About Friday’s Harbor Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (October 15, 2013) Hannah the elephant is thriving in her new home, peacemaker Truman Levy is the new director of the Max L. Biedelman Zoo, and life in Bladenham, Washington, has finally settled down . . . or has it? From his eccentric aunt Ivy, Truman learns […]
William Kuhn, author of Mrs. Queen Takes the Train, on tour October 2013
About Mrs. Queen Takes the Train • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 8, 2013) After decades of service and years of watching her family’s troubles splashed across the tabloids, Britain’s Queen is beginning to feel her age. An unexpected opportunity offers her relief: an impromptu visit to a place that holds happy memories—the former royal yacht, Britannia, […]
House of Earth by Woody Guthrie, on tour October/November 2013
About House of Earth • Paperback: 288 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 22, 2013) Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie’s only fully realized novel—a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his songs a part of our national consciousness. Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots […]
Tara Conklin, author of The House Girl, on tour November 2013
About The House Girl • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (November 5, 2013) Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action suit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves. Josephine is a seventeen-year-old house slave who tends to the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm—an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell. […]
Jane O’Connor, author of Almost True Confessions, on tour October 2013
About Almost True Confessions • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (October 1, 2013) This comic mystery set in the elite zip codes of Manhattan will leave you breathless . . . literally What could be more fun for a freelance copy editor than work- ing on a juicy tell-all about one of Manhattan’s most […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for September 2013
Book clubs will love the blend of Southern atmosphere, comic mystery, and complex romance in Lowcountry Bombshell. Lowcountry Bombshell by Susan M. Boyer Private Investigator Liz Talbot thinks she’s seen another ghost when she meets Calista McQueen. She’s the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe. Born precisely fifty years after the ill-fated star, Calista’s life has eerily mirrored […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for September 2nd – 6th
Early Decision by Lacy Crawford Monday, September 2nd: Booksie’s Blog Tuesday, September 3rd: Alison’s Book Marks Wednesday, September 4th: Peppermint PhD Thursday, September 5th: The Well-Read Redhead . The Returned by Jason Mott Monday, September 2nd: Col Reads Tuesday, September 3rd: Man of La Book Wednesday, September 4th: Books Speak Volumes Thursday, September 5th: BookChickDi Friday, September 6th: Sara’s […]
Suzan Still, author of Fiesta of Smoke, on tour October 2013
About Fiesta of Smoke • Paperback: 524 pages • Publisher: The Story Plant (March 5, 2013) Against a backdrop of rebellion and intrigue, love between Javier Carteña, commander of insurgent Mexican forces, and Calypso Searcy, an American novelist at the pinnacle of her career, sizzles with passion across a broad sweep of history. Encompassing time from the Conquest of […]
Liad Shoham, author of Lineup, on tour September 2013
About Lineup • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper (September 3, 2013) International bestselling author Liad Shoham makes his American debut in this compelling, superbly plotted crime thriller. After a brutal rape disturbs a quiet Tel Aviv neighborhood, baffled detectives find no clues, no eyewitnesses, and no suspects. The father of the shattered victim refuses to rest until justice […]
John Searles, author of Help for the Haunted, on tour September 2013
About Help for the Haunted • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (September 17, 2013) It begins with a call one snowy February night. Lying in her bed, young Sylvie Mason overhears her parents on the phone across the hall. This is not the first late-night call they have received, since her mother and father have an uncommon […]