Luci Adams finds her own ever after...plus a book giveaway

Today we are pleased to introduce Luci Adams, who is celebrating the publication of her debut novel, Not That Kind of Ever After. The story sounds adorable and we look forward to checking it out. We also love Luci's sparkling personality and we are excited for you to get to know her. Thanks to St. Martin's Press, we have THREE copies of Not That Kind of Ever After to give away!

Luci Adams (she/her) started out working in tax before moving into copywriting, creating social posts for Apple Music, and assisting with Amazon and BBC productions at Working Title Television. She now works as a senior analyst at The Guardian by day and writes uproariously funny and inventive rom coms by night. 

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Synopsis:
Bella Marble’s life isn’t what she imagined. She's working a job she's grown painfully bored of, she's been single for longer than she'd like to admit, and her best friend of twenty-nine years is moving out and marrying someone Bella finds heinously boring. Bella feels rudderless, and her best friend's brother, Marty, is the only person she feels like she can be her real self with. After another date gone very wrong, Bella decides to stop searching for "the one" and just have fun, and she starts posting fairy-tale retellings of her disastrous dates and one night stands on a storytelling app. Soon enough, her stories are viral and it feels like her wildest dreams of becoming an author are closer than ever.

Now that her stories are taking off, the pressure is mounting to find new fairy tales to write about—but she’s got to live them first, and avoid losing herself in the process.

"I adored this book from its reverse-cowgirl start to its swoon-worthy ending. In a single read, I devoured Luci’s wickedly funny exploration of finding one’s own Happily Ever After, cackling through Bella’s messy, sex-filled quests to satisfy both her personal and her professional life. The backbone of this hilarious romp is an honest female friendship that will tug at your heartstrings. If you’ve ever gone searching for The Fairytale within the hellscape of modern dating, Not That Kind of Ever After is for you." 
~ Alison Rose Greenberg, author of Bad Luck Bridesmaid

“As side splittingly hilarious as it is empowering and emotional, Not That Kind of Ever After is a sparkling debut.” 
~ Helena Hunting, bestselling author

In one sentence, what was the road to publishing like for you?
A simmering waiting game filled with fantastic people who have supported and inspired me, topped a grande finale that beats even Cinderella’s happy ending (she only got a man at the end of her story, I got a publishing deal!)

How is Bella similar to or different from you?
Bella and I share a love of writing, Disney, dogs and building IKEA furniture. Other than that, she couldn’t be further from me! In reality, I’m far closer in spirit to Bella’s best friend in the novel, Ellie. Bella is wild and calamitous and so filled with energy, while I’m the kind of girl who wants to do nothing more than curl up in bed with a cup of tea, my family around me and a movie marathon.
I might add that I first met my husband-to-be not long after moving to the capitol, so the book is definitely not a reflection on my own dating history around London! 

Oh, Bella and I also both like gin-based drinks too. How could I forget that one?

If Not That Kind of Ever After were made into a movie, who would you cast in the leading roles?
I love a bit of dream casting! Well Maisie Williams would get my vote for Bella. Fun, energetic, bold- Maisie would be perfect!

As for Ellie, Bridgerton’s Duchess herself Pheobe Dynevor would be perfect. Throw in Spiderman’s cheeky Tom Holland as her smoking hot twin brother, and *cough cough* ‘definitely not’ Bella’s love interest, and you’ve got my perfect line up!

What is the last movie you saw that you would recommend?
I ‘accidentally’ watch Crazy Stupid Love every six months or so. I know it isn’t new, but it’s a movie that feels like home to me- love in so many forms I can’t count. If that wasn’t compelling enough, it has Ryan Gosling in it, and for me that’s always a winner! 

What do you like most about springtime?
The English countryside in springtime is just magical. I spend a lot of my time outside on dog walks with my little pup, and watching the daffodils waving in the breeze always gives me a little moment of joy. 

