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Chatting with Jill Shalvis on New Release “The Lemon Sisters”

Jill Shalvis, a well-recognized name in the worlds of romance and women’s fiction, has penned another heartwarming, humorous and engrossing read for fans to cheer in her new release The Lemon Sisters (William Morrow). Brooke and...

It’s Okay to F*ck Up Sometimes—in Fact the Try Guys Recommend It

You know the The Try Guys as viral sensations for trying an incredibly wide berth of things–from enduring simulated labor pains to consuming one of every item on a Taco Bell menu. The group has...

Dial M for a Midnight Murder

Everyone dreads that terrifying call that comes in the middle of the night. Your worst fears might be realized, your life changed forever in the minute it takes to answer. Jessie Martin never expected to...

Chatting with Jill Shalvis on New Release “The Lemon Sisters”

It’s Okay to F*ck Up Sometimes—in Fact the Try Guys Recommend It

You know the The Try Guys as viral sensations for trying an incredibly wide berth of things–from enduring simulated labor pains to consuming one of every item on a Taco Bell menu. The group has...

Dial M for a Midnight Murder

Amy Meyerson’s Tempest in a California Bookshop

A romance, a quest, and a literary adventure, Amy Meyerson’s debut novel The Bookshop of Yesterdays (Park Row) introduces a young woman in furious pursuit of the past. In the novel, just released in paperback, Miranda Brooks, named for the heroine of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, is a history teacher who lives in Philadelphia. ...

Sondra Helene: Emotional Baggage Behind Perfect Lives

Initially, the trappings of her opulent lifestyle smother Samantha Freeman, but no one sees her angst. Even the most intimate characters in Sondra Helene’s debut novel reveal only pieces of themselves to one another in this deeply personal story. The title of her novel, Appearances (She Writes Press), epitomizes an overriding theme personified through...

Gretchen Anthony’s Debut Dazzles With Wit and Charm

Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners (Park Row) is the perfect pre-holiday read to put your own frenzied parties and dysfunctional family dynamics into perspective. Gretchen Anthony has spun a domestic drama revolving around a mother with a tight hold on her cherished family image, and the events that follow once her carefully cultivated life spirals...

Ann Lineberger: Murder, Mysticism and Kinky Sex

In the comic murder mystery Sunday Best, Ann Lineberger shows us that even in a small, seemingly innocuous town with wealthy residents, things aren’t always as normal and virtuous as they seem. This satire dives deep into investigating seemingly polished high-end lives, and exposing the hilariously flawed personas and obsessions lying just beneath. Sunday...

Amy Meyerson’s Tempest in a California Bookshop

Sondra Helene: Emotional Baggage Behind Perfect Lives

Gretchen Anthony’s Debut Dazzles With Wit and Charm

Ann Lineberger: Murder, Mysticism and Kinky Sex

Thrillers

Mysteries and Middle Age Woes in “Pilate’s Blood”

Everybody slows down in their forties. Shouldn’t the same go for action heroes? This is the sort of commentary with [...]

Detective Team Unveils Mystery in 1930s Chicago

Michelle Cox suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s. Perhaps that is why she writes about the period [...]

“The Wife Between Us” Meets “Rebecca”

Since high school, Claire Prescott planned her life. From the first time she saw university professor Byron Prescott speak about [...]

Mysteries and Middle Age Woes in “Pilate’s Blood”

Everybody slows down in their forties. Shouldn’t the same go for action heroes? This is the sort of commentary with...

Detective Team Unveils Mystery in 1930s Chicago

Michelle Cox suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s. Perhaps that is why she writes about the period...

“The Wife Between Us” Meets “Rebecca”

Since high school, Claire Prescott planned her life. From the first time she saw university professor Byron Prescott speak about...

Fiction

Pursuing the Dragon Lady in Italy, London & Rhodesia

Louisa Treger's The Dragon Lady (Bloomsbury) offers a nuanced perspective on British and African cultures during precarious times, the 1920s [...]

Feel Like an Outsider? You’re Not Alone

I haven’t read a lot of short stories and when the publisher asked me to take a look at We Love [...]

Forging New Relationships and Redefining Home

This is Home (Atria Books) is the emotional story of Libby, a motherless teenage girl trying to create and define [...]

Pursuing the Dragon Lady in Italy, London & Rhodesia

Louisa Treger’s The Dragon Lady (Bloomsbury) offers a nuanced perspective on British and African cultures during precarious times, the 1920s...

Feel Like an Outsider? You’re Not Alone

I haven’t read a lot of short stories and when the publisher asked me to take a look at We Love...

Forging New Relationships and Redefining Home

This is Home (Atria Books) is the emotional story of Libby, a motherless teenage girl trying to create and define...

Romance

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Anger Control for Demons

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway features a fantasy novella grounded in our unmistakably human world. Dear Reader, Where is the least [...]

Come Dance with a Seductive Specter

“I do not see ghosts!” uttered more than once by Suzy Wanamaker, is one of the most memorable lines in [...]

Conjuring the Power of Mythic Adventure

Adventure, romance and rich Celtic culture combine to great effect in Princess of Wind & Sea, the second book in Cassandra [...]

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Anger Control for Demons

This week’s AuthorBuzz giveaway features a fantasy novella grounded in our unmistakably human world. Dear Reader, Where is the least...

Come Dance with a Seductive Specter

“I do not see ghosts!” uttered more than once by Suzy Wanamaker, is one of the most memorable lines in...

Conjuring the Power of Mythic Adventure

Adventure, romance and rich Celtic culture combine to great effect in Princess of Wind & Sea, the second book in Cassandra...

Nonfiction

Tall Poppy Review: Freelance-a-Lot with Dr. Pryal

Many people eschew the label “freelancer,” believing it projects the image of a low-level worker typing away in their parents’ [...]

