It’s a beastly world out there for Ellie, a 46 year old woman trying to balance her professional career, with motherhood and certain changes that are affecting her body – some of which include lycanthropy.

Jessikah and David caught up with Michelle Nephew of ATLAS GAMES to chat about their library partnership program, and their unique approach to game publishing that matches surpassing expectations with sustainability.

In THE STARGAZER OF NANTUCKET, Julie Gerstenblatt presents 18-year-old Winnie Starbuck, who stows away on her parents’ merchant ship in 1851 for a voyage from Nantucket to San Francisco and China, uncovering family secrets and facing adventure on the high seas.

Jayne Ann Krentz returns to the show to discuss ENTER THE NIGHTMARE. Nightmares become real when a woman trying to rebuild her life enters the Hotel of Dreams in this exhilarating Harmony novel.

Ocean’s Eleven meets the Golden Girls when an all-female group of chaotic, elderly thieves come out of retirement for one last heist against a young Crypto-loving DudeBro-type…Julia London shares RULES FOR AGING AND LARCENY!

Jessikah chats with Julia Bianco about WITCH SEASON her debut contemporary fantasy with a fresh approach to modern witch lore and unforgettable lead characters.

Jules Scheele shares his gorgeous graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO, a landmark of queer literature, and a playful, profound exploration of identity, art, gender, and transformation.

J. R.R. Tolkien. C.S. Lewis. Arthur Conan Doyle? John R. Kelly zoomed in to chat about THE INKLINGS DETECTIVE AGENCY, a fun alternate history where he found that writing fiction was often not as strange as the truths behind his story.

Science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares MIND DRAMA: THE SCIENCE OF RUMINATION AND HOW TO OUTWIT YOUR INNER DEFEATIST, in which she explains why we so often become lost in our most self-defeating thoughts and how to transform this brooding energy into something empowering and productive.

Natasha Lester presents THE CHATEAU ON SUNSET, a glorious Hollywood Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre that delves into the fascinating history of the Chateau Mormont, a hotel known for its discretion about indiscrete celebrity escapades.