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

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July brings celebrations, fireworks, and a sparkling array of Texas-connected books. Grab the next installment in a trilogy from your favorite author, or check out the explosion of new stories bursting onto the Texas literary scene with adventure, intrigue, and edification.  Whatever your reading heart desires, Lone Star Lit has a gem waiting just for you.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fear Not the Dead<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Brad Ricks<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Suffering a breakdown caused by the death of her father, Ann Walker finds herself convinced by her therapist to investigate repressed memories of her mother\u2019s murder. She finds herself at a secluded bed and breakfast called Cardinal Crest Estate – the site of her mother\u2019s tragic death. As she uncovers the truth about what happened during her childhood, she finds herself caught in a web of revenge and dark secrets, surrounded by the restless spirits of the many victims the remote estate has claimed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ann, her family, and the other guests of Cardinal Crest must find a way to survive both the living and the dead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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From the Sundering Snows: An Ilbeor Story<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

T.J. Klapprodt<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The elves of the mountain village Shaamel still recall the time before a treaty forced them from their valley homes. A powerful elf named Altoneir has found happiness in his new home, but when tragedy takes away everything, his grief turns to a rage great enough to destroy worlds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bereft of home and family, Altoneir wanders alone. As his grief and wrath merge into destructive magic, he desires only to destroy those who had taken everything: the humans who had forced the elves into the mountains all those centuries ago. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As Altoneir\u2019s destructive path attracts the attention of the world, a mysterious woman crosses his path, whispering words that entice him\u2026and change the way he looks at himself, his power, and the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Irene in a Ghost Kitchen: An Irene in Chicago Culinary Mystery<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Judy Alter<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Irene\u2019s back in her beloved Chicago. When she opens a French-inspired ghost kitchen, she ignites a fierce competition with her friend and colleague, Toby of La Petite Folie. When she rescues three abused children, she stirs up old family anger and resentments. And when a stalker haunts her, she is dismissive of danger. A rock thrown through the ghost kitchen window, a shadowy figure on the street late at night, Chance\u2019s chauffeur beaten as he tries to flush out a stalker\u2014the fear escalates. Something dark and threatening is lurking in the shadows, but Irene is dismissive of danger, refusing to take precautions. Can Chance and Henny keep everyone safe, especially Irene?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lexi Sinclair and the Temple of the Moon: The Harleigh Sinclair Series, Book Three<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Tamara Grantham<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My name is Lexi Sinclair, and I am not my sister. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When a scythe relic gets stolen by my ex from Greyson Industries, it\u2019s my turn to take charge. I leave San Antonio and travel to Utah, then to Mexico, on my search for the relic, but I\u2019m not ready for the dark secrets waiting to be uncovered. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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To make things worse, I\u2019m forced to work with an idiot archeologist named Dr. Arden Fletcher. Although he drives me crazy, I may be the teeniest bit attracted to him, despite my best efforts to hate him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If we can\u2019t find the scythe in time, my ex-boyfriend will use it in a ritual that could destroy half of Earth\u2019s population. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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But no pressure. It\u2019s what I\u2019m good at.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine: A Novel<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Thao Votang<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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When twenty-seven-year-old Linh Ly\u2019s recently divorced mother begins dating a coworker, Linh is determined to make sure he is worthy of her mother. She\u2019s seen the kind of men her mother ends up with\u2014she grew up watching her unreliable and volatile alcoholic father as her mother worked two jobs to make ends meet. Linh is certain that her mother can\u2019t do this on her own, but what begins as genuine worry quickly turns obsessive. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Linh is slowly forced to reconcile the image of her mother from her childhood with the woman she\u2019s getting to know as an adult. Growing up Vietnamese in the middle of Texas with a broken household taught Linh a certain guarded way of living\u2014one she never quite left behind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Love’s First Light: <\/span><\/strong><\/em>The Women of Black Hawk Canyon Book One<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Linda Broday<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rachel Malloy\u2019s faith is shattered after burying the last of her family and then finding her home burned to the ground. She has nothing but the clothes on her back. Rancher Heath Lassiter offers a place to live and begins teaching her of God\u2019s love. Heath also offers to marry her, which she promptly rejects. With the dark secrets she carries, she can marry no one. Then she discovers a newborn abandoned nearby. Love for the child blooms but she fears God will take it also as he had the others. Is a mysterious white dove a sign? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Danger surrounds as she struggles to find her faith and accept Heath\u2019s offer of marriage. Will the coming dawn bring hope or more sorrow? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Matters of the Heart: Amish Calling, Book Two<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kelly Irvin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Declan Miller is the joking auctioneer of his Amish community. Bethel King is a serious caregiver for siblings coping with a degenerative disease. Yet every time their paths cross, the sparks fly. Is there a future together for them?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Owl Shook Up: The Owl Star Witch Mysteries Book 16<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Leanne Leeds<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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When Aunt Gwennie\u2019s famous snickerdoodles go missing before the annual cookie competition, Astra and her sisters prepare for a bitter battle over the sweet treats. But the trouble turns deadly when Aunt Gwennie\u2019s rival, Agatha Blackwell, is found dead with a snickerdoodle stuffed in her mouth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Can Astra clear Aunt Gwennie\u2019s name and crack the case before the cookie crumbles? Or will the sisters watch Aunt Gwennie’s cookie legacy come crashing down like an underbaked souffl\u00e9? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Find out in this delectable tale filled with baked goods, betrayal, and bewitching hijinks galore.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sugar on the Bones: A Hap and Leonard Novel<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Joe R. Lansdale<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Minnie Polson is dead. Burned to a crisp in a fire so big and bad it had to be deliberate. The only thing worse is that Hap and Leonard could have prevented it. Maybe. Minnie had a feeling she was being targeted, shaken down by some shadowy force. However, when she\u2019d solicited Hap & Leonard, all it took was one off color joke to turn her sour and she\u2019d called them off the investigation. Wracked with a guilty conscience, the two PIs\u2014along with Hap\u2019s fleet-footed wife, Brett\u2014tuck in to the case. Irreverent, wise-cracking, and full of atmosphere and bite, Sugar on the Bones<\/em> is not to be missed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Underground Murders: Mavis Davis Mystery Series, Book Six<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Susan P. Baker<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sharp-witted Private Investigator Mavis Davis dives into a web of deceit, intrigue, and corruption on the Texas Gulf Coast when a determined banker\u2019s widow challenges the M.E.\u2019s ruling that her husband\u2019s suspicious death was a suicide. As Mavis scrutinizes the autopsy and questions those involved, she uncovers a chilling truth: the supposed suicide was actually a gruesome murder. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Each revelation pulls Mavis deeper into the murky waters of political scandal and corruption, where the line between justice and vigilantism blurs. As she unravels a conspiracy designed to silence those entangled in covert activities echoing political headlines, Mavis realizes the widow, her associates, and she herself are perilously close to exposing dangerous truths and becoming the next victims.<\/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 July:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Innocence Taken <\/em>by Stephanie M Seaton and Rondregus Underwood<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Discovered His Voice<\/em> by Kari Lavelle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pizza Face<\/em> by Rex Ogle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rainbow Allies<\/em> by Nancy Churnin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Unbecoming<\/em> by Seema Yasmin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

