Kristina McMorris just published her first novel, Letters from Home. The book was inspired by the true story of her own grandparents’ courtship during World War II. It is the…
Synopsis: What if . . . ? What if you had chosen differently? What if you had made different decisions? What would your life be like today? What kind of…
Dani Shapiro arrived at the point in her life that many people reach, especially as they approach the age at which you realize that you have probably lived at least…
Synopsis: Julia and Michael Dunhill are fabulously successful and wealthy, living the kind of lifestyle most Americans merely dream about. They reside in a Washington, D.C. mansion and have a…
Sarah Pekannen’s debut novel, The Opposite of Me was one of the best books of 2010. It begins with the hilariously tragic unraveling of the main character’s life and then…
What a nice surprise I received recently when Cym Lowell bestowed the Versatile Blogger Award on me! In conjunction with receiving the award, recipients are asked to reveal seven things…
Today my special guest author is Donna Andersen. Donna is the author of Love Fraud, the story of her marriage to a sociopath and con artist, James Montgomery, and her…
Synopsis: Ann Biddle is seventy-three years old, widowed, and the mother of one surviving child, Tom. She is also experiencing the early effects of Alzheimer’s or dementia: She has trouble…
Synopsis: It is a cold winter night in Minneapolis and a storm has knocked out power to homes there. So Irene, Gil, and their three children, Florian, Riel, and Stoney,…
Synopsis: She was born Sheba Alexander, the beloved only child of Maman and Papa, a beautiful French woman and her musician husband. Sheba adored her parents and music, especially when…
Synopsis: Nicole is in her twenties and has established herself in a successful career as a personal banker in Miami. She has never been married. She carries a few extra…
Synopsis: Suze Wright is overwhelmed. Sure, it’s the 1990’s and, as a feminist, she bought the whole “I can bring home the bacon and fry it up in the pan”…
Welcome Karen S. Bell, author of Walking With Elephants, her first novel. The Inspiration for Walking with Elephants by Karen S. Bell The most often asked question is how did…
Synopsis: Lake Warren is forty-four years old and in the midst of a divorce initiated by her husband, Jack, who has moved out of their Upper West Side apartment. Working…
Synopsis: Eliza Benedict has found happiness in her marriage to Peter, and as a mother to daughter Isobel and son Albie. Recently, the Benedict family has returned to the U.S.…
Synopsis: At a very young age, author Linda Gray Sexton became her mother’s protector and guardian, entering into a relationship she would later describe as both codependent and symbiotic. The…
Linda Gray Sexton is the author of Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide, as well as Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton.…
Synopsis: Caroline Frankston has been in love with Matt Haynes for eleven years. The daughter of the mayor of Barton Creek and his unpopular wife, Charlotte, Caroline is pretty, kind,…
Synopsis: Kaylie is a single mother to little Terra, who, at four years of age, is extremely intuitive. Perhaps even psychic. Kayley writes greeting card verses for a living, and…
Synopsis: In September 1998, Anthony Cole was a normal, happy twelve-year-old boy. He loved sports, played competitively on several teams, and enjoyed fishing. He was developing an interest in girls.…
Synopsis: Brian Falk has been away from his hometown for eleven years. In that time, he has traveled, held a few different jobs, including stints as a writer, and even…
Welcome Ryan C. O’Reilly, author of To Nourish and Consume, a compelling story of going home again in order to reconcile your past so that you can embrace your future.…
Synopsis: Major Ernest Pettigrew (Ret.) is a proper English gentleman. He lives in the village of Edgecombe St. Mary in a cottage called Rose Lodge. It has been six years…
One thing is certain: The older we get, the longer grows the list of people, places, and things we have said goodbye to over the course of our lives. That…