Book Description

Set against a backdrop of blues music, "Woke Up This Morning" is a humorous take on the conflict caused in a small island community and in the island ecology by a wild growing field of marijuana.
Editorial Reviews

Bill Stephens "Woke Up This Morning" is a dizzying mix of Mexican drug dealers, Port Aransas shrimpers, a zany evangelical church, wild cognizant critters, and stoners high on wild growing marijuana. The result is a coherent and fast-paced portrayal of life and conflict on Texas Mustang Island. Throw in danger, suspense, the supernatural, and comedy, and the pages turn themselves. Highly enjoyable
Florence Weinberg, author of "Unrest in Eden"

In Bill Stephens "Woke Up This Morning," shrimper Harpoon Conroy makes one huge mistake that throws the entire population of Mustang Island into an uproar. After a series of calamities and adventures he finds redemption and discovers what he truly loves. Add to that mix a wry humor and a delightful array of characters and critters, interacting in a plot that surprises and enthralls, "Woke Up This Morning" is guaranteed to keep readers turning the pages.
Linda Lucretia Shuler, author of "Hidden Shadows"
Publisher s Comment:

Bill Stephens writes about what he knows, where he s been, and what he s experienced or at least dreamed of. His acquaintances know him as a great cook and successful restaurateur; his friends as a warm, generous and delightfully funny individual. His readers will come to know him as a wonderful story-teller who can make you laugh and cry in the same chapter.
About the Author

As a freelance journalist Bill Stephens wrote over 1,000 columns for Harte-Hanks, Murdoch, and Hearst newspapers. As an avid outdoorsman he has hunted and fished from Alaska to Mexico and has ridden his Harley Davidson coast-to-coast, border-to-border, and more than 12,000 miles within Mexico. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and currently lives in Texas with his wife and her critters. Learn more about Bill on his Publishers Marketplace Blog, Read It and Weep and at Amazon Author Central (www. amazon.com/author/billstephens).

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"Brilliant" "Setting is Stunning" "Funny, Romantic, and Dramatic"""Horizons Past Is a Terrific Read " Linda Schuler author of Hidden Shadows "

Horizons Past is a romantic love story between Trish Lowe, a movie star, and Christopher Maven, a reclusive beach poet that examines the possibility of two people with opposite lifestyles developing a lasting relationship, when all they have in common is a shared goal to escape who they are. Guilt, Hollywood, and a hurricane all collide, keeping the resolution just out of reach until the reclusive poet and movie star learn letting go of each other is even harder than letting go of the past. "Brilliant"

Horizons Past is a profound novel of transformation. The setting is stunning. A hurricane provides the thundering climax of this brilliant novel of human struggle and redemption. Florence Weinberg, Ph.D., author of Unrest in Eden "Funny, Romantic, and Dramatic"

What follows is a funny, romantic and dramatic story of fame, loss, and reconnection. You can smell it, taste it, and even feel the sand between your toes as you read. Cindy Leal Massey, author of Helotes, Fire Lillies, and The Texas Ranger and the Naturalist.Scroll up and grab a copy today.

#1 Amazon Bestseller in Humorous Action Adventure: C&W singer/songwriter Skeets Hollaran and best friend, piano player, Jesse Suarez, are both underachieving Austin, Texas, musicians. Skeets finds himself homeless when his soul mate, Gena Koster, kicks him out for philandering. Jesse's landlord evicts him and threatens criminal action for his hot rent checks. They flee, on their Harley motorcycles, into the Mexican desert. They hope for a life-changing, pivotal spiritual journey of redemption: sin seared from their souls by the desert sun, atonement, and absolution of Skeets by Gena. Instead, a riotous romp follows from the Mexican border to the small town of Tolencita where the despot El Jefe jails them and threatens their lives. As you ride along with Skeets and Jesse on this Don Quixote-esque adventure, you find (in spite of the playful tone and often thigh-slapping humor) mankind's foibles arrayed, illegal immigration illuminated, greed uprooted and foiled, and political oppression confronted and vanquished - all without a single gunshot. Wonderful Josefina, the Mexican burro, also shows us if we are steadfast in our faith and stay the course, we can achieve our dreams, even though we might get diddled along the way. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: Bill Stephen's Vamonos takes a wry and realistic look at human nature and the result is fun, lively, innovative, and highly entertaining. Instead of editorial comment on the character's foibles, the various critters do the job, and the result is often hilarious and deeply revealing. Though the protagonists get themselves into heaps of trouble, the general tone is upbeat throughout, often left me laughing out loud. I recommend Vamonos in the highest terms. Florence Weinberg, Ph.d Author of The Storks of Caridad and Unrest in EdenFrom a literary standpoint, Vamonos is a book about good. evil, redemption, and the human condition, and it handles those elements with grace, intelligence, and wit. Remarkably, it also does something that literary novels rarely do: while accurately capturing the zeitgeist of today's Mexico, it delivers the kind of edge-of-the-seat entertainment usually found only in plot driven thrillers. Have you ever wondered what it might be like to ride a Harley, or maybe to ride one in Mexico? Vamonos brings you those experiences, virtually in 3D, with as much excitement as anybody needs, and does so with close to zero predictability. And there is enough humor to keep you smiling through even the most suspenseful scenes. The ending is especially satisfying: not only do the main characters achieve redemption but so do readers, most of whom will not be able to finish the book without a surge of optimism and a renewed enthusiasm for their own slog through this veil of tears. Jim Peyton author of The Vampires of Bustamonte I think the comparison to Christopher Moore and Carl Hiaasen is a good one. I've read several of their books. In fact, I enjoy listening to these types of books and think Vamonos is perfect for the audiobook format. It's funny with a charming, self-deprecating hero. It reminds me of a modern day Don Quixote. And the dialogue and situational comedy make it a great candidate for film. Diana Lopez author of Confetti Girl and Sophia's Saints.