April Storm<\/em> by Leila Meacham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Breaking Silence<\/em> by Alan Brenham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Burning<\/em> by Linda Castillo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Catch a Tiger by the Toe<\/em> by Joe Congel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

The Dissonance<\/em> by Shaun Hamill<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Magpie Maggie on Thin Ice<\/em> by Katherine H. Brown<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mayhem and Mandrill<\/em> by Verena DeLuca<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mexicanos Hustle<\/em> by J. Benjamin Sanders<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No Road Home<\/em> by John Fram<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No Secrets Remain<\/em> by LynDee Walker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Pursuit of Marla Adams<\/em> by Patrick Hanford<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes You Lose<\/em> by Dallas Gorham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stone Cold Saint<\/em> by Stephanie St. Klaire<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stone Cold Savage<\/em> by Stephanie St. Klaire<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stone Cold Sinner<\/em> by Stephanie St. Klaire<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tricksters<\/em> by N L McLaughlin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Voices in the Vapors<\/em> by Eva Pohler<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bubba Ephriam: Black Texas Basketball Trailblazer<\/em> by Garner Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Conscious Change<\/em> by Jean Kantambu Latting and V. Jean Ramsey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Creating and Consuming Media Messages with Purpose<\/em> by Jennifer W. Shewmaker Ph.D. and Amy Boone M.Ed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Day’s Hard Edge<\/em> by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Desire to Serve<\/em> by Cheryl Brown Wattley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl<\/em> by Hyeseung Song<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Farm-to-Freedom<\/em> by Roy Vu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Franciscan Friars of Hebbronville<\/em> by Juan Jose Ibarra<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Helicopter Training at Fort Wolters: Mineral Wells and the Vietnam War<\/em> by Wes J. Sheffield<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Inside the Well <\/em>by Lance Lunsford<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel<\/em> by Shelley Wachsmann<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart<\/em> by Joe Holley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One Scoop at a Time<\/em> by Ricky Dickson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Poetry Diaries<\/em> by Cody Schilling<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shouts from the Republic<\/em> by Blake A. Pfeffer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Legend: Jim Hall and his Chaparrals<\/em> by George Levy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is Going to Hurt<\/em> by Bekah McNeel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tracking the Texas Ranger Historians<\/em> edited by Bruce A. Glasrud, Harold J. Weiss, Jr. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Warriors for Social Justice<\/em> by Linda J. Quintanilla<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

