Thankful for a bounty of new books

The nights are getting longer, making it the perfect time to curl up in a cozy spot with a new book. Need ideas? We have an abundance of new Texas-connected books to make the fall evenings sparkle with mystery, history, romance, and more. Don't forget to explore the delightful new releases for the little ones—books to be truly thankful for this season! Lone Star Lit has exciting new options to fit all your bookish needs.

 

 

 

Home to Comfort

Kimberly Fish

October 10, 2024

 

The last book in a trilogy covering a year in the life of retiree, Gloria Bachman. Home to Comfort begins with mayhem and adventure in Mexico and brings resolution to several storylines created in previous books.

 

 

 

 

 

The Doll from Dunedin

ML Condike

October 22, 2024

 

An attorney hires genealogist RaeJean Hunter to locate the heir of a women she met a year ago. RaeJean has six months to locate the person, or they lose a forty-million-dollar estate to a local university. While searching the deceased’s townhouse, RaeJean finds a doll with mystical qualities and books about perfume heiress, Dorothy Arnold who vanished in 1910. She suspects Dorothy connects to her case. She follows leads to Idaho and New Zealand amid challenges and life- threatening events. But why would someone threaten her life if the inheritance either goes to the heir or the university?

 

 

 

 

 

Poetic Justic 

McFall & Hays

October 22, 2024

 

Set in the funkiest of funky restaurants in the rad pre-internet 1990s, before cells, social media and streaming, and featuring a quirky cast of chefs, waiters and customers who fall in and out of love (and bed), the Restaurantland Romance novels crackle with off-beat humor, joy and passion.

 

 

 

 

 

Sallowsfield: A Novel

Cliff Hudder

November 1, 2024

 

East Texas college professor Wyatt Sallow travels to a down-at-its-heels market town in the north of England to trace an ancestry it turns out he does not have. Echoes of his past do follow him, however: a catastrophic marriage, the shadow of a lost child, and—there, in person, emerging from Sallowsfield’s faux-Victorian train station—“X,” the object of his unrequited passion and a figure as perplexing as an algebraic variable. On his eight-day tour/pilgrimage/mock epic journey, Wyatt pursues the specter of his unrequited love and crosses paths with the citizens of Sallowsfield as they struggle to grasp the all-consuming obsessions, ghosts, and X-factors that confound their days.

 

 

 

 

 

Thistle in the Mistletoe

Margaret Izard

November 4, 2024

 

A kiss under the Mistletoe brings good fortune, but can a Christmas wedding stop a deadly feud?

 

The soft beauty beside him at the altar would make the perfect bride. Roderick MacDougall would do anything to stop the feud without more bloodshed. Too bad the gorgeous woman is the daughter of his greatest enemy who murdered his da.

 

Mary Comyn wants to stop the clan wars. Tricked by her father and forced by the English king to marry her clan’s enemy, Mary fears she’s scarifying finding true love for peace. A Christmas wedding sounds romantic, but why would her greatest clan enemy, love her?

 

When betrayal looms from within, can enemies find love and forge a new future for both clans?

 

 

 

 

 

The Forgotten Son

BJ Sloan

November 5, 2024

 

“Don’t he look like a sweet little bunny?”

 

The kind-hearted delivery nurse had no way of knowing that her well-intentioned words would doom Bunny Boy Potts to a lifetime of ridicule. Well, that and the unfortunate way his ears stuck out like two ping-pong paddles.

 

Living with his unhinged single mother, his entire life is spent apologizing for existing.

 

Food and love—neither is freely available but the sharp sting of the strap is always on stand-by. When Bunny meets Raquel, he thinks she could take him from scarecrow misfit to normal teen. But Bunny Boy Potts wasn’t meant to have a life like everyone else. Debut author BJ Sloan serves us hope and despair in this gripping family sage set in 1970s rural Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

Misery Hates Company

Elizabeth Hobbs

November 5, 2024

 

Marigold Manners is a bicycle-riding, suffragist, New Woman of the 1890’s, studying to become an archaeologist when the death of her parents leaves her destitute and sends her up the craggy, fog-shrouded coast of New England to uncover a dark family secret and learn that sometimes, there is no difference between justice and murder. Full of wit and wickedness, MISERY HATES COMPANY is a historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Cold Comfort Farm.