If we were to visit you, what are some places you would take us to see?
In the evening we’d go to the West End for sure, as the theatre is something of a second home for me.
But I’ll let someone else take you on the full tour of London; I’ll take you instead on the tour of the countryside over in Hertfordshire. 

St Albans, close to where I live, is like something out of an Austin novel in parts. The whole city is steeped in history. Only half an hour from London, its park is filled with uncovered Roman ruins and a lake guarded by beautiful swans. Pubs all around the area are filled with wooden beams and deep mahoganies, with crackling fireplaces through the cold winter months. Houses through the decades are stacked on top of each other at odd angles that you’d never believe all down the winding side streets. Everything about the place screams romance to me.

And Nandos! I defy anyone to find me a portion of chips (the English kind!) that beat theirs.

Thanks to Luci for chatting with us and to St. Martin's Press for sharing her book with our readers.

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Book Review: The Lost English Girl

By Jami Denison

The enormity and tragedy of World War II was so encompassing that most art about the period is centered around good people making heroic sacrifices to serve their country. In historical fiction author Julia Kelly’s latest novel, The Lost English Girl, the writer makes a different choice, introducing us to characters who are trapped in their circumstances and who put their own needs first. The result is a more soapy—but highly enjoyable—story about two people who grow into their own with the war as a backdrop. It’s a period-specific, but timeless, coming-of-age tale.

Viv Byrne is 18 years old, Catholic, and pregnant in 1935 Liverpool, England. Her boyfriend Joshua Levinson is the Jewish son of a tailor, and he’s agreed to do the right thing by Viv. But right after the registrar declares Viv and Joshua man and wife, Viv’s father pulls out his wallet. Offering Joshua more money than the young man has ever seen, Byrne pays him off to leave his pregnant wife behind. And Joshua, who’d always dreamed of playing his saxophone in New York City, takes the money and runs. Although he pledges to send for Viv and his child, Viv swears she never wants to see him again. She’s forced to return home with her henpecked father and the mother who treats her like a servant. 

Five years later, Viv’s daughter Maggie is the love of her life, and war is breathing down England’s neck. The family priest pressures Viv into evacuating Maggie to the countryside, with a respectable Catholic couple who aren’t able to have their own children. And Joshua, whose dreams of music stardom in New York never panned out, is prompted by the danger to return home and volunteer for the Royal Air Force. 

There’s a lot of good soapy drama with this setup—Maggie’s foster parents look down on Viv; Joshua has lingering regrets about abandoning his wife, and Viv takes a job that puts her on a collision course with Joshua’s family. Kelly weaves all these threads together expertly, but the war always takes a backseat to the characters. 

For the most part, all the characters are well-drawn, with clear motivations, strengths, and flaws. The only character I found puzzling was Viv’s mother, who never liked her daughter even before she got in trouble with a Jewish boy. With every other mother on the canvas devoted to her children (and Viv had an older sister whom her mother adored), this lack of love is never really explained or explored. 

The Lost English Girl is structurally sound, with some great plot twists. The book’s biggest strength is the inspiring character arc of its protagonist. Viv goes from being a victim to standing up to those who bullied her.  Not everyone can be a war hero. But everyone can become a hero of their own life. 

Thanks to Gallery for the book in exchange for an honest review.

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What's in the (e)mail...plus a (print) giveaway

Melissa:
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo from Ecco (NetGalley)

The Nanny by Lana Ferguson from Berkley (NetGalley)

Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie from Atria (NetGalley)

Old Enough by Haley Jakobson from Dutton (NetGalley)

Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs from William Morrow (NetGalley)

The Intern by Michele Campbell from St. Martin's Press (NetGalley)

I Like Me Better by Robby Weber from Inkyard Press (NetGalley)

New Normal by Michelle Paris from Lola's Blog Tours (ebook)

Good for You by Camille Pagan from Lake Union (NetGalley)

I Wish We Weren't Related by Radhika Sanghani from Berkley (NetGalley)

Summer on Sag Harbor by Sunny Hostin from Book Club Girl (NetGalley)

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin from Little, Brown (NetGalley)

