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Keep Me Posted

Publisher Berkley/Viking, April 5, 2016 What would happen if the intimate secrets you shared with your sister suddenly went viral? Sisters Cassie and Sid Sunday have not done a bang-up job of keeping in touch. In their defense, it hasn’t been easy: life veered in sharply different directions for the …

Keeping the House

Publisher Random House, July 2007 A newly wed housewife in the conformist 1950s falls in love with a grand abandoned house in town, and begins to unravel a family’s dark secrets. When Dolly Magnuson moves to 1950s Pine Rapids, Wisconsin, she discovers all too soon that making marriage work is …

Killer Librarian

Publisher Gallery Books/Simon and Schuster, December 2012 First in a new series! File “M” for Murder… Champion of the mystery section in a Minnesota library, Karen Nash is embarking on a dream trip to London. But she’s clueless why the love of her mid-life, Dave, would dump her hours before …

The King of Diamonds

Publisher St. Martin Press, March 2011 It’s 1960, and David Swan is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. In the dead of night, David escapes from prison, and that same night Katya is found murdered in her uncle’s home, Blackwater Hall. …

The King at the Edge of the World

Publisher Penguin Random House, February 11, 2020 Queen Elizabeth’s spymasters recruit an unlikely agent—the only Muslim in England—for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from “one of the best writers in America” (The Washington Post) The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has …

The Kitchen Boy

Publisher Viking/Penguin, February 2003 Is it possible to penetrate the enigmatic Russian soul? Yes, if for many years you lovingly study Russia, her people, her history and culture. In my opinion, Robert Alexander has brilliantly accomplished this task in his book, THE KITCHEN BOY. As told by the kitchen boy, …

Lady Vernon and her Daughter

Publisher Crown, October 2009 A delightful interpretation of Jane Austen’s early novella Lady Susan–a treat for fans of literature’s most beloved woman of letters, as well as historical fiction readers. Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan was written during the same period in which she produced Elinor and Marianne. Like Elinor …

The Last Train to London

Publisher Harper Collins, September 10, 2019 In 1936, the Nazi are little more than loud, brutish bores to fifteen-year old Stephan Neuman, the son of a wealthy and influential Jewish family and budding playwright whose playground extends from Vienna’s streets to its intricate underground tunnels. Stephan’s best friend and companion …

Last One In

Publisher Ecco/Harper, July 2007 In LAST ONE IN by Nick Kulish, a young gossip columnist for a New York City tabloid arrives at work one day and learns that the newspaper’s war correspondent has been hit by a delivery truck, just as he was preparing to leave to cover the …

Last Seen in La Paz

Soho Press, A Novel, Published February 7, 2023 When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra. Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma …

Letter to My Daughter

Publisher Ballantine, February 16, 2010 When Liz runs away from her Baton Rouge home on the eve of her fifteenth birthday, her guilt-ridden mother, Laura, writes her a letter about her own adolescence, hoping to give Liz insight into her mother as a woman who has enough of her own …

Lives of the Artists

Publisher HarperCollins Canada, May 2005 Mary and Alex have attained the pot of gold at the end of the dot-com rainbow. Wealthy beyond their wildest dreams, the thirtysomething Seattle couple is now free to do whatever they wish. That means pursuing the artistic vocations they always felt more suited to—writing …

The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott

Publisher Amy Einhorn Books, April 1, 2010 Few novels play a more prominent role in American girlhood than Little Women. Since it was first published in 1868, millions of girls have cheered on the spunky Jo March as she proved girls could be tough, funny, and as smart as any …

The Madonnas Of Leningrad

Publisher Wm. Morrow, March 2006 A wonderfully spare and elegant novel in which the 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II is echoed by the destructive siege against the mind and memory of an elderly Russian woman suffering from Alzheimer’s. The novel shifts between two settings: 1941 Leningrad, when …

Making Waves

Publisher Hyperion, April 2004 In a small Alabama town in Zion County, life is finally looking up for 20-year-old Donnette Sullivan. Having just inherited her aunt’s old house and beauty shop, she’s taken over the business. Her husband Tim, recently crippled in an accident, is beginning to cope not just …

