About Songs of Willow Frost Publisher: Ballantine Books (Sept 10, 2013) Pages: 352 From Jamie Ford, the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his […]
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 […]
Joanna Hershon, author of A Dual Inheritance, on tour May 2013
About A Dual Inheritance Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 7, 2013) For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershon’s A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and class—and their reverberations across generations. Autumn 1962: Ed Cantowitz and Hugh Shipley meet in their final year at Harvard. Ed is far removed from […]
Maya Banks, author of Highlander Most Wanted, on tour March/April 2013
About Highlander Most Wanted: The Montgomerys and Armstrongs Mass Market Paperbacks: 368 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 19, 2013) Maya Banks, the New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance, romantic suspense, and contemporary romance, has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Highlander Most Wanted, a reclusive woman content […]
Henriette Lazaridis Power, author of The Clover House, on tour April 2013
About The Clover House Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (April 2, 2013) Perfect for fans of Tatiana de Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key, this stunning debut novel brings to life World War II-era and modern-day Greece—and tells the story of a vibrant family and the tragic secret kept hidden for generations. Boston, 2000: Calliope Notaris Brown receives a […]
Monica McInerney, author of Lola’s Secret, on tour October/November 2012
About Lola’s Secret Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 16, 2012) Praised as “Australia’s answer to Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen” (The Sun Herald, Australia), Monica McInerney, internationally bestselling author of The Alphabet Sisters, returns with a poignant novel of love, loss, and the enduring strength of family ties. Nestled in a picturesque corner […]
Elizabeth Flock, author of What Happened to my Sister, on tour August 2012
About What Happened to my Sister Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) From the author of Me & Emma comes a dazzling novel of two unforgettable families bound together by their deepest secrets and haunted pasts—perfect for fans of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes and The Book of Bright Ideas. Nine-year-old Carrie Parker […]
Julia Heaberlin, author of Playing Dead, on tour June/July 2012
About Playing Dead Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (May 29, 2012) “Dear Tommie: Have you ever wondered about who you are?” . The letter that turns Tommie McCloud’s world upside down arrives from a stranger only days after her father’s death. The woman who wrote it claims that Tommie is her daughter–and that she […]
Juliet Grey, author of Becoming Marie Antoinette, on tour August 2011
About Becoming Marie Antoinette Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 9, 2011) This enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled Austrian archduchess into the reckless, powerful, beautiful queen Marie Antoinette. Why must it be me? I wondered. When I am so clearly inadequate to […]
Lorna Graham, author of The Ghost of Greenwich Village, on tour June/July 2011
About The Ghost of Greenwich Village Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 28, 2011) In this charming fiction debut, a young woman moves to Manhattan in search of romance and excitement—only to find that her apartment is haunted by the ghost of a cantankerous Beat Generation writer in need of a rather huge favor. […]