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Deluge Before Dawn

By Thomas R. Fox

Deluge Before Dawn

Heartbreak, Survival and Resilience After the Guadalupe River Raged

Deluge Before Dawn tells the story of the July 4, 2025 Guadalupe River flood through the voices of survivors, families, and first responders. Kerr County resident Tom Fox weaves heartbreak, courage, and hard questions into a powerful act of communal remembrance and resilience.

The Witch of Sonora

By Johnnie Bernhard

The Witch of Sonora

Evil rides the borderlands—and it knows your name.

Haunted by a witch only he can see, a traumatized Comanche-Mexican border agent joins an elderly rancher who shelters trafficked girls to stop ritual murders tied to Palo Mayombe, facing cartel brutality, generational trauma, and spiritual warfare in the violent, unforgiving borderlands of West Texas.

Reconstructing Immigration

By Loren C. Steffy

Reconstructing Immigration

How to Rebuild America's Economic Advantage

As mass deportations and escalating “border security” budgets dominate the headlines, Reconstructing Immigration: How to Rebuild America’s Economic Advantage, shows why America cannot remain a global economic leader without a modern, lawful way to attract, legalize, and retain the workers it clearly needs. It connects the dots between immigration reform, productivity, entrepreneurship, and regional development, giving readers a coherent plan for how the United States can turn a chronic political crisis into a durable competitive advantage.

Dispatches from Berlin

By Carol J. Williams

Dispatches from Berlin

Walls and Secrets

As the Berlin Wall crumbles, a veteran correspondent and a guarded photographer race across a transforming Europe, chasing the biggest story of their careers while uncovering buried secrets, personal losses, and one village’s Cold War ghosts. In this second installment of the Iron Curtain Chronicles, Carol J. Williams weaves a gripping tale of truth, history, and emotional reckoning.

Good Cotton People

By A.B Cárdenas

Good Cotton People

Where cotton and conscience collide, one good man bets his soul on the people the world tries to forget.

In 1951 West Texas, aging cotton grower William Allen Littlejohn faces mechanization, memory, and moral reckoning as migrant lagunero families arrive for their final season on his Pima cotton farm, testing whether one good man’s quiet defiance of racism and exploitation can redeem a legacy rooted in slavery and empire.

Moodshine

By Liz Colvin

Moodshine

A Caregiver's Journey

Caregiving for someone in the grip of mental illness can feel like “showing up to a brawl with a butter knife.” In Moodshine: A Caregiver’s Journey, Liz Colvin tells the raw, hopeful story of what happens when a mother refuses to stop fighting for her daughter.

From ADHD and trauma through bipolar disorder, addiction, psychosis, and repeated hospitalizations, Liz walks readers through the real work of caregiving: battling stigma, navigating a broken system, setting boundaries, and starting over after each relapse. Along the way she offers practical tools, spiritual insight, and a rare kind of honesty that makes you feel seen instead of judged.

Planting and Painting the Landscape

By T.D. Motley

Planting and Painting the Landscape

A Sequel to The Art of Farming

An aging artist-farmer in North Texas tends his thirty-acre sanctuary while development closes in, balancing painting, teaching, and family life. This quiet, wry novel celebrates stewardship, community, and creativity as acts of resistance, where gardens, animals, and night skies shape a deeply rooted sense of home.

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An Unforgettable True Story...

From the locker room where Jason’s helmet still hangs, to the cemetery where teammates left their own tribute, this is a story about more than football—it’s about how we face the unthinkable and find ways to honor those we’ve lost.

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Outcry Witness

By JoDee Neil

Outcry Witness

A Former Prosecutor's Guide to Healing and Justice After Sexual Violence

A groundbreaking exploration of trauma, healing, and empowerment from a seasoned courtroom lawyer. Blending raw honesty with legal insight, JoDee Neil steps beyond her professional role to share her journey as a survivor of sexual assault. She shows how disclosure itself can become a transformative tool for healing—not only for survivors, but for the justice system and society.

