THE PINK DRESS: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty QueenBy Jane Little Botkin MemoirPublisher: She Writes PressPages: 304Publication 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 college, she became the […]
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THE ONE WHO UNDID ME Austin Heat, Book #1By Amari Nylix Contemporary Romance/ Comedy / FootballPublisher: Temair MediaPages: 390Publication Date: September 14, 2023 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rumor has it that Texas just got a little hotter! Fans of Tessa Bailey and K. Bromberg will fall for this sexy story of mistaken identity, electric attraction, and irresistible romance
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HOLLOW OUT THE DARK By James Wade Literary Fiction / Southern Gothic / Rural FictionPublisher: Blackstone PublishingPages: 328Publication Date: August 20, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to
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LETHAL STANDOFFBy DiAnn Mills Contemporary Fiction / Christian Mystery & Suspense / Christian RomancePublisher: Tyndale House PublishersPages: 368Publication Date: September 3, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** ABOUT THE STORY **** Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed faces her most dangerous challenge yet in Lethal Standoff. Called to a tense situation in South Texas, Carrington must save fifteen hostages held
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It’s been a while since I showcased, Doubletake, the first mystery I ever wrote. The book is the result of a collaboration between Margaret Sutton and myself and was first released with the pseudonym, Sutton Miller. A nice strong name and early reviewers thought the book had been penned by a man. Go figure. As
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DEUS TEX MACHINA: The Second Calamity ofQED Morningwoodby Rob Witherspoon Science Fiction / Humor / SatirePages: 163Publication Date: June 13, 2022 QED “Kid” Morningwood is back with big plans to create a death tourism industry. Working with his old Metaphysics professor from Texas Alchemical and Metaphysical University, he delves the purgatorial realms gathering data for
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Just like Friday’s blog post, the following is another one that wasn’t at all what I’d had in mind. There had been a plan, but that old cliché reared it’s ugly head. “The best laid plans…” and all that. Let me explain. The original idea for today was to share a little bit from a
Open Season, the first book in the popular Seasons Mystery Series is free today and tomorrow for Kindle users even those who don’t have Kindle Unlimited. This is done periodically to give all Kindle readers a chance to snag the book and meet Sarah & Angel, two homicide detectives who fight crime on the mean
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But in case you’re getting ready to jump up and down for joy, settle back into your favorite chair and relax. This is only a short visit. Recovery from the hip surgery has been slow, but I am happy with the progress so far. However, I still cannot sit in my office chair for very
There are many things to celebrate this Mother’s Day. First of course is remembering my mother, Evelyn, born in 1919 and died in 2014. While she was never a perfect mother, she did the best she could, and I’m so thankful that in later years we became very close. Other than knowing I would miss
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