JULY TEXAS BOOK PREVIEW
Preview of Texas-connected books publishing in July, 2025
Celebrate summer with sparkling Texas-connected new reads
Take a peek at our collection of July’s Texas-connected new releases and discover the perfect cherry to top your summer-fun sundae amidst this stellar collection of marvelous mysteries, fantastic fiction, charming childrens’ books, and fabulous fantasies. Whether you’re on the hunt for a searing thriller or a steamy romance, we have just what you need to soar away on a new adventure.
Jodi Lea Stewart
1953. In a diner in a dusty Texas border town, a young waitress’s life takes an unexpected turn when she is swept into a high-stakes adventure. Recruited by a charismatic former WWII Army major, a glamorous New York socialite, and a charming daredevil who effortlessly flies planes and rides bulls, she embarks on a shadowy mission promising both wealth and danger. Together, this unlikely team will plunge into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, navigate the depths of the world’s deepest canyon, brave the open seas, and traverse the ruins of postwar Europe. Their quest? To retrieve a set of mysterious keys. With the fate of their mission hanging in the balance, they inch closer to the elusive head of operations—the only one who can unlock the secrets of The Bulls of Bashan.
Renee Curtis
In a world full of cameras and scripts, the real danger is happening off-screen. Rising star Carmindy Welch is living the dream—until a chilling note appears in her pocket, eerily similar to those sent by the stalker she helped put away. Has he escaped? Or is someone new watching her?
Her father hires Navy SEAL Colby Lynch to keep her safe, but as sparks fly, so does the danger. When Colby is called back to duty, he leaves behind a team of elite operatives—but the threat keeps closing in.
As those around her fall victim to a twisted obsession, Carmindy realizes she may have to confront her worst nightmare herself… before she loses everything—including her life.
L.B. Benson
Lana McKinley needs a change of scenery. Escaping to the big city with her older brother seems like the best plan, and reconnecting with the flirtatious falcon shifter she met the night of her brother’s challenge might be the perfect way to ease her troubled heart.
Max Acheson can’t get his friend’s sister out of his mind, and when Lana shows up in Argent he might have to break the rules of friendship to get closer to her.
When Max and Lana find out they share more in common than the ability to shift, something beyond friendship and flirtation blooms. Can Max and Lana build something strong enough to withstand the challenge? Or will their relationship end up as just another sad song?
Liz Garton Scanlon
The fourth book of the beloved Bibsy Cross series brings us to the end of 3rd grade, and Bibsy’s class is asked to put together time capsules. Bibsy has lots of vivid memories and a creative mind, but she’s not at all sure she wants to trap her childhood in a box! It’s not until her sweet Nanaberry comes to stay that she learns to look at project in a new way. This book is for regular-pegular ol’ Bibsy lovers and new readers alike!
Alexa Aston
Autumn Sutherland divorces her cheating doctor husband and begins a new life as Director of Nursing at a hospital in her hometown of Hawthorne, Texas. Eli Carson, a brilliant but socially awkward physician, is the hospital’s medical director and Autumn’s boss.
Autumn is drawn to Eli’s kindness and humility, while Eli admires Autumn’s strength and determination. Despite their initial hesitation of becoming involved, as they spend more time together, their friendship blossoms into something deeper.
Will Autumn and Eli learn to open their hearts to one another, or will their pasts keep them from finding a lasting future together?
Yoltic Cortez, a college dropout and aspiring writer in his mid-twenties, grapples with this question while living in an impoverished colonia. His bedridden father warns him to prepare spiritually for the challenges ahead by returning to their religious traditions and confronting the “Devil in the desert.” In this Nietzschean world, a secular realm fraught with fear and loathing, where God has been declared dead, Yoltic’s quest for redemption and wisdom unfolds. Pillars of Creation: A Quest for the Great Name in a Nietzschean World by Carlos Nicolás Flores offers a powerful perspective on the crisis at the Mexican-American border through the eyes of a gifted young Tejano.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
There are so many Texas-connected books publishing this month that we couldn’t feature all of them. The following books also publish in July:
CHILDREN'S, MIDDLE GRADE, & YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Afraid: A Cat Chronicles Story by Hannah Marie
All for the Game by Heather Buchta
Ball Pythons by Jessica Lee Anderson
Beyond the Waves, Anthology
Darkness Looms: Jack Faces War by Mark Greathouse
Gus Hearts the Bus by Lindsay Leslie
Hit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale
House of the Black Moon by William Xavier Chandler
I Am Not Okay by David DeGrand
Island Storm by Brian Floca
Jonus the Gecko by Lorraine Bretthauer
Letters to Livy by Kailin Gow
Love Spells Trouble by Nia Davenport
Miss Camper by Kat Fajardo
We Match! by Chris Barton
When the Moon Met the Sun by Alaina Hope
FANTASY / SCI-FI
Chaos and Harmony by River Tatum & Michael Anderle
Daughters of Flood and Fury by Gabriella Buba
Deeds of Wisdom by Elizabeth Moon