Rickwood

By Tim Whitt and Joe Mock

Rickwood

How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends

An immersive tribute to America’s oldest ballpark and the cradle of countless diamond dreams and dramatic showdowns. Rickwood is a deeply personal chronicle of fathers and sons, community pride, and the cultural tides that shaped the South and the sport. Rediscover Rickwood Field—a place where legends are made, memories endure, and baseball becomes forever.

Dark Texas

By Charles Petrie, Jr.

Dark Texas

In Dark Texas, a gripping and hauntingly plausible near-future thriller, a historic winter storm plunges Texas into chaos as critical energy infrastructure fails, and the electric grid teeters on the edge of collapse. Told through the eyes of everyday Texans—Mac, a self-reliant old-timer; Laurie, a wise yoga teacher; Jake, a grieving father; and Chas, a young energy analyst—this novel explores human resilience, the fragility of modern civilization, and the moral choices people face when the lights go out. Inspired by real events, Dark Texas is a chilling yet hopeful portrait of community, survival, and the power of preparedness in a world that thought it couldn’t fail.

Far From Uncertain

By Teddy Jones

Far From Uncertain

A young woman on the run. A life built in the shadows. A story that refuses to be forgotten. At fifteen, Frankie ran from an abusive home with nothing but her wits and a gambler’s promise of escape. What she found was a world of speakeasies, bootlegging, and survival on the edge of the law. Now, decades later, her story is ready to be told—one of grit, defiance, and a woman who refused to be broken.

Well of Deception

By Cynthia Leal Massey

Well of Deception

2026 Spur Award-Winning Finalist for Best Western Contemporary novel. 

Everyone knows who killed Maggie Schneider. But why? Inspired by true events, novelist Cynthia Leal Massey weaves an intricate tale that spans the decades from the Great Depression to the crippling drought of the fifties. This is not a whodunnit. The mystery here is more profound: Why did he do it?

Why We Struggle to Go Green

By Thomas Manuel Ortiz

Why We Struggle to Go Green

Hard Truths About the Clean Energy Transition

All the rhetoric and politics around climate change obscures a troubling truth: Clean energy technologies alone cannot solve the problem of human-induced climate change.

Why We Struggle to Go Green offers a clear-eyed assessment of our efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change from a mechanical engineer who’s spent 30 years looking for solutions.

Aviation Therapy

By David Dale

Aviation Therapy

Stories of Perseverance and Personal Growth from the Cockpit

Aviation Therapy chronicles Dale’s remarkable transformation through flight—from B-52 nuclear alert missions during the Cold War to wartime refueling in Desert Storm and Bosnia, then flying General Tommy Franks after 9/11. This inspiring memoir reveals how aviation shaped one man’s journey from quiet navigator to commanding an elite squadron.

No Saints Here

By Claudette Fette and Aaron Fette

No Saints Here

A child’s desperate mental health struggles. A mother’s battles with addiction. A system that failed them both. And a woman determined to help other families avoid the tragedy that befell her own. No Saints Here tells the story of one family’s crisis and how others can avoid the same pitfalls.

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Llano Estacado

By Max L. Knight

Llano Estacado

Published by Hill Country Press - An imprint of Stoney Creek Publishing

Homesteader Jacob Harker seeks vengeance after Comanches murder his family. Comanche leader White Knife mourns his wife, killed by white soldiers. As their paths converge on the Texas Panhandle, both men confront the cost of revenge and possibility of redemption. Max L. Knight’s Llano Estacado explores justice, forgiveness, and healing.

Dispatches From Moscow: Spies and Lies

By Carol J. Williams

Dispatches From Moscow: Spies and Lies

Moscow, 1986: American correspondent Natalie Chester falls for Soviet diplomat Anatoly Kuznetsov as they navigate Chernobyl’s aftermath, KGB surveillance, and the collapsing Cold War. Based on the author’s experiences, this sweeping romance captures forbidden love against perestroika’s historic upheaval—where idealism faces deadly consequences.

Left is Right

By Paul McGrath

Left is Right

What if the mission was never just about the planet? A pair of alien operatives from the planet Xylodon, now fugitives on two worlds, find themselves drawn into the orbit of nationalist militias and human trafficking. This second genre-blending installment in the Terran Icognita series fuses satire, sci-fi, and social commentary into a wildly original tale of identity, rebellion, and connection. What happens when your mission changes, but your heart won’t follow orders?

