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VACANCY: Secrets and Second Chances in Small Texas Town

By Jann Alexander

Women’s Fiction / Mystery and Crime

Publisher: Black Rose Writing

Publication Date: September 24, 2026

SYNOPSIS

A struggling single mother and a suspicious widow, at odds. Both have a habit of hiding from hard truths.

INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS

Helen is childless and widowed after a long marriage and gets a second chance with a long-lost love. But she’s grieving her hidden regrets. She bonds with her quiet kindergarten student and doubts the girl’s struggling single mother, Charlene, is fit to parent.

Charlene’s hiding a secret of her own, and she resents Helen’s interference. She’s determined to make a better life for her young daughter, the teenage boy her ex left behind, and the baby on the way when a scarred veteran offers to lend a hand.

A tragedy no one sees coming forces the two women to unite, as small-town bias threatens to destroy innocent lives. But first, Helen and Charlene must confront the vacancy in their hearts. As they do, can they find new strength, acceptance, and a second chance at love? 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jann Alexander is an author, photographer, and public speaker on all things Texas history. She's a 22-year resident of central Texas and creator of the Vanishing Austin photography series. Her lifelong storytelling habit and her more recent passion for Texas history merged in 2025 to become the historical novel Unspoken, set in the Texas Panhandle during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, and is her first book in The Dust Series. Vacancy, releasing in September 2026, is the second novel in the series. She holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland. When Jann is not reading, writing, or creating, she bikes, hikes, skis, and kayaks. Jann always brakes for historical markers. 

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Helen is a middle-aged schoolteacher. She is processing her life and marriage after the unexpected death of her husband, sorting out her feeling for him in what seemed to have been a cold marriage to a much older man. She becomes attached to one of her students, Jilly, whose mother is not living up to Helen’s expectations.

Charlene, the young mother of Jilly, is barely keeping her head above water. Her partner is an abusive alcoholic with a fifteen-year-old son. Without the help of loyal friends, she’d lose everything.

When tragedy strikes, Helen

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN

By W.M. Gunn

Alternative History/ Historical Fiction/ Family Saga

Publisher: Atmosphere Press

Publication Date: August 11, 2025

SYNOPSIS

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down reimagines the twentieth century as it might have unfolded if fate had shifted—and mercy had not.

Two families, one American and one German, collide across World War I, the Great Depression, and a radically altered World War II, shaped by hatred, sacrifice, and forces that feel uncomfortably divine. As twin brothers choose opposing paths within Nazi Germany and a Texas farm boy takes to the skies, history veers off course. D-Day collapses in disaster. Britain faces annihilation. Volunteer pilots launch desperate missions, and a single flight toward Berlin carries the weight of ending the war at an unimaginable cost. Biblical echoes of Jericho haunt every turning point, raising unsettling questions about destiny, justice, and intervention.

Blending military history, family saga, and psychological tension, this gripping alternative history challenges readers to ask what if history changed, and what the cost of that change would be. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WM Gunn is a native Texan who spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry and is now focused on writing. He is active in writing groups and volunteering with non-profit groups. He lives in his hometown in Texas with his high school sweetheart bride of many years. To date, he has published hundreds of short stories, two novellas, and two full-length novels. Holmes, Moriarty, and the Monkeys and Chasing the Sun were two novellas released in 2024. His debut novel, The Two Terrors of Tulelake, was released in 2024. The Calendar was his next novel, published in 2025. Now, And The Walls Came Tumbling Down, the first book in an exciting trilogy, will be published in September. 

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