Jen's Jewels
Welcome back to Jen's Jewels, your weekly guide to the best in new fiction. This week, I am thrilled to host New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne to talk about her latest novel, THE RAINY DAY BOOKSHOP - a warm, feel-good read that I think you are going to love.LIGHTNING ROUND...
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Fresh Fiction Blog
What is the title of your latest release? SUMMER AT THE FRENCH BAKERYWhatβs the βelevator pitchβ for your new book? Set in Brittany in France. This book is about a crossroads in Juliet's life, celebrating a fresh start after recovering from illness and following her...
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What is the title of your latest release? THE LOWE JOBWhatβs the βelevator pitchβ for your new book? THE LOWE JOB follows a family of four sisters and their matriarchal mother, Lydia. When the eldest sister, Lili, gets caught in a sex scandal with a married...
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What is the title of your latest release? DHAMPIRAWhatβs the βelevator pitchβ for your new book? A seemingly powerless halfling is thrust into a cruel and dangerous vampire court where she meets two wildly different men who claim they can help her even as theyβ...
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What is the title of your latest release? VOYAGERSWhatβs the βelevator pitchβ for your new book? Two six-year-olds, Alex and Ana, mysteriously vanish for two days in the late 1990s. The incident is interpreted as an alien abduction and makes the two kids a...
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People invariably judge a book by its cover. And although I loved the original covers for the books in my Stoneslayer series, others did not.Book marketing experts told me that the previous covers did not adequately convey the booksβ dark high fantasy genre. And some reviewers agreed.Several times, I have...
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The period between the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th was a time of vast changes and great events.Β The stories weβll look at this month celebrate this diversity of character and place. We...
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We turn to books for so many reasons, and sometimes that includes the desire to forget, if only for a while, about reality. Thatβs been my experience this past month (as I know itβs been for others), and I found mixed success in my title choices. Darn those talented writers who keep us reading/listening...
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Welcome to Where Everybody Knows Yourβ¦ Alibi - where we get to know the fictional towns weβd happily move toβ¦ if they didnβt have such a suspicious body count. (but does that really matter?)I'm thrilled to welcome Rosalie Spielman this month. Whether you've met her...
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Growing up in Ohio, my high school was bordered by rows of cornfields. I thought I knew a lot about the crop, but I had never heard of a "Corn Palace" until we reached South Dakota during our 2021 Go West trip across the USA. They were celebrating 100 years when we visited.The Corn Palace, commonly...
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