Category: Texas

Review – Love is for the Birds by Diane Owens Prettyman

  Synopsis For fans of Mary Alice Monroe’s The Beach House comes a heartwarming story from women’s fiction author Diane Owens Prettyman about second chances as two people find a pathway out of their grief—directly in the aftermath of a hurricane. The Texas Gulf: beautiful yet unpredictable. A beach town destroyed. Her mother’s candy store swept away. […]

Review – Austin Heat by Amari Nylix

  THE ONE WHO UNDID ME Austin Heat, Book #1 By Amari Nylix   Contemporary Romance/ Comedy / Football Publisher: Temair Media Pages: 390 Publication Date: September 14, 2023   Synopsis Rumor has it that Texas just got a little hotter! Fans of Tessa Bailey and K. Bromberg will fall for this sexy story of […]

Book Blitz & Giveaway – The Pink Dress by Jane Little Botkin

    THE PINK DRESS: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen By Jane Little Botkin Memoir Publisher: She Writes Press Pages: 304 Publication Date: 9/10/24   Synopsis Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in […]

Review – The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

  Synopsis By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educators, a timely glimpse at today’s pressing school issues, and a tender character study, following a sprawling cast of teachers, administrators, and staff at a Texas high school With its ensemble of warm and unforgettable […]

Review & #Giveaway – A Chocolate is Announced by Amber Royer

  A Chocolate is Announced Bean to Bar Mystery, #7 by Amber Royer   Cozy Mystery / Culinary Mystery / Women Sleuths Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: June 25, 2024 Number of Pages: 277 pages   Scroll down for Giveaway!   Synopsis Felicity Koerber is finally getting her life together.  She has a […]

Review & Excerpt – Sunset Ledge by Darlene Deluca

  Synopsis Can a seasoned traveler from the city thaw the numb heart of a reclusive Texas widower? Jack Armstrong lives like a recluse on his Texas ranch. In the difficult years after his wife’s death, he goes through the motions of life and wants to be left alone. Caroline Tate, a widowed ecology professor, […]

Review & #Giveaway – Bound in Silence by Christina Stephens

    BOUND IN SILENCE: by Christena Stephens   True Crime / Texas History / Nonfiction Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Page Count: 286 pages Publication Date: February 26, 2024   Scroll down for a giveaway!   Synopsis On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, a single gunshot rang out in Littlefield, Texas. A prominent […]

Excerpt – Liar’s Point by Laura Griffin

  Synopsis Two homicide detectives must separate the truth from a web of puzzling lies while investigating a murder victim’s friends and lovers in Lost Beach, Texas. Detective Nicole Lawson is fed up with her job and nonexistent love life. Her first date in months gets cut short by an urgent call from the chief […]

YA Spotlight & #Giveaway – Just A Hat by S. Khubiar

      JUST A HAT   By Shanah Khubiar       Young Adult / Coming of Age / Jewish Fiction / Small-Town Texas / 1970s Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Page Count: 254 Publication Date: July 18, 2023     Scroll down for giveaway!           Action-packed, humorous, and bittersweet, this 1970s-era […]

Review – Portrait of Deception by Kathryn Dodson

    Synopsis   A photographer on the brink of fame. A dictator with a dangerous agenda. Used to hiding behind her camera, can this skilled artist capture the truth and still escape with her life? Margo McAllister is mere hours from her dream. In Italy, to compete for a prestigious award, the young photographer […]