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Natalie M. Dossett

author of SARITA

*available September 10, 2024

Awards & Acknowledgements

~2024 CIBA Short List, Somerset Book Awards for Contemporary and Literary Fiction

~CIBAs Finalist, Cover Design Awards for Fiction

~MPIBA 35th Annual Reading the West Book Awards for Fiction, Long List

~WWA 2025 Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Historical Novel
 

SARITA

In the summer of 1920, nineteen-year-old Sarita’s younger brother, JJ, bleeds to death in her arms after being shot by Javier Salsito de Ortega, a ruthless tequila smuggler. The Texas Rangers have their hands full with Prohibition and border issues. Still, Sarita is stunned when they refuse to help. 
 
JJ’s death devastates her father. Without a male heir, Sarita fears he will give in to the oil prospector intent on buying their family ranch, La Barroneña. Even in his despair, she knows her father yearns for justice, but he is too ill and weak to seek it.
 
Sarita isn’t. 
 
Determined to prove herself and change her fate, she crosses the Rio Grande into a world of deadly threats––from rattlesnakes to Pancho Villa’s rebels to the very killer she’s hunting. Quickly, Sarita realizes she’s stumbled into a web of danger far bigger and more sinister than she imagined. If she is caught, the consequences could jeopardize innocent lives and put her father’s safety at risk. 
 
In a tumultuous landscape of social and political upheaval, what lines will Sarita have to cross to survive? Will her relentless pursuit of justice exact a price too steep to bear? If she succeeds––if she gets home––will she have earned her father’s respect? Will she have secured her family’s future? 

Natalie M. Dossett

Natalie Musgrave Dossett grew up in San Antonio, spending a great deal of time on family ranches in deep South Texas. A seventh-generation Texan, she was raised on tales (some of them tall) of the Wild Horse Desert, a place her great-grandmother referred to as an “aquired taste.” Her love of history and writing was nurtured by wonderful teachers at Saint Mary’s Hall and strengthened while earning a BA in History at Vanderbilt University. She lives in Dallas and enjoys a large, growing family with her husband.

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Jan. 14 – Bookies Book Club, Dallas, TX
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Mar. 19 – ESD Book Club, Dallas, TX
Apr 5 – CIBA Awards Ceremony, Bellingham, WA
Apr. 6 – Village Books Book Fair, Bellingham, WA
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Apr. 29 – 5570 Book Club, Dallas, TX
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