About A House for Happy Mothers Paperback Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (June 1, 2016) A stunning new novel—full of wit and warmth—from the bestselling author of The Mango Season. In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs—a loving husband, a career, and a home—but the one thing she wants most is the child she’s unable to […]
Matthew Norman, author of We’re All Damaged, on tour June 2016
About We’re All Damaged Hardcover Publisher: Little A (June 1, 2016) Andy Carter was happy. He had a solid job. He ran 5Ks for charity. He was living a nice, safe Midwestern existence. And then his wife left him for a handsome paramedic down the street. We’re All Damaged begins after Andy has lost his job, ruined […]
Michael French, author of Once Upon a Lie, on tour May 2016
About Once Upon a Lie Paperback: 388 pages Publisher: Terra Nova Books (March 15, 2016) Once Upon a Lie is about two strangers who become unlikely friends, only to unintentionally put each other’s life in jeopardy. Jaleel Robeson, a gifted, eighteen year-old black man, falsely accused of murdering his father in a small Texas town, is on […]
Judith Hooper, author of Alice in Bed, on tour April/May 2016
About Alice in Bed Hardcover: 325 pages Publisher: Counterpoint (October 13, 2015) One of her brothers is the greatest English novelist of his time; another is inventing American psychology. The James family is famous in Boston and New York for its brilliance, eccentricity, and mesmerizing conversation. Alice James is no less remarkable than her brothers (Henry and […]
Alison Love, author of The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom, on tour April/May 2016
About The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Broadway Books (April 19, 2016) An epic love story featuring an Italian singer and a British dancer, set against the backdrop of war-torn England. The first meeting between Antonio and Olivia at the Paradise Ballroom is brief, but electric. Years later, on the dawn of World […]
Emily Bleeker, author of When I’m Gone, on tour March/April 2016
About When I’m Gone Hardcover Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (March 15, 2016) Dear Luke, First let me say—I love you…I didn’t want to leave you… Luke Richardson has returned home after burying Natalie, his beloved wife of sixteen years, ready to face the hard job of raising their three children alone. But there’s something he’s not […]
Laurel Saville, author of North of Here, on tour March 2016
About North of Here Hardcover Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (March 1, 2016) Many may dream of a simpler life in the north woods, far away from the complications of the modern world. But in her absorbing and uncompromising second novel, North of Here (Lake Union; March 1, 2016), Laurel Saville reveals the dark side of such a life […]
Deborah Mantella, author of My Sweet Vidalia, on tour February 2016
About My Sweet Vidalia Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Turner (October 6, 2015) On July 4, 1955, in rural Georgia, an act of violence threatens the life of Vidalia Lee Kandal Jackson’s pre-born daughter. Despite the direst of circumstances, the spirit of the lost child refuses to leave her ill-equipped young mother’s side. For as long as she […]
Rebecca Kelley, author of BROKEN HOMES AND GARDENS, on tour August/September 2015
About Broken Homes and Gardens Paperback: 268 pages Publisher: Blank Slate Press (April 28, 2015) A girl, a guy, a broken-down house. Not exactly on-again, off-again, Malcolm and Joanna are in-again, out-again: in love, out of each other’s arms, in an awkward co-living arrangement, out of the country. Their unconventional relationship is the only way, Joanna says, […]
Marylee MacDonald, author of Montpelier Tomorrow, on tour August/September 2015
About Montpelier Tomorrow • Paperback: 318 pages • Publisher: All Things That Matter Press; First edition (August 21, 2014) Mid-life mom, Colleen Gallagher, would do anything to protect her children from harm. When her daugther’s husband falls ill with ALS, Colleen rolls up her sleeves and moves in, juggling the multiple roles of grandma, cook, and caregiver, […]