Category: Women’s Books and Writings
Authors Interviewing Characters: Carol Van Den Hende
If you like heart-wrenching romances and magnanimous heroes, then you’ll love this emotionally-charged story. For fans of Me Before You and Fault in Our Stars, Goodbye, Orchid (a winner of Pinnacle Book Award for multicultural fiction) asks… “What choice does a wounded hero have when loving his woman means breaking his own heart?” Thirty-two year-old Phoenix Walker is an […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Lisa Braxton
The fiery issue of urban gentrification is the steady beat thrumming beneath the surface of the novel, The Talking Drum. In 1972 the fictional city of Bellport, Massachusetts, is in decline with an urban redevelopment project on the horizon that promises to transform the dying factory town. Sydney Stallworth steps away from her law studies […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Alexa Recio de Fitch
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Alexa Recio de Fitch About Alexa’s Mystery Novel, Triggers: Phillip Weatherly’s biggest secret is that he’s a killer with a sealed juvenile record who grew up to become a bestselling crime fiction author. Then, striking similarities between a homicide and his detective fiction novel get this adrenaline junkie—who trespasses into ruins—arrested. […]
Character Interview – Crystal King
Character Interview – Crystal King About The Chef’s Secret When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast estate—properties, money, and his position—to his nephew and apprentice Giovanni. He also gives Giovanni the keys to two strongboxes and strict instructions to burn their contents. Despite Scappi’s dire warning that the information concealed in those […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Carol M. Cram
Carol M. Cram is the author of Love Among the Recipes in which cookbook author Genna McGraw takes off for Paris to write a crossover cookbook/guidebook, while also picking up the pieces of her shattered marriage. Carol’s other novels include three award-winning works of historical fiction about women in the arts: The Towers of Tuscany […]
Q and A With Ann Lambert, The Dogs of Winter
The Dogs of Winter (Second Story Press, October 28th 2020) is a compelling story full of hot button Canadian topics pulled from the headlines. Locations in this murder-mystery are personal to author Ann Lambert who taught at Dawson College across the street from where much of the action takes place and saw what went on every […]
A Character Interview: Lenore Gay
Joss and Phil’s already rocky marriage is fragmented when Phil is injured in a devastating fire and diagnosed with Capgras delusion—a misidentification syndrome in which a person becomes convinced that a loved one has been replaced by an identical imposter. Faced with a husband who no longer recognizes her, Joss struggles to find motivation to […]
An Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo
An Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo It’s never too late to become who we’re meant to be, or to summon the courage to develop into the person whom we desire to be. Indie record label owner and author Tiffanie DeBartolo’s newest novel, “Sorrow,” (Oct. 20, Woodhall Press) expertly examines this idea through the lenses of art, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Helen Sheriff, author of Boop and Eve’s Road Trip
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Helen Sheriff, author of Boop and Eve’s Road Trip “…a heartwarming trek through the South as grandmother and granddaughter uncover secrets held for generations as well as confront family issues, all while having a little fun…A touching intergenerational romp…” —Kirkus Reviews Boop and Eve’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff is a […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Heidi McCrary, Chasing North Star
Chasing North Star is a story centered around a band of siblings as they tackle the challenge of surviving a mentally unstable mother. The story takes place in 1970, back when cars had ashtrays and kids were free-range. While the novel is narrated by the youngest, who was nine at the time, it also features […]
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