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“The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County” Unite Community in Uplifting Novel with Midwestern Charm

Claire Swinarski welcomes new fans and graces her readers with a charming, uplifting novel The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County. Anyone who has ever lived or spent time in Midwestern or Southern states is familiar with the comforting custom of feeding the family, friends and mourners a meal at the…

Linda HitchcockApril 4, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Author Aimie K. Runyan Shares The Joy of Writing Foodie Fiction

Julia Child famously said, “People who love to eat are the best people” and in my experience, she’s right—and they are terribly fun to write about. In my latest novel, The Memory of Lavender and Sage, the protagonist Tempèsta Luddington is a disaffected food critic who, despite having a great…

Aimie K. RunyanMarch 15, 2024

Fiction Listicles

4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women

For ages we’ve devoured stories about gangsters and cowboys, thieves and pirates, and all manner of scoundrels, but they nearly always feature male protagonists. Suddenly, there’s a rise in novels featuring women on the other side of the law, their trials and adventures, and it made me think about the…

Heather WebbMarch 1, 2024

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1920s Glamour Meets Sisterhood in Novel of London’s First Female Crime Syndicate

In Queens of London by Heather Webb, the Forty Elephants is a group of ferocious, loyal and determined women who definitely don’t need a man to help them make their way. When Alice Diamond, “Diamond Annie,” is elected to be their leader, she aims for the stars. Nothing is too…

Lydia LefevreFebruary 12, 2024

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Touching Novel About Old Friends Shows It’s Never Too Late for Forgiveness

Helen Iannucci Spencer thought she could outrun her past, but somehow, it keeps catching up to her. What feels like a lifetime later, she thinks she has buried everything that happened between her and her childhood friend, Cal Crosby. But when the past comes barreling into her life in the…

Megan BeauregardApril 11, 2023

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Moving Story of Adoption, Parenting and What Makes a Family

Unconventional family stories are fun to read and give us an understanding of unfamiliar situations, allowing for the development of empathy. Eleanor Brown's Any Other Family (Putnam) is about open adoption, siblings and how their adoptive families chose to raise them together as one big family. Although the subject may…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 16, 2022

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J.T. Ellison Invites You to a Deadly Destination Wedding in “Her Dark Lies”

“A delicious gothic, sumptuously told.” — Laura Benedict, author of The Stanger Inside —∞— "Ellison is a master of the complex and compelling tale and here she is at the top of her game." — Patti Callahan, NYT bestselling author —∞— Once again, in her newest thriller, Her Dark Lies…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"March 9, 2021

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Priscilla Oliveras’ “West Side Love Story” Is a Heartwarming Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers

One of my favorite things about a romance is the yearning. The delicious sparking connection, between two people, that comes with a deep knowing that they are exactly right for each other. This layered over an awareness that something larger than themselves stands in their way; the strength of their…

Sonali DevJune 2, 2022

Fiction

Can These Triplets Heal a Community That’s Literally Been Poisoned? “One Two Three” Go …

I was lucky enough to be able to engage in conversation with the talented and charismatic Laurie Frankel at my latest book club meeting, where we discussed her moving new novel, One Two Three (Henry Holt and Co.) The group gave this amazing book rave reviews and we thoroughly enjoyed…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 22, 2021

Fiction

“We Are the Brennans” and We Are On Board With This Novel of Family Secrets and Loyalty

Complex and realistic family dynamics take center stage in Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans: A Novel (Celadon Books). In an era when fictional families are almost always tiny — when authors seem wary of giving much airtime to more than a couple of characters — it’s refreshing to see…

Kirsten MacdissiAugust 6, 2021

Fiction

Sisters Cling to Lies to Maintain Their Not-So-Perfect Lives in Lauren Weisberger’s Latest

A perfect beach book that surprises and delights, makes you laugh and cry and sing 80s hair band music … there is nothing better than Lauren Weisberger’s new novel, Where The Grass Is Green And The Girls Are Pretty (Random House) to escape to a Paradise of sorts! Sisters, Peyton and…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 19, 2021

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Terror-Filled Novel “The Sanatorium” Offers Thrills and Chills at a Luxurious Winter Resort

"It's The Shining but with a full house." — People —∞— Sarah Pearse’s debut, The Sanatorium (Pamela Dorman Books), is a page-turning thriller with complex characters and an unforgettable setting. The novel opens on a dark, snowy night with a masked figure and a missing person, and the pace doesn’t let up…

Mary Helen SheriffMarch 16, 2021

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Late Mother Serves Estranged Siblings Long-Kept Secrets With Caribbean “Black Cake”

“At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a winner.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising “So beautifully written I’m struggling to believe it’s a debut ... the scenes are so well drawn I could almost taste the cake, feel the…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 30, 2022

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Capturing a Time, an Emotion, and Your Attention

There’s so much to love about a novel that gives us insight into what it was like to be a woman during a certain time in history. Even better if that time was pivotal, unforgettable and hovering on the brink of seismic shifts that will leave the world forever changed.…

Jessica StrawserJuly 22, 2021

Fiction

Jamie Brenner’s “Blush” Gives Three Women Bonded by Family the Chance for Beautiful Boldness

Review and Q&A with Susan Shapiro Barash aka Susannah Marren, author of A Palm Beach Scandal (St. Martin's Griffin) Three generations of women at a family vineyard on the North Fork of Long Island find their strength and determination put to the test in Jamie Brenner’s new novel, Blush (G.P.…

Susan Shapiro BarashJune 22, 2021

Fiction

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

The Good Sister (St. Martin's Press) by Sally Hepworth is entertaining, captivating and addictive. I love her storytelling, atypical characters and the tricky twists and turns which are always surprising in the end. Rose and Fern are sisters: Rose is the responsible one, married with a white picket fence and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 3, 2021

Author Aimie K. Runyan Shares The Joy of Writing Foodie Fiction

4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women

Touching Novel About Old Friends Shows It’s Never Too Late for Forgiveness

Moving Story of Adoption, Parenting and What Makes a Family

J.T. Ellison Invites You to a Deadly Destination Wedding in “Her Dark Lies”

Priscilla Oliveras’ “West Side Love Story” Is a Heartwarming Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers

Can These Triplets Heal a Community That’s Literally Been Poisoned? “One Two Three” Go …

“We Are the Brennans” and We Are On Board With This Novel of Family Secrets and Loyalty

Sisters Cling to Lies to Maintain Their Not-So-Perfect Lives in Lauren Weisberger’s Latest

Terror-Filled Novel “The Sanatorium” Offers Thrills and Chills at a Luxurious Winter Resort

Late Mother Serves Estranged Siblings Long-Kept Secrets With Caribbean “Black Cake”

Jamie Brenner’s “Blush” Gives Three Women Bonded by Family the Chance for Beautiful Boldness

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

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