches for a place to call his own. When he finds a vacant birdhouse, Guac settles in, happy to hide himself from everyone else, but he&#8217;s soon joined by many other creatures who are also looking for a place to live. From cats to ferrets, Guac welcomes them in and finds that embracing each of their unique qualities&#8211;including his own&#8211;makes for a home full of happiness and love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/madstone_the.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 271px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/elizabeth-crook\/the-madstone\/9780316564342\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>The Madstone<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Elizabeth Crook<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">With echoes of <em>Lonesome Dove<\/em> and <em>News of the World<\/em>, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, her child, and the frontier tradesman who helps them flee across Texas from outlaws bent on revenge, even as an unlikely love blossoms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/maybelle_stella.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 200px; height: 200px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/book\/9781622889112\/maybelle-and-stella-visit-the-oldest-town-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\">MayBelle and Stella Visit the Oldest Town in Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Kimberly Verhines<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">The mischievous pug sisters, in Kimberly Verhines&#8217;s <em>Stella and Maybelle Explore the Oldest Town in Texas<\/em>, take a fascinating romp around the historic sites of Nacogdoches and meet interesting people along the way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/taming_the_divine_heron.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 271px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.deepvellum.org\/products\/taming-the-divine-heron\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Taming the Divine Heron<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Sergio Pitol (Author), George Henson (Translator)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">From the famous Mexican author, Sergio Pitol, comes his 1988 classic translated by George Henson.&nbsp;<i>Taming the Divine Heron&nbsp;<\/i>tells the semi-autobiographical story of a novelist working on his newest masterpiece. The protagonist struggles to tell the perfect story&#8211;his own imagined protagonists mere imitations of the likes of Lord Jim and Alyosha Karamavoz. To help eradicate writer&#8217;s block, Pitol uses his vessel to praise his own favorite authors. Pitol applauds Bakhtin&#8217;s world building, Gogol&#8217;s &#8220;carnivalesque [literary] breath,&#8221; and Dante&#8217;s dizzying intensity. The character finds a muse in Marietta Karapetiz, whom he aptly dubs Dante C. de la Estrella, and the two debate the literary greats.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/today_tonight_forever.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 260px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/today-tonight-forever-madeline-kay-sneed?variant=41011393396770\" target=\"_blank\">Today, Tonight, Forever<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>Madeline Kay Sneed<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">One wedding weekend means one dramatic reunion for two families&nbsp;in this bighearted ensemble cast novel about love and forgiveness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/under_the_same_roof.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 275px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harlequin.com\/shop\/books\/9780369742414_under-the-same-roof.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Under the Same Roof<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Niobia Bryant<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">He was hired to uncover the truth about a stolen family heirloom, not seduce the prime suspect\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">His mission to uncover the truth about a priceless stolen necklace takes PI Tremaine Knowles into the warring heart of the notorious Del Rio family. Stunning antiques collector Alisha Winters, daughter of the Del Rios\u2019 rivals, could be the key to solving the case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Proving she has nothing to hide, Alisha invites Tremaine into her home. Being in intimate contact unleashes a passion that forces Tremaine to make an impossible choice. Is he in bed with the enemy? Or is Alisha an innocent pawn in a scandalous, century-old feud?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&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\/weight_of_the_badge.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; width: 175px; height: 270px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Weight-Badge-Sisters-Texas-Mystery-ebook\/dp\/B0CF626963\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Weight of the Badge<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Becki Willis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Madison deCordova is tackling one of her strangest \u2018cases\u2019 yet. An unidentified woman contacts <em>In a Pinch<\/em>, asking Madison to warn someone of impending danger. The problem? She\u2019s not sure who the intended victim is. The only thing she\u2019s certain of is the perpetrator: herself. She hangs up before giving her name. Something about the call sends&nbsp;chills down Maddy\u2019s spine, especially with the recent hostility against law officers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size:24px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><b>BUT WAIT, THERE&#8217;S MORE!