Every Other Weekend by Margaret Klaw from She Writes Press (NetGalley)

If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch from Simon and Schuster (print)

Sara:

His Mother's Lies by JA Andrews from Rachel's Random Resources (ebook)

Darren, Andrew, and Mrs. Hall by RJ Gould from Rachel's Random Resources (ebook)

I Love You, Always Forever by Charlie Dean from Rachel's Random Resources (ebook)

Murder in Florence by T.A. Williams from Rachel's Random Resources (NetGalley)

The Illicit Love Of A Courtesan by Jane Lark from Rachel's Random Resources (ebook)

Better Off Wed by Portia MacIntosh from Rachel's Random Resources (NetGalley)

Jami:

Swimming with Ghosts by Michelle Brafman from Blankenship PR (print)

Mr Katō Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar from Tor (NetGalley)

One of the Boys by Jayne Cowie from Berkley (NetGalley)

Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club by Diane Bergner from Meryl Moss Media Group (print)

What could be in YOUR mail...

Love and Other Flight Delays by Denise Williams

Thanks to Berkley, we have one copy for a lucky reader!

Three novellas:

An airport pet groomer meets her frequent-flier crush and ends up in a fake-dating situation with a professional risk assessor who moonlights as a romance author.

 

Two strangers share a romantic night together only to discover months later that they're professional rivals about to embark on an extended business trip together in this grumpy-meets-sunshine romance novella. 

 

Two best friends have one week to return a lost love letter found in a candy store at the airport—and work up the courage to confess the deep feelings between them—before one of them leaves the country.

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Book Review: Goodnight from Paris

By Jami Denison

As Americans, we learn history through our own lens. Especially when it comes to the two world wars, we see ourselves as the heroes who saved Europe from the Germans twice. But visiting “the continent” gleans a different impression. Americans were the ones who finally showed up after all other options were exhausted.  Still, there were Americans who advocated getting involved before the bombs started targeting our ships. In Goodnight from Paris, historical fiction author Jane Healey tells the story of one of them: actress Drue Layton.

Well-known in America for starring in the Charlie Chan movies, Drue moved to France when she married a Frenchman, Jacques Tartière. In 1939, with Hitler in Poland and coming ever closer to France, Drue is urged to return to America. With Jacques in Britain as part of the war effort, it seems like a logical decision. Instead, driven by love for her husband and his country, Drue opts to stay in Paris and take a job broadcasting radio programs to America. In the middle of the night, Drue interviews famous Americans such as Dorothy Parker and Josephine Baker, talking to them about the dangers Europe faces, and urging Americans to support Britain and France. It’s a position that angers both the Germans and the Americans, especially as Drue becomes more vociferous about German atrocities. When the Nazis put a price on her head, Drue starts to realize the danger is personal. 

Drue’s story is quite inspiring. As an actress, global politics wasn’t a natural part of her repertoire, but she was willing to use her fame for the greater good. In an early scene, she’s embarrassed when she mistakes world-renowned journalist Dorothy Parker for a secretary, but she never lets these missteps stop her. As the book progresses and the danger increases, so does Drue’s strength of character and determination. 

Healey makes the interesting choice to tell the story in first person, and I’m not sure it was necessarily the best choice for the book. Healey’s voice has a crisp, authoritative style that moves confidently between scenes and subjects. She spends little time deep in her protagonist’s interior world; the fear and grief and anger that Drue experiences throughout the years are described rather than felt. This creates a distance between the protagonist and the reader that is expected in third-person prose, but feels remote in first person. And with Drue being a real person, the choice is even more surprising. 

Still, the story moves at a good clip, covering five years of Drue’s life without ever dragging. Healey knows when to linger on certain events, and which events can be summarized. While Healey takes pains to present nearly all her characters as three-dimensional, sometimes I felt that a few of her portrayals of Nazis were a tad too sympathetic. 

It’s hard to read about the fights in Congress over aid to Ukraine without thinking about similar arguments in the 1930s. What does the world owe migrants fleeing sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East? What does the United States owe refugees from South America? History repeats, and we need books like Goodnight from Paris to remind us of the stakes. 

