Today my book club was lucky enough to have author Julie Kibler visit and talk about her book, Calling Me Home. Overall everyone in our group loved the book and was bawling at the end. There are so many issues discussed her and it is hard to believe how citizens acted just 70 years ago […]
Category: fiction
Spotlight: Manroot by Anne Steinberg @ANSteinberg
July 10, 2014
Synopsis Manroot is the evocative and stirring story of a lonely town in Missouri, and a young woman named Katherine who discovers a mystical side to herself that she’d never known existed. Anne Steinberg weaves together fantasy, romance, and a young girl’s coming of age into a darkly magical story. In the spring of 1939, […]
Unstoppable by S.R. Johannes After everything that has happened, Grace goes to the Everglades to live with her grandmother, Birdee. Even though she is now home-schooled by her bird-obsessed grandmother, the move gives Grace time to relax. She learns to scuba dive and starts boating with old man Rex, Birdee’s casual friend/boyfriend. One day […]
Title: Capturing the Earl’s Love Author: Jane Lark Genre: Regency Romance (Historical) Publish Date: May 29, 2014 Publisher: HarperImpulse Event Organized By: Literati Author Services, Inc. ~Synopsis ~ From Kindle bestselling Historical romance author, Jane Lark, comes a brand new FREE novella to accompany her breathtaking Marlow Intrigues series. “Pure, unadulterated romance.” Best Chick […]
THE LEMON ORCHARD by Luanne Rice “Entrancing.” —People Magazine (3 out of 4 stars) “Lovely and compelling, with quiet yet brave social commentary.” —Kirkus Reviews “An intensely touching book.” —BookReporter.com New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice returns this summer with an enchanting new novel, THE LEMON ORCHARD,which tells the unexpected love story […]
Immersed by Jennifer Griffith Lisette Pannebaker speaks five languages and has a brilliant business plan—personal language immersion. Clients can hire her to shadow them and speak all day in any language they need to learn for business or travel—whatever. But there’s a major hitch: she’s far too pretty. Clients with less than honorable intentions sign […]
Review: Heartbreak Cake by Cindy Arora @cindyarora
May 23, 2014
Title: Heartbreak Cake Author: Cindy Arora Publisher: Simon & Fig (November 13, 2013) Synopsis Business is sweet for pastry chef Indira Aguilar. Her indie bakery, Cake Pan, is fast becoming the talk of the wedding circuit for its unique take on cakes and homespun creations for the modern bride, garnering national recognition and drawing […]
Goddess Born Pennsylvania, 1730 Selah Kilbrid keeps a dangerous secret: she has the power to heal. A direct descendent of the Celtic goddess Brigid, it’s Selah’s sacred duty to help those in need. But as the last of the Goddess Born living in the New World, she learned from an early age to keep her […]
Title:Mrs. Poe Author: Lynn Cullen Genre: Historical Fiction/Woman’s Fiction Publish Date: April 1, 2013 (Paperback Release) Publisher: Gallery Books Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc. ~ Book Synopsis ~ In the nationally bestselling MRS. POE (Gallery Books; April 1, 2014; Trade Paperback; $16.00), award-nominated author Lynn Cullen uses meticulously researched historical details […]
The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti “An epic drama of the proportions of The Kite Runner… Grabs you from the first page… A gripping and compassionate work of fiction” —Huffington Post The unforgettable story of a young Palestinian boy whose mathematical gifts allow him to escape the difficulties of life as an Arab Israeli, […]