Passing Love

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Original edition (January 25, 2012)

Nicole-Marie Handy has loved all things French since she was a child. After the death of her best friend, determined to get out of her rut, she goes to Paris, leaving behind a marriage proposal. While there, Nicole chances upon an old photo of her father—lovingly inscribed, in his hand, to a woman Nicole has never heard of. What starts as a vacation quickly becomes an unexpected adventure.

Moving back and forth in time between the sparkling Paris of today and the jazz-fueled city filled with expatriates in the 1950s, PASSING LOVE is the story of two women dealing with lost love, secrets, and betrayal . . . and how the City of Light may hold all the answers.

“C’est magnifique! A delicious read, brimming with hope, love, and light.”—Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow

“Lush, evocative and seductive. Only read Passing Love if you’re willing to give yourself over completely to the excitement of the jazz scene of post-WWII Paris, and a woman’s determination to find her place in the present-day City of Light.”—Lalita Tademy, author of Cane River and Red River 

“Passing Love is everything a novel should be: a story as complex, multilayered and rich as a French pastry and just as deceptively simple…until you take a bite. Settle back, get comfy and enjoy the journey Nicole, Malvina and Ruby (and their men) take you on through Post-WWII and contemporary Paris.”—Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant, authors of Uptown and Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made  

“Luckett has written our Paris dreams come true–between two lives and two generations, this story delivers the romance and the heartbreak of all that the City of Lights has to offer.  You will escape with this novel and question or embrace your own unlived lives.”—Heidi W. Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

PEOPLE MAGAZINE: Beautifully written and filled with vibrant scenes of Paris in its Jazz Age and today, Passing Love is a treat.

KIRKUS REVIEW: Luckett’s loving descriptions of Paris evoke the sights, smells and sounds of the City of Light. Nicole’s story is one with which any woman, regardless of age or skin color, can relate, but Ruby’s tale and the author’s meticulous research into the Paris of the period following WWII is the real star of this novel.

About Jacqueline E. Luckett

After leaving the corporate world, Jacqueline took a creative writing class on a dare, from herself, and began writing short stories and poetry and never looked back. Her essay, “Traveling with Ghosts,” was included in Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011. She is the author of two novels, Passing Love and Searching for Tina Turner.

Connect with Jacqueline:

Website / Facebook / Twitter

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Jacqueline E. Luckett’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, June 11th:  BookNAround

Tuesday, June 12th:  Linus’s Blanket - Out of Twenty Q&A

Thursday, June 14th:  Chocolate and Croissants

Monday, June 18th:  Bibliosue

Wednesday, June 20th:  West Metro Mommy

Thursday, June 21st:  Kahakai Kitchen

Monday, June 25th:  Life is Short. Read Fast.

Wednesday, June 27th:  Living Outside the Stacks

Tuesday, July 3rd:  Helen’s Book Blog

Thursday, July 5th:  A Chick Who Reads

Monday, July 9th:  Historical Tapestry  cross-posted on  The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader

Tuesday, July 10th:  Colloquium  review & guest post

Wednesday, July 11th:  “That’s Swell!”

Thursday, July 12th:  Knowing the Difference

Monday, July 16th:  Books and Movies

Wednesday, July 18th:  girlichef

Monday, July 23rd:  Peeking Between the Pages

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Scribner (June 5, 2012)

Legendary women–from Anne Boleyn to Queen Elizabeth to Mary Queen of Scotts—changed the course of history in the royal courts of sixteenth century England, they are celebrated in history books and novels, but few people know of the powerful women in the Muslim world who formed alliances, served as key advisors to rulers, lobbied for power on behalf of their sons, and ruled in their own right. In Equal of the Sun, Anita Amirrezvani’s gorgeously crafted tale of power, loyalty, and love in the royal court of Iran she brings one such woman to life, Princess Pari Khan Khanoom Safavi.

