It’s a Novel Network Out There
By Susan McBeth, founder and CEO, Novel Network™ and Adventures by the Book®. “Books are something social – a writer speaking to a reader – so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.” –...
Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle
ABOUT: Rick Cahill #7 Blinded by a gunshot wound to the face while working as a private investigator nine months ago, Rick Cahill is now sure of only one thing: he has to start a new life and leave his old one behind. He’s still trying to figure out what that life is...
Denise Nicholas – Author, Actress, Activist
from author's website Denise Nicholas was born in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan. She later graduated from the University of Southern California. In addition to working in Janet Fitch’s writing workshop for five years, Denise attended both the Squaw...
Cherry Sops – A Delicious Renaissance Recipe
by Crystal King originally published to author's website 11/11/2020 When I was researching my novel, THE CHEF'S SECRET, I discovered that in the Renaissance, often a chef was as important to helping the ill and wounded as a physician might be. This is evident...
Alison Hammer – Debut Novelist
from author's website Alison Hammer has been spinning words to tell stories since she learned how to talk. A graduate of the University of Florida and the Creative Circus in Atlanta, she lived in 9 cities before settling down in Chicago. During the day, Alison is a VP...
The Greek Persuasion by Kimberly K. Robeson
ABOUT: Consumed by a myth about Zeus, a magic sword, and soul mates, Greek-American professor Thair Mylopoulos-Wright has spent much of her life searching for her Other Half. At thirty-one, she spends a summer in Greece; there, alone on a tranquil island, she begins...
Lincoln Military Housing Book Club Offers Many Thanks (Literally) to Kristina McMorris
The Lincoln Military Housing Book Club provides a connection for military spouses living in military housing on the East Coast. Of their recent Zoom visit with New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris, in discussion of THE PIECES WE KEEP, book club manager...
Why Book Club Meetings Often Run Long – Reason #42!
This pretty much sums up why book club meetings often run long, especially when Whitney Scharer's THE AGE OF LIGHT is the topic of discussion! In describing The Bad Ass PV Book Club on the Hill, book club manager Trisha tells us that, "The majority of our book club...
Stars of Wonder: A Children’s Christmas Adventure by Rebecca Bruff
ABOUT: "And many years later, during a Very Challenging Moment, they listened to the wind and watched the evening stars and listened to their own hearts and to the Creator of Creation, because they never forgot that night in the desert when they learned what to do...
Isla Morley – Award Winning Author
from author's website Isla Morley grew up in South Africa during apartheid, the child of a British father and fourth-generation South African mother. During the country’s State of Emergency, she graduated from Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth with a degree...
7 Great Heist Novels, Recommended by Art Dealer & Author Carol Orange
by Carol Orange originally published to CrimeReads.com The 1999 version of “The Thomas Crown Affair” inspired a garden variety of art heist novels. Pierce Brosnan, cast as the billionaire, steals Monet’s San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk from the...