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 […]
Nicole Galland, author of Godiva, on tour July 2013
About Godiva • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 2, 2013) From the author of The Fool’s Tale comes a brilliantly crafted retelling of the legend of Lady Godiva According to legend, Lady Godiva lifted the unfair taxation of her people by her husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by riding through the streets of Coventry wearing […]
Kate Kerrigan, author of City of Hope, on tour June/July 2013
About City of Hope • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 25, 2013) The heartrending and inspiring sequel to Ellis Island, Kate Kerrigan’s City of Hope is an uplifting story of a woman truly ahead of her time When her beloved husband suddenly dies, young Ellie Hogan decides to leave Ireland and return to New York, […]
Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Chalice, on tour July/August 2013
About The Chalice Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Touchstone; First Edition edition (March 5, 2013) The Chalice is a historical thriller told from the point of view of a young woman caught in the crosswinds of time: She has pledged to become a Dominican nun in an England ruled by Henry VIII, who has ruthlessly smashed his […]
Jessica Brockmole, author of Letters from Skye, on tour July 2013
About Letters from Skye Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (July 9, 2013) A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole’s atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart. March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, […]
Monica McCarty, author of The Hunter, on tour June/July 2013
About The Hunter (A Highland Guard Novel) Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 25, 2013) The war for Scotland’s freedom continues as King Robert the Bruce battles on. At his command is an elite army of trained warriors, soldiers dedicated to their king, their country—and to the remarkable women they love. Prized for […]
Kathleen Tessaro, author of The Perfume Collector, on tour May 2013
About The Perfume Collector • Hardcover: 464 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 14, 2013) An inheritance from a mysterious stranger . . . An abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank of Paris . . . And three exquisite perfumes that hold a memory . . . and a secret London, 1955: Grace Monroe is a fortunate young […]
Nicola Upson, author of Fear in the Sunlight, on tour April 2013
About Fear in the Sunlight • Paperback: 432 pages • Publisher: Bourbon Street Books (April 9, 2013) Summer 1936. Mystery writer Josephine Tey joins her friends in the resort village of Portmeirion, Wales, to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, are there to sign a deal to film Josephine’s novel, A Shilling for Candles. […]
Kate Worsley, author of She Rises, on tour in June/July 2013
About She Rises Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition (June 18, 2013) A panoramic historical novel of love, adventure, and identity—with an astonishing twist. It is 1740 and Louise Fletcher, a young maid, has been warned of the lure of the sea for as long as she can remember—after all, it stole […]
Jennifer Cody Epstein, author of The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, on tour May 2013
About The Gods of Heavenly Punishment Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (March 11, 2013) A lush, exquisitely-rendered meditation on war, The God of Heavenly Punishment tells the story of several families, American and Japanese, their loves and infidelities, their dreams and losses, and how they are all connected by one of the […]