 

 

 

 

 

The Best General in the Civil War

Conrad Bibens

November 12, 2024

 

The Confederacy might still exist if not for George Thomas, a Southerner who supported the Union. In this autobiographical novel, Thomas tells his story for the first time, taking readers inside the mind of The Best General in the Civil War.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frances Flamingo: Rainbows and Roller Skates

Dottie Lee

November 12, 2024

 

When Frances Flamingo spots a dazzling rainbow during migration, she simply has to follow it—even if it means losing sight of her flock! Mistaking the glowing pink lights of the Rainbow Roller Rink for her flamingo friends, Frances glides into a world of wheels and sparkles. Despite a few tumbles along the way, her determination pays off, and Frances learns to skate with flair, discovering a new kind of confidence as she finds her place in the spotlight.

 

 

 

 

 

Woods and Wings

M.W. Devers

November 19, 2024

 

In the small village of Rhigov, fifteen-year-old Astraya Myna dreams of little more than escaping the confines of her kitchen duties. Everything changes when a malevolent force known as Vronti shatters the village’s tranquility, sending Astraya on a journey she never imagined.

 

Guided by a legacy she barely understands, Astraya joins forces with her brother, Raustra, and a small band of allies. Together, they embark on a dangerous quest to protect their home from wingroans—dragon-like creatures with mysterious intentions and lethal capabilities.

 

With each step, Astraya uncovers more about her family's past and her own untapped strength, until she must decide: how far will she go to save her people and what is she willing to sacrifice to discover the truth about herself?

 

 

 

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

There are so many Texas-connected books publishing this month that we couldn’t feature all of them. The following books also publish in November:

 

CHILDREN'S, MIDDLE GRADE, & YOUNG ADULT BOOKS

Blindcat and Tadpole by Lisa Johansson; illustrated by Bianka Santillan

The Covenant by Terry Overton

Cross Country Boy by J.L. Wright

The Dream by Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey

The Girl Whose Frown Shook the Ground by Melody Trowell

Goodnight, West Texas by Callie Fuqua; illustrated by Richard Cowdrey

Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented by The Alchemical Wizards by Sybrina Durant

Pedro the Pirate by Ciara O'Neal

A Queen's Game by Katharine McGee

Sacred Coven's Secret by Michael Todd & Michael Anderle

The Shadows Rule All by Abigail Owen

When Justice has Claws by Isabel Campbell and Michael Anderle

Willie Mays by Anne Wynter

 

MYSTERY / HORROR

All's Fair in Love and Treachery by Celeste Connally

All that Glitters by Linda Bennett Pennell

April Storm by Leila Meacham

Boots, Blitzen, and Burglary by Leanne Leeds

The Christmas Presence by Eva Pohler

Crossroads by N.L. McLaughlin

Delta County Blues by Gina Hooten Popp

Edge of Danger by Janie Crouch

Gunbarrel Highway by Sean Bridges

Last Call by Travis Tougaw

The Moldering Heart by Chris Miller

Murder Creek by Jeff Kerr

Seven Days Off by Luana Ehrlich

Sheer Window by Diane Vallere

The Skin You're In by Ashley Robin Franklin

Sore Throat, Slight Fever by J. Lynn Carr

Surge by Ronie Kendig

A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie

Walker Prairie by Pamela Fagan Hutchins

 

NONFICTION 

Abilene's War on Whiskey by Jay Moore

Anatomy of Desire by Dr. Emily Jamea

Andrew Sansom: A Life in Conservation by Laura Raun

Blinded by the Lights by Don Albrecht

Carmen in Diaspora by Jennifer M. Wilks

Fly-Fishing with Leonardo da Vinci by David Ladensohn

For the Bees by Tara Dawn Chapman

Four Against the West by Joe Pappalardo

Geographies of Travel by Susan Roberson

The Great Ice Cream War of Summer 2016 by John A. Brock

Kenney's Fort: 19th Century Saga of the First Anglo Settlement in Williamson County, Texas by Elroy Haverlah

Lessons from Leopold by Stephen A. Nelle

Marfa Garden by Jim Martinez, Mary Lou Saxon, Jim Fissel, Martha Hughes

Monday Motivation: Inspirational Quotes To Start Your Week Right by DC Gomez

A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country by Mark Gustafson

Rehab on the Range by Holly M. Karibo

A Reservation Undiminished: The Saginaw Chippewa Case and Native Sovereignty by Todd Adams, Gary Clayton Anderson And R. David Edmunds

