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 […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for September 9th-14th
The Arrangement by Mary Balogh Tuesday, September 10th- In The Hammock Wednesday, September 11th- Urban Girl Reader Thursday, September 12th- Adventures of an Intrepid Reader Thursday, September 12th- Unabridged Chick Friday, September 13th: Reading Reality Freud’s Mistress by Karen Mack Monday, September 9th: A Bookish Affair Tuesday, September 10th: Books in the Burbs Wednesday, September 11th: A Novel Review Thursday, September 12th: A Chick Who […]
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 […]
Sharon Struth, author of The Hourglass, on tour in October 2013
About The Hourglass Paperback: 342 pages Publisher: Etopia Press (July 19, 2013) Can forgiveness survive lies and unspoken truths? Until Brenda McAllister’s husband committed suicide, she appeared to have the ideal life: a thriving psychology practice, success as a self-help author, and a model family. But her guilt over her affair with Jack’s best friend prevents her […]
Andrea Kane, author of The Stranger You Know, on tour October/November 2013
About The Stranger You Know Series: Forensic Instincts Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (September 24, 2013) It begins with a chilling phone call to Casey Woods. And ends with another girl dead. College-age girls with long red hair. Brutally murdered, they’re posed like victims in a film noir. Each crime scene is eerily similar to the twisted […]
Helen Maryles Shankman, author of The Color of Light, on tour November 2013
About The Color of Light NEW YORK CITY, 1992. At the American Academy of Classical Art, popular opinion has it that the school’s handsome and mysterious founder, Raphael Sinclair, is a vampire. It is a rumor Rafe does nothing to dispel. Scholarship student Tessa Moss has long dreamed of the chance to study at Rafe’s […]