About Love, in Theory • Hardcover: 224 pages • Publisher: University of Georgia Press (September 15, 2012) Winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction In this funny, brainy, and thoroughly engaging debut collection, an award-winning writer considers contemporary romance through the lens of scholarly theories to illuminate love in the Information Age. In ten captivating and tender […]
Jane Manning, author of Millie Fierce, on tour August 2012
About Millie Fierce • Publication Date: August 16, 2012 • Age Level: 3 and up • Grade Level: P and up • Hardcover: 32 pages • Publisher: Philomel Books If Fancy Nancy got angry. Really, really angry. Millie is quiet. Millie is sweet. Millie is mild. But the kids at school don’t listen to her. And she never gets a piece of birthday cake with […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for July 2012
We have THREE terrific books in our July Book Club of the Month Contest! ______________________________________________________________________ It only takes 15 Seconds to tear your life apart… Book clubs will love discussing this electrifying story of an innocent man framed for murder and the obstacles he endures to save the person he loves from the faceless enemy […]
Barbara Claypole White, author of The Unfinished Garden, on tour August/September 2012
About The Unfinished Garden • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (August 28, 2012) The Unfinished Garden is a love story about grief, OCD, and dirt, set in the forests of North Carolina and the woodland gardens of Southern England. James Nealy is haunted by irrational fears, inescapable compulsions. A successful software developer, he’s thrown himself into a […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 24th – 30th
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn Sunday, June 24th: Just Joanna Monday, June 25th: Paperspines Tuesday, June 26th: Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Books Wednesday, June 27th: Book Him Danno! Thursday, June 28th: Bewitched Bookworms . An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd Monday, June 25th: Picky Girl Tuesday, June 26th: Dwell in Possibility Wednesday, June 27th: Luxury Reading Thursday, June 28th: Confessions of an […]
Marilyn Wedge, author of Pills Are Not For Preschoolers, on tour August/September 2012
About Pills Are Not For Preschoolers • Paperback: 256 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (August 27, 2012) “[Wedge’s] encouragement to look anew at the ‘problems’ our children have . . . is valuable and expert advice.”—Booklist “Dr. Wedge’s book will help restore sanity to our ways with dealing with children with problems, which means all children.” […]
David John, author of Flight From Berlin, on tour July 2012
About Flight From Berlin • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper (July 10, 2012) August 1936: The eyes of the world are on Berlin, where Adolf Hitler is using the Olympic Games to showcase his powerful new regime. Cynical British journalist Richard Denham knows that the carefully staged spectacle masks the Nazis’ ruthless brutality, and he’s determined […]
Kay Larson, author of Where the Heart Beats, on tour July 2012
About Where the Heart Beats • Hardcover:496 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 5, 2012) John Cage, one of the greatest American composers of the twentieth century, created music that defies easy explanation. His unique concerts consisted of notes chosen by chance, randomly tuned radios, and silence. In Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen […]
Darlene Panzera, author of The Bet, on tour July/August 2012
About The Bet America’s most beloved author Debbie Macomber opened her heart and turned a page in publishing history last winter when she empowered Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, to host the “Make Your Dreams Come True” writing contest, which would give one very special, prize-winning aspiring author the chance to break into […]
Michael Boccacino, author of Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling, on tour July/August 2012
About Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 24, 2012) When the nanny to the young Darrow boys is found mysteriously murdered on the outskirts of the village of Blackfield, Charlotte Markham, the recently hired governess, steps in to take over their care. During an outing in […]