Lace Up, Ladies: How to Turn Fitness into a Lifestyle

As an athlete, the daily challenge of staying motivated can become redundant and lonely. When I wake up I can [...]

CEO Bobby Herrera on Going Off the Beaten Path

CEO of Populus Group, Bobby Herrera has had his struggles. Growing up in a Mexican migrant worker family, he was [...]

Tall Poppy Review: Freelance-a-Lot with Dr. Pryal

Many people eschew the label “freelancer,” believing it projects the image of a low-level worker typing away in their parents’...

Lace Up, Ladies: How to Turn Fitness into a Lifestyle

As an athlete, the daily challenge of staying motivated can become redundant and lonely. When I wake up I can...

CEO Bobby Herrera on Going Off the Beaten Path

CEO of Populus Group, Bobby Herrera has had his struggles. Growing up in a Mexican migrant worker family, he was...

Save the World

The Dalai Lama Weighs in on “Our Human Potential”

Buddhism began somewhere between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE and has since become one of the most popular religions. Amassing [...]

Trent Shelton on Unlocking “The Greatest You”

Trent Shelton, former wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts may not be a household name. In fact, longtime followers of [...]

Returning Hate Mail to Sender

“You hunted me down,” begins Vivek Shraya on the first page of her graphic novel Death Threat (Arsenal Pulp Press). [...]

The Dalai Lama Weighs in on “Our Human Potential”

Buddhism began somewhere between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE and has since become one of the most popular religions. Amassing...

Trent Shelton on Unlocking “The Greatest You”

Trent Shelton, former wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts may not be a household name. In fact, longtime followers of...

Returning Hate Mail to Sender

“You hunted me down,” begins Vivek Shraya on the first page of her graphic novel Death Threat (Arsenal Pulp Press)....

Pop Culture

From TV to Reality: “Marriage Vacation”

Any true "Younger" fan out there already knows that season six is coming out soon (June 12) and is counting [...]

A Few Notes on Hulu’s “Looking for Alaska”

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending Hulu’s panel on their upcoming adaptation of Looking for Alaska (Penguin [...]

Howard Stern: Interviews That Define Pop Culture

One of my proudest moments in marketing was when I got my company 20 minutes of free airtime on The [...]

From TV to Reality: “Marriage Vacation”

Any true “Younger” fan out there already knows that season six is coming out soon (June 12) and is counting...

A Few Notes on Hulu’s “Looking for Alaska”

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending Hulu’s panel on their upcoming adaptation of Looking for Alaska (Penguin...

Howard Stern: Interviews That Define Pop Culture

One of my proudest moments in marketing was when I got my company 20 minutes of free airtime on The...

Potpourri

Trident Literary Agent Gives Advice on Getting Signed

Finding a literary agent is one of the biggest challenges for debut and emerging authors. Mark Gottlieb is a literary [...]

When You Don’t Have a Hallmark Mother

As a young adult, I spent more time than most pondering the selection of Mother’s Day greetings at my local [...]

Celebrating National Poetry Month with Staff Picks

April is National Poetry Month, which means it's the perfect time to pay tribute to some of our favorite collections. [...]

Trident Literary Agent Gives Advice on Getting Signed

Finding a literary agent is one of the biggest challenges for debut and emerging authors. Mark Gottlieb is a literary...

When You Don’t Have a Hallmark Mother

As a young adult, I spent more time than most pondering the selection of Mother’s Day greetings at my local...

Celebrating National Poetry Month with Staff Picks

April is National Poetry Month, which means it’s the perfect time to pay tribute to some of our favorite collections....

Children’s Books

A Peculiar Pig Struts His Differences

Feeling like the odd one out in a bunch is the pits. It takes time and exposure to grow confidence [...]

Celebrate Pride Month with an Inclusive Children’s Book

Author and clinical psychologist, Michael Genhart, Ph.D., is back with illustrator, Anne Passchier in Rainbow: A First Book of Pride (Magination [...]

If You’re Unhappy and You Know It, Read This Book

Eventually, kids have to learn the truth about everything, from where babies come from to how a seemingly progressive nation [...]

A Peculiar Pig Struts His Differences

Feeling like the odd one out in a bunch is the pits. It takes time and exposure to grow confidence...

Celebrate Pride Month with an Inclusive Children’s Book

Author and clinical psychologist, Michael Genhart, Ph.D., is back with illustrator, Anne Passchier in Rainbow: A First Book of Pride (Magination...

If You’re Unhappy and You Know It, Read This Book

Eventually, kids have to learn the truth about everything, from where babies come from to how a seemingly progressive nation...

Audiobooks

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Steamy Listens from E L James and Rhenna Morgan

Well, “romance on the edge” was the idea for this column! However, I just finished up E L James’s The Mister [...]

AudioFile’s Golden Voice Lifetime Awards

AudioFile Magazine has honored five new recipients, January LaVoy, Edoardo Ballerini, Bahni Turpin, Suzanne Toren, and Johnny Heller, with its highest accolade, the [...]

Transforming a Graphic Novel Into an Audiobook

AudioFile spoke with Dreamscape Media publisher Tammy Faxel and Deyan Audio’s Khai Dattoli and Bryan Lincoln about adapting and producing [...]

Steamy Listens from E L James and Rhenna Morgan

Well, “romance on the edge” was the idea for this column! However, I just finished up E L James’s The Mister...

AudioFile’s Golden Voice Lifetime Awards

AudioFile Magazine has honored five new recipients, January LaVoy, Edoardo Ballerini, Bahni Turpin, Suzanne Toren, and Johnny Heller, with its highest accolade, the...