Preview of Texas-connected books publishing in May, 2024<\/p>\n

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Peruse our plethora of Texas-connected new titles where MAYbe you will discover a new favorite author or MAYhap, a new gem from a go-to author. Whether you want to tumble into a twisty-turny mystery or get swept up in topsy-turvy romance, Lone Star Lit has you covered.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Hunting El Despiadado (A Cass Callahan Novel)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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

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Fueled by a relentless determination to bring down the notorious Camargo Cartel, Cass allies with his hardened former partner, Lieutenant Ray Tucker, to hunt down the cartel’s elusive leader and his ruthless sicario, El Despiadado. Together, they embark on a covert mission south of the border\u2014where all bets are off should they get caught. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When El Despiadado cuts ties with the cartel, a storm of violence leads to Cass crossing paths with the infamous sicario. After a deadly betrayal threatens his mission, he becomes trapped in a web of danger, and, in a heart-pounding clash of gunfire and explosions, Cass is faced with an impossible choice\u2014escape with his life or risk everything to continue hunting El Despiadado.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Marked (Morningstar Academy series, Book Three)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

L. R. W. Lee<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fallen angel Gladriel, her new fallen friends, and her former celestial squadron mates have failed to shift a world ending prophecy and feel increasingly helpless as war, famine, and plague rage, killing millions of the humans they long to protect. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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With conditions worsening on Earth, Kessien, Glad\u2019s former squadron leader and romantic interest, is less available. At the same time, Morningstar Academy forces her to do increasingly heinous things to humans, and the distance stretches their relationship to the breaking point. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Glad and her fallen friends\u2019 only hope for rescue is to throw themselves on the Almighty\u2019s mercy and beg him to reverse their sentences. Trouble is, Glad will never be sorry for what caused her to fall and she can\u2019t bear putting them in jeopardy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Notorious in North Texas (Metroplex Mysteries, Volume III)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Published and Written by Sisters in Crime<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The anthology is a collection of twelve short mystery \/ thriller stories by award-winning authors. All stories are set in North Texas and vary from scary to humorous, but all with a crime or mystery. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One of Four: World War One Through the Eyes of an Unknown Solider<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Travis Davis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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From New York Harbor to the battlefields of France, relive World War One through the eyes of an unknown soldier, as told through his diary. See how the 100-year-old diary brings a father and his estranged son back together by retracing his experiences fighting in the battlefields of France in 1917 – 1918 to his final resting place\u2014the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Perfect Blend (Lost Creek, Texas Hill Country, Book One)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Alexa Aston<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Braden Clark\u2019s world crashes when his family\u2019s vineyard is seized and his father is sent to prison. Event planner Harper Hart discovers her fianc\u00e9 has been cheating on her with her best friend. She returns home to the Texas Hill Country to become an event planner at her family\u2019s winery, meeting Braden, the new winemaker taking her father\u2019s place. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Braden prefers to devote his time to his new job, but Harper proves a sexy distraction he can\u2019t seem to avoid. Soon, their professional and personal lives intertwine, and friendship turns into love. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Can two people damaged almost beyond repair heal emotionally?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pretty: A Memoir<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

KB Brookins<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race.<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Even as it shines light on the beauty and toxicity of Black masculinity from a transgender perspective\u2014the tropes, the presumptions\u2014Pretty<\/em> is as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI should be able to define myself, but I am not. Not by any governmental or cultural body,\u201d Brookins writes. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery day, I negotiate the space between who I am, how I\u2019m perceived, and what I need to unlearn. People have assumed things about me, and I can\u2019t change that. Every day, I am assumed to be a Black American man, though my ID says \u2018female,\u2019 and my heart says neither of the sort?” <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Recipes from a Tasteless Machine: A Culinary Journey through Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Recipes from a Tasteless Machine: A Culinary Journey through Artificial Intelligence<\/em> the authors put ChatGPT to the taste test, challenging it to develop recipes on a variety of themes. The result provides an amusing mix of recipes and a fascinating look into how artificial intelligence thinks in the kitchen. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Recipes from a Tasteless Machine<\/em> is the third book in the Magic Machine Series from award winning authors Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis. The book organizes recipes around themes based on the months of the year and related holidays. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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From breakfast meals in January and to holiday fare at the end of the year, the authors provide a culinary calendar of dishes that’ll bring a smile to the face, if not to the tastebuds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Sky King (Skyriders, Book Two)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Polly Holyoke<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In this soaring adventure for fans of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief<\/em> and Wings of Fire<\/em>, a new kind of monster launches an attack on the empire of Prekalt. Who can Kiesandra and her skysteed turn to for help in this life-and-death battle?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Source Code<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

