The Paris Deception by Bryn Turnbull
ABOUT: From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art theft and forgery in Nazi-occupied Paris, and two brave women who risk their lives rescuing looted masterpieces from Nazi...
Marie Bostwick – New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
from author's website When not curled up with a good book, Marie Bostwick can usually be found in her office, trying to write one. A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nineteen uplifting works...
Noelle Salazar – USA Today and International Bestselling Author
from author's website Noelle Salazar was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, where she's been a Navy recruit, a medical assistant, an NFL cheerleader, and always a storyteller. As a novelist, she has done extensive research into the Women Airforce Service...
A 12-Book Salute to National Military Appreciation Month
by NovelNetwork May, marked officially as Military Appreciation Month, is a special month for both those in and out of the military. Americans are reminded of the important role the U.S. Armed Forces have played in the history and development of our country. Not only...
This book club pulls out all the stops!
Meet the lovely ladies of the Chat and Chew Book Club, representing (quite well) Columbia, South Carolina. According to book club manager Sharmin, "Our club began in 2001 and meets to discuss books monthly (except December when we have a holiday brunch). We are all...
Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
by Carol Van Den Hende Happy Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! As a Chinese American author, I was excited to be invited to speak on multiple panels for AAPI Month. Each panel started by exploring what might seem different, from customs and...
The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney
ABOUT: WHEN AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD, WHISKY DRINKING, PIANO PRODIGY ENCOUNTERS A WEALTHY FAMILY POSSESSING SUPERNATURAL BEAUTY, HER ENSUING OBSESSION UNLEASHES FAMILY SECRETS AND A CATACLYSMIC PLAGUE OF CICADAS. The summer of 1956, a brood of cicadas descends upon...
Leslie Lehr – Prize-Winning Author
from author's website Leslie Lehr explores the duality of today’s women to navigate a new path between sexy and sacred. Salma Hayek is developing Leslie’s critically acclaimed new memoir, A Boob’s Life, into a comedy series for HBO Max. A prize-winning writer,...
The Book Whisperer Discovers a Delightful Book
Dorothy Caldwell Minor, aka The Book Whisperer, discovers in U.S.A. Today bestselling author Viola Shipman's The Recipe Box a delightful book with recipes tied to the story. A little about Dorothy: “I am an avid reader and also enjoy Indie and foreign movies. I...
All the Pretty Places by Joy Callaway
ABOUT: Joy Callaway returns with a captivating story of a strong woman in a striking setting, examining the life-changing effects of the beauty of nature and how that splendor is restricted to the rich and privileged in the Gilded Age. 1893: In the little town of Rye,...
Karen White – New York Times Bestselling Author
from author's website Karen White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 34 books, including the Tradd Street series, The Last Night in London, Dreams of Falling, The Night the Lights Went Out, Flight Patterns,...
The Long March Home by Tosca Lee and Marcus Brotherton
ABOUT: Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise–until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news...
Alex Segura – Bestselling and Award-Winning Author
from author's website ABOUT ALEX SEGURA: Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which The New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful,” and it received starred...
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen
ABOUT: It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm, in this dazzling new novel from...
Book Club Enrichment 101
Meet the Saratoga Springs Women's Book Club, described by book club manager Carol, as follows: "We are a meet-up group that meets once a month to discuss books. We also have book conversations about what we’re reading, book trivia events and hope to get back to...
Howard Jay Smith – Award-Winning Writer
ABOUT HOWARD JAY SMITH: Howard Jay Smith is an award-winning writer from Santa Barbara, California.BEETHOVEN IN LOVE; OPUS 139 & MEETING MOZART: FROM THE SECRET DIARIES OF LORENZO DA PONTE are respectively his third and...
3 Ideas to Boost Your Bookclub to the Next Level
by Carol Van Den Hende The Literary Libationists invited me to come speak at their book club gathering after they'd read my debut novel, Goodbye, Orchid. Longtime book club member Fran P told me "I look forward to this evening every month!" Once I'd arrived to the...
Susan Meissner – USA Today Bestselling Author
ABOUT SUSAN MEISSNER Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in readers' hands and translations in eighteen languages. She is an author, speaker and...
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
ABOUT: Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—a pulse-pounding novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls...
Tara Ison – Award-Winning Author
from author's website Tara Ison is the author of the novels The List (Scribner), A Child out of Alcatraz (Faber & Faber, Inc.), a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Rockaway (Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press), featured as one of the "Best Books of...