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My Review of “Then There Was You” by Miranda Liasson   Forever(Grand Central Publishing)  Publishing Date May 29, 2018 “Then There Was You” by Miranda Liaison is an enjoyable, heartwarming, and endearing story. The Genres for this novel are  Women’s Fiction and Romance. The timeline of the story is mostly in the present year and

Chicago Review of Books BOOK REVIEWS, AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, AND LITERARY NEWS INTERVIEWS Mary Sharratt Writes Women Back Into History The author of ‘Ecstasy’ on Alma Mahler and turn-of-the-century Vienna. BY GREER MACALLISTER APRIL 20, 2018 COMMENTS 0 Praised by Publishers Weekly as “an enjoyable portrait of an ambitious woman whose struggles are as relevant today as

Lindas Book Obsession Interviews Mary Sharratt Author of “Ecstasy”. What was your motivation or inspiration in writing your novel? As a lifelong Gustav Mahler fan, Alma has always fascinated me. Few twentieth century women have been surrounded by such as aura of scandal and notoriety. Her husbands and lovers included not only Mahler, but artist

What was your motivation or inspiration for writing “The Seasonaires”? I had gotten wind of this new phenomenon: brand ambassadors who get handsomely paid to go to beautiful places around the world and promote everything from clothing to liquor to sneakers. Their job is to live an aspirational life – party, enjoy the scenery and

My Review of “The Summer I Met Jack” by Michelle Gable  St.Martin’s Press  Pub. Date May 29,2018 Michelle Gable, Author of “The Summer I Met Jack” writes an intriguing , unique and enjoyable novel. ” The Genres for this novel are Women’s Fiction and Fiction. The author uses her imagination to incorporate some historical facts

My Review of “The Sugarhouse Blues” by Mariah Stewart  Gallery Books. Publishing Date May 15, 2018 I would like to thank NetGalley and Gallery Books for an ARC of “The Sugarhouse Blues” by Mariah Stewart for my honest review. The genres for this book are Fiction and Women’s Fiction. This is the second book in

My Review of “You Send Me” by Jeannie Moon  Tule Publishing  May 29, 2018 Jeannie Moon, Author of “You Send Me” has written a delightful, charming, endearing, engaging , captivating and enjoyable novel. The Genres for this story are Fiction, Women’s Fiction and Romance.  The timeline for this story is set in the present and

My Review of  “The Seasonaires” by Janna King  Pegasus Books,  On Sale May 2, 2018 Bravo to  Janna King, Author of ‘The Seasonaires”  for such a unique, sensual, captivating, intense, suspenseful  and captivating novel. The  Genres for this novel are Fiction, and Mystery. The timeline of the story is set in the present during the

  About the Author, Mary Sharratt ABOUT MARY Mary Sharratt’s explorations into the hidden histories of Renaissance women compelled her to write her most recent work, THE DARK LADY’S MASK (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016), based on the dramatic life of the ground-breaking poet, Aemilia Bassano Lanier. Born in Minnesota, Mary now lives with her Belgian husband

My Review of “How to Walk Away” by Katherine Center       St. Martins Press             Publishing Date, May 29,2018 “How to Walk Away” by Katherine Center is an amazing, captivating, riveting, intriguing and intense novel.  I appreciate Katherine Center’s detailed descriptive writing, that makes this story feel so