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  13390 readersTherese here. Please welcome today’s guest, author Connie Briscoe, who’s here today to talk about the necessity of being hard on our protagonists. Connie is the author of seven novels, one novella, and one nonfiction book. Her debut, Sisters and Lovers, sold more than 100,000 hardcover copies and about 500,000 copies in paperback. Her work has appeared

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  2344 readersTherese (Walsh) here. Please welcome today’s guest, Therese Fowler. Therese’s third novel, Exposure, about the dangers of teen “sexting,” releases today by Ballantine Books. Said Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author ...

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  726 readersTherese here. Today’s guest is Sarah Jio, whose second novel, The Bungalow, releases on December 27th. Sarah’s debut, The Violets of March, sold very well and was a Target “Emerging Author” pick. It was while watching those sales that Sarah happened upon something…strange. She’s here with us today to tell us all about it. Enjoy! I Found

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  2767 readersTherese here. Today’s guest is author Camille Noe Pagán, whose debut novel, The Art of Forgetting, releases today! It’s a book Library Journal has called a “page-turner” for “readers who enjoy intelligent novels about women’s friendships,” and it’s been named one of the “Best Books Just Out Or Coming Soon We Thought You Should Know About”

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  10114 readersTherese here. Today’s guest is author Adrienne Giordano, whose debut romantic suspense novel, Man Law, releases tomorrow from Carina Press. (Her second book, A Just Deception, will be available in September.) Adrienne is also the co-founder of the popular Romance University blog, which is “[d]edicated to helping writers establish and advance their careers, introducing readers to

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  1929 readersTherese here. Today’s guest is author Meg Mitchell Moore, whose debut novel, The Arrivals, releases tomorrow! What’s the book about? It’s early summer when Ginny and William’s peaceful life in Vermont comes to an abrupt halt. F...