New Fiction By Texas Authors

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The Devil is a Lie / by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Talented local author Billingsley has published her latest, very entertaining novel about a Houston woman who wins the $8 million Texas lottery. Nina Lawson couldn’t be more surprised when her winning ticket is called; or more overwhelmed as family, friends and even her fiancé start clamoring for her attention.

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Amigoland: A Novel / by Oscar Casares

Casares wonderfully characterizes his own South Texas homeland in this, his brilliant debut novel. Elderly Don Fidencio lives his days in a nursing home called Amigoland, pondering his past, his estranged family members and when he can sneak his next cigarette.

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The Color of Lightning / by Paulette Jiles
Author of the wildly successful and bestselling Stormy Weather, Jiles depicts the lone star state in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. The story follows freed slave Britt Johnson on an adventurous journey across the wild and untamed Texas frontier.

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Smooth Talking Stranger / Lisa Kleypas

Kleypas was born and raised in Southeast Texas and is evidently very familiar with the region and culture. Her latest contemporary romance novel is set in Houston where journalist Ella Varner is the very definition of Miss Independent. But that all changes when she meets the rich and ritzy Jack Travis.

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Rhino Ranch: A Novel / by Larry McMurtry
McMurtry concludes his Duane Moore saga in the place where it began—the small west Texas town of Thalia which he first introduced in his 1966 novel The Last Picture Show. Devoted fans of the Thalia novels will recognized McMurtry's skilled characterization of the easygoing but thoughtful Duane whose outlook on life is one of a kind.

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Roses / by Leila Meacham
San Antonio author Meacham’s sweeping family saga examines a small East Texas town through the entirety of the 20th century, describing three successive generations of one family as they live, love, work, laugh and die.