Austin Sunrise

By Phil Oakley

Austin Sunrise

Passion, Power, and the Price of Change. Discover the sweeping saga of ambition, family, and the American spirit in this richly layered novel set against the dramatic backdrop of wartime and postwar Texas. Follow the unforgettable journeys of Brooks and Ray Oakley, two brothers whose divergent paths take them across military frozen landscapes, bustling Austin cafes, cutthroat oil fields, and the booming postwar restaurant scene.

Five Thousand Years of Controversies

By Arthur Garson, Jr.

Five Thousand Years of Controversies

A Family's Journey Through World History

History’s greatest debates, served at the dinner table. What if you could witness history’s most pivotal controversies as they unfolded, not from a textbook, but from the heated discussions of those who lived them? Whether you’re a student of history or simply someone who loves a good argument, you’ll discover that the best way to understand the past is through the controversies that defined it.

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Aug 20

Margie Seaman featured at Heights Neighborhood Library for READ A ROMANCE MONTH SERIES

Heights Neighborhood Library

For Houston Public Library’s READ A ROMANCE MONTH SERIES, Margie Seaman will speak at The Heights Neighborhood Public Library about her latest book, Someday is Our Horizon.   MARGIE SEAMAN is the eighty-nine-year-old author of Someday Belongs to Us and Someday Is Our Horizon. She began her writing career just four years ago when she realized that if she wanted to fulfill her lifelong dream of writing a novel, the time to begin was now.   After a forty-year career in marketing, Margie transitioned into website design, with Citation Solutions, where she has served as president for the past seventeen years. She also writes The Graytripper, a travel blog for seniors that encourages readers to get out and explore the world around them.   Margie is the mother of three, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of five. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston and lives in Houston, Texas, just down the street from her childhood home. Though currently between dogs for the first time in her life, she shares her home with several thoroughly spoiled cats who graciously allow her to live in their domain.

Aug 22

Tim Whitt Book Signing at Barnes & Noble, Summit Shopping Center, Birmingham

Barnes & Noble Summit Shopping Center, Birmingham

Tim Whitt will be signing his new book co-authored with Joe Mock, Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends at the Barnes & Noble, Summit Shopping Center in Birmingham. Rickwood captures more than just the thrill of a pitch or the drama of a pennant race; it’s a deeply personal chronicle of fathers and sons, community pride, and the cultural tides that shaped the South and the sport. Read stunning stories of icons like Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Reggie Jackson, and more. This book brings the past alive, offering readers the sights, sounds, and soul of America’s Oldest Ballpark. Discover the unforgettable moments from barnstorming Big Leaguers, the Negro Leagues and segregated Minor Leagues, from the roaring grandstands, thrilling victories, and heartbreaks, to the resilience that saved the ballpark for future generations.

Aug 29

Book Launch for T.D. Motley at The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop

Fort Worth author and artist T.D. Motley will be at The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth for his new novel, Planting and Painting the Landscape: The Sequel to The Art of Farming.   Planting and Painting the Landscape is a warm, reflective novel about an aging artist-farmer, Sam Bartlett, who tends thirty acres of North Texas land while wrestling with memory, creativity, and change. A stand-alone sequel to The Art of Farming, it blends richly observed scenes of daily farm work—gardening, livestock, and Saturday farmers markets—with the inner life of a painter whose nights belong to the Muse and the stars. As Sam and his wife Annie navigate suburban sprawl, family transitions, and the encroaching language of “branding” and “development,” the farm becomes a fiercely protected sanctuary where stewardship, community, and craft still matter.   Texas painter and academic, T.D. Motley is Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History at Dallas College. His drawings and paintings have been selected for national exhibits and are included in public and private U.S. collections. Motley has lectured about and published articles on organic, no-till farming and gardening, heirloom herbs and produce, and soil sustainability. He has written agrarian essays for EatGreenDFW and Edible Dallas & Fort Worth. His first novel is The Art of Farming.

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