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.” –...
My Four Book Clubs
by Fran Hawthorne I’m either insane or a voracious reader, but somehow I manage to belong to four separate book clubs, three of which often choose books of over 600 pages. I can (usually) keep up, because only one of the groups meets every month. But more important, I...
The Seventh Queen by Greta Kelly
ABOUT: After the gasp-inducing cliffhanger ending of The Frozen Crown, the exciting conclusion to the epic story of Askia—a warrior, witch, and queen-to-be—as she confronts the monster that stole her throne…and is holding her prisoner to steal her magic.The...
Kris Waldherr – Acclaimed Author
from author's website Kris Waldherr writes books that explore the hidden stories of women’s lives. Her newest novel is Unnatural Creatures, a sweeping reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein told through the eyes of the three women closest to Victor...
Kim Taylor Blakemore – Award-Winning Author
ABOUT KIM: from author's website Kim writes historical novels that feature fierce, audacious, and often dangerous women. She writes about the thieves and servants, murderesses and mediums, grifters and frauds - the women with darker stories, tangled lies and hidden...
An Indiscreet Princess by Georgie Blalock
Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel. As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise’s life is more a gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother...
The Little Wartime Library
by Kate Thompson June 13th, 1944 and Bethnal Green is under fire. The streets are bathed in a choking, acrid smoke as a German V1 flying bomb explodes out of the sky, hitting a railway bridge and nearby houses. Six people are pulled dead from the scorched wreckage,...
Mark Sullivan Draws a Crowd!
The Third Thursday of the Month Book Club had a record number of attendees turn out for their much anticipated visit with bestselling author and book club favorite Mark Sullivan for discussion of his latest historical fiction novel, THE LAST GREEN VALLEY. Book club...
Fran Hawthorne – Award-Winning Author
from author's website ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The abbreviated version: FRAN HAWTHORNE spent three-plus decades writing award-winning nonfiction, including eight books, before returning to her childhood love: writing fiction. I MEANT TO TELL YOU is her second published...
Take It From Me by Jamie Beck
from author's website Wendy Moore hides her collection of pilfered bric-a-brac from everyone, including her husband. He thinks she licked her kleptomania in therapy more than a decade ago. Therapy did help, as did focusing her attention on motherhood. But now Wendy’s...
Ellen Meeropol – Acclaimed Novelist
from author's website ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ellen Meeropol is the author of the novel The Lost Women of Azalea Court (September 2022) and guest editor for the anthology Dreams for a Broken World (November 2022). (Click on images to right to read about those upcoming...