Iran in 1576 is a place of wealth and dazzling beauty. But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Princess Pari, the Shah’s daughter and protégé, knows more about the inner workings of the state than almost anyone, but the princess’s maneuvers to instill order after her father’s sudden death incite resentment and dissent. Pari and her closest advisor Javaher, a eunuch able to navigate the harem as well as the world beyond the palace walls, are in possession of an incredible tapestry of secrets and information that reveals a power struggle of epic proportions.

Based loosely on the life of Princess Pari Khan Khanoom, Equal of the Sun is a riveting story of political intrigue and a moving portrait of the unlikely bond between a princess and a eunuch. Anita Amirrezvani is a master storyteller and in her lustrous prose this rich and labyrinthine world comes to vivid life with a stunning cast of characters, passionate and brave men and women who defy or embrace their destiny in a Machiavellian game played by those who lust for power and will do anything to attain it.

“Amirrezvani’s sixteenth century Iran is a world as complex as Shakespeare’s London, that seethes with intrigue, passion, and lawlessness, a world where a brilliant young princess, who longs for power denied her as a female, and a servant, with a desire so relentless he half-destroys himself, make a desperate pact to control the government and fate of the country, and in doing so discover their greatest loves and sorrows. In this astonishing novel Amirrezvani reminds us what all human hearts suffer and dare. EQUAL OF THE SUN is an irresistible novel.” —Jonis Agee, author of The River Wife

“A dazzling historical novel of ancient Persia, a fairy tale of universal resonance, EQUAL OF THE SUN is a story of love and ambition, loyalty and intrigue, the eternal anguish of a heart—and a country—at war with itself.”  —Gina Nahai, author of Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith and Caspian Rain

About Anita Amirrezvani

Anita Amirrezvani is the author of  The Blood of Flowers, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, and a former staff writer and dance critic for the San Jose Mercury News and the Contra Costa Times. She is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

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Anita Amirrezvani’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, June 4th:  Unabridged Chick

Tuesday, June 5th:  Scandalous Women

Wednesday, June 6th:  Confessions of an Avid Reader

Thursday, June 7th:  Broken Teepee

Friday, June 8th:  Royal Reviews

Tuesday, June 12th:  A Bookish Way of Life

Wednesday, June 13th:  Man of La Book

Thursday, June 14th:  A Bookish Affair

Friday, June 15th:  Book Chase

Monday, June 18th:  Lit and Life

Tuesday, June 19th:  Bibliosue

Wednesday, June 20th:  The Book Garden

Thursday, June 21st:  Wordsmithonia

Monday, June 25th:  Col Reads

Tuesday, June 26th:  Bippity Boppity Book

Wednesday, June 27th:  Historical Tapestry

Thursday, June 28th:  Enchanted by Josephine.

Friday, June 29th:  Twisting the Lens

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (March 20, 2012)

It’s 1893, and at the Chicago World’s Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows that he hopes will earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his women’s division, who conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic leaded-glass lamps for which Tiffany will long be remembered.  Never publicly acknowledged, Clara struggles with her desire for artistic recognition and the seemingly insurmountable challenges that she faces as a professional woman.  She also yearns for love and companionship, and is devoted in different ways to five me, including Tiffany, who enforces a strict policy: He does not employ married women.  Ultimately, Clara must decide what makes her happiest-the professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart.

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Read an excerpt of Clara and Mr. Tiffany HERE.

