A Book and a Chat

Author Kristina McMorris who previously was on the show talking about her wonderful books "Letters from Home" and "Bridge of Scarlet Leaves" is back to hsare with us her new book "The Peices We Keep".

Two years have done little to ease veterinarian Audra Hughes's grief over her husband's untimely death. Eager for a fresh start, Audra plans to leave Portland for a new job in Philadelphia. Her seven-year-old son, Jack, seems apprehensive about flying - but it's just the beginning of an anxiety that grows to consume him.

As Jack's fears continue to surface in recurring and violent nightmares, Audra hardly recognizes the introverted boy he has become. Desperate, she traces snippets of information unearthed in Jack's dreams, leading her to Sean Malloy, a struggling US Army veteran wounded in Afghanistan. Together they unravel a mystery dating back to World War II, and uncover old family secrets that still have the strength to wound - and perhaps, at last, to heal.

Today’s guest is Arnine Weiss, author of the chiclk lit novel She Ain’t Heavy.Arnine Cumsky Weiss is a nationally certified sign language interpreter and a teacher of English as a second language.

She has worked in the field of Deafness for over thirty years. She is the author of six books BECOMING A BAR MITVAH: A TREASURY OF STORIES, BECOMING A BAT MITZVAH: A TREASURY OF STORIES , THE JEWS OF SCRANTON , and THE UNDEFEATED  and THE CHOICE: CONVERTS TO JUDAISM SHARE THEIR STORIES.

Looking forward to chatting.

Jo Kessel a fellow Bri is a qualified Barrister who swiftly realised that a career at the bar was not for her. Instead, after a year spent travelling across Africa and being a ski rep in the French Alps, journalism beckoned with a stint working as a Researcher for BBC London Radio. From radio she moved into TV production, assistant producing on The Frost Programme, Beyond Belief and BBC Documentaries before switching to working in front of the camera. Five years were spent as a Reporter and Presenter for ITV London on programmes ranging from news to travel shows.

"Lover in Law" is her first novel which is now followed by "Weak at the Knees",  a story about love, loss and relationships which travels from England to the heart of the French Alp

Gail Z. Martin is an American writer and the author of The Chronicles of The Necromancer fantasy adventure series for Solaris Books and Double Dragon Publishing.

Gail Zehner Martin began writing fiction as a child, and says she does not remember a time when she was not enthralled with ghost stories.

A voracious reader since childhood, she frequently chose to read books with a supernatural slant, including folktales, compilations of regional ghost stories and gothic mysteries. She credits the TV show Dark Shadows with her lifelong fascination with vampires.

Her latest book is "The Dread" book two in "The Fallen Kings Cycle"

 

Sounds a lot of fun

Today's guest contemporary Jennifer Wilck is romance writer with three books published and more on the way. If you like spunky heroines, and strong heroes with just a touch of vulnerability, then she is the author for you.

Jennifer will be along to chat about herself and her books, including her latest novel "The Seduction of Esther".

One reviewer wrote of the book... "The characters show just enough vulnerability to make them believable while the story moves quickly enough to make you turn those pages. "

Sounds like a book well worth finding out about.

E.J. Simon with his debut novel DEATH NEVER SLEEPS is the guest on today's "A Book and a Chat.

Death Never Sleeps is a deeply imagined and richly detailed crime novel in which virtual reality and the real world intermingle. Let me warn you though, reading this will make you ponder the technology saturating our lives.

Sounds like a good fir for the show, looking forward to chatting.

It is another welcome return to a past guest this time in the form of Frank Fiore.

Frank is a bestselling author with more than 50,000 copies of his non-fiction books in print. He has now turned his talents to writing fiction.

Previously he was on the show chatting about his thriller "Cyberkill",  a chilling and tense story about the future of artificial intelligence and the consequences. Now he is retruning with a new new episodic book of short stories entitled THE ORACLE which is already gaining many 5 Star ratings on Amazon.

The ORACLE consists of a series of short stories tied together by means of a background story – a story within a story (similar to Ray Bradbury’s “Illustrated Man”). And like the Jeffrey Archer and Twilight Zone stories, the Oracle short stories are written with surprise endings.

Rosalyn W. Berne is the author of When The Horses Whisper and also my guest on today's "A Book and a Chat".

osalyn Berne has always known that she was different from most people.  Even as a child she was aware of things that others could not see or hear, experiencing the life force around her. But her special ability with horses was something that she would not fully recognize until she was an adult.  Returning to Costa Rica?a once-visited sanctuary-she sought solace from the world and hoped to begin healing from a painful divorce and the subsequent breakdown of her family.   Drawn to the horses that are part of the working farm-resort that was her retreat, she suddenly and unexpectedly received a gift?the ability to communicate with them.   And what they said changed her life

hen the Horses Whisper shows the true power of horses.  Once they realized that Rosalyn was able to 'hear' them they opened up completely, showing her a world of strength, beauty and, most importantly, love.  She begins to realize how strong the bond is between horse and human and how anyone can communicate with them on a deeper level.   She also learns how they can help humans to heal from loss and pain as she begins to recover from her own grief, including the loss of a child, a traumatic childhood encounter, and the end of her marriage.

Australian romantic adventure author Natalie Gayle is my guuest on today's "A Book and a Chat".She is the author of "Finding Trust" .

If you like your romantic suspense fast paced and  a little bit dirty and a little bit sweet then you'll love "Finding Trust".

THriller writer Ms DV Berkom is my guest on todays show. She is the author of two bestselling series featuring strong female protagonists in the form of Leine Basso and Kate Jones. Having grown up on a steady diet of spy novels, James Bond movies and mysteries, her natural inclination is to keep the reader on the edge of their seat and guessing until the last page.

She will be along to discuss amongst other things her latest book a Kate Jones thriller "YUCATAN DEAD"