E.M. Rensing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Daelia Hall has a problem. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Several, in fact. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Her academic advisor won\u2019t get off her back. Her dad is pushing her to leave her doctoral program and work for him. The new pilot up at the squadron almost just crashed her favorite AI-enabled airplane, one of the fabled emergent abiota. Oh yeah, and an unidentified object just crashed into a nearby park, and the Air Guard wants to know what is going on. Because there\u2019s something alive inside this thing, something that seems to be driving every military abiota on the airfield absolutely insane. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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With the annual air show on and a power struggle brewing, it\u2019s up to Daelia to uncover the true nature of the object, before the consequences turn deadly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wheeling and Dealing (The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series, Book 18)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Becki Willis<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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When Chief of Police Brash deCordova is hurt in the line of duty, a new threat rolls into The Sisters. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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With Otis Perry temporarily at the helm, the police department is thwarted by the man\u2019s inflated ego. Newly appointed Deputy Nate Stone does his best to serve justice, but \u2018his best\u2019 turns out to be hiring Madison and In a Pinch to investigate what Perry won\u2019t. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Madison has a bad habit of finding danger, and this time is no different. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Read the latest from the award-winning The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Brigands (The Texicans Series, Volume I)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Parris Afton Bonds<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Before there was New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, or Utah, there was Texas. Molded by Old Mexico and a new rough-and-ready breed of hearty settlers from around the world, The Lone Star Republic was the thing of dreams\u2014land, riches, liberty, home. For the Palad\u00edn family, it is all of those things and so much more. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Anthology (edited by A. Balsamo)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you need to know who done it? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors<\/em> is a mystery anthology with short stories which range between the classic nosy neighbor and detective to a space sleuth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Curated and edited by A. Balsamo, these tales twist and turn until the very end. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Many of the authors have published books available, so you might just find a new favorite to read. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stories by A.R.R. Ash, Mark Beard, L.N. Hunter, Mary Sophie Filicetti, Tiffany Seitz, J.F. Benedetto, N.M. Cede\u00f1o, Cassondra Windwalker, Joe Giordano, Kay Hanifen, Robert Richter, Tracy Falenwolfe, Veronica Leigh, Michelle Kaseler, Kevin A Davis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This Tangled Body: Poems<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Carmen Calatayud<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Tangled Body<\/em> by Carmen Calatayud reads as surreal poetic memoir, navigating family history, war, migration and the grit of relationships. Through lyrical language, she searches for ways to rescue a body that knows pain, addiction and generational trauma. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Elegies, love letters and concussions cross paths here, along with planets and stars, demonstrating that the potential to heal is possible when raw truth and grace are present. Calatayud\u2019s willingness to face the land of the dead and cross all borders is on full display. As she invites us to \u201cleave this continent and\/light the path behind us on fire,\u201d her poetry insists we return to love, and love hard. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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CHILDREN’S, MIDDLE GRADE, & YOUNG ADULT BOOKS <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ace<\/em> by Heather Black<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Charlotte & Penelope and their Magical Menagerie<\/em> by Teresa Argenbright<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fun with Three Suns in the Sky<\/em> by Manfred Cuntz<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Grace Notes<\/em> by Naomi Shibab Nye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hot Boy Summer<\/em> by Joe Jimenez<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hurdles in the Dark<\/em> by Elvira K. Gonzalez<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Los Monstruos #2: Rooster and the Dancing Diablo<\/em> by Diana Lopez<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Lost Empress<\/em> by Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Redemption of Daya Keane<\/em> by Gia Gordon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Road Home<\/em> by Rex Ogle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shaper<\/em> by Angelo Bowles<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Shield of the Vanier<\/em> by William R. Humble<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Silver Dragon<\/em> by Ellis Colton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Something Maybe Magnificent<\/em> by R.L. Toalson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet Nightmare<\/em> by Tracy Wolff<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They Built Me For Freedom<\/em> by Tonya Duncan Ellis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Water Stone Secret<\/em> by A.C. Castillo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NONFICTION <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Ahern Home of Texarkana<\/em> by Doris Douglas Davis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aroma of Czech Cuisine<\/em> by Denise Mazal Resnerova<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back<\/em> by Aaron Fischman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bringing Davy Home<\/em> by Sherri Steward<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Call to Serve<\/em> by Jon Meacham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Corsicana \/ Evanston Salt Costs Climbing<\/em> by Will Arbery<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Day My Mother Never Came Home<\/em> by Reginald L. Reed, Jr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Edge Rover<\/em> by Timothy E. Green<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fiestas in Laredo<\/em> by Norma E. Cantu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Framing Oak Cliff <\/em> by Richard Doherty<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From the Courtroom to the Boardroom<\/em> by Deena Varner<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Galveston’s Tremont House Hotel<\/em> by Katherine Shanahan Maca<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Home, Heat, Money, God: Texas and Modern Architecture<\/em> by Kathryn E. O’Rourke and Ben Koush<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Landmark Maps of Texas<\/em> by Frank H. Holcomb<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Making the Unknown Known<\/em> edited by Victoria H. Cummins and Light Townsend Cummins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oil Cities<\/em> by Henry Alexander Wiencek<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One Year in Uvalde: A Story of Hope and Resilience<\/em> by John Qui\u00f1ones & Mar\u00eda Elena Salinas<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Outlaw Country Reporter<\/em> by Sam Kindrick<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Passion for Places<\/em> by Roy R. Pachecano<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Physicians of the Future<\/em>, UT Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reflections on Wright: Essays on the Career of Speaker Jim Wright<\/em> edited by James W. Riddlesperger & Anthony Champagne <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Restore<\/em> by Jim Donnelly and Steve Welch<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rick Perry<\/em> by Brandon Rottinghaus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SFA: 100 Years of Excellence<\/em> edited by Kimberly Verhines<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shrimping West Texas<\/em> by Bart Reid<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Spirit in a Bottle<\/em> by Tito’s Handmade Vodka<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They Came for the Schools<\/em> by Michael Hixenbaugh<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition<\/em> by Silky Shah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Undefeated<\/em> by Shaunie Henderson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Whole Story<\/em> by John Mackey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

