UNDER THE GULF COAST SUN By SKIP RHUDY Â Romance / Coming of Age / Surfing Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 266 Publication Date: April 22, 2025 Synopsis This coming-of-age tale set against the sun-soaked beaches of 1970s Port Aransas, Texas, is a love letter to the people and culture of the […]
THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER: THE SEARCH FOR HOUSTON’S LOST BOYS By Lise Olsen  True Crime / History Publisher: Random House Pages: 464 Publication Date: April 1, 2025 Synopsis The Scientist and the Serial Killer is the gripping, upside-down detective story of a Texas forensic anthropologist named Sharon Derrick who, […]
BENEATH THE BROKEN OAK By Lori Altebaumer Mystery / Romance Publisher: One Thousand Hills Publishing Pages: 400 Publication Date: February 22, 2025 Synopsis Trees don’t heal. They seal. But Forester Jodee Trevaine isn’t a tree. The wounds of abandonment she’s spent years denying will be ripped open the night she witnesses a […]
Sallowsfield: A Novel By Cliff Hudder  Literary Fiction / Humor / Saga / Texas / Yorkshire Publisher: Texas Review Press Pages: 390 Publication Date: October 21, 2024 Synopsis Wyatt W. Sallow, MBA—poet, business ethics professor, and coach of the 8th ranked collegiate chess team in East Texas—travels to the heart of […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]