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May’s Author Crush: Maya Banks Can Write Every Kind of Romance

If you’re a romance reader, then you know that “romance” is actually a huge category of books that includes all different types of genres. From historical to thrillers to westerns to erotic contemporary novels, romance readers have a wide variety of settings and tropes to choose from. And we all…

Rachel CarterMay 17, 2017

Romance

Romance Roundup: 25 Sexy New Releases Capturing Our Heart

Thanks to Valentine’s Day and those long, snowy winter nights, February just might be the most romantic month of the year. We’re celebrating that romance with a giant roundup of the steamiest, sweetest and most loving reads we can find. Here's a preview of 25 new romantic releases that are…

Rachel CarterFebruary 14, 2017

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

The Heart of This Great American Love Story Beats On, Generation After Generation

Theirs was an unlikely match. Isn’t that how all great love stories start? A Southern man, forced to rebuild his life after the Civil War, falls in love with a Northern woman with pedigree. It sounds like something straight out of a Nicholas Sparks novel. Only this story is real…

Kelsey HallFebruary 24, 2022

Fiction Romance

A Lord and a Novice in Medieval France Find Romance in “The Nun’s Betrothal”

“This endearing love story is ideal for historical romance fans looking for a break from Regency-era lords and ladies.” —Publisher’s Weekly “An engaging love story, historically captivating and romantically gripping.” —Kirkus Reviews We first meet Sister Gilda after a swim, without her nun’s habit, soaking wet, with her hair uncovered…

Sherri DaleyJuly 7, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

The Appetite of France’s King Alters the Life of a Young Maid and Her Daughter

Veronique’s life is not easy. It’s Paris, 1755. Her father is dead, her mother is desperately poor, and the family’s four children sometimes go hungry. But one day that all changes. An elderly stranger wearing a purple frock coat approaches Veronique’s mother and says there is a place for the…

Nancy BilyeauFebruary 22, 2022

Fiction

Prostitute, Murderer, Spy? Family Matriarch Shares Her Shocking WWII Involvement in “Black Forest”

Black Forest by Linda Hughes starts with a nightmare, followed immediately by a realization of what the dream is about. But a full explanation doesn’t come until later. Some things are better left unsaid; some things, secretive and left behind, are best locked away in the past. The woman who…

Sherri DaleyOctober 5, 2020

Book Club Network Thrillers

Mystery-Solving Couple Sets 1930s Chicago on Fire

In A Veil Removed (She Writes Press), the fourth book in Michelle Cox’s Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, the untimely death of Clive’s father and the abrupt end to Henrietta’s sister's unseemly romance drag the just-married couple into the underside of 1930s Chicago. Established family business ties reveal their nefarious…

Anne Eliot FeldmanMay 1, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

Self-Discovery and Espionage in “The Lost Girls of Paris”

A fresh, new and exciting tale of espionage, The Lost Girls of Paris (Park Row Books) by Pam Jenoff is engaging historical fiction that follows three women all at different stages in their lives but brought together in crazy twists of fate. For Grace, World War II is over (it's 1946)…

Meagan FoyJanuary 16, 2019

Fiction

Twain’s End Reveals Samuel Clemens’ Surprising Love Triangle

Who was the real Mark Twain? In the end, “Mark Twain” himself wasn’t a real person—he was a pseudonym (and a persona) invented by Samuel Clemens and he was perhaps the greatest popular culture superstar of his time. As a novelist, essayist and public speaker, Clemens occupied a spot at…

Michael RuscoeOctober 12, 2015

Fiction

Books Capturing the Romance and Heartbreak of ‘The Light Between Oceans’

The Light Between Oceans comes out in theaters Friday, September 2 and We. Can’t. Wait. And not just because it stars Michael Fassbender (though, yum). Originally a book written by M.L. Stedman in 2012, The Light Between Oceans is one of those heart-wrenching stories that stays with you long after you…

Rachel CarterSeptember 1, 2016

Fiction Listicles

Six Historical Mysteries to Keep Your Mind Sharp as the Weather Cools

If you love historical mysteries, 2022 has a fantastic lineup of new titles you don’t want to miss! With settings from Victorian England to World War II–era Europe and beyond, these atmospheric novels feature intrepid sleuths and clever mysteries sure to keep your fingers warm this winter by turning the…

Wyatt SemenukNovember 14, 2022

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured Fiction

Heidi Chiavaroli on “The Orchard House,” a Time-Slip Story Perfect for Alcott Fans

Two sisters, Taylor and Victoria, discover an old manuscript of poems tucked away behind a wall on the site of Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House in Concord, MA. The mysterious woman, who wrote the lines over 150 years ago, shared a strong connection with Alcott. The poet would never know…

Susan BaileyMarch 1, 2021

Author Discovery Zone

Leah Garriott

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Leah-Garriott-crop300.jpg Leah Garriott Historical Romance Debut author of Promised, a Regency-era proper romance. Though she earned degrees in math and statistics, Leah Garriott lives for a good love story. She's resided in Hawaii and Italy, walked the countryside of England, and owns every mainstream movie version of Pride and Prejudice.…

BookTribFebruary 27, 2020

Audiobooks Fiction Listicles Romance

If You Like This … Try That: Romantic Audiobook Pairings

I’ve attended so many digital meetings lately, and I’m sure if you’re working from home, you are doing the same. My digital social life is busier than my actual one used to be, BC (Before Corona). I’m not complaining. I’ve had several great digital chats with friends and colleagues about…

Caitlin AugustaMay 29, 2020

May’s Author Crush: Maya Banks Can Write Every Kind of Romance

Romance Roundup: 25 Sexy New Releases Capturing Our Heart

The Heart of This Great American Love Story Beats On, Generation After Generation

A Lord and a Novice in Medieval France Find Romance in “The Nun’s Betrothal”

The Appetite of France’s King Alters the Life of a Young Maid and Her Daughter

Prostitute, Murderer, Spy? Family Matriarch Shares Her Shocking WWII Involvement in “Black Forest”

Mystery-Solving Couple Sets 1930s Chicago on Fire

Self-Discovery and Espionage in “The Lost Girls of Paris”

Twain’s End Reveals Samuel Clemens’ Surprising Love Triangle

Books Capturing the Romance and Heartbreak of ‘The Light Between Oceans’

Heidi Chiavaroli on “The Orchard House,” a Time-Slip Story Perfect for Alcott Fans

Leah Garriott

If You Like This … Try That: Romantic Audiobook Pairings

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