 “Vreeland’s ability to make this complex historical novel as luminous as a Tiffany lamp is nothing less than remarkable.”—The Washington Post

“A novel as sparkling and elegant as a Tiffany lampshade . . . a sensitive portrayal of women’s struggles in the nineteenth century . . . [Susan Vreeland] has captured the tone of an era. . . . The consistent elegance and vitality of her prose make reading her book a pleasure.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

 “As she did for a Vermeer painting in Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Vreeland traces the secret history of an objet d’art—this time, the iconic Tiffany lamp. . . . A fascinating look at at turn-of-the-century New York City.”—People (4 out of 4 stars)

 “Vreeland’s writing is so graceful, her research so exhaustive, that a reader can’t help becoming enfolded in this fascinating world.”—Los Angeles Times

 “There’s no excuse for any reader of high-quality literary fiction to let this novel pass by.”—Booklist (starred review)

About Susan Vreeland

Susan Vreeland is the bestselling author of five books, including Luncheon of the Boating Party, Life Studies, The Passion of Artemisia, The Forest Lover, and Girl in Hyacinth Blue.  She lives in San Diego.

To learn more about Susan Vreeland and her work, please visit her website, svreeland.com, or connect with her on Facebook.

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Susan Vreeland’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, May 7th:  Historical Tapestry (guest post “Why I Love”)

Thursday, May 10th:  BookNAround

Monday, May 14th:  Adventures of an Intrepid Reader

Monday, May 14th:  Historical Tapestry (review)

Tuesday, May 15th:  Joyfully Retired

Wednesday, May 16th:  Book Drunkard

Thursday, May 17th:  The Lost Entwife

Monday, May 21st:  Dolce Bellezza

Wednesday, May 23rd:  Knowing the Difference

Tuesday, May 29th:  Broken Teepee

Wednesday, May 30th:  My Bookshelf

Thursday, May 31st:  Book Snob

Monday, June 4th:  Col Reads

Tuesday, June 5th:  Amused by Books

• Trade Paperback: 305 pages
• Publisher: Blank Slate Press (April, 2012)

With the nation moving toward Civil War, James Turner, a charming, impulsive writer and lecturer, Charlotte, his down-to-earth bride, and Cabot, an idealistic Harvard-educated abolitionist, are drawn together in a social experiment deep in the Missouri Ozarks.

Inspired by utopian dreams of building a new society, Turner is given a tract of land to found the community of Daybreak. But not everyone involved in the project is a willing partner and being the leader of a farming community out in the middle of nowhere isn’t exactly the life Turner envisioned. Charlotte, confronted with the hardships of rural life, must mature in a hurry to deal with the challenges of building the community while facing her husband’s betrayals and her growing attraction to Cabot. In turn, Cabot struggles to reconcile his need to leave Daybreak to join the fight against slavery and his desire to stay near the woman he loves.

As the war draws ever closer, the utopians try to remain neutral and friendly to all, but soon find neutrality is not an option. In the wake of a deadly bushwhacking, Turner discovers that he too has the capacity for ferocious violence. When war finally breaks out, Missouri descends into its uniquely savage brand of conflict in which guerrilla bands terrorize the countryside while Federal troops control the cities, and in which neither side offers or expects quarter. Ultimately, each member of Daybreak must take a stand—both in their political and personal lives.

Slant of Light is that remarkable novel that not only embeds us in a bygone time and place, but also wakens us to a wide and presently shared dawn of love, violence, frailty, and possibility.” –Steve Yates, author of Morkan’s Quarry: A Novel

If you’re a historical fiction fan, you must put “Slant of Light” at the top of your to-be-read list.–Margo L. Dill, Champaign News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)

For more information about Slant of Light and its publisher, Blank Slate Press, check out their website, blankslatepress.com, and their Facebook page.

About Steve Wiegenstein

Steve Wiegenstein grew up in the eastern Missouri Ozarks and roams its back roads every chance he gets. The Black River and the Annapolis Branch Library were his two main haunts as a kid, and they remain his Mecca and Medina to this day. He is a longtime scholar of the 19th century Icarian movement in America, which provided the inspiration for Slant of Light. He particularly enjoyed weaving the real-life story of Sam Hildebrand—the notorious Confederate bushwhacker who murdered one of Steve’s ancestors–into the novel. Steve and his wife, Sharon Buzzard, both academics, live in Columbia, MO. Slant of Light, the first book in his Daybreak series, is his first novel.

