ODD BIRDSbySevero Perez Genre: Literary FictionPublisher: Texas Christian University PressDate of Publication: September 24, 201 — 278 pages Scroll Down for Giveaway! The year is 1961. Seventy-year-old Cosimo Infante Cano, a Cuban-born artist in need of inspiration, follows his lover to Texas in what was to be a temporary sabbatical from their life in France. […]
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My plan for today was to just talk about a book I’m reading that has captivated me for the past week, but then I decided to check a couple of news outlets before settling into the work day. Not a good idea for my plans or my blood pressure. Because I like to have something
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THE BABY WITH THREE FAMILIES, TWO COUNTRIES,AND ONE PROMISEAn International Adoption Story by JULIE GIANELLONI CONNORIllustrated by Saman Chinthaka Weerasinghe Genre: Children’s Fiction / Picture Book / Adoption Publisher: Bayou City PressPub Date : December 9, 2020 ** 40 pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m happy to have Ms. Connor as my guest today as she shares about her
First up, how was your weekend? I had relatively good days pain-wise, so I got a bit of work done Saturday and Sunday then played. Saturday was puzzle day. I’d finished this one a week or so ago and left it on the card table to enjoy. It is now back in the box, and
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THE SPARK OF LOVEMesquite Springs, Book 3byAMANDA CABOT Categories: Fiction / Christian / Historical RomancePublisher: Revell ** March 1, 2022 ** 352 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! She’s determined to start a new life in the West . . . if only the old one would leave her alone When a spurned suitor threatens her,
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TRUST MEbyKelly Irvin Genre: Romantic Suspense / Christian Fiction Publisher: Thomas Nelson Date of Publication: February 8, 202 384 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! When her best friend is murdered the same way her brother was, who can she possibly trust? A decade ago, Delaney Broward discovered her brother’s murdered body at the San Antonio
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Today, I have a neat contest to share with you, but first this picture of Hermione. She is so camera shy, that I don’t often get a good picture of her. She was looking out my office window with such a contemplative expression, and I’m so glad she didn’t move as I slowly picked up
Dead Man’s HandDavid NixSourcebooksPub date Feb 22, 2022 Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black Buffalo Soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be
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Recently, I’ve been working on a new short story that was a gift from my muse the day I saw a homeless man on a scooter crossing the road. I was driving to an appointment, but I couldn’t get him out of my mind. Much like other short stories I’ve written that came to me
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BEFORE THE ALAMO: A Tejana’s Story by Florence Byham Weinberg Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas History Publisher: Maywood House Date of Publication: September 17, 2021 ** 296 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emilia Altamirano, half Otomí Indian, half pure Spanish, is born in 1814, the year after the Battle of the Medina River, where
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