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A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund

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Elizabeth Birkelund Discusses Her Tender Novel Set in French Village

In Elizabeth Birkelund’s new novel, A Northern Light in Provence (Ballantine), we have an enticing love story that encompasses many layers. The locales are disparate, one is icy Greenland and the other is the mountains of Provence. Shadowing the lovers is how they have been formed by place and experience.…

Susan Shapiro BarashJune 17, 2024

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A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

This is what Larissa Whitcomb is experiencing in Jennifer Collins’ debut novel, Comfort in the Wings. “I haven’t spoken to anyone in four days,” she muses in the very first sentence of the book. Collins drops her readers right into Larissa’s helplessness: she cannot open her mail, answer her phone…

Sherri DaleyMarch 23, 2022

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Explore Grief and Healing on a Mother’s Journey to Find Her Son

What an emotional whirlwind! Anyone who has been through loss, grief, finding your way through the tough times and leaning on family and friends, will fully embrace Wonders in the Waves by Jennifer Collins and find healing in the process. Continuing the story of Larissa Whitcomb from Collins’ first novel,…

Barbara WilkovJanuary 6, 2023

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Valerie Taylor Doubles the Drama With New Love Interests in Her Sequel “What’s Not True”

You don’t have to read Valerie Taylor’s first book — What’s Not Said — in order to find yourself delightfully immersed in the goings-on in her second, What’s Not True (She Writes Press). Taylor’s a master at making sure new readers aren’t lost, slipping in important details from the back…

Sherri DaleyAugust 24, 2021

Fiction

Three Generations of Women Unite to Find a Killer

Lana Rubicon lay sprawled on the dark slate floor of her kitchen, wondering how she got there. Her interest was not philosophical. She didn’t want to know how she’d arrived on this planet or which of her Greek ancestors had blessed her with wrinkle-proof skin. She wanted to know why…

Neil NyrenAugust 25, 2023

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Behind the Scenes of “Good Morning America’s” May Book Club Pick

With The Nigerwife, novelist, playwright and poet Vanessa Walters takes her first excursion into the mystery genre — and it’s an impressive one. The book has already been optioned for HBO. The Nigerwife introduces us to Nicole, who seemingly has the perfect life — a handsome husband, Tonye, two beautiful…

Michael SearsMay 17, 2023

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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

Romance

Forbidden Romance, Family Drama and Hope for Reinvention in Kennedy Ryan’s Skyland Series

On my first trip to the Skyland neighborhood in Before I Let Go, I cried. A lot. On my return trip in This Could Be Us (Forever) by Kennedy Ryan, I'm more shocked by the scandal and intrigued by slow-burn, forbidden romance between Judah and Soledad, but I still thoroughly…

Y. M. NelsonMarch 13, 2024

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AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Thrilling and Addictive Murder Mystery

Sorry, this promotion has ended. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (St. Martin's Press) Dear Reader, There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have…

AuthorBuzzFebruary 5, 2024

The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans

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New Zibby Books Release Is a Lyrical Exploration of Family Secrets in Jamaica

There are some novels so moving they demand a place in your memory and heart long after you have read them and you may become an evangelist pressing copies on friends. The House of Plain Truth (Zibby Books) is one such book. The writer’s name may not yet be familiar…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 30, 2024

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Naming Names and Rewriting History: Why One Author Used Her Family’s Real Names in Her Novel

I grew up in a family of secrets that I wasn’t supposed to reveal. Of course, because they made such great stories, I did anyway, but I did it in fiction, writing about my parents, my sister, always changing their names, their appearances. “It’s no one’s business what goes on…

Caroline LeavittSeptember 15, 2023

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Confronting the Nature of Love and Yoga in Touching Comedy

Ladies Home Journal, which began in 1883, launched a hugely popular trademarked advice column in 1952 called “Can This Marriage Be Saved?” that ran until the magazine’s demise in 2016. This is exactly the burning question family and friends are asking about protagonist Nadia Abbasi’s marriage in The Retreat (William…

Linda HitchcockJune 14, 2023

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Oprah Makes Her 100th Book Club Selection

Today, Oprah’s Book Club announced the 100th selection since the book club’s launch in 1996. The latest pick is Hello Beautiful (The Dial Press) by Ann Napolitano. Oprah announced her 100th Book Club selection on CBS Mornings, alongside author Ann Napolitano, where she discussed the impact of the book club…

BookTribMarch 14, 2023

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This Harrowing Novel Takes on the “Troubled Teen Industry” and Exposes Its Rampant Abuse

“The Ranch” is not an escape room but enter this living nightmare, if you dare, and see what is in store for the young women housed there. Privately run, under-inspected and unregulated all-girl teen correction “care” centers provide little or no care and deliver draconian discipline in the guise of…

Linda HitchcockApril 18, 2023

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Identity, Relationships and a Past That Comes Back to Sting in Jodi Picoult Collab

I knew absolutely nothing about Mad Honey before I picked it up and I am so glad I did! With two accomplished authors writing opposing characters’ voices, the partnership of Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan has created an important book that encourages dialog surrounding relationships, secrets, abuse and gender identity. Olivia…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 8, 2023

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Breathtaking Historical Novel Dives into 1940’s Partition of India

Independence (William Morrow) is an impactful work of historical fiction that may take your breath away with beautifully crafted writing, sweeping multi-generational storyline and the intensity of the true events incorporated into the plot. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni writes about three sisters on the cusp of adulthood, daughters of a well-regarded…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 17, 2023

Women’s Domestic Life Fiction

A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

Explore Grief and Healing on a Mother’s Journey to Find Her Son

Valerie Taylor Doubles the Drama With New Love Interests in Her Sequel “What’s Not True”

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

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Thrilling and Addictive Murder Mystery

Naming Names and Rewriting History: Why One Author Used Her Family’s Real Names in Her Novel

Oprah Makes Her 100th Book Club Selection

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