May Texas Reads Romance Roundup<\/p>\n

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The month of flowers, of mothers, of the fourth and the fifth, and of diverse heritages is also Get Caught Reading Month. Start with our Texas Romance Reads featured titles.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fake Dating <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Meghna Raman defied her parents\u2019 wishes and followed her life\u2019s passion, becoming a theater teacher and aspiring playwright. When she discovers that her beloved writing partner, best friend, and secret crush, Seth, is engaged\u2014and not to her\u2014she realizes he\u2019s about to become the one that got away. Even worse, he\u2019s asked her to be his best man. And worse than that, she\u2019s agreed. Determined to try and move on, Meghna agrees to let her parents introduce her to a potential match. Maybe she could marry the engineer that her parents still wish she\u2019d become. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Grumpy engineer Karthik Murthy has seen enough of his parents\u2019 marriage to know it\u2019s not for him. He agreed to his mother\u2019s matchmaking attempts to make her happy, never dreaming he would meet someone as vibrant as Meghna. Though he can\u2019t offer her something real, a fake engagement could help Meghna soothe the sting of planning Seth\u2019s wedding festivities and Karthik avoid the absurd number of setups his mother has planned for him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As the two find common ground, grow protective of each other\u2019s hearts, and start to fall for the traits they originally thought they hated, an undeniable chemistry emerges. But soon, their expectations and insecurities threaten something that\u2019s become a lot more real than they\u2019d planned. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Say You\u2019ll Be Mine<\/em> is a delightful trip back to the heyday of swoony romantic comedies from the 1990s, but with a deep and poignant look at the effects of culture and family in our most intimate relationships. It\u2019s now available from your favorite booksellers.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Naina Kumar<\/strong> is a lawyer by day and a reader and writer of romance at night. She lives in Texas, close to her family whose antics provide endless inspiration. When she\u2019s not writing, she enjoys taking her rowdy rescue dog on walks, rewatching Gilmore Girls<\/em> on a loop, and shopping at HEB. Say You\u2019ll Be Mine<\/em> is her debut novel. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Biker Romance <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Desert, Death, and Diaper Cream: You can only run so far before the past catches you\u2026 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Viper, Concrete Angels\u2019 surveillance expert <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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So much for being the club\u2019s surveillance expert. Viper failed to notice when her first boyfriend joined the club right under her nose. Granted, he\u2019s thirty years older, has silver in his scruff, and is hotter than a Texas summer. But she\u2019s supposed to be dead, and he belongs to the past that could actually kill her. So, she ran off to New Mexico to find solutions, but instead she finds a baby, along with the baby\u2019s  murdered parents. Not exactly the safe haven Viper thought it would be. Especially when the man she\u2019s avoiding comes after her. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trigger, Concrete Angels\u2019 most discreet investor <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Trigger never expected to see Aeryn Stratton nee Dreyfuss ever again. Not since he was told she\u2019d been killed some twenty years ago. When she showed up at the club\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve party as a raven-haired badass biker chick, he damn near swallowed his tongue. But now she\u2019s disappeared again, and not even Loki will tell him where she\u2019s gone. The problem is, she\u2019s the only woman he\u2019s ever loved, and he wants the chance he didn\u2019t take with her all those decades ago. But Trigger is not the only one looking for her, and if her past finds her before he does, she might end up dead for real. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Running From the Texas Millionaire<\/em> is Book 5 of the Concrete Angels MC series. It\u2019s available from major booksellers starting May 13.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Siobhan Muir<\/strong> lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with her husband, two daughters, a kitten who thinks he\u2019s a dog, a cat who\u2019s not impressed with him, and the dog who just wants to go for a walk. Siobhan writes kick-ass adventure with hot sex for men and women to enjoy. She believes in happily ever after, redemption, and communication, all of which you will find in her paranormal romance and dauntless romance stories. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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