Which book publishers in Houston genuinely helped your author journey?

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I've been asking around about publishers in Houston for my first manuscript, but every conversation leads somewhere confusing. One local author I met signed with a publisher who vanished after taking payment. I need honest, experienced voices which book publishers in Houston did you actually work with, how was communication, what did the contract look like, and what would you seriously change knowing what you know now?