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Riley Harker

Riley Harker is a lifelong avid reader and an aspiring writer. She is a fan of any story that brings her something new she can learn from, and she loves to share book recommendations and reviews with those in her life. She also has a Substack account and a Bookstagram where she posts book reviews of her own.

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The White Hot: A Love Letter to Female Rage

In her debut novel, The White Hot, playwright and memoirist Quiara Alegria Hudes tackles the complexity of an emotion that few dare to explore: the explosive power of female rage. The story is told in the form of a letter written by a mother to her daughter on her 18th…
Riley Harker
November 11, 2025
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Boleyn Traitor: Reimagining Tudor Betrayal

Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl, among many other historical fiction successes, returns to the Tudor court with her newest novel, Boleyn Traitor. Twenty-five years after the release of The Other Boleyn Girl, Gregory dives back into the minds of those sneaky Boleyn women who are so often…
Riley Harker
October 13, 2025