Synopsis: Shelley’s life practically ended three years ago when she was widowed. Since the terrible day when her husband Max was killed, she has been bereft, adrift. Finding out that…
Synopsis: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gail Caldwell tells the story of her deep, abiding friendship with Caroline Knapp, author of Drinking: A Love Story. The two women had much in common:…
Synopsis: Josephine Tey has returned to the Cowdray Club in London, a club for nurses and professional women, where she stays when in town. Her friends, the Motley sisters, are…
Amanda Eyre Ward is the author of Close Your Eyes, a penetrating exploration of the long-term impact upon lead character Lauren Mahdian of losing both of her parents — her…
Synopsis: Catherine Wilcox had nearly completed her law degree and already had a job lined up with a prestigious law firm when she was savagely attacked late one evening in…
My special guest author is Nicola Upson, the author of Two for Sorrow which is based upon real-life mystery writer Josephine Tey. Two for Sorrow is set in the mid-1930’s.…
Synopsis: Evie and her younger sister, Anna, could not have been more different. While Evie was tall, slender, and somewhat plain, Anna was considered beautiful and vivacious. Evie was calm,…
Today I am delighted to welcome Susan McBride, author of the young adult fiction series The Debs, Debutante Dropout Mysteries, and Maggie Ryan Mysteries, as well as two novels for…
It is my pleasure to welcome Therese Fowler! Therese is the author of three novels, Reunion, Souvenir, and Exposure. Exposure is the story of two high school seniors, Amelia and…
Synopsis: Tom Violet and his wife, Anna, want to have another child. After all, their little Allie is seven years old already and there will be a wide enough age…
Synopsis: Babe, Grace, and Millie have been friends since they met in kindergarten. The story begins in 1941 and World War II has just begun. Babe is from below Sixth…
Synopsis: Nia and Danielle met and became friends in 1976 when Mia’s parents forced her to transfer from the public school she loved to a private all-girls’ Catholic high school.…
Synopsis: Lauren Mahdian does not remember the details of that horrible summer night in 1986 when she was just eight years old, beyond the fact that she slept in the…
Synopsis: When author Patricia Miller Mauro’s parents met, her father was working as a surgical orderly and her mother was training to be a nurse’s aide. They were as different…
Synopsis: Dwight Arno was an attorney with a wife and young son until he got behind the wheel of a car after drinking. He struck and killed one of his…
My special guest is John Burnham Schwartz, the acclaimed author of The Commoner, Claire Marvel, Reservation Road, and Bicycle Days. Northwest Corner is set twelve years after a tragic accident…
Synopsis: It was 1860 and according to that year’s census, there were more than four million slaves in the United States. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln would issue…
Synopsis: David Gurney is a retired New York City homicide detective who has moved upstate with his wife Madeleine to a fifty-acre country paradise complete with surrounding woods, a pond,…
Today Jan Marquart is my special guest author! She has penned eight books, including Echoes from the Womb, about resolving mother-daughter conflicts, complete with writing prompts, and The Mindful Writer.…
Synopsis: Edna Leigh Casey prefers to be known as simply “Casey.” Named for a great-aunt, Casey is, at twenty-six, too young to be known as Edna. She is also ten…
Emily Chenoweth is my special guest. She is the author of Hello Goodbye, her first novel. Hello Goodbye is a poignant look at a week in the life of eighteen-year-old…
Synopsis: Lenora Stone is a thirty-eight-year-old photographer who has worked for Baltimore Scene, a magazine about local events and personalities, for the past ten years. Her demanding boss, Dawna, is…
Connie Briscoe is the best-selling author of seven works of fiction, one novella, and one nonfiction book. Money Can’t Buy Love is the story of Lenora Stone, a thirty-eight-year-old photographer…
Synopsis: Jedidiah Rogers is the master of Moss Grove, a sprawling plantation north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a kind, yet pragmatic man who has always treated his slaves…