Winner of the North Texas Book Award for Adult Fiction 2020! The Texas Rangers have a legendary status in Texas. Like any organization, some of it is good and some bad. Bowles’ novel takes the reader back in time to the early days of Texas when it was a Republic with its own President trying … Continue reading Comanche Trail by David Bowles
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Our Teenage Years: Growing Up in a Small Town in the ’80s by T J Wray
Childhood is hard enough without having anything different or unique about your experience. When you add your parents getting an awful divorce, moving frequently from town to town, and personal bad choices, life is even more challenging. It is not surprising that many will be able to relate to this story because the truth is, … Continue reading Our Teenage Years: Growing Up in a Small Town in the ’80s by T J Wray
The Strange by J B Murray
Frankenstein, the Vampyre, Edgar Allen Poe, the House of Usher, and time travel. Say what? Yep, you got it! All rolled into one story that is appropriately named The Strange. This is certainly not your average horror story! The book goes back and forth between the different time periods; 1816, current, and then old letters … Continue reading The Strange by J B Murray
The Iron Orchard by Tom Pendleton
Tom Pendleton has written the best historical fiction on the Texas oil Industry. He wrote it so long ago it got forgotten by most and found itself out of print. When I first heard that someone had bought the rights and was making a film, I was not only thrilled, but searched for a copy … Continue reading The Iron Orchard by Tom Pendleton
A Little Sin by Sionnach Wintergreen
Set in East Texas in 1923, Wintergreen has written a compelling love story at a time when homosexual love was not only illegal, but it could result in death by judgmental neighbors. The story is well written and researched for a true picture of the area during the early 1920’s. The KKK was popular, blacks … Continue reading A Little Sin by Sionnach Wintergreen
