About The Year She Left Us • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 13, 2014) The Kong women are in crisis. A disastrous trip to visit her “home” orphanage in China has plunged eighteen-year-old Ari into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, a lawyer with a great heart, is desperate to keep her daughter safe. Meanwhile, […]
Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of One Night in Winter, on tour May 2014
About One Night in Winter • Hardcover: 480 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 6, 2014) The acclaimed novelist and prizewinning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the consequences of forbidden love in this heartbreaking epic, inspired by a true story that unfolds in Stalin’s Russia during the bleak days after World War II. A jubilant Moscow is celebrating the Soviet […]
Erika Johansen, author of The Queen of the Tearling, on tour April/May 2014
About The Queen of the Tearling • Hardcover: 448 pages • Publisher: Harper (July 8, 2014) Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler—and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her. On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea […]
Cecilia Ahern, author of One Hundred Names, on tour May 2014
About One Hundred Names • Paperback: 496 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 6, 2014) Internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern delivers her biggest and most compelling book yet—a tale of secrets, second chances, and the hidden connections that unite our lives Scandal has derailed journalist Kitty Logan’s career, a setback that is soon compounded by an even more […]
Claire Kendal, author of The Book of You, on tour April/May 2014
About The Book of You • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 6, 2014) A mesmerizing tale of psychological suspense about a woman who must fight to escape an expert manipulator determined to possess her, Claire Kendal’s debut novel is a sophisticated and disturbing portrait of compulsion, control, and terror that will appeal to fans of Before I Go […]
Jane Manning, author of Millie Fierce Sleeps Out, on tour June 2014
About Millie Fierce Sleeps Out • Hardcover: 32 pages • Publisher: Philomel (May 29, 2014) Millie Fierce is back! Millie is strong. And, she is fierce. But Millie has learned to keep her fierceness in check. And since she’s been sweet all summer long, Millie gets to have a sleepout with her friends. One where she promises to be […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for April 14th – 18th
Bellagrand by Paullina Simons Monday, April 14th: Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers . . . . Alice Will and Tilt by Ashley Chappell Monday, April 14th: Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile – Alice Will . . . . Deceiving Lies by Molly McAdams Monday, April 14th: Tina’s Book Reviews . . . . Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke Monday, April 14th: Bibliophiliac Tuesday, […]
Nadia Hashimi, author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, on tour May 2014
About The Pearl That Broke Its Shell • Hardcover: 464 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (May 6, 2014) A luminous and unforgettable tale of two women, destiny, and identity in Afghanistan Kabul, 2007: The Taliban rules the streets. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can rarely leave the house or attend school. Their only […]
Greg Matloff, C Bangs, and Les Johnson, authors of Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth, on tour June 2014
About Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth • Publisher: Springer What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for April 2014
__________________________________________________ A young woman’s journey through lost love, labor turmoil and the rise of American Communism. A Snug Life Somewhere by Jan Shapin A Snug Life Somewhere is about Penny Joe Copper, daughter of a roustabout shingle weaver, who is caught up in a 1916 union tragedy known as the Everett Massacre. Her brother Horace is […]