Violet Iverson’s novel, Tempest is a Cinderella-like story filled with drama, romance, heartbreak and joy. It takes place in a contemporary setting where a hero can live through a violent storm, a bit damaged, but stronger for surviving the ordeal. Iverson’s theme of a “tempest” aptly describes the story of…
I remember high school as an extreme time. One day you’re outrageously happy and everything is right in the world; the next day, you’re immensely sad and nothing you attempt goes right. (This is not unlike being a writer, but I digress). I can’t imagine what that journey is like…
A Pittsburgh writer with the inimitable name of Harrison Mirth sits at breakfast: juice, egg, a buttered English muffin spread with marmalade. His third wife, Liz, passes back and forth through the kitchen, attentive to Mirth’s every need. The scene depicts “the beginning of the end,” we are told. Later…
Who says a beach read needs to be read at the beach or in the summer only? As the fall season arrives you’ll still be sure to enjoy the Hawaii-set novel, Where The Sun Rises (Rosewind Books), written by Anna Gomez and Kristoffer Polaha. The story presents a captivating romance between…
Road trips are full of fun, adventure and lasting memories. After over a year of being stranded by the pandemic, many of us are anxious to dust off our traveling boots and head … anywhere. While you’re waiting out the restrictions and making your wish lists, what better way to…
How well do you really know a person? That’s an age-old question, renewed in the time of online dating and friend requests on social media. When there’s a screen between two people, there’s plenty someone can hide — but even when they’ve met, more may be hidden beneath the surface.…
You know when a book starts off with a Marie Curie / Pretty Woman mash-up that you’re in for a winner. Love on the Brain (Berkley), the follow-up to Ali Hazelwood’s wildly popular The Love Hypothesis doesn’t disappoint. THE CHARMING EQUATION CONTINUES Love on the Brain is a charming, brainy, slow-burn…
Delia Owens‘ 2018 novel, Where The Crawdads Sing (Penguin Publishing Group), one of the bestselling books of all time, is at its heart an empowering tale of a girl who survives. Left by her family to fend for herself, a young white girl grows up in 1950s coastal North Carolina, an endless…
We're featuring six romance audiobooks with different twists — public image, family pressure and more — on the fake relationship motif. But while the romantic relationships in these audiobooks may start out fake, the narrating talent on display here is real. This story appears through BookTrib's partnership with AudioFile…
If you ever kept a diary or journal, you probably thought about what would happen if someone else read it. And what if that reader was a family member dealing with the same issues you were, generations apart? This is the premise of A Matter of Happiness (Lake Union Publishing) by Tori Whitaker. INTERGENERATIONAL…
What if the only way to move forward was to look back? In her latest romance, The Corey Effect, author Casey Dembowski teaches us the value of closure and what it truly means to earn a second chance. Andi Scott is stuck. And she knows it. Not only is her…
BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Nerdy Romantics Podcast, currently airing its "Who Gets an HEA" miniseries. Romance and women's fiction author Y. M. Nelson discusses the nerdy — superheroes, sci-fi and fantasy, and nerdy pop culture; and the romantic — romance novels, romantic movies, and romance…
M. Nelson and Nerdy Romantics guests Marcie, Staci, Pam, Jen and Mary recommend interracial and multicultural romance reads as part of the “Who Gets An HEA?” miniseries. The mini-series showcases romances with marginalized heroes and heroines, and in episode 23, we feature romance novels by Tracey Livesay, Farah Heron, Twyla…
BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Just What Isolation Ordered: Eight Brick-Sized Books to Knock Out Your Pandemic-Induced Boredom — The Cut Anne Tyler’s Quirky Protagonist Keeps Taking the Same Romantic Tumbles in The Redhead by the Side of…
Picture a book that makes your heart race, sweat bead on your forehead, and keeps you from falling asleep. Did you picture a thriller or a romance? The two genres complement each other particularly well, despite being seen as opposites. Romantic suspense novels have a compelling mixture of love, lust,…