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 […]
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 […]
Jo-Ann Costa, author of The Bequest of Big Daddy, on tour April 2013
About The Bequest of Big Daddy Paperback: 280 pages Publisher: Koehler Books (April 1, 2013) From a Reconstruction-era turpentine and logging industry to the decaying ruins of a doomed plantation with its dying social system, THE BEQUEST OF BIG DADDY (Koehler Books; April 2013) is evocative of all that was wrong in the post-Civil War […]
Jack Wolf, author of The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones, on tour April 2013
About The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: Penguin Books (March 26, 2013) Explosive, transgressive and wildly inventive, Jack Wolf’s novel THE TALE OF RAW HEAD AND BLOODY BONES (Penguin Original; March 26, 2013; 978-0-14-312382-8; $16.00; also available as an ebook) is arrestingly authentic. UK based author Jack Wolf, who wrote […]
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 […]
Kathryn Harrison, author of Enchantments, on tour February/March 2013
About Enchantments: A novel of Rasputin’s daughter and the Romanovs Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (February 26, 2013) St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin’s body is pulled from the icy waters of the Neva River, his eighteen-year-old daughter, Masha, is sent to live at the imperial palace with Tsar Nikolay and his family. Desperately hoping that […]
Mingmei Yip, author of Skeleton Women, on tour September 2012
About Skeleton Women Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Kensington (May 29, 2012) Skeleton Women is a Chinese phrase for femmes fatales. This story is about three of them — Camilla, a nightclub singer who has been forced to become a spy, Shadow a magician who jumps naked off a tall building, and a gender-ambiguous gossip columnist. All must scheme […]
Andrew Goldstein, author of The Bookie’s Son, on tour September 2012
About The Bookie’s Son Paperback: 248 pages Publisher: (sixoneseven) books (May 1, 2012) In 1960, as a way to pay off some of his debt, the bookie, Harry Davis, starts collecting loan payments for the Bronx gangster, Nathan Glucksman. Making his rounds, Harry visits a sweet tailor named Morris, who is a survivor of the Holocaust. Whether […]
Jacqueline E. Luckett, author of Passing Love, on tour June/July 2012
About Passing Love Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Original edition (January 25, 2012) Nicole-Marie Handy has loved all things French since she was a child. After the death of her best friend, determined to get out of her rut, she goes to Paris, leaving behind a marriage proposal. While there, Nicole chances upon an old […]
Anita Amirrezvani, author of Equal of the Sun, on tour June 2012
About Equal of the Sun Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Scribner (June 5, 2012) Legendary women–from Anne Boleyn to Queen Elizabeth to Mary Queen of Scotts—changed the course of history in the royal courts of sixteenth century England, they are celebrated in history books and novels, but few people know of the powerful women in the Muslim world […]