Texas Red by Red Steagall and Jim Jennings

Uvalde's Darkest Hour by Craig Garnett

Violence in the Hill Country by Nicholas Keefauver Roland

Wars of the Mexican Gulf by Benjamin J. Swenson

Willie and Annie Nelson's Cannabis Cookbook by Willie and Annie Nelson

 

OTHER FICTION

All Men are Created Equal by JB Phillips

Battle for Pointer's Bluff by Bradford Bates and Michael Anderle

Blondie in the Water by K J Waters

Blood Alone by Mark Miller

Bloodbound by G.J. Terral

Burn with Prejudice by Isabel Campbell and Michael Anderle

Dirty Diana by Jen Besser and Shana Feste

Feminine Rising by Amy W. Vogel

Five Women and the Star by Donald L. Robertson

The Hanging Party by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

The Mission Trip by Marion Surles

My Itching Scales by Bridget E. Baker

Pulsar's Peril by Jaxon Reed

Stalking Ghosts by Alexander Juden

The Untamed Fighter by Sarah Noffke and Michael Anderle

Wheel of Infinite by Martha Wells

Wyrd as Folk, and a Loan by Steve Curry

 

POETRY

Wild Wind by Sandra Johnson Cooper and Ron Cooper, Editors

You Must Not Forget by Catharine Day

Zombie Vomit Mad Libs by Duy Đoàn

 

ROMANCE

The Alpha's Unexpected Mate by Tigris Eden

Answering the Call by Caryl McAdoo

Assigned to Protect by Melanie D. Snitker

Baby, It's Cold Offside by Ginny Sterling

Burning Secrets by Denise Diana Huddle

Catching a Christmas Cowboy by Leah Vale

Christmas Baby for the Cowboy by Jamie K. Schmidt

The Christmas Cowboy by Eve Gaddy

Clonely You by Ruby Dixon

Come Home to the Bride by Lacey Davis

The Cowboy's Sweet Baker by Bonnie Fields

Deadly Christmas Inheritance by Jessica R. Patch

A Double Christmas Surprise by Cathy Gillen Thacker

The Family Friend by Blue Huxley and Jade Behr

Five Hundred Miles From Friona by Kellye Hefner

The Forgotton Rescue by Ginny Sterling

Fortune's Holiday Surprise by Jennifer Wilck

Fourth Down by Britney Bell

Ghost of Ex-Mas Past by Liz Alden

Haystacks and Hoaxes by Jo Grafford

Hellfire & Bowties by A.M. Rose

Imperfectly Perfect by Tracy Goodwin

In Every Universe by Hannah Henry

A Kiss Amiss by Carolyn L. Dean

Kiss Me by Christmas by Kathryn Cantrell

A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley

Lone Star Christmas Mission by Delores Fossen

Lone Star Redemption by Delores Fossen

A Miracle for the Reserved Flyboy by Ginny Sterling

Monster Pucker by Clio Evans & Ashley Bennett

Mr. Notorious and the Nefarious November by Shana Galen

My Frozen Ever After by Erin Bedford

New Dawn Book 1 by Ella Cooper

New Dawn Book 2 by Ella Cooper

New Dawn Book 3 by Ella Cooper

November's Ride with Viper by Eve London

The Party Line by Carolyn Brown

Protecting the Newborn by Delores Fossen

Protecting Wren by Susan Stoker

Red Lipstick Kisses and Small Town Wishes by Kathryn Kaleigh

Rescue Me by Barb Shuler

A Rogue's Christmas by Elizabeth Essex

The Rogue's Christmas Gift by Cecilia Rene

Safe With You by Caitlyn Brown

Santa Is A Sl*t by Drea Denae

Second Chance Season by Emily March

SlapShot Sweetheart by Ginny Sterling

Smokey & Bandit by Liberty Parker & Darlene Tallman

Snowflakes & Second Chances by Diann Mills

Someone Worth Living For by L.J. Breedlove

Stolen Dances and Big City Chances by Kathryn Kaleigh

Tattoos and Tinsel by Kindle Alexander

Thawed Out by Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga

Tinsel Trail by Hope August

Touche by A.J. Llewellyn and D.J. Manly

Tricked by the Durands by Erin Bedford

Unforgivable by Erin Rose

A Very Merry Nanny by Lyra Parish

We Redeemed the Rain by Ashley Dill

Wild Bliss by Lexi Blake

Wrangling a Christmas Cowboy by Katie Lane

 

 

Want to make sure your forthcoming Texas-connected titles are included in our feature? Email us at Publicity@LoneStarLiterary.com with the details!

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