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>There are so many Texas-connected books publishing this month that we couldn\u2019t feature all of them. The following books also publish in November:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Apple Black: Holy Spectre&nbsp;<\/em>by Odunze Oguguo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Astral Tower<\/em> by&nbsp;Blaise Ramsay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Best Wishes: Time After Time<\/em> by&nbsp;Sarah Mlynowski &amp; Christina Soontornvat<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Counting on Shabbat<\/em> by&nbsp;Nancy Churnin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Dirty Parts of the Bible<\/em> by&nbsp;Sam Torode<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Izzy goes to Egypt<\/em> by&nbsp;Peggy K. Comer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Judah Starweaver and the Way of Dragons<\/em> by&nbsp;Tamara Grantham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Must Love Pets<\/em> by&nbsp;Saadia Faruqi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Of Sea and Smoke<\/em> by Gillian Bronte Adams<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Pyroclast (The Thirteen Origins)<\/em> by&nbsp;Frederick Luis Aldama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Queer Girl is Going to Be OK<\/em> by&nbsp;Dale Walls&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Steelwing<\/em> by Matthew Rollins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Valentines for All<\/em> by&nbsp;Nancy Churnin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Witch Hunter Extraordinaire<\/em> by&nbsp;Sarah Noffke and Michael Anderle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>NONFICTION \/ POETRY<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>All Trails Lead to Houston: Riding to the Rodeo<\/em> by&nbsp;Ray Viator&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Childhood Narcissism: Strategies to Raise Unselfish, Unentitled, and Empathetic Children<\/em> by&nbsp;Dr. Mary Ann Little<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><em>Destiny Lives on Fairhaven Street<\/em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;C J Hudson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Drive-In: Outdoor Cinema in 1950s America and the Popular Imagination<\/em> by&nbsp;Guy Barefoot<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Fiestas in Laredo<\/em> by&nbsp;Norma E. Cantu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Fort Worth Then: The Art of Samuel P. Ziegler<\/em> by&nbsp;Scott Grant Baker and Gregory H Dow<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Friedrichsburg<\/em> by&nbsp;Friedrich Armand Strubberg &amp; James C. Kearney<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Garza War in South Texas<\/em> by&nbsp;Thomas Ty Smith<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Gather &#8216;Round: Gatherings in Texas and the Southwest<\/em> by&nbsp;Kristina Downs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Jokes from a Humorless Machine<\/em> by Preston Lewis and Harriet Lewis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>My Name is B-1259: I Survived Nine Nazi Concentration Camps<\/em>&nbsp;by Michael Brown<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Return Trip<\/em> by&nbsp;Maya Golden<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Selling the Humanities: Essays<\/em> by&nbsp;Jeffrey R. Di Leo&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>A Super Collider of Zigs and Zags<\/em> by&nbsp;Brendon Behlke<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CP1MXP7K\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Tale from the Raincheck Room<\/em><\/a> by John A. Brock<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe<\/em> by&nbsp;William Hogan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Texas Almanac 2024\u20132025<\/em> by&nbsp;Rosie Hatch<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Texas Gemstones<\/em> by Elbert A. King<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Texas Limericks: From Abbott to Zephyr<\/em> by Greg Young<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Unknown Face<\/em> by Gregory Duncan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Unsettled Joy<\/em> by J.L. Wright<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><em>We Want Better Education<\/em> by&nbsp;James Barrera&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The World We Know: The Impact of Perception and Empathy on Our Shared Reality<\/em> by&nbsp;Sheryle Gillihan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><strong>MYSTERY \/ SUSPENSE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Aftermath<\/em> by Lisa Harris<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Billy the Kid and the Lazarus Stone<\/em> by&nbsp;Kevin Lucia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Coaching Fire<\/em> by&nbsp;Victoria Laurie<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Girl&#8217;s School<\/em> by&nbsp;L.J. Breedlove<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Homecoming Chaos<\/em> by&nbsp;D.W. Brooks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Legacy<\/em> by C.L.&nbsp;Tolbert<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Legacy of Evil<\/em> by James Peyton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Lola Baby<\/em> by Melissa Bourbon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Rained Out and Other Texas Holiday Disasters<\/em> by M.R. Dimond<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>The Salty Iguana<\/em> by Bill King<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Six Spent Nights<\/em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;Luana Ehrlich<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"><em>Turkey, Thievery, and Twins<\/em> by&nbsp;Brittany E. 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