Marley

Publisher Simon and Schuster/Atria, October 2019 From the acclaimed author of the “marvel of a novel” (Entertainment Weekly) Finn comes a masterful return to the world of of Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol in this darkly entertaining and moving exploration of the twisted relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob …

The Marsh Bird

Publisher Kohler Books – August 3, 2021 Woven with murder, mystery, and magic, THE MARSH BIRD is a compelling story of a young, orphaned, multiracial girl from Louisiana and a white teen abandoned as an infant and raised by a local white fisherman, both embraced by the residents of a …

The Matchmaker’s Gift

Publisher St. Martin Press, September 20, 2022 A novel that asks: Is finding true love a calling or a curse? 1910: Even as a child, Sara Glikman knew her gift: she is a seeker of soulmates and a maker of matches. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York’s Lower …

May the Road Rise Up to Meet You

Publisher Doubleday, March 1, 2012 An engrossing, epic American drama told from four distinct perspectives, spanning the first major wave of Irish immigration to New York through the end of the Civil War. Four unique voices; two parallel love stories; one sweeping novel rich in the history of nineteenth-century America. …

Mercury Boys

Publisher Soho Press, August 2021 – a lovely YA mesmerizing story! When high schooler Saskia Brown plays around with a vial of liquid mercury, then touches a tattered old daguerreotype, she makes a startling discovery. She is somehow able to visit the man in the daguerreotype: Robert Cornelius, a brilliant …

The Miracles of Prato

Published by Wm. Morrow, February 2009 Celebrating the art, passion, and culture of fifteenth-century Italy, THE MIRACLES OF PRATO brings to life the romantic story of the famed painter-monk Fra Filippo Lippi and the beautiful Florentine nun who was to become his muse, lover, and the mother of his children. …

The Mirrored World

Publisher Harper Collins, August 28, 2012 The bestselling author of the critically acclaimed The Madonnas of Leningrad, returns with a breathtaking historical novel, set against the unparalleled extravagance and artifice of the royal court in eighteenth century St. Petersburg-a world of ice palaces, glittering opera, and lavish balls-that imaginatively reconstructs …

Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League

Publisher Maiden Lane Press, February 4, 2015 Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League is the story of two young mothers, Hazel and Vida – one wealthy and white and the other poor and black – who have only two things in common: the devastating …

The Missing American

Publisher Soho Press, 20120 Introducing a new series set in West Africa, by critically acclaimed author Kwei Quartey. When her dreams of investigating homicides like her revered late father crash around her, 26 year old Emma Djan is unsure what will become of her life in Accra, the bustling heart …

A Model Summer

Publisher Hyperion, April 2007 An incisive, beautifully-written first novel by a former supermodel exploring the glamorous, gritty, and sometimes ghastly world she inhabited Only a handful of women in the world have experienced what Paulina Porizkova has—being whisked away to model in Paris while still a teenager, reaching the pinnacle …

Moonrise

Publisher Maiden Lane Press, September 3, 2013 Helen Honeycutt is just getting her life back on track after a bitter divorce when she meets Emmet Justice, an attractive widower still grieving for his late wife, Rosalyn. Their sudden marriage sets off a maelstrom of resentment and ill-will among Rosalyn’s family …

More Than Words Can Say

Publisher Wm. Morrow, January 2012 From the author of If Wishes Were Horses comes a novel of long-buried secrets and self-discovery, showing us that sometimes what goes unsaid is more powerful than words. . . Chelsea Enright never expected to inherit her grandmother’s lakeside cottage deep in the Adirondacks—a serene …

Murder At Cape Three Points

Publisher Soho Press, March 18, 2014 At Cape Three Points on the beautiful Ghanaian coast, a canoe washes up at an oil rig site. In the canoe are the bodies of a prominent, wealthy, middle-aged couple, Charles and Fiona Smith-Aidoo, who have been ritualistically murdered. The Smith-Aidoos, pillars in their …

My Name Is Mary Sutter

Publisher Viking, May 2010 In this stunning historical novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine—and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak—Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C. …

Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Publisher Hyperion, June 2006 A shocking biological discovery. A previously unknown predatory species. Evolving just like the dinosaurs. Now. Today. Being forced out of its world and into man’s for a violent first encounter. Weaving science and thriller in a way not seen since Jurassic Park, Natural Selection introduces a …

In Need of a Good Wife

Publisher Berkley/Putnam, October 1, 2012 Richly detailed, vivid, and unforgettable, this is an extraordinary novel about three women challenging the American West—and unpredictable fate—for a future only the most daring can secure… For Clara Bixby, brokering mail-order brides is a golden business opportunity—and a desperately needed chance to start again. …

The Night of the Comet

Publisher Ballantine, July 30, 2013 Reminiscent of The Wonder Years, a sensitive and insightful coming-of-age story by the author of Letter to My Daughter, who Pat Conroy hailed as a “novelist to keep your eye on.” It’s the summer of 1973 and 14-year-old Alan Broussard is navigating the chaotic and …

The Ninth Wife

Publisher Harper Collins, May 10, 2011 Thirty-five-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist Bess Gray is a single woman living in Washington, D.C., who falls in love with Rory, a charming Irish musician with a secret. When Rory asks her to marry him, Bess, who had nearly given up hope of …

No Man’s Land

Publisher Nan A. Talese Books/Knopf, January 24, 2017 Inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, during World War I, Simon Tolkien delivers a perfectly rendered novel rife with class tension, period detail, and stirring action, ranging from the sharply divided society of Northern England to …

Nora Goes Off Script

Publisher Putnam, March 2022 With its inside-out look at the romance genre, NORA GOES OFF SCRIPT is a love story aimed at the legions of women who do not normally read romance novels, offering instead a story that proves that real life throws far too many curveballs to be captured …

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Publisher Ecco/Harper Collins, February 19, 2013 Ron Rash dazzles readers with his gift for evocative and luminous prose and his piercing insight into the human heart’s duality–a yearning for nobility often overshadowed by our dark, primal nature. In the title story, two drug-addicted friends return to the farm where they …

Old Abe

A Novel, Republic Books, September 15, 2020 Abraham Lincoln is one of the most beloved and admired figures in all of history. Thousands of books have been written about him, but this is the Lincoln novel that readers have been waiting for. OLD ABE, the sweeping historical novel coming this …

Once Upon A Day

Publisher Atria Books, April 2006 Nineteen years ago, a famous man disappeared from L.A., taking his two children to a rocky, desolate corner of New Mexico where he raised them in complete isolation in a utopian “Sanctuary,” away from the decadence of America. Now, Dorothea, the man’s twenty-three-year-old daughter, is …

Once Upon A Wardrobe

Publisher Harper Collins Christian – October 19, 2021 From Patti Callahan, the bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis, comes another enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis. “Where did Narnia come from?” The answer will change everything. Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and …

One Foot In Eden

A richly textured story of love and murder, ONE FOOT IN EDEN is the first novel from acclaimed poet and short-fiction writer Ron Rash. In beautifully crafted language, ONE FOOT IN EDEN unfolds through the distinctive voices of a small-town sheriff, a young married couple, and those who share in …

Orders from Berlin

Publisher St. Martin Press, December 11, 2012 A compelling thriller laced with Simon Tolkien’s signature writing style, praised by the LA Times as “half Christie and half Grisham”. With the publication of The Inheritance, Simon Tolkien was lauded as a naturally gifted storyteller who possesses a terrific command of language …

The Oriental Wife

Publisher Other Press, July 19, 2011 The Oriental Wife is the story of two assimilated Jewish children from Nuremberg who flee Hitler’s Germany and struggle to put down roots elsewhere. When they meet up again in New York, they fall in love both with each other and America, believing they …

The Outliers – #1 in The Outliers trilogy

Publisher Harper Collins, May 10, 2016 Book number 1 in THE OUTLIERS trilogy. It’s been a while since Wylie and Cassie have been best friends. But when Wylie gets a cryptic text from Cassie asking for help, she sets off with Jasper (Cassie’s questionable boyfriend) to save her ex-best friend …