Steve Wiegenstein’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, May 14th:  Unabridged Chick

Wednesday, May 16th:  WV Stitcher

Monday, May 21st:  Life in Review

Tuesday, May 22nd:  Unabridged Chick – author interview

Wednesday, May 23rd:  So Simply Sara

Thursday, May 24th:  Bookish Habits

Monday, May 28th:  Historical Tapestry – guest post

Tuesday, May 29th:  A Novel Source

Thursday, May 31st:  Life is Short. Read Fast.

Monday, June 4th:  Chaos is a Friend of Mine

Wednesday, June 6th:  Just One More Paragraph

Saturday, June 9th:  Colloquium

Paperback: 384 pages

Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback (April 10, 2012)

About Angela Davis-Gardner

Angela Davis-Gardner is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels Felice, Forms of Shelter, and Plum Wine, which was inspired by the time she spent teaching Tsuda College in Tokyo, Japan. An Alumni Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Angela has won nearly thirty awards for writing and teaching. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she is at work on her next novel.

For more information about Angela Davis-Gardner, please visit her website at www.angeladavisgardner.com.

Angela Davis-Gardner’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, April 2nd:  Col Reads

Wednesday, April 4th:  Dolce Bellezza

Thursday, April 5th:  Broken Teepee

MOnday, April 9th:  Life in Review

Wednesday, April 11th:  BookNAround

Thursday, April 12th:  lit*chick

Thursday, April 12th:  She Knows

Monday, April 16th:  Unabridged Chick

Tuesday, April 17th:  Nomad Reader

Wednesday, April 18th:  Luxury Reading

Monday, April 23rd:  Sophisticated Dorkiness

Wednesday, April 25th:  My Bookshelf

Thursday, April 26th:  Bookfoolery and Babble

Monday, April 30th:  Peeking Between the Pages

Thursday, May 10th:  Lit Endeavors

The Garden Intrigue

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult (February 16, 2012)

Just in time for the post-Valentine’s Day chocolate hangover, THE GARDEN INTRIGUE is the latest novel in the nationally bestselling Pink Carnation series by RITA Award winner Lauren Willig (Dutton, On sale: February 16, 2012). In this ninth installment, long-time readers and newcomers alike will be delighted to meet a character sure to become a fan favorite—a poet whose fervent ardor leads him to declare his feelings for the Pink Carnation in atrociously overwrought verse.

Lovable modern day grad student Eloise Kelly is back and on the trail of the Pink Carnation when she discovers a wretched poem among the papers of a code book. Poetry penned by the notorious fop Augustus Whittlesby for Jane Wooliston (aka the Pink Carnation)—Eloise can’t help but wonder; can anyone really be that bad of a poet? Or is something else hiding behind his putridly saccharine words? Back in 1804, New York born Paris socialite Emma Morris Delgardie doesn’t think so. She’s too busy sipping champagne to notice Whittlesby’s strange interest in a top-secret device Napoleon has commissioned. Unfortunately for Emma, she’s the poet’s entrée into the emperor’s inner circle. Fortunately for Augustus, this plucky American heroine could turn out to be his true muse.

Acclaim for Lauren Willig’s novels is as plentiful as her quirky and charming cast of characters: Marie Claire called her writing “History textbook meets Bridget Jones,” and Library Journal compared the series to “getting a plate of warm-from the oven chocolate chips cookies; it’s hard not to eat them all at once, but you want to savor each bite.”

The perfect addition to a much-beloved series, THE GARDEN INTRIGUE will leave readers clamoring for more of the spunky Eloise Kelly and the ever elusive Pink Carnation.

“As fresh and charming as its floral theme.”                                 

-Kirkus Reviews

“Enlightening and entertaining as always, and full of plenty of romance and intrigue.”                               

–Library Journal

“Readers will be pleased to see the spy who inspired the series in action and will enjoy the charming, witty rapport between Augustus and Emma.”