Thanks to Get Red PR for the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Nice to meet Addie Woolridge...plus a book giveaway

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Today we're excited to have Addie Woolridge visiting us to talk about her latest novel, Anatomy of a Meet Cute. We really enjoyed her enthusiastic answers to our questions and we know you will too. Thanks to Blankenship PR, we have TWO copies to give away!

Born and raised just outside Seattle, Washington, Addie Woolridge has spent her life cultivating the experiences that make her characters so richly developed, relatable, and real. Though her love for knowledge, diversity, and different cultures has honed her writing, Woolridge is also a classically trained opera singer with a degree in music from the University of Southern California, and she holds a master’s degree in public administration from Indiana University. When she isn’t writing or singing, Woolridge can be found in her Northern California home, baking, training for her sixth race in the Seven Continents Marathon Challenge, or taking advantage of the region’s signature beverage—a good glass of wine. 

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Synopsis:
The last thing Samantha Holbrook expects from herself is to insult a colleague before she even starts her new job. But, after a mix-up on a plane leads her to mistake a handsome fellow doctor, Grant Gao, for a tacky nightclub promotor on a bad drug trip, Sam is on thin ice. Oh well. Sam is determined to make it on her own anyway. No matter how aloof he’s been since her terrible first impression, Sam won’t let Grant spoil her fresh start.

Instead, she keeps herself (maybe too) busy with her roommates, her work, and her passion: starting a new program to improve pregnancy care in the community. When getting the hospital bigwigs on board with her idea proves to be more difficult than Sam anticipated, she is forced to swallow her pride and ask Grant for help.

Working with Grant, Sam starts to think that maybe beneath his hard candy shell, there might be a softer inside. As the two of them undeniably grow closer, Sam begins to realize that taking on more than she can handle doesn’t have to be so bad—as long as you let someone else help you carry the load.

What is a favorite compliment you have received on your writing?
Anytime someone tells me that my book got them through a hard/long day that is the best compliment! In terms of a specific compliment, I had someone tell me that they didn’t think romance was for them until they read my book and that just made me grin! Romance hasn’t always felt like a welcoming place for all people, so anytime I hear that I did something to bring new readers in and let them know that, “yes romance is for you!” is massively flattering to me.

How is Samantha similar to or different from you?
Oh gosh! We both love ice cream and A Goofy Movie. Both of us live in the Bay Area and we just might share the same hair washing routine. Ha! Unlike Sam, I grew up pretty well loved and understood. I often joke that any mistakes my parents made were mistakes of enthusiasm not neglect. My dad once drove by our high school track, saw me running the mile in gym class and fully pulled over to cheer me and my friends on! All that to say, I didn’t have to work through the same feeling of being on uneven ground that Sam does with her family and I’m deeply grateful for that. (Thanks, Mom and Dad!).

If Anatomy of a Meet Cute were made into a movie, who would you cast in the leading roles?
This is hard! I’m not one of those writers who puts together Pinterest boards for inspiration. Traits for my characters just sort of wander into my head as I write. Sometimes I don’t even know a character’s eye color until they need to be looked at by another character. I did a bit of celebrity browsing and I think Nesta Cooper would be perfect for Sam and Stephen Oyoung would be a fantastic Grant. My apologies to everyone if I’ve forgotten the perfect celebrity, and come find me on social media and tell me who I missed!

Tell us about a meet cute you've experienced.
All of my meet cute moments make me look like a hot mess. I’ll share this one: I’m left-handed and there are always a limited number of left-handed desks in any classroom. Once in college, I walked into a lecture hall and there were none available, so I picked the first unsuspecting guy and ranted at him about right-handed people taking all the left-handed desks because they were on those desks were on the aisle and they wanted to get out of class fast. I let him know in no uncertain terms that my elbow would be falling off the desk while I was trying to take notes for the next two hours and I did not want that experience. The guy shrugged and moved a few seats down. Feeling satisfied with my righteous victory, I stuck my nose in the air, dropped into the chair and took all kinds of smug left-handed notes. Halfway through the lecture, I looked over and froze…the guy was left-handed, too. Flooded with humiliation, I leaned over and asked him why he didn’t tell me that he also needed a left-handed desk. He just smiled and said that it seemed like I really needed that desk today then asked for my notes since his were a mess due to the whole "elbow falling off the edge of the desk while writing" issue. One thing led to another, and we dated for a while after that! 

