Synopsis: Catherine O’Brien and her partner, Louise, are homicide detectives with the St. Paul, Minnesota police department. As the story begins, Nathan Stanley has been found murdered on the front…
Synopsis: Gordon Meyers has neither seen nor spoken with Glenna Rising for thirty years. They met in 1968 and lived together for the better part of two years before breaking…
Synopsis: Charlotte Malone is having second thoughts about her upcoming wedding to Tim Rose, but she’s not exactly sure why. She escapes to a familiar hideaway, Red Mountain, the site…
Synopsis: Gwen Swan was a rodeo queen, sitting glamorously in the saddle as she waved to the crowds. She still rides, but its on the Swan family ranch that she…
Award-winning debut novelist Jamie Lisa Forbes is my special guest today. Unbroken focuses on a family of ranchers, living “a life of extremes” on the high plains near Laramie, Wyoming.…
For an avid reader, discovering new authors is an ongoing, thrilling adventure. Yet another first-time novelist, Jennifer Gooch Hummer, is my special guest today! Jennifer’s debut work is Girl Unmoored,…
Synopsis: Amelia Gladstone is an eighteen-year-old beauty from Southampton who has accepted the kind invitation of Mr. Chapman to journey to New Haven, Connecticut and take up residence with her…
Synopsis: Eleanor “Nell” Margaret Slattery survives the crash of a 757 airliner over Iowa. In fact, she is one of only two survivors, the other being Anderson Carroll, a well-known…
Synopsis: The Camerons have not gathered together for twelve years — not since the fateful weekend that was supposed to be a relaxing getaway at Olivia and Joel’s new country…
I am delighted to welcome author Valerie Stocking to Colloquium! Valerie details the frustrating and harrowing saga of getting her first novel published! It is a cautionary tale for all…
My very special guest today is Jessica Chambers, a remarkable young woman who has overcome a great deal in order to achieve her dream of being a published author. Her…
Synopsis: Camille Hart is devastated, frightened, and unsure how to break the news to her physician husband of twenty years, Edward Constantin. The cancer they thought she beat last year…
Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author, is my very special guest today. She penned the wildly popular Time of My Life and The Song Remains the Same. The…
Synopsis: Carrie Daly has been living with her brother, Henry, on the family farm Hickory Ridge, Tennessee. She has long been courted by Nate Chastain, the local bookseller. Although Carrie…
Synopsis: Weston Garner is handsome, well-respected by family and the community, and honorable. He has also been reclusive during the five years since the tragic death of his wife, Cora.…
Synopsis: Rosa Diaz knew, as a child growing up in California, that her family held a long-standing grudge against the Jorgenson family, Norwegians who now owned the land that had…
Synopsis: Historian Eloise Kelly has come to England to work on her doctoral thesis, met Colin, and has taken up residence with him in his ancestral home where a film…
Synopsis: Luke Warren was driving his seventeen-year-old daughter, Cara, home from a party when he swerved to avoid striking a deer and lost control of his vehicle. Cara awakens to…
Synopsis: Maggie Lewis is sixty-five years old and has just retired after a forty-year career as an elementary school librarian. She has come to Vashon Island near Seattle, accessible only…
Synopsis: Natalie was just twenty years old when she was approached by Francois on a Paris street. From that conversation, their relationship bloomed into two years of living together, followed…
Margaret Norton is my special guest! She is the author of When Ties Break: A Memoir About How to Thrive After Loss, her story of splintered relationships with her family…
Synopsis: Andy Barber is a seasoned prosecutor. At the age of fifty, he is the senior assistant to the District Attorney and used to litigating the most complex and high…
Synopsis: Honor MacKenzie has been trying to soldier on after an unscrupulous reporter’s salacious stories forced her to give up the career she loved as a firefighter. Her career and…
Today author Loree Lough is my special guest for the very first time. Loree is the author of the “First Responder” series which she inaugurated with the publication of Ashes…