–Booklist

About Lauren Willig

Lauren Willig is the bestselling author of eight previous Pink Carnation novels. She received a graduate degree in English history from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, though she now writes full-time. Willig lives in New York City.

For more information about Lauren and her work, please visit her website, laurenwillig.com.

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Lauren Willig’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Thursday, February 16th:  Unabridged Chick

Friday, February 17th:  I’m Booking It

Monday, February 20th:  In the Hammock

Tuesday, February 21st:  A Fair Substitute for Heaven

Wednesday, February 22nd:  Book Reviews by Molly

Thursday, February 23rd:  Broken Teepee

Monday, February 27th:  Calico Critic

Wednesday, February 29th:  The Allure of Books

Monday, March 5th:  The Bookworm

Tuesday, March 6th:  A Chick Who Reads

Wednesday, March 7th:  Library of Clean Reads

Friday, March 9th:  Colloquium

Friday, March 9th: YA Book Nerd - review

Monday, March 12th:  YA Book Nerd - author guest post

Wednesday, March 14th:  Write Meg

Tuesday, March 27th:  Stiletto Storytime

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult (February 21, 2012)

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a powerful and dramatic Prohibition-era story that follows the fortunes of Rosa Diaz Barclay, a woman who plunges into the unknown for the safety of her children and the love of a good but flawed man.

As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview.

Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of another father are in perfect health. When an act of violence shatters Rosa’s resolve to maintain her increasingly dangerous existence, she flees with the children and her precious heirloom quilts to the mesa where she last saw her beloved mother alive.

As a flash flood traps them in a treacherous canyon, only one man is brave—or foolhardy—enough to come to their rescue: Lars Jorgenson, Rosa’s first love and the father of her healthy daughters. Together they escape to Berkeley, where a leading specialist offers their only hope of saving Ana and Miguel. Here in northern California, they create new identities to protect themselves from Rosa’s vengeful husband, the police who seek her for questioning, and the gangsters Lars reported to Prohibition agents—officers representing a department often as corrupt as the Mob itself. Ever mindful that his youthful alcoholism provoked Rosa to spurn him, Lars nevertheless supports Rosa’s daring plan to stake their futures on a struggling Sonoma Valley vineyard—despite the recent hardships of local winemakers whose honest labors at viticulture have, through no fault of their own, become illegal.

About Jennifer Chiaverini

JENNIFER CHIAVERINI is the author of the New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilt series, as well as five collections of quilt projects inspired by the novels.  A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin.

Connect with Jennifer at her website, Elm Creek Quilts Online.

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Jennifer Chiaverini’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, February 13th:  Peeking Between the Pages

Tuesday, February 14th:  2 Kids and Tired Book Reviews

Thursday, February 16th:  Christian Historical Fiction

Monday, February 20th:  Angler’s Rest

Wednesday, February 22nd:  All Grown Up?

Thursday, February 23rd:  Brimful Curiosities

Friday, February 24th:  Amused by Books

Monday, February 27th:  Col Reads

Tuesday, February 28th:  Life in Review

Thursday, March 1st:  Reflections of a Bookaholic

Monday, March 5th:  A Chick Who Reads

Tuesday, March 6th:  Joyfully Retired

Monday, March 12th:  Book Dilettante

Thursday, March 15th:  Unabridged Chick

Friday, March 16th:  Colloquium 

Friday, March 30th: A Cozy Reader’s Corner

Hardcover: 496 pages

Publisher: Random House (February 21, 2012)

The acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl’s spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word “technology” represents a bold and frightening new concept. The fight for the future will hinge on . . .

THE TECHNOLOGISTS

Boston, 1868. The Civil War may be over but a new war has begun, one between the past and the present, tradition and technology. On a former marshy wasteland, the daring Massachusetts Institute of Technology is rising, its mission to harness science for the benefit of all and to open the doors of opportunity to everyone of merit. But in Boston Harbor a fiery cataclysm throws commerce into chaos, as ships’ instruments spin inexplicably out of control. Soon after, another mysterious catastrophe devastates the heart of the city. Is it sabotage by scientific means or Nature revolting against man’s attempt to control it?

