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- The Legend of Juan Miguel: The Tale of an Unlikely Texas Hero
About The Legend of Juan Miguel: The Tale of an Unlikely Texas Hero:Equal parts history and mystery, romance and hero’s journey, this Texas tale has more twists and turns than a country back road. In The Legend of Juan Miguel, Anna K. Sargent revisits Texas in the late 19th century, that famed era when the West began and Texas was in a border conflict with Mexico. But in this story, the hero is Hispanic. Sargent asks us to cast aside what we think we know about identity and the history and mythology we’ve been taught. Ride along with the young Juan Miguel as he uses every guise and all the courage he can muster to win back his fortune, his good name, and his lost love. Deprived unjustly of his birthright by ambitious Anglo ranchers, the son of the wealthiest Tejano in Texas is spurred on by a forbidden passion for the woman who is married to one of those ranchers. Handsome, loyal, brave, and cunning, this caballero reinvents himself over and over and becomes a Hispanic hero for the ages.
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Anna K. Sargent writes historical fiction set in Texas’s colorful past, and yet her books are really about identity–who we are and how we became who we are. Anna was well into a successful career as a writer and editor. Then one day, life “threw a craving” on her, as they say in Texas. Her spirit wanted to do what her spirit wanted to do. She wanted to write historical fiction, because she loves history and she loves stories and she loves Texas.Anna had worked as a journalist for years, starting out as a newspaper reporter. She went on to be the editor of two newspapers and later was a publicist, communications director, and magazine editor. Through it all she had an abiding passion for the place of her heart and its history.
She left her career and found herself again through writing and studying that place. Lucky for her, Texas has an amazing history, full of characters and adventure and extremes of weather and landscape. How people dealt with the place–and how they still deal with it–that’s the interesting part.
Her goal is to convey the complexity of Texas’ rich cultural past and suggest how it informs the present. She is Texan through and through and part of every person, battle, tall tale, and twist of history that led Texans to where they are.
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- All American Wolf
About All American Wolf:When the dead body of a strange man is found frozen in the snow, recently promoted Detective Serena Daniels is assigned to the case. Determined to be taken seriously, she sets to work unraveling the mystery, one suspect at a time.
Brody Sullivan is a man with many secrets and he also just happens to be Madison County’s newest citizen. So when he ends up on the list of potential suspects, it is Serena’s job to clear his name. There’s just one problem: Serena’s felt an undeniable attraction to Brody that ignited from the moment they first met, and if she’s not careful she may lose more than her job, she may lose her heart to the man who is willing to break every one of her rules.
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New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Hunter wrote her very first novel at only thirteen years old, by hand, in an old lined scribbler and she hasn’t stopped since. Her contemporary and paranormal romance stories feature irresistibly powerful alpha heroes and the beautifully curvy heroines that love them.Connect with Adriana on her website at http://www.AdrianaHunter.com and subscribe to her official newsletter at http://www.SpicyTales.com
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- Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith Rocchiccioli
About Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith Rocchiccioli
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It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Vieux Carre is lined with drunken crowds and garbage. Crescent City Medical Center’s general counsel, Alexandra Destephano, is eagerly anticipating her weekend date to the Endymion Ball with dashing art historian Mitch Landry. With city officials hoping for the biggest crowd since Hurricane Katrina, things suddenly go South with the Times Picayune headline, “WIFE OF GOVERNOR FOUND IN BED AT CCMC COVERED IN BLOOD. NO INJURY DETECTED.”
Kirkus Review:
“An edge-of-you-seat thriller anchored by an engaged heroine and convincing characters.”
Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith Rocchiccioli is a post from Awesome Gang
- Joey and the Magic Map
About Joey and the Magic Map:“But, Joey, I was afraid when I died.”
Joey Johanaby thought his life ended when his dad died. Being forced to move with into a mysterious, old, Southern mansion in Tennessee seems to make things worse. With Mrs. Johanaby struggling to learn new job skills Joey is given the difficult task of looking after the twins for the summer. The mansion is home to more than Joey and his family. Ghostly and magical characters from the mansion’s past take an interest in Joey and his struggles. They want to help, but their quirky methods are questionable. After the family is almost torn apart by a near-tragedy Joey obtains a magic map. With this map Joey goes on a journey that he might not return from—a journey that changes him forever.
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Although an avid reader all of his life, Tory Anderson didn’t discover the magic of writing until he was in college. By the time he graduated with a master’s degree in English he had plans of doing nothing but writing for a living. However, his own story had surprises in store. The need to support a wife and eight children distracted him from writing for many years. All the stories he read to his eight children inspired him to pick up the pen once more. Along with running a computer repair shop, he drives a school bus, and manages to get his daily writing fix. He lives in Levan, Utah, with his wife and five of their eight children who still remain at home.Joey and the Magic Map is a post from Awesome Gang
- Madame Charmaine by David Tish
Kids from 9 to 13 Should Not Pass Up This 5-Star Adventure Book!
Madame Charmaine “is a ripping yarn in the tradition of Huck Finn.”Madame Charmaine chronicles the adventure one summer of four close friends, three boys and a girl, all 12 years old, who discover a locked “treasure chest” half buried in the sandy shore of the Missouri River following a spring flood.
As they play detective and try to find out who buried the chest and what its strange content means, they meet up with a tall, mysterious woman in a turban and soon find out that they are playing a dangerous game, one that threatens to bury them alive in a grave of their own digging.
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- Welcome To Jamestown by G.W. Nelson
About Welcome To Jamestown by G.W. Nelson
Five days ago, Shannon Hazelwood told her father she was going to visit some friends at their fort. That was the last time she was seen.
Since the young girl vanished, Sheriff Jacob and his department have searched nearly every abandoned house, warehouse and hole in Jamestown big enough to hide an 11-year-old girl.
As the Sheriff searches, he keeps thinking about another young girl that disappeared in Jamestown some 30 years before – back when his daddy was Sheriff. That little girl was found after 5 days. She was found quite dead. The killer was never caught.
Billy and Bobby told Shannon: “Don’t come near our fort.” They told her more than once; probably a hundred times if you asked them about it, but she wouldn’t listen.
She figured since she was older than them, well, she could do pretty much what she wanted. She told them, “It’s just a stupid hole in the ground anyway.”Shannon Hazelwood has been missing for five days…
Welcome To Jamestown by G.W. Nelson is a post from Awesome Gang