The Dragon Queen’s Oath by Lyn South & Michael Anderle
Druid, Witch, and Wraith by Isabel Campbell & Michael Anderle
Dust to Dust by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle
Earth and Sky by River Tatum & Michael Anderle
Fire and Water by River Tatum & Michael Anderle
Fortress of Shadows by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle
Guerrera Vee by L.D. Wosar
Jury-Rigged by A.T. Michaels & Michael Anderle
The Last Wizard’s Ball by Charlaine Harris
On the Wright Path by Maria Grace
The Priestess’ Wish by Michael Anderle
Protecting the Pawn by Michael Anderle
System Alignment by Jaxon Reed
The Waif Things Work by Renée Jaggér & Michael Anderle
MYSTERY / HORROR
Camping with a Killer by Becki Willis
The Council by Kayla Frederick
Death in a Gilded Frame by LB Dayton
Death of an Ex by Delia C. Pitts
Death, Pagents, and Pies by Bessie Barr
Framed in Amish Country by Mary Alford
The Game by Brandon Keller
A Halloween Story by Matt Micheli
Identity Unveiled by Leslie A. Piggott
The Joke is on Mankind, Anthology
A Kiss Apart by Carolyn L. Dean
The Leverage Point by Quinn Price
The Librarian After The Apocalypse by Brian Yansky
Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
Patterns of Repair by Abilene Rose
Pawsitively Deadly by Amy Briggs
Penny by Gloria Oliver
The Pusherman by Lisa Boyle
Rage by Linda Castillo
Safe Haven by Sam Baron
The Secret Countdown by Gloria Oliver
Something in the Water by Phyllis R. Dixon
Tourist Trap Murder by Brittany E. Brinegar
Welcome to Cottonmouth by Jay S. Bell
NONFICTION
ArnieTex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ by Arnie Segovia
Barbs, Bullets, and Blood by Harold D. Jobes
Birds of Texas by David Sarkozi
Black Soldiers, White Laws: The Tragedy of the 24th Infantry in 1917 Houston by John A. Haymond
Book of Texas Moths by Gary Clark & Kate Adams Clark
Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations by Leyla K. King
Don’t Leave Before the Encore: Thirty Years of Concerts From Van Hagar to TSwift by Chad Conine
Faith and Ruin: Exploring the Abandoned Churches in Texas by Adriana Perez
Just Be: How to Tame Your Overthinking Mind and Live Fully in the Present by Glenn N. Levine
Murder in the Suburbs by Emily Webb
The Official Wednesday Cookbook: The Woefully Weird Recipes of Nevermore Academy by Mari Mancusi
On the Way to the Sky by Michael Stephens
The Peached Tortilla by Eric Silverstein
Right Back Where I Started by David Itkin
Six Dimes and a Nickel by Damon West
Streaming Wars by Patrick Seaman
Texas Takes Shape by Mark Lambert
We Are Pregnant with Freedom by Stacie Selmon McCormick
The Windows of Heaven by Ron Rozelle
A Yellow Rose Project by Meg Griffiths
OTHER FICTION
Curtains of Rain: Cortinas de Lluvia by Anel Flores
Diani by Julius Crow
Everybody Has a Gun by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
A Family Name by Frank Wheeler
The Gospel According to Texas by Jeremy TK Farley
Guns on the Guadalupe: Justice on the River by Mark Greathouse
Heat Lightening by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
Inferno’s Shadow by Taylor Anderson
Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
The Reckoning of Men by Robert Vaughan & Chris Mullen
Tiempo, Texas by Max Tyrone Lozano
The Unkillable Frank Lightning by Josh Rountree
Unspoken by Jann Alexander
POETRY
Poems by Ranier Maria Rilke: A 150th Anniversary Reader translated by Donald Mace Williams
ROMANCE
Alpha’s Twins by Kayla Wolf
Becoming His Bluestocking Countess by Samantha Hastings
Beignets & Bad Omens by Kelli Robyns & Michael Anderle
The Blood Nexus Match by Tigris Eden
Broken Rejected Mate by Kayla Wolf
Conan: Mayhem Makers by Liberty Parker
The Cowboy’s Winter Heart by Janalyn Knight
Deceptive Vows by Kess Avalon
Decoding Danger by Kacy Cross
Don’t Take the Girl by L.A. Ferro
Don’t You Forget About Me by Shana Galen
The Elusive Phoebe by Jen Geigle Johnson
Embattled Brother by Lindy Bell
Endlessly Yours by Carrie Ann Ryan
The Ex Next Door by Heatherly Bell
A Family on His Doorstep by Alena Auguste
The Fire Between Us by Kay Cantrell
Flick by Nat Logan
Forever Fanciful by Ginny Sterling
A Fortune’s Secret by Teri Wilson
Happily Evan After by Kat Baxter
Her Baby, Her Badge by Delores Fossen
His Family Fortune by Elizabeth Bevarly
How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding
In Love with an Angel by Ginny Sterling
Into the Storm by Melody Loomis
Just a Second Chance by Michelle Donn
Keeping Laryn by Susan Stoker
Lasso Lovebirds by Clio Evans
Mail Order Artist by Linda Carroll-Bradd
Mail Order Mukluks by Kirsten Osbourne
McKenna by Kathleen Ball
A Melodic Enchantment by L.C. Jewels
Midnight in the Bayou by Kelli Robyns & Michael Anderle
Mountain Man Wanted by Eve London
My Brother’s Best Friends by Natasha L. Black
On the Record by Kimberly Page
The Paradise Petition by Carolyn Brown
Perilous Tides by Elizabeth Goddard
Power in Unity by Kirby Ann
Property of Madman by Sapphire Knight
Queen of the Quarter by Kelli Robyns & Michael Anderle
The Rawhide Man by Diana Palmer
The Reluctant Siren by Lexie Blake writing as Sophie Oak
Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods
Royal Hero by Jo Grafford
Running to the Rescue by Dianne Oren
Sweet Temptation by Chris Keniston
Swept Away by the Cowboy by Leah Vale
The Texas He Left Behind by Elizabeth Grey
Way of Honor by Alexa Verde
What a Wolf Wants by Terry Spear
What Brings Us Joy by Teresa Wells
What’s Pearl Got To Do With It by Debra Clopton
Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney
You Had Me at Taco by Candice Y. Johnson