About The Returned Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (August 27, 2013) Jason Mott’s debut novel, The Returned (Harlequin MIRA; September 2013; $24.95 U.S./$27.95 CAN.), tells the haunting story of the world turned upside down when the departed come back from death, bringing joy and agony to those they left behind. A riveting high concept wrapped in […]
Jo Kessel, author of Weak at the Knees, on tour September/October 2013
About Weak at the Knees Publisher: CreateSpace, September 20, 2013 Pages: 294 “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of time. When a sudden death plunges her into a […]
Wendy Tyson, author of Killer Image, on tour October/November 2013
About Killer Image Paperback: 316 pages Publisher: Henery Press (October 1, 2013) Philadelphia image consultant Allison Campbell is not your typical detective. She’s more familiar with the rules of etiquette than the rules of evidence, prefers three-inch Manolos to comfy flats and relates to Dear Abby, not Judge Judy. When Allison’s latest Main Line client, the fifteen-year-old […]
Darlene Barnes, author of Hungry, on tour August 2013
About Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love & the Power of Good Food Publisher: Hyperion (August 6, 2013) Pages: 272 “Few sane cooks would take on the trials of cooking five days a week for a fraternity house…. Unique, funny, touching.” —Booklist Newly arrived in Seattle, Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for July 1st – 5th
Chocolates for Breakfast by Pamela Moore Monday, July 1st: The Feminist Texican [Reads] Tuesday, July 2nd: Broken Teepee Wednesday, July 3rd: A Bookish Affair Thursday, July 4th: From the TBR Pile Thurday, July 4th: Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews City of Hope by Kate Kerrigan Monday, July 1st: A Book Geek Monday, July 1st: Diary of an Eccentric Wednesday, July 3rd: No […]
Jenni Fagan, author of The Panopticon, on tour August/September 2013
About The Panopticon Publisher: Hogarth (July 23, 2013) Pages: 304 As THE PANOPTICON opens, we meet Anais Hendricks, a few months shy of her sixteenth birthday. Anais sits in the back of a police car in Midlothian, Scotland, headed for the Panopticon, a home for chronic young offenders. She can’t remember the events that led her there, […]
David Gordon, author of Mystery Girl, on tour August 2013
About Mystery Girl Publisher: New Harvest (July 16, 2013) Pages: 320 Vertigo meets Tarantino in this thriller by Edgar finalist David Gordon, whom Karen Thompson Walker, author of The Age of Miracles, has hailed as “one of the smartest, most stylish writers I’ve ever come across, a gifted storyteller whose work perfectly combines an incredibly sharp wit […]
Jamie Ford, author of Songs of Willow Frost, on tour October 2013
About Songs of Willow Frost Publisher: Ballantine Books (Sept 10, 2013) Pages: 352 From Jamie Ford, the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his […]
Dilly Court, author of The Best of Daughters and The Lady’s Maid, on tour August/September 2013
About The Lady’s Maid Arrow (July 9, 2012) 512 pages In the quiet of a warm summer’s evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies. Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty and servitude, Josie’s world is one of privilege and luxury. Despite the differences in their circumstances, Kate and Josie have […]
Austin Ratner, author of In the Land of the Living, on tour August/September 2013
About In the Land of the Living Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books (March 12, 2013) “A spiky tale of family…The characters are compelling, and the bonds between these brothers and fathers and sons are convincing and raw.” — Publishers Weekly The Auberons are a lovably neurotic, infernally intelligent family who love and hate each other […]