HOUSTON — PR by the Book is a book publicity firm that has been based in Austin since 2002. It's the 30th Anniversary of Texas Writers Month in May. Marika Flatt, owner of PR by the Book joined Great Day Houston to introduce readers to a diverse array of authors all hailing from our Lone Star State. They span a wide range of genres and themes, offering something for every reader.
It's 2014 and Amy Daughters is a 46-year old stay-at-home mom living in Dayton, Ohio. She returns to her hometown of Houston over the Thanksgiving holiday to discuss her parents' estate—and finds herself hurled back in time. Suddenly, it's 1978, and she is forced to spend 36 hours in her childhood home with her nuclear family, including her 10-year old self. Besides noticing that everyone is smoking cigarettes, she's still jealous of her sister, and there is a serious lack of tampons in the house, Amy also begins to appreciate that memories are malleable, wholly dependent on who is doing the remembering. Amy's guide said her trip back in time wouldn't change anything in the future, but by the time her 36 hours are up, she's convinced that she'll never be the same again.
When young sports journalist Blake Kirk lands her dream gig – working as a reporter for her hometown's pro football team – she anticipates many of the challenges that accompany the gig, long hours in the office and on the field, many days of travel, immense pressure to succeed as a woman in sports journalism. What she doesn't expect are the double standards and old-school entitlement that trip her up at every turn. From day one, Blake faces off with her boss who does everything in his power to make her job difficult—from forcing her to ride a separate bus to the games; to blocking her from interviewing players in the locker room; to pushing her to "network" with colleagues at a strip club. As suggestive notes appear on her desk and a consensual celebrity hookup is weaponized against her, Blake's dream devolves into a nightmare, and she is forced to choose between her dignity and her career.
From USA Today bestselling author L.R.W. Lee comes a new YA romantasy Marked, the third installment of the addictive Morningstar Academy series, which continues the story of fallen angel Gladriel, who fights to save a world spiraling out of control, all while trying to protect humans and her own heart. Gladriel, her new fallen friends, and her former squadron mates, have had limited success shifting the world-ending prophecy. They feel increasingly helpless as war, famine, plague, and hyperinflation rage, killing millions of the humans they are committed to protecting. Their only hope for rescue is to throw themselves on the Almighty's mercy and beg him to reverse their sentences, putting Glad and her friends in an impossible situation.
Time is of the essence as the hurricane of the century, predicted to obliterate everything in its path, barrels toward Anika's hometown. Not long ago, she was the high school's beloved homecoming queen, but now she finds herself on the run from the law and running out of time after family troubles force her to pursue vigilante justice. With the storm approaching and tensions in town increasing, factions brace for battle with Anika and her sister trying to survive. "Homecoming Queen" was written for adults of all ages with a love for fast-paced thrillers.
" WTF Was I Thinking: Family Business" is a helpful guide to anyone and everyone considering opening a family business with unfiltered lessons from Andy O'Brien himself. Andy breaks down the blueprints of running a business with his personal experiences and diverse business insights. Andy covers a spectrum of topics for entrepreneurs and strategies that business owners can implement in order to create productivity and profit.
"Explosive Chemistry" is the second installment of the Liliana and the Fae of Fayetteville series. Follow along as Liliana, a reluctant spider-kin fortune teller, bands together with irritating Fae Colonel as they defend their close friends, an oak goblin doctor and a fairy with a penchant for machine guns while attempting to figure out who killed four soldiers at Fort Liberty. "Explosive Chemistry" is the perfect book for readers interested in urban fantasy, Fae romance, and a touch of paranormal spiders.
Rachel Silber Devlin | "Snapshots of My Father, John Silber"
"Snapshots of My Father, John Silber" is a candid and extensively illustrated biography of John Silber, who entirely transformed Boston University as its president and was a controversial, yet intellectually formidable, candidate for governor of Massachusetts. In this book, Rachel Silber Devlin looks at her family and her father's trajectory from Texas to Boston and what life became like there; she examines his personality and temperament; and she describes his later years, the hardships he weathered and his continued accomplishments out of the public eye.