From The Desk Of Nora Blackbird by Nancy Martin

Before our parents ran off with our trust funds, Daddy and Mama threw their last champagne party on the lawn of Blackbird Farm—a shindig so extravagant that it stunned all their friends . . . long enough for our parents to pick their pockets. Now they are dancing...

Chatting with Robin Bloom by Rochelle Staab

Who does a shrink turn to when she has personal problems? Her best friend, of course. For Los Angeles psychologist Liz Cooper that friend would be me, Robin Bloom—widowed mom, executive assistant to a high-powered Beverly Hills music agent, and Liz’s BFF since grade...

Day In The Life Of Riley Spartz as told by Julie Kramer

My protagonist, TV reporter Riley Spartz, generally wakes up alone. Her zeal for breaking news stories has lead to several broken relationships. She reaches from her pillow to turn off the alarm clock, then grope for the television remote. This gives her first chance...

When a Birthday Party Turns Deadly…by Kate Carlisle

PERIL IN PAPERBACK, Book 7 of the New York Times bestselling series Bibliophile Mysteries (August 7), returns us to the not-so-rarefied world of professional bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright. Brooklyn is surrounded by a quirky cast of characters, including today’s...

A Letter From Liz Bergen by Sandra Brannan

Hey, Dru! This is Elizabeth, one of Liv Bergen’s sisters. There are nine of us in the band of Bergens and as you know, Liv’s seventh in line. I’m smack dab in the middle and the smallest, the one with spikey hair, standing to her right in the family photo she said she...

Welcome to Molly Malone’s World by Maggie Sefton

Politics is a blood sport in Washington, DC, and only the strongest survive. Like the politicians she’s rubbed shoulders with for a lifetime, Molly Malone is smart and tough and savvy enough to stay out of trouble—most of the time. However, trouble has a way of...