The shocking disasters cast a pall over M.I.T. and provoke assaults from all sides—rival Harvard, labor unions, and a sensationalistic press. With their first graduation and the very survival of their groundbreaking college now in doubt, a band of the Institute’s best and brightest students secretly come together to save innocent lives and track down the truth, armed with ingenuity and their unique scientific training.

Led by “charity scholar” Marcus Mansfield, a quiet Civil War veteran and one-time machinist struggling to find his footing in rarefied Boston society, the group is rounded out by irrepressible Robert Richards, the bluest of Beacon Hill bluebloods; Edwin Hoyt, class genius; and brilliant freshman Ellen Swallow, the Institute’s lone, ostracized female student. Working against their small secret society, from within and without, are the arrayed forces of a stratified culture determined to resist change at all costs and a dark mastermind bent on the utter destruction of the city.

Studded with suspense and soaked in the rich historical atmosphere for which its author is renowned, The Technologists is a dazzling journey into a dangerous world not so very far from our own, as the America we know today begins to shimmer into being.

“The Technologists combines everything I love in a thriller: fascinating history, science, and a frightening mystery that demands to be solved. Matthew Pearl is one of my must-read authors. He never fails to intrigue and thrill!”—Tess Gerritsen, author of The Silent Girl

“Fascinating, mesmerizing, and richly atmospheric, The Technologists is the best yet from a true master of the historical thriller. I loved this novel.”—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Buried Secrets and Vanished

Photo credit: Sigrid-Estrada

About Matthew Pearl

Matthew Pearl is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, and The Last Dickens. He is the editor of the Modern Library editions of Dante’s Inferno (translated by Henry Wordsworth Longfellow) and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales.

For more information on Matthew Pearl and his work, visit his website,  www.matthewpearl.com, and Facebook.  Watch the trailer for The Technologists HERE.

Matthew Pearl’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, February 13th:  Book Chatter

Monday, February 20th:  Book Club Classics

Wednesday, February 22nd:  A Library of My Own

Thursday, February 23rd:  Unabridged Chick

Friday, February 24th:  Jenn’s Bookshelves

Monday, February 27th:  Wandering Thoughts of a Scientific Housewife

Tuesday, February 28th:  Jen’s Book Thoughts

Wednesday, February 29th:  Man of La Book

Thursday, March 1st:  Book Addict Katie

Monday, March 5th:  Calico Critic

Wednesday, March 7th:  Annette’s Book Spot

Monday, March 12th:  S. Krishna’s Books

Monday, March 12th:  The House of Crime and Mystery

Wednesday, March 14th:  Wordsmithonia

Beyond All Measure

Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: Thomas Nelson (May 31, 2011)

Unless she can trust God’s love to cast out her fears, Ada may lose the heart of a good man.

Ada Wentworth, a young Bostonian, journeys to Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, in the years following the Civil War. Alone and nearly penniless following a broken engagement, Ada accepts a position as a lady’s companion to the elderly Lillian Willis, a pillar of the community and aunt to the local lumber mill owner, Wyatt Caldwell. Ada intends to use her millinery skills to establish a hat shop and secure her future.

Haunted by unanswered questions from her life in Boston, Ada is most drawn to two townsfolks: Wyatt, a Texan with big plans of his own, and Sophie, a mulatto girl who resides at the Hickory Ridge orphanage. Ada’s friendship with Sophia attracts the attention of a group of locals seeking to displace the residents of Two Creeks, a “colored” settlement on the edge of town. As tensions rise, Ada is threatened but refuses to abandon her plan to help the girl.

When Lillian dies, Ada is left without employment or a place to call home. And since Wyatt’s primary purpose for staying in Hickory Ridge was to watch over his aunt, he can now pursue his dream of owning Longhorns in his home state of Texas.

