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New Release Playlist and Giveaway! TWELFTH FLOOR by Monica Corwin

Here is the playlist for Twelfth Floor. When I sit down and write I usually have one song in mind that sort of captures my hero and heroine through the book. That song is this one: “Hate to See Your Heart Break” by Paramore I prefer the one she sings with her sister you can find here There are other songs I listened to while writing Twelfth Floor. Here they are: “We are Young” cover by Hozier here “Too Good at Goodbyes” by Sam Smith “The Fall of Rome” by The Airborne Toxic Event “You Don’t Own Me” by Grace…

New Release Review! VINEGAR GIRL by Anne Tyler (Hogarth Shakespeare)

Speaking of Shakespeare… Synopsis: ‘You can’t get around Kate Battista as easily as all that’ Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but the adults don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There’s only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr,…

Author Melanie Karsak Talks about How her Novel LADY MACBETH Came to Life (with a Giveaway!)

I am such a sucker for classic story retellings! Thank you so much for having me stop by today. I’m excited to talk about how my Lady Macbeth novel came to life. And also glad to share the news that the first novel in my new series, Lady Macbeth; Daughter of Ravens, Book I in The Saga of Lady Macbeth, is now available on Amazon! Bringing Lady Macbeth: Daughter of Ravens to light has been a labor of love. In 1997, I was a student at Penn State. I took a Celtic History class with renowned scholar Dr. Ben Hudson.…