Which TV series are you currently binge watching?
I’m in the middle of two shows right now. The first is everyone’s favorite, Ted Lasso! Yes, I know I’m behind, but I wouldn’t let myself start watching until after I turned in my most recent manuscript (a Young Adult rom com called The Homecoming War). 

The second is the PBS/Masterpiece show, Grantchester, which I discovered while I was revising Anatomy of a Meet Cute in Ireland. (I did a bad job timing my revisions, so I ended up editing the book on vacation.) The premise is basically a roving cast of extremely good-looking vicars with soothing accents who solve murders in the 1950s. It has big cozy mystery vibes and I’m here for it, plus there are about a zillion seasons of it!

What is your favorite springtime activity? 
It's a three-way tie. I’ve always loved hiking and spring is the best time for that! The feel of the sun on my face and with the slight bite in the air is unbeatable. Also, during the pandemic, my friends and I started doing more sitting-in-the-front-yard-with-a-glass-of-wine and I won’t lie, I still love doing that even though we can go other places. There is just something so nice about relaxing on someone’s front steps and killing time without the hustle and bustle. Spring is also the outdoor music festival season and I love those as well!

Thanks to Addie for chatting with us and to Blankenship PR for sharing her book with our readers.

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Book Review: The Summer House

By Sara Steven

Mead House was once our childhood home.

Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past.

Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we lost our elder sister in the most brutal of circumstances.

As executors of our grandmother’s will, my twin brother, Ollie, and I needed to empty the house for resale.

What I didn’t expect to discover was my sister’s secret journal that contained her most private thoughts and shocking dark secrets.

Now I am questioning everything that I saw that night. Did I get it wrong, who I saw?

Did my evidence send an innocent man, my then boyfriend's brother, to jail for the last 17 years?

I know I have no choice. If I want to find answers, I will have to go back to that fateful night my sister died. When she made her last visit to the summer house. (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads)

I made the mistake of reading The Summer House at night the other day, before bed. Particularly the last half of the book. I say it was a mistake, because after I’d finished reading it, I couldn’t get a lot of what plays out within the story out of my head. It made for a tough night. The entire premise is haunting enough–a young woman, Camille, is found dead, and within her family’s summer house, no less. Her closest relatives and friends are convinced of who the murderer had been, secure in the knowledge that he’s locked away and has no way of harming anyone else, ever again. But what if the wrong person is behind bars?

That is the continual thought I had while reading The Summer House, and why I had such a hard time letting go of what I’d read. Camille’s sister Lana is fairly certain what she can recall from that horrific night had really happened, but when strange and bizarre events are brought against her, with obvious ploys in potentially harming her, it would make anyone question the truth. One minute, I was certain it was one character, but then something would happen that would lead me to point fingers elsewhere. And I kept wondering if the person accused of the crime had really done it, after all. It was a big-time brain teaser!

Xav, Lana’s former teen boyfriend and the brother of the man behind bars for Camille’s death, has never truly believed that his brother would have ever been capable of such a thing. When his brother was sent to prison, it severed the ties between Xav and Lana, ties that had once seemed unbreakable. It was interesting to see them navigate such a complicated situation, and it wasn’t hard to find the way they feel about each other believable. What would happen if someone you once loved was related to someone you hated? That sentiment extended past Lana, involving her brother Ollie, too. Ollie and Xav had once been best friends, so there are a lot of relationship dynamics at play, blending into the scary mysterious scenery of “Who is trying to get at Lana,” with no one, the reader included, ever really knowing for sure until the end.

