Andi is a hot mess in San Francisco this week but thank GAWD Jove is there to reel her in. HA HAHAHAHAA. Just kidding. They’re both hot messes and the only reeling is from one side of the room to the other. 

20 May: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta is back in the house! She discusses audio books (and if you have suggestions, let her know). 

Women and Words link HERE 

21 May: Author T.B. Markinson stopped by to chat about a sale on lesfic titles being offered through iheartlesfic.com, including hers. 

Women and Words link HERE 

iheartlesfic.com 

22 May: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt has been working on a cool project with Rogena Mitchell-Jones. Rogena designs journals, and Yvonne has been providing writing prompts for one, and it’s available through Amazon, though you can win a copy! You still have time! ‘Til Monday! 

Women and Words link HERE 

Check out the journal collaboration on Amazon 

Yvonne Heidt’s website 

Rogena Mitchell-Jones’s Amazon page 

23 May: Author and Women and Wordster Lee Lynch reiterates the importance of telling our stories in these fraught times. 

Women and Words link HERE 

Lee Lynch’s website 

25 May: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess attended a talk by an author whose work she didn’t know, and comes away with renewed energy for writing. Plus, the cupcakes were excellent. ☺ 

Women and Words link HERE 

Renée Bess’s website 

26 May: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is on the road and explains how San Francisco made her gay. 

Women and Words link HERE 

Andi Marquette’s website 

Also! Too! The Bold Strokes UK Book Festival (the 8th!) is happening REALLY SOON in Nottingham, 3-4 June. And L-fest is coming up in Leicestershire, 21-24 July. Jove would also like to remind everyone that ROLLER DERBY SEASON starts in her neck of the woods. Find out if you have access to such a glorious thing as this and get in on it. Also, author and former Women and Wordster Cliffi Henderson will be blogging with us again, the third Wednesday of the month. You are in for a treat, gare-un-teed.

Synopsis 

Join the characters from Starting Over and Arc Over Time in this final book from the Starling Hill trilogy. 

Ellie Winters thinks she might be going mad. How else can she explain the conversations she is having with someone who has been dead for two thousand years? The ancient queen wants a proper burial for herself and her consort—and she is used to getting her way. Ellie has to convince not just her wife, but also the archaeologist, a former lover who first discovered the bones on Ellie’s farm. 

The loves and lives of the women connected with Ellie and the farm swirl through this journey of discovery, moving from the confines of the British Museum in London to the windswept landscapes of northern Britain. 

Carved in Stone has romance, adventure, a treasure hunt, and happy endings for all, living and dead. 

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Come Back To Me by Chris Paynter

Book Clips

Welcome to Book Clips, the mini podcast where authors and narrators give you a taste of a book with a short snippet.

Narrated by Ann Etter

Synopsis

Author Angie Cantinnini’s agent convinces her she must use a pseudonym if she hopes to land a contract with a mainstream publishing company—especially since the protagonist of Angie’s novels is a hard-boiled male detective. Neither Angie nor her agent anticipates the raging success of the series of books or the mountain of wealth that accompanies each new release.

As a best-selling author, Angie should be delighted with her Bohemian life in Key West, but happiness is elusive because it’s her alter-ego, Zach England, who’s receiving the accolades, while Angie is relegated to anonymity.

Meryl McClain, the recently hired book review editor at the prestigious New York Banner, wants to make a strong first impression with her readers, so she picks Zach England’s latest novel for her debut review. She offers a scathing critique, unaware the real author behind the pseudonym is her long lost true love, Angie. Heartrending choices separated the lovers eleven years earlier.

Seeing Meryl’s review overwhelms Angie with feelings she thought she’d laid to rest years ago. This stroke of Fate beckons them to reunite, but Angie’s secret identity and Meryl’s struggle with a childhood trauma conspire to keep them apart.

Torn from a shared moment in their past, the words Come Back to Me have haunted the two women for more than a decade. Is it too late for Angie and Meryl to choose love again?

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Synopsis

Author Angie Cantinnini’s agent convinces her she must use a pseudonym if she hopes to land a contract with a mainstream publishing company—especially since the protagonist of Angie’s novels is a hard-boiled male detective. Neither Angie nor her agent anticipates the raging success of the series of books or the mountain of wealth that accompanies each new release.  

As a best-selling author, Angie should be delighted with her Bohemian life in Key West, but happiness is elusive because it’s her alter-ego, Zach England, who’s receiving the accolades, while Angie is relegated to anonymity. 

Meryl McClain, the recently hired book review editor at the prestigious New York Banner, wants to make a strong first impression with her readers, so she picks Zach England’s latest novel for her debut review. She offers a scathing critique, unaware the real author behind the pseudonym is her long lost true love, Angie. Heartrending choices separated the lovers eleven years earlier. 

Seeing Meryl’s review overwhelms Angie with feelings she thought she’d laid to rest years ago. This stroke of Fate beckons them to reunite, but Angie’s secret identity and Meryl’s struggle with a childhood trauma conspire to keep them apart. 

Torn from a shared moment in their past, the words Come Back to Me have haunted the two women for more than a decade. Is it too late for Angie and Meryl to choose love again?

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