OutWithDan

Do you know who Hannah Weinstein is? Or was? Well, you should. Author Julia Bricklin joins me to discuss her biography of a woman who finds her way around the red scare in RED SAPPHIRE. Hannah's story shows us what happens when you are targeted and you decide there are options. It's how one woman beat the crooked system.

www.juliabricklin.com

New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert joins me to chat about her new novel HUNT ON DARK WATERS. This delicious fantasy romance is about the lives of one messy Witch (Evelyn), one badass Vampire (Lizzie) and a Pirate (Bowen). And Evelyn is involved with both of them. What could possible go right (or wrong)?

www.kateerobert.com

Lev Rosen discusses his modern re-telling of Jane Austen's classic story: EMMA. In this version, Emmett is a high schooler who is navigating love and all of it's complexities. Just when you have convinced yourself you don't want anything to do with love.... does love come and find you?

www.levacrosen.com

Curtis Ippolito joins me as we chat about his work as a novelist. Curtis has written Short Stories, Novellas and a full length Novel: BURYING THE NEWSPAPER MAN. His Novella STEALING PARADISE is part of A Grifters Song series from Down & Out Books. We talk about his work on this episode.

You can find Curtis here and subscribe:

www.curtisippolitio.com

DM (Donna) Rowell delivers a fast paced mystery that takes place in the span of less than a day. It's an action packed day that will takes you on a ride that is as interesting as it is entertaining. Mae (Mud) returns to her childhood home in Kiowa Territory. As she searches for her grandfather she is reunited with the teachings of her youth and she reunites with her true Spirit.

Follow Donna @dmrowell.com

Andy Mills returns to the pages created by the masterful storyteller Lev AC Rosen in this new novel: THE BELL IN THE FOG. Bell is also set in Post-WW2 San Francisco. Andy is working as a Private Eye. HIs office is above the Ruby, a popular gay bar. But few people want to hire a former cop. And then his Ex who ghosted him years earlier shows up and needs Andy to do a job for him. What could possibly go wrong, or right?

In the dystopian society that M Hendrix has created in THE CHAPERONE Girls Are Never Alone. We follow Stella as she tries to navigate her life in New American and we celebrate her as she grows into the wisdom that this life is not for her. Stella's journey to find herself and to escape is both riveting and cheer worthy.

THE SIREN, THE SONG AND THE SPY is Maggie Tokuda-Hall's follow-up to THE MERMAID, THE WITCH AND THE SEA. The first book in this duo was my favorite read of 2021. It is high Fantasy that I didn't even know I needed. Having Maggie as a guest was such a pleasure. She is direct, witty and just plain fun to chat with. And this book is as impressive as the one before.

In DARK OBSESSIONS, Detective Kate Barnes takes some personal time off from the SFPD to travel out west of Seattle to find her biological mother and to hopefully settle up some things long left unresolved. But that personal time off gets cut short when she meets the local sheriff who asks her help on a case involving human trafficking. Kate is pulled back into the underbelly of human depravity. And this reader was simply Obsessed with Darkness on these pages. It is a thriller from the first to the last page.

From the first day Noah Byrd steps onto his new school campus, he knows he must put his most authentic self front and center to be seen as he really is. Noah wants to try out for the football team but it's not the season for that. But he does join a club that has most of the jocks in it. By being himself, he allows himself to grow and to allow his new friends to grow as well. And he finds romance along the way. Page Powars debut novel, The Borrow A Boyfriend Club, is authentic. And not to be missed.