Narelle here. I’m excited to share an interview with Tessa Afshar talking about her new book, The Peasant King, that’s releasing in November 2023. What characters from The Hidden Prince do we meet again in this novel? Twenty years have passed since the events in The Hidden Prince, and now our main character is Keren and Jared’s …
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We, three authors—Morgan Tarpley Smith, Betsy St. Amant & Lenora Worth, are happy to be with you today for an interview about our new release from Barbour called A Louisiana Christmas to Remember. Since our book is set at Christmastime, we thought we’d name a few of our favorite things about this special time of …
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Narelle here. I’m excited to welcome Michelle Shocklee to our blog today and share our interview about her new book, Appalachian Song, that released October 3, 2023. Fast Five Hobbits or Mad Max? Hobbits…as long as I’m invited to their Hobbit house. Books or TV? Books. Always. Sun or snow? Snow. Desert or sea? Sea. …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Indigo Isle by T.I. Lowe. Here’s the book description: “Storms show up and there ain’t a thing we can do to stop them.” Sonny Bates left South Carolina fifteen years ago and never looked back. Now she’s a successful Hollywood location scout who travels the world, …
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Lights, camera, action! I recently heard my new release Muskoka Spotlight being described as a celebrity romance book. I suppose it is, as it’s about a famous Hollywood actor hiding out in Muskoka, Canada where he meets an aged care nurse, and sparks fly, etc. It’s just I hadn’t really thought about it in that …
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Today I am talking about What Makes a Strong Heroine? It takes a special kind of woman to cope with all the flak, so it was interesting to consider what kind of qualities a woman might need to deal with situations where she could face anything from misogynistic remarks to having hot dogs thrown at …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese. Here’s the book description: Three friends. Two broken promises. One missing manuscript. As a senior acquisitions editor for Fog Harbor Books in San Francisco, Ingrid Erikson has rejected many a manuscript for lack of defined conflict and dramatic …
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A few weeks ago I was presented with the opportunity to take my daughter to the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, NSW. I might’ve grumbled at the time (my other daughter was returning from India that same day and I wanted to know All The Things!) but I went, because I realised this was …
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Within These Walls of Sorrow is about the Apteka Pod Orlem – a pharmacy operated by Poles who wouldn’t abandon their premises in the heart of the Krakow ghetto in WWII, choosing instead to risk their lives to serve those within the ghetto walls. Based on a true story, the characters are fictional amalgamations of …
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Back in the good old days, last century, the library was my go-to place to discover new books. I knew the floor plan layout and had memorised the shelving systems via genre and book category. I’d gravitate to the shelves that held hidden treasures waiting to be explored. I’d talk about books and pick up …
