I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Lisa Patton. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Kissing the Sky, a soulful, nostalgic novel about a young woman coming of age in the '60s to the blare of the music that shaped a generation. 

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Lisa: Chardonnay
Eliza: Hot Cocoa with Peanut Butter Whiskey

Lisa's Book:

Kissing the Sky

What Lisa is Reading:

Twice by Mitch Albom

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Louise Fein. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new novel, Book of Forbidden Words. An encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of consequences across 400 years, set in a world of banned books, fear of new ideas, and the dangers of censorship.

Paired with this episode:

Louise: Nyetimber Cuvee (Bubbles!)
Eliza: Octopoda, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon

Louise's Book:

Book of Forbidden Words

What Louise is Reading:

The Hope Keeper by Heather Webb (advanced reader copy)

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Saara El-Arifi. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Cleopatra. Cleopatra reclaims her story in this sensuous historical epic—revealing a powerful, strategic ruler silenced by myth, misogyny, and history’s willful distortions.

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Saara: Jubel, peach beer
Eliza: Tinto di Verano

Saara's Book:

Cleopatra

What Saara is Reading:

This Immortal Heart by Jennifer Saint

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Nancy Bernhard. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Double Standard Sporting House, a brothel nurse in nineteenth-century New York City who fights brutality in the sex trade and pioneers treatments for survivors of sexual violence. 

Paired with this episode:

Nancy: Venge Vineyards, Scout's Honor Red Blend
Eliza: Josh, Cabernet Sauvignon, reserve

Nancy's Book:

The Double Standard Sporting House

What Nancy is Reading:

The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Ramano

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Janie Chang. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Fourth Princess, a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as secrets of their pasts come to light, even as the mansion’s own secret threatens the present. Welcome, Janie!

Paired with this episode:

Janie: Club Soda with Cranberry Juice, later pink prosecco
Eliza: Cooper and Thief, Cabernet Sauvignon

Janie's Book:

The Fourth Princess

What Janie is Reading:

Slow Gods by Claire North

Snap by Susin Nielsen

Devotions by Mary Oliver

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Donna Jones Alward. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Ship of Dreams. Aboard the ill-fated Titanic, Ship of Dreams follows two women bound by friendship and impossible choices. Hannah Martin hopes the voyage will mend her fractured marriage while hiding a devastating secret, while spirited Louisa Phillips flees a future she refuses to accept. As disaster strikes, both women must decide which dreams are worth saving—and what they are willing to sacrifice to survive. 

Paired with this episode:

Donna: Blackberry Ginger Ale
Eliza: Bee's Knees

Donna's Book:

Ship of Dreams

What Donna is Reading:

We Had a Hunch by Tom Ryan

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Clay Cane. On this episode we’re going to talk about his new book, Burn Down Master’s House. Inspired by true, long-suppressed histories of enslaved resistance, Burn Down Master’s Houseinterweaves the lives of men and women across the American South whose quiet–and not so quiet–defiance and bold rebellion ignite a collective uprising. Through friendship, strategic silence, legal battles, and moral corruption, Clay Cane exposes the brutal machinery of slavery while illuminating courage, complicity, and the enduring human fight for justice.

Paired with this episode:

Clay: Water in a Janis Joplin Mug! 
Eliza: Water

Clay's Book:

Burn Down Master's House

What Clay is Reading:

My Sweet Audrina by VC Andrews

A High Price for Freedom by Clyde W. Ford

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author Stephanie Cowell. On this episode we’re going to talk about her book, The Man in the Stone Cottage, in which Charlotte Bronte and her sisters become the main characters. The book centers on the period of Charlotte’s life along with her sister Emily (who wrote “Wuthering Heights”) when they were writing and first publishing these great books and hoping to support their family. It delves into Emily’s friendship with a charming shepherd in a stone cottage on the wild moors who no one else has ever seen. 

Paired with this episode:

Stephanie: Malbec from her wine club
Eliza: 1858, Red Blend by Camus

Stephanie's Book:

The Man in the Stone Cottage

What Stephanie is Reading:

Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte

To Chase the Glowing Hours by Katherine Kirkpatrick

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author Loretta Ellsworth. On this episode we’re going to talk about her book, The Jilted Countess. In the aftermath of World War II, and based on a true story, a young Hungarian émigré jilted by a G.I. persuades a Midwestern newspaper editor to help her find an American husband in this poignant novel.

Paired with this episode:

Loretta: White Wine
Eliza: Whitehaven, Sauvignon Blanc

Loretta's Book:

The Jilted Countess

What Loretta is Reading:

The Fault Between Us by Stephanie Landsem

The Gospel of Salome by Kaethe Schwehn

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author Alyson Richman. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Missing Pages. A ghost in a library. A secret lost to the sea.The Missing Pages weaves the true story of Harry Widener, Harvard’s young book collector who perished on the Titanic, with 90's era, Violet Hutchins, a grieving student working in the Widener Library. When strange occurrences begin, Violet suspects Harry’s ghost is reaching out, urging her to uncover the secret he carried to his grave. 

Paired with this episode:

Alyson: Fortnum and Mason's Victoria Violet Tea
Eliza: Punch Romaine

Alyson's Book:

The Missing Pages

What Alyson is Reading:

The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steed

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