About the book, A Beggar’s Bargain Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Fresh Ink Group Date of Publication: March 12, 2024 Number of Pages: 324 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! A shocking proposal that changes everything Desperate to honor his father’s dying wish, Layken Martin vows to do whatever it takes to save the family farm. Once the Army discharges him following World War II, Layken returns to Missouri to find his legacy in shambles and in jeopardy. A foreclosure notice from the bank doubles the threat. He appeals to the local banker for more time—a chance t ..read more

  About the book, The Killer Enigma Series:  Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles (Book 16) Cozy Mystery / Suspense / Cozy Mystery Series Publisher: ICABOD Press Coming August 19, 2023 Scroll down for giveaway! Enough is Enough – JJ rumbled when the paparazzi invaded dinner. JJ and Jo realize privacy doesn’t exist for them. They return to Magnolia Bluff to check on their friends and recapture the small-town anonymity.  In Magnolia Bluff, no one suspects their fame. They discount the status of urban legends in favor of acceptance and a quiet, peaceful life. After all, a super ..read more

  About the book, Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale Crime Fiction / Mystery / Short Stories Publisher: Tachyon Publications Date of Publication: August 15, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series) returns to the piney, dangerous woods of East Texas. In this career retrospective of his best crime stories, Lansdale shows exactly why critics continue to compare him to Elmore Leonard, Donald Westlake, Flannery O’Connor, and William Faulkner. In the 1950s, a young small-town projectio ..read more

  About the Book, Whiskey on Our Shoes Genre: Contemporary Romance / New Adult Publisher: Champagne Book Group Page Count: 238 pages Publication Date: February 12, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! Eva dodges the fans, media, and gossip that follow her supermodel mom and rock star family members by wearing disguises. After an aimless gap year, she struggles to figure out what she wants from life. She moves in with her famous guitar god brother in Austin while he recovers from a drunken stage stunt accident and tries to stay sober. When a hot Texas cowboy named Alex takes Eva by surpris ..read more

  About the Book, Dreams of Arcadia Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Legacy Book Press Date of Publication: June 27, 2023 Number of Pages: 222 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Veterinarian Nate Holub takes a job in his father’s Texas hometown, wondering if a city boy has what it takes to be a country vet. As he struggles to adapt, Nate reconnects with his family and discovers that his father’s accidental death thirty years earlier was much more complicated than he realized. Nate delves into the past, afraid of what he might find. He encounters a resentful cousin, a wary town patr ..read more

C   About the book, Watermelon Tattoo Genre: Psychological Thriller / Suspense Publisher: Watertower Press Date of Publication: February 14, 2023 Number of Pages: 300 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Naïve but charismatic farm girl, Jacquelyn Benderman, has her life perfectly planned until her town blames her for the accidental death of the local high school’s star running back. Feeling like a pariah, she flees to Austin, Texas where her luck seems to change. Her rapid rise to stardom as a blues diva is derailed when an anonymous stalker begins systematically murdering her associates, l ..read more

  About the book Sweet Comfort (Comfort & Joy #1) Genre: Women’s Fiction / Cozy Mystery / Later-In-Life Romance / Sweet Second-Chance Romance Publisher: Fish Tales Page Count: 359 pages Publication Date: January 21, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! Welcome to the hometown everyone wants to call their own. Gloria Bachman, a retired bank executive, has eight weeks to flip a location on Comfort’s High Street into a boutique chocolate shop. Defying expectations for “women of a certain age,” Gloria rediscovers talents and a sharpening of skills. If only she could read people as well as ..read more

  About the Book, Survival Series: Fallout (Book 1) Dystopian / Science Fiction / Mystery / Christian Publisher: Adrenaline-Fueled Fiction Pages: 236 pages Publication Date: October 19, 2021 In today’s world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that technology was suddenly no longer available? No one in the small, west Texas town of Shadow Ridge knows what took down the power grid, or when it’s going to be back up, but everyone knows exactly where they were the moment it went down. And now ..read more

  About the book, Murder’s Legacy Now available for pre-order Series: Tori Winters Mysteries, book 2 Mystery / Women Sleuths Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Coming February 16, 2023 Scroll down for Giveaway! Secrets that defy time! An inconceivable disaster brings Tori Winters’ plans for the historic house she inherited to a traumatic standstill. A section of the escape tunnel built by her great-grandfather, a notorious Dallas gangster, has collapsed. Within the rubble, there is a gruesome discovery. A skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. The shocking cave-in triggers an ..read more

  About the book, Deadly Keepsakes A Tori Winters Mystery Now available for Pre-order – Coming July 10th Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Number of Pages: 360 pages Scroll down for giveaway The past becomes the future. Secrets that can kill!  After someone tries to kill her, Tori Winters is on the run. Looking for a place to hide, a mysterious phone call about a vague inheritance seems to be the answer. After all, who would think of looking for her in Granbury, a small quaint Texas town. Instead, her life is about to spin into an existence where nothing is as it seems. The historic ..read more