We were thrilled to have Dakota on the show!!! Dakota talks about her books as well as her other series Fade into You and her billioniar romance ---the take me trilogy, and her standalone:  The Sound of Silence. Learn about her angle box gift sets, her children's book, and the two other books in which the proceeds benefit Dakota's Dahlia Project where portions of her proceeds benefit various nonprofits. You can find Dakota's book gift sets, signed copies and other merchandise and information on her book signing events on her website: www.dakotawillink.com You can find Dakota Willnik's books on Amazon and through most book retailers. Dakota's Instagram and Tik Tok is @dakotawillnik  Remember to give our podcast a "like & a follow!" 

A live interview via Zoom with Christie Tate, and the Polo Women's Book Club located in Cumming, GA. Listen in as we go live during their montly book club luncheon to talk about the book club's October, 2022 choice, a memior called---Group about how group therapy changed and saved Christie from loneliness and destructive behaviors. Group was a Reese Book Club pick and a NY Times bestseller. Christie has written another book called, B.F.F. about how she learned to overcome her awkward relationships with other women, and why frienships have always given her trouble. You can connect with Christie Tate through her Instragram @christieotate and her website is: www.christietate.com. Both of Christie's memiors, Group and B.F. F. are foud everywhere books are sold. And as always, thank you for listening to The Talking Book podcast!

M.K. and I interview Anne Armistead and talk about the two books of hers that we read. Anne tells us about writing and winning an award from Highlight's magazine, and M.K. shares her future plans. We give more clues as to who our mystery NY Times bestselling author will be on the May episode, so make sure to listen for those! You can find Anne Armistead on Facebook, on Instagram @annearmisteadauthor, and her website is www.annearmisteadauthor.com. 

Willow Ford (W.A. Ford) has written The Dogwood Grove (Children of Gweita Book 1) an African American historic gothic horror novel, and The Fadian Experiment (Cards of Fate Book 1) and The Fadian Escape (Cards of Fate book 2) which are sci-fi mystical fantasy thrillers. Willow talks with us about her writting experience and how her family's stories influenced her first novel. Willow can be found on social media on Instagram @thefarbackroom and @willowford213 and her website is www.farbackroom.com and her Facebook is The Far Back Room.

M.K. Stabley's latest novel, Lying Lanier is out now. Learn about the books in her Eva St. Claire series as well as what she's working on next! M.K. and Perrie have lunch at BG Tavern in Ball Ground, GA and chat about books and more!! Get M.K. Stabley's lastest novel on Amazon. Her Visions of Murder novel is free on Kindle through September 1st. Her Instagram is @authormkstably and her Facebook is Author M.K.Stabley. You can also find The Talking Book podcast on Instagram and Facebook. Enjoy the episode!

Kara shares with The Talking Book Pocast about writing as a tool for healing her past, a way to release creativity, and as a way to use the things she's learned from her education and time spent in the United States Air Force. Kara's book, The Scarring of the Roshanra can be found on Amazon, and her social media platforms are IG: karasbbrown FB: Kara SB Brown and linktree: linktr.ee/KaraSB Brown

We wanted to say thank you to all of our listeners, and we hope you've enjoyed the episodes so far! We are taking a short summer break, but we will be back strong in August with a brand new interview! And, we are hosting a book event in August called BOOKS----N----BITES. We will have NY Times bestselling author, Karen White with us that evening, as well as 6 more award-winning authors of all gengres. Tickets are available in person at John's Creek Bookstore, and online through Eventbrite. You can also message The Talking Book on FB or on IG and we will send you the ticket link. Buy your tickets today! They include food, beverages and there will be a cash bar there that will take credit cards! Lots of shopping, lots of book talk, and lots of author meet and greets await you at BOOKS---N---BITES on Thursday, August 18th!! 

In this interview, Kathy Duffy talks about her farm in Milton, Ga and some of the 20 plus rescue animals on the farm and those who bacame characters in her first children's book titled: Ryder and Piper the Puppy. This book won Kathy the Feathered Quill Bronze award for a children's book in the animal genre. Kathy plans to release two more books in the Southern Season's Farm Series, the 2nd in the series will be titled, Seina And The Barn Cats. Kathy's books are available online on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Her first book is also available locally at Scotsdale Farms, and at The Snooty Fox Tack and Exchange store, both in Milton, GA. Kathy can be found on Instagram @ryderandpiperthepuppy and @kathyduffy4 and on Facebook: Kathy Riggs Duffy.

The Take Me to Church series by L.M. Archer falls into the LGBTQ+ genre specifically, MM Romance. The stories explore some dark topics, some that might be triggering such as suicide, self-harm. The stories also involve religion, and homosexuality. Book one: Born in Sickness introduces the characters of Luka and Harlan. Luka has just moved into a small southern town and comes from a religious church-going family with a step father who is very rigid, harsh and cruel in his thinking and actions. On the first day at the new school, Luka meets Harlan, and finds him mysterious, interesting, and somewhat off-putting. Luka also finds himself very attracted to Harlan and even though, Harlan acts as if he doesn't want anything to do with Luka, the two boys develope a friendship which leads to Luka questioning his sexuality as well as his faith. The books are well written, almost poetic at times, even suspenseful. L.M. Archer's books are available through Amazon as well as her Etsy shop. Her social media accounts and website are: lmarcherbooks.

Join us as we interview NY Times bestselling author, Karen White about her latest novel, The Shop on Royal Street and a little about a few of her other 30 plus novels!

Karen will also be the guest speaker at our event on Thursday, August 18th at 7 p.m. at Atlanta National Golf Club located in Milton, GA. That event will have an Eventbrite ticket link that will be found on both The Talking Book Facebook page as well as The Talking Book Instagram page. Look for that link in late June or early July. Karen's website is www.karenwhite.com