It was cleverly written and full of suspense. Having read another one of Beevis’s books, The Sleepover, I’m not at all surprised. She has a gift for creating the type of thrillers that stick with you–and could potentially leave you sleepless in the middle of the night. I recommend reading this one way before bed. It was a definite five-star experience for me!

Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Keri Beevis is the internationally bestselling author of Dying To Tell, Deep Dark Secrets, Trust No One, Every Little Breath, and The People Next Door. Dying To Tell reached no. 1 in the Amazon chart in Australia and was a top 25 hit in the UK. She lives in Norfolk, along with her two naughty kitties, Ellie and Lola, and a plentiful supply of red wine (her writing fuel).

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Give a holler for Trish Doller...plus a book giveaway

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We're pleased to welcome Trish Doller and celebrate the publication of her latest novel, Off the Map, today. We enjoyed learning more about her and we are sure you will too. Thanks to St. Martin's Press, we have one copy of Off the Map for a lucky reader!

Trish Doller is a writer, traveler, and dog rescuer, but not necessarily in that order. She is the international bestselling author of Float Plan, The Suite Spot, and Off the Map. She has also written several YA novels, including the critically acclaimed Something Like Normal. When she's not writing, Trish loves sailing, camping, and avoiding housework. She lives in southwest Florida with an opinionated herding dog and an ex-pirate.

Visit Trish at her website and on Instagram.

Synopsis:
Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, not for a long time.” She’s been traveling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn’t do love and she doesn’t ever go home.

Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps. His work helps people find their way, but he’s the one who’s lost his sense of direction. He’s unhappy at work, recently dumped, and his one big dream is stalled out—literally.

Fate throws them together when Carla arrives in Dublin for her best friend’s wedding and Eamon is tasked with picking her up from the airport. But what should be a simple drive across Ireland quickly becomes complicated with chemistry-filled detours, unexpected feelings, and a chance at love - if only they choose it.

Praise for Trish's writing:

"I devoured Float Plan in a day. It’s truly a joy to get lost in such great writing. The island-hopping setting transports you from the hum-drum everyday, the dialogue is sharp and spot-on, the characters feel flawed and authentic and hopeful. It’s the kind of story that takes you away and brings you back grateful for the journey.” 
- Katherine Center, New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire

"Float Plan had my heart from the first page. With lush, vibrant settings and characters I ached and swooned with, this book is both a romantic escape and a balm for the soul. I'm deeply in love with Anna and Keane." 
- Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex-Talk and Weather Girl

What is a favorite compliment you have received on your writing?
I'm never more pleased than when someone tells me that one of my books got them back into reading or turned them from a reluctant reader into a full-blown reader. How amazing is that?!

What were the biggest rewards and challenges with writing Off the Map?
Eamon was a big challenge for me. In Float Plan, he comes across as cool and pulled together, so I struggled for a long time trying to figure out what was bothering him. The ending of the book was a surprise to me. I hadn't expected it to end how--and where--it did, so that was really rewarding.

If Off the Map was made into a movie, who would you cast in the leading roles?
Either Ben Aldridge or Jonathan Bailey would make a great Eamon, and I don't think she's an actress, but Eliza Cummings looks a lot like the Carla in my head.

What is the last movie you saw that you would recommend?
I haven't seen a movie in a very long time. I'm always excited about Marvel Cinematic Universe films, and one of my favorites--which might be the last one I saw in theaters before COVID--is Peanut Butter Falcon.

What is your favorite thing about springtime?
I live in Florida, where Spring is a little harder to notice. There's no melting of snow or early flowers blooming, but I like when my fruit trees start to flower. It means mangos and avocados are in progress.

If we were to visit you, what are some places you'd take us to see?

If you came to visit, I'd probably take you to Everglades National Park, for a sailboat ride to watch the sunset over the Gulf of Mexico, and off-roading in Picayune Strand. 

Thanks to Trish for chatting with us and to St. Martin's Press for sharing her book with our readers.

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