With their feelings for each other growing, Ada must decide whether she can trust God with her future and Wyatt with her heart.

About Dorothy Love

A native of west Tennessee, Dorothy Love makes her home in the Texas hill country with her husband and their two golden retrievers. An accomplished author in the secular market, Dorothy makes her debut in Christian fiction with the Hickory Ridge novels. Hometown: San Antonio, Texas.

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Dorothy Love’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Tuesday, October 18th:  2 Kids and Tired

Wednesday, October 19th:  Reviews by Molly

Thursday, October 20th:  A Chick Who Reads

Monday, October 24th:  Reviews from the Heart

Tuesday, October 25th:  All Grown Up? 

Wednesday, October 26th:  I Am A Reader, Not A Writer  author Q&A

Thursday, October 27th:  A Fair Substitute for Heaven

Friday, October 28th:  Life in Review

Tuesday, November 1st:  Deb’s Book Bag

Wednesday, November 2nd:  Cheryl’s Book Nook

Thursday, November 3rd:  Life in the Thumb

Monday, November 7th:  By the Book

Tuesday, November 8th:  Southern Sassy Things

Wednesday, November 9th:  Christian Bookshelf Reviews

Thursday, November 10th:  Luxury Reading

Monday, November 14th:  The Overweight Bookshelf

Wednesday, November 16th:  Peeking Between the Pages

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: McBooks Press (April 1, 2011)

Sally Ketchum comes from dirt-poor farm folk. She has little chance of bettering her life until a mysterious barnstormer named Tex teaches her to fly—and becomes the first person worthy of her love. But Tex dies in a freak accident, leaving Sally to make her own way in the world. She enrolls in the U.S. military’s Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, and in a special school located in West Texas begins learning to fly the biggest, fastest, meanest airplanes the military has to offer. She also reluctantly becomes involved with Beau Bayard, a flight instructor and aspiring writer, who seems to offer her everything she could want. But many people see no place for a “skirt” in the cockpit, and Sally soon finds herself pitted against a high-powered Washington lawyer who wants to disband the WASP once and for all.  Their battle is a story of extraordinary women who broke society’s rules and became heroes, and of men who stood in their way.

About Karl Friedrich

Karl Friedrich was born and grew up in Tyler, Texas. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine and public relations writer, advertising copywriter, and photographer. A lifelong aviation fan, he got his first ride in an airplane at the age of five (“If I’d been six, I’d have had the sense to stay on the ground, as the thing was held together with rust and bailing wire,” he recalls.)

Karl’s friends who fly commercial, military or private aircraft, and his lifelong fascination with women who achieve great accomplishment despite the displeasure of men, provided the inspiration and impetus for Wings.

Karl and his wife live in Washington State.

Karl Friedrich’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, October 3rd:  A Bookish Libraria

Tuesday, October 4th:  Life in Review

Wednesday, October 5th:  Acting Balanced

Monday, October 10th:  The Life (and lies) of an inanimate flying object - guest post

Tuesday, October 11th:  Diary of an Eccentric

Wednesday, October 12th:  “That’s Swell!”

Thursday, October 13th:  Man of La Book

Saturday, October 15th:  Man of La Book - author Q&A

Tuesday, October 18th:  Reviews from the Heart

Wednesday, October 19th:  A Bookish Affair

Thursday, October 20th:  Bags, Books & Bon Jovi

Friday, October 21st:  Flight to Success

Sunday, October 23rd:  Staircase Wit

Tuesday, October 25th:  Unabridged Chick

Wednesday, October 26th:  Melody & Words

Thursday, October 27th:  2 Kids and Tired

Thursday, October 27th:  A Cozy Reader’s Corner

Tuesday, November 1st:  Joyfully Retired

Wednesday, November 2nd:  The House of the Seven Tails

Thursday, November 3rd: Life on the Road as a Pilot