William Hanson and the Texas-Mexico Border<\/em> by John Weber<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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POETRY <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watcha<\/em> by Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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MYSTERY \/ HORROR<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Baskets and Beignets <\/em>by Jana DeLeon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Black Mass<\/em> by Mark A. Daniel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blond Hair, Blue Eyes<\/em> by Chris Kelsey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clover Covered Corpse<\/em> by Jackie Layton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Death by Matchmaker<\/em> by Brittany E. Brinegar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Firearms and Foxes<\/em> by Verena DeLuca<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Five Tries to Get It Right<\/em> by Kathryn Dodson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fluffy, Flip Flops, and Foul Play<\/em> by Leanne Leeds<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Last to Know<\/em> by Mary Alford<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Liars Point<\/em> by Laura Griffin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lost Time<\/em> by J.T. Bishop<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Midlife Gumbo<\/em> by Reggi Dupree<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One Big Lie<\/em> by L.J. Breedlove<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One Desperate Life<\/em> by D.J. Maughan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wicked Awake<\/em> by Merrill David<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ROMANCE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply<\/em> by Terry Spear<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Billionaire’s Auction<\/em> by Barb Shuler<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chasing Time<\/em> by Tess St. John<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Courageous Demands<\/em> by Ginny Sterling<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Courageous Yearnings<\/em> by Ginny Sterling<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cowboy Homecoming<\/em> by Peggy McKenzie writing as Nikki Malone<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Deal with the Cowboy<\/em> by Annee Jones<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Falling for the Marquess<\/em> by Alexa Aston<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flaming Her Affection<\/em> by Jenna Brandt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Forever the <\/em>One.Com<\/em> by <\/span><\/a>Connie Y. Harris<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Guarding the Target<\/em> by Liz Shoaf and Hope White<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hill Country Hero<\/em> by Kit Hawthorne<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Home to Her Cowboy<\/em> by Sasha Summers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Inevitable<\/em> by Erin Rose<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It Would Have Been A Great Story<\/em> by Emma Hill<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Just One Surprise<\/em> by Chris Keniston<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Little Heart of Stone<\/em> by Clio Evans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Little Kissing Between Friends<\/em> by Chencia C. Higgins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lovers and Liars<\/em> by Amanda Eyre Ward<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mail Order Madhouse<\/em> by Kirsten Osbourne<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mail Order Magpie<\/em> by Kirsten Osbourne<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malone’s Fate<\/em> by Laylah Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Match Made in Heaven<\/em> by Kimberly Smith<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mountain Man Protector<\/em> by Natasha L. Black<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Mummy Effect<\/em> by Lori Wilde<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My Wild Horse King<\/em> by Bridget E. Baker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Outplayed<\/em> by Courtney W. Dixon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resisting Love<\/em> by Katrina Marie<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolute Bodyguard<\/em> by Leslie Marshman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ride a Cowboy<\/em> by Mari Carr<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rising From the Ashes<\/em> by Darlene Tallman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rocco<\/em> by Angel Vane<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shot in the Dark<\/em> by Mary Dublin & Anne Kendsley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sisters in Paradise<\/em> by Carolyn Brown<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Smooth as Whiskey<\/em> by Lyra Parish<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Strong Loving Cowboy<\/em> by Debra Clopton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Forsaken<\/em> by Sherry Shindelar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Treasure & Trouble<\/em> by Betty Woods<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wallflower Gone Wild<\/em> by Cecilia Rene<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Whispers of Love<\/em> by Darlene Tallman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Worth a Fortune<\/em> by Nancy Robards Thompson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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OTHER FICTION<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bloodwoven <\/em>by G.J. Terral<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Comedy of Nobodies <\/em>by Baron Ryan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flightless Falcon<\/em> by James Charles Smith<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Frozen Girl of Spirit Lake<\/em> by Meg Lelvis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lady of Basilikas<\/em> by Ronie Kendig<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Lake<\/em> by Chandler McGrew<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Medicine Woman of Galveston<\/em> by Amanda Skenandore<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Messengers Rising<\/em> by Relvin Gonzalez<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On Wahoo Reef<\/em> by Tim W. Jackson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Price of Magic<\/em> by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Runners Acts of the Adherents<\/em> by Matthew Normand<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We Were the Universe<\/em> by Kimberly King Parsons<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wolf Chosen<\/em> by Tim Frankovich<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Women and Children First<\/em> by Alina Grabowski<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Worst Traitors in the Confederacy<\/em> by Skyler Ramirez<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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