West University Place<\/em> by Richard Lee Cunningham<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Earth Jumped Back<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/u> by Philip Reari<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Faculty Lounge<\/em> by Jennifer Mathieu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Future Unfolds<\/em> by John & Leanne Yarrow<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hollywood Assistant<\/em> by May Cobb<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I Was a Teenage Slasher<\/em> by Stephen Graham Jones<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Janeology<\/em> by Karen Harrington<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Map of My Want<\/em> by Faylita Hicks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Misplaced Warrior<\/em> by Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My Mother Cursed My Name<\/em> by Anamely Salgado Reyes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nate the Texas Story<\/em> by Mark Warren<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Cuts<\/em> by Chris Miller<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prom: At Trails End<\/em> by John Strother<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The River of Goodness<\/em> by David Marquis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Root of the Matter<\/em> by Lynn Tagawa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saints of Storm and Sorrow<\/em> by Gabriella Buba<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sanctuary<\/em> by Ilona Andrews<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Sons of Thunder<\/em> by Chris Miller<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tales from the Texas Timberlands<\/em> by J. Andrew Rice<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Teddy<\/em> by Emily Dunlay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We Burn Daylight<\/em> by Bret Anthony Johnston<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The World After Alice<\/em> by Lauren Aliza Green<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Beneath the Christmas Star<\/em> by Hope August<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chasing Hearts<\/em> by Staci Stallings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cosmic Heat<\/em> by Clio Evans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Courtship at Shadowcrest<\/em> by Alexa Aston<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Cowboy Billionaire’s Secret<\/em> by Syliva McDaniel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dangerous Devotion<\/em> by Natasha L. Black<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Defying My Duty<\/em> by D.L. Howe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Design of Us <\/em>by Sajni Patel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dub: Time Served MC<\/em> by Cee Bowerman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An Enchanted Love<\/em> by Lorna Hoopes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fortune’s Secret Marriage<\/em> by Jo McNally<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Handling the Boss<\/em> by Rose Bak<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Honeymoon for Seven<\/em> by Chris Keniston<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Houston<\/em> by Lori Wilde<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I Want to Dance With Somebody<\/em> by Syliva McDaniel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Into the Starlight<\/em> by Amanda Cabot<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Lion’s Mate<\/em> by Darlene Tallman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Loaded<\/em> by B.E. Baker<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lone Star Witness<\/em> by Delores Fossen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

The Middle of Nowhere<\/em> by Cree Nations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One Lucky Cowboy<\/em> by Kristine Lynn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PenPal Hero<\/em> by Jo Grafford<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Protector’s Rescue<\/em> by Ginny Sterling<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ranch Ambush<\/em> by Barb Han<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ranger Bravery <\/em>by Lynn Shannon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Redemption<\/em> by Jenna Hartley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rose by Another Name<\/em> by Lee Carver<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Sawmill Book Club<\/em> by Carolyn Brown<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Script of Love<\/em> by Alexa Aston<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seaside Cowboy’s Christmas Wish<\/em> by Alexa Verde<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Secrets She Keeps<\/em> by Calle J. Brookes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunset Daydreams<\/em> by L.B. Benson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunshine for Shadow<\/em> by Cassi Hart<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sworn to Defend<\/em> by Charlee James<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Take Me Home<\/em> by Melanie Sweeney<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Temptation<\/em> by Brenda Jackson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Virgin Widow<\/em> by Robyn DeHart<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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