Emily Jeanne Miller’s first novel, Brand New Human Being, has just been published and is garnering praise for its “wonderfully real characters” and quick paced exploration of the “struggles of…
Synopsis: Claire Silver is ambitious, driven, and idealistic. She has her dream job. But she’s not sure that she wants it any longer because her boss, legendary Hollywood producer Michael…
Synopsis: It is the summer of 2002, and the world is a far different place than it was just one year prior. The events of September 11, 2011, impacted everyone,…
Today my special guest is author Meg Mitchell Moore, whose second novel, So Far Away, was recently published. It is the story of how the lives of a wayward teenager…
Today I welcome best-selling author Linda Lael Miller to Colloquium for the first time! Linda’s latest book, Big Sky Country, has just been released. Sheriff Slade Barlow grew up in…
Synopsis: James Turner dreams of utopia — a community where the residents live and work together, pooling their resources and labor, and sharing equally in the benefits derived from everyone’s…
Author Steve Wiegenstein is a historian and first-time novelist. He has penned an intriguing story of about James Turner, an impulsive writer and lecturer, who is given a tract of…
Synopsis: The body of a soldier killed during World War I has just been discovered. At the time of his death, he was carrying with him two letters, written by…
Synopsis: At thirty-three years of age, magazine writer Anne Blythe (her mother was so obsessed with Anne of Green Gables that her brother is named Gilbert) always seems to pick…
Synopsis: It is a dark and stormy night at Sterne, the beloved family home of Charlotte Torrington Swift and her children, Clovis, Emerald, and Imogen, better known as Smudge. After…
Synopsis: At the age of forty-two, Alex Armstrong, has left behind his life as a college professor in Chicago. Alex returned to school, graduated from seminary, and has accepted his…
Synopsis: Marianna Sommer has returned home to Indiana, with her fiancee, Aaron Zook. Her brother, Levi, is also engaged to be married to Naomi, after spending time living and working…
Synopsis: Something terrible happened in the woods on that day so long ago. Was it what the children said happened . . . or something else? The man who sometimes…
Synopsis: Jenna Chamberland last saw her mother healthy as she left for college. By the time she made her first trip back home, her mother was dying. Responsibility to care…
My special guest today is Ashley Mackler-Paternostro, author of The Milestone Tapes. It is the story of Jenna Chamberland, a woman who has 4,320 hours left to live. Jenna has…
Synopsis: The family saga of Heiress continues in the sequel, Baroness. It is 1923 and the daughters of sisters Esme and Jinx Price are in Paris. It’s the Jazz Age…
Synopsis: Everyone has had a moment — or several — when they contemplated running away from home: just turning one’s back on everyone and everything, and disappearing for a while…
It is such great fun to discover new authors and today I welcome first-time novelist Joanne DeMaio to Colloquium. Joanne’s first book, Whole Latte Life, is the story of Sara…
Synopsis: Apron Bramhall is a thirteen-year-old seventh grader for whom life has been extremely difficult lately. Her mother died just six months ago from cancer and Margie, the Brazilian nurses’…
Synopsis: Travis Brown thinks that things can’t possibly get any worse for him and his four-year-old daughter, Bella. He’s about to find out how wrong he is. Travis has lived…
It is my great pleasure to welcome author Diane Chamberlain to Colloquium today! The Midwife’s Confession consumed me and I am happy to relate that The Good Father is equally…
When I first began reviewing books here at Colloquium, I happened upon Pump Up Your Book, specialists in virtual book tours, online book publicity, and social media marketing for authors.…
Synopsis: Grace is at her son, Adam’s, school for sports day. Nearly all of the children are outdoors when suddenly the building erupts in fire. As Grace looks around for…
Synopsis: Héctor has longed dreamed of a better life for himself, his wife Lilia, and their infant daughter, Alejandra. He has been making plans for some time to cross the…