About The Conditions of Love Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (May 14, 2013) Dale M. Kushner’s novel The Conditions of Love traces the journey of a girl from childhood to adulthood as she reckons with her parents’ abandonment, her need to break from society’s limitations, and her overwhelming desire for spiritual and erotic love. In […]
Max Austin, author of Duke City Split, on tour April 2014
About Duke City Split Publisher: Alibi (April 8, 2014) Sold by: Random House LLC A cool, calm, and collected bank robber—with two kids at home—heads a fascinating cast of characters in Duke City Split, the first in a trilogy of white-knuckle thrillers from Max Austin. Bud Knox isn’t your average bank robber. He’s happiest fixing a nice […]
Violet Kupersmith, author of The Frangipani Hotel, on tour March/April 2014
About The Frangipani Hotel Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (April 1, 2014) A self-assured and stunning collection by an astonishingly gifted new writer, these stories—based on traditional Vietnamese tales—are sure to appeal to fans of Karen Russell, Jennifer Egan, Colson Whitehead, George Saunders, and Téa Obrecht. The Frangipani Hotel blends the old world and the […]
J. D. Horn, author of The Line, on tour February 2014
About The Line: Witching Savannah, Book 1 Series: Witching Savannah (Book 1) Paperback: 296 pages Publisher: 47North (February 1, 2014) Savannah is considered a Southern treasure, a city of beauty with a rich, colorful past. Some might even call it magical . . .To the uninitiated, Savannah shows only her bright face and genteel manner. Those who know […]
Caeli Wolfson Widger, author of Real Happy Family, on tour March 2014
About Real Happy Family Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Lake Union/New Harvest (March 4, 2014) Part-time actress, full-time party girl Lorelei Branch isn’t famous yet, but she’s perfected a Hollywood lifestyle full of clubbing, fashion, and the latest juice cleanse. When Robin, her sister-in-law and agent, throws a plum job her way, Lorelei jumps at the chance […]
April Smith, author of A Star for Mrs. Blake, on tour January/February 2014
About A Star for Mrs. Blake Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Knopf (January 14, 2014) The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally […]
Carla Buckley, author of The Deepest Secret, on tour March 2014
About The Deepest Secret Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Bantam (February 4, 2014) For fans of Jodi Picoult, Kim Edwards, and William Landay, The Deepest Secret is part intimate family drama, part gripping page-turner, exploring the profound power of the truths we’re scared to face . . . about our marriages, our children, and ourselves. Eve Lattimore’s family […]
Chris Pavone, author of The Accident, on tour March 2014
About The Accident Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Crown (March 11, 2014) From the author of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning The Expats comes an elegant and riveting espionage thriller about spies, secrets, and the devastating power of the truth In New York, in the early dawn hours, literary agent Isabel Reed is reading frantically, […]
Mitchell S. Karnes, author of The Pact, on tour January/February 2014
About The Pact Paperback: 232 pages Publisher: Black Rose Writing (August 22, 2013) Scott Addison never set out to be a hero. But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can’t run away from your destiny. On the heels of his father’s death, Scott and his mother move from Iowa City, Iowa to the small Southern […]
Anish Majumdar, author of The Isolation Door, on tour February 2014
About The Isolation Door Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ravana Press (February 4, 2014) From an award-winning journalist comes a haunting debut novel examining the inner world of the mentally ill and those within their gravitational pull. Neil Kapoor, 23, is desperate to create a life beyond the shadow of his mother’s schizophrenia. Years of […]