Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine Sherbrooke is based on the remarkable life of a little-known pioneering feminist and abolitionist Lucy Stone—the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree, to keep her maiden name, and to fight for women’s…
It’s 1938 and Reno, Nevada, is the “divorce capital of the world.” It’s also home to The Flying Leap dude ranch, where women can stay for six weeks until they become residents and get a legal, no-questions-asked divorce. The ranch…
In her charming new novel, After Happily Ever After, Leslie Rasmussen’s main character deals with issues familiar to many middle-aged women and probably some men, too: children leaving the nest, ailing parents, a long-term marriage in need of rebooting, career…
Thanks for sending me your manuscript—nearly finished, I hope! It’s certainly some kind of achievement to literally capture your audience inside this sprawling dystopia. Your stakes recall the four horsemen, even your scenes of grocery shopping contain conflict, and you’ve…
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston is “an enchanting fantasy adventure filled with heart and soul. Amari is magical!” So says Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate You Give. I couldn’t agree more. Think of…
In Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau’s first English-English-language novel, Kisses and Croissants, Mia crosses the Atlantic to study dance for the summer and gets more than she bargained for when she falls in love not only with Paris (who wouldn’t?) but also with…