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Nonfiction

Love and Hardship Run Parallel for Andrea Jarrell in ‘I’m the One Who Got Away’

In I’m the One Who Got Away, Andrea recalls what life felt like when she watched her neighbor fall in love with a handsome young man named Craig – from meeting her at her home, to smiles seemingly from the heart. However, that all turns around when Andrea finds…

Maggie MeyersAugust 2, 2017

Nonfiction

Documentarian Laurie Kahn Explores Romance in Publishing

Laurie Kahn As a long-time romance reader, I’m used to the shame that’s often associated with romance novels. I’ve hidden the covers of my books behind brown paper, snuck romances out of the library with the covers facedown, and been teased by classmates when they found a romance novel in…

Rachel CarterOctober 21, 2015

Nonfiction

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

Frances Kuffel has a killer sense of humor, which you need if you’re a 53-year-old female writer living in New York City, wear size 22, eke a living from irregular adjunct teaching and regular dog walking, live in an apartment nicknamed ‘the Bat Cave’ (just as dark, but a lot…

Cathy PerlmutterSeptember 14, 2014

Giveaways

True Love ‘Blooms’ in This Week’s AuthorBuzz

Dear Reader, Before Hitler, there were the Pashas... It is 1913 and late summer in the Ottoman Empire. The sun rises, full and golden, atop a lush, centuries-old village tucked into the highlands where the blood-red poppies bloom. Outside the village leader's home, the sound of voices carries past the grapevines to…

AuthorBuzzSeptember 25, 2017

Giveaways

Bad Boys Make the Best Books in This Week’s Author Buzz

Dear Reader In the spirit of writing about bad boys and the women who love them, it’s my pleasure to bring you the first stand-alone book in my Bodyguard Bad Boys series, Rock Me. My bodyguard bad boys are sexy, hot and oh so protective. First up is Ben Hollander,…

AuthorBuzzSeptember 11, 2017

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“MagicLand” Paints a New Fantasy World While Harkening Back to Beloved Favorites

In MagicLand (Morgan James Publishing), debut author Charles Bastille creates an almost-decimated Earth where the small remaining population is at war. The magicians of Moria and the tech-enhanced denizens of Gath couldn’t be more different from each other, whether as individuals or as societies. They are hardly even the same…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 8, 2021

Fiction Romance Young Adult

Here’s Some “Prom Theory” For You: Getting a Date Is Simply Science

As she heads to her locker at the beginning of another day at school, Iris notices they’re everywhere — pink posters announcing “Only 19 days until Junior/Senior Prom,” et cetera. As usual, Iris has a more pragmatic view of reality. She views the posters as “a propaganda campaign geared to…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 11, 2021

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Let’s Talk About Sex, Ladies! New Romance Unlocks Secrets of Achieving the Big O

I know I did. I first saw this book on someone’s Facebook post. It came in a pretty pink box with a professional decal and an appropriate level of crinkle filler (which is always a lot). I was immediately drawn in. The book inside had an illustrated cover with bright…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 27, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Sailors Who Turn Up at “Cape Henry House” Create Wild and Lasting Memories

Cape Henry House by Jolly Walker Bittick, based on a true coming of age story, follows 21-year-old Petty Officer Third Class Bosner over a three-week period during his own carefree days of youth. It's 2008. Bosner is a helicopter greaser in the U.S. Navy working long hours and looking to…

Barbara WilkovMay 18, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Racism Challenges Pure Bonds of Friendship Amidst a Life-Threatening Storm

A grown woman named Sarah huddles in a dark closet. “It was then, she felt the entity quicken within her as it began gnawing away from the inside out. Her throat went dry as her breaths came in shallow gasps, and she heard a growling in her ears. By the…

Judy MorenoDecember 17, 2021

Fiction

Greek Deities Become Star-Crossed Lovers in This Retelling of Classic Mythology

Greek mythology meets Romeo and Juliet in L.E. Stardust’s The Secret Love of Hades and Persephone. Persephone, the soon-to-be goddess of spring, is finally at the age where she can be initiated into Olympus and take her place among the other Greek gods. Along with coming into her power as…

Nicole MaherOctober 22, 2021

Fiction

“Secrets of the Solarium” Has Food, Life, Love and the Secrets of Happiness

A mysterious woman named Abigail. An even more mysterious psychiatrist named Lucciano. Two lives hiding many secrets. In the early 1900s, Abigail boards a train in the Italian city of Turin, determined to start a new life. With little money and no prospects, she is befriended by a young couple…

Joanna PoncavageMay 7, 2021

Children's Books

“Love” Brings Tenderness and Wisdom to Your Baby’s Bookshelf

“A picture is worth a thousand words” goes the old adage. And for those of us who write about art, we know that a picture can also inspire a thousand words. With Love by children’s author Casey Rislov, that same picture can take on deeper meanings in the context of…

Cynthia ConradOctober 15, 2020

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From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

If you had the opportunity to read Tin Man, a beautiful story of love, loss and art by Sarah Winman and loved it like I did, then you cannot miss Still Life, her latest novel! Still Life is a lovely meandering through lives well-lived where the eclectic characters choose their…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 14, 2022

Book Club Network

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

For the month of September, all chapters of the Girly Book Club are reading Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Buried, Sing (Scribner). Here's the review that BookTrib filed shortly after the title was published late last year: Sing, Unburied, Sing is a beautifully written, character-driven, heartfelt novel that takes place in the…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 8, 2018

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

A 50-year-old woman is beginning to resign herself to a life without romantic love. She moves to Tulsa for work, without knowing anyone, and attends a Toastmasters District Conference with the intention of just meeting potential friends. At the event, she strikes up a conversation with some friendly women, and…

BookTribNovember 17, 2021

Love and Hardship Run Parallel for Andrea Jarrell in ‘I’m the One Who Got Away’

Documentarian Laurie Kahn Explores Romance in Publishing

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

True Love ‘Blooms’ in This Week’s AuthorBuzz

Bad Boys Make the Best Books in This Week’s Author Buzz

“MagicLand” Paints a New Fantasy World While Harkening Back to Beloved Favorites

Let’s Talk About Sex, Ladies! New Romance Unlocks Secrets of Achieving the Big O

Sailors Who Turn Up at “Cape Henry House” Create Wild and Lasting Memories

Racism Challenges Pure Bonds of Friendship Amidst a Life-Threatening Storm

Greek Deities Become Star-Crossed Lovers in This Retelling of Classic Mythology

“Secrets of the Solarium” Has Food, Life, Love and the Secrets of Happiness

“Love” Brings Tenderness and Wisdom to Your Baby’s Bookshelf

From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

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