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June Virtual Tour for THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA by Simon Tolkien!

A young man comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity—and a cause—at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War in a thrilling, timely, and emotional historical saga.

“In epic fashion worthy of his namesake, Tolkien crafts a remarkable novel of an American boy swept up by love and circumstance and cast into the crucible of the Spanish Civil War. Intense, vivid, and moving.” ―Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and All the Glimmering Stars

Critically acclaimed author Simon Tolkien, grandson of literary legend J.R.R. Tolkien, will captivate readers with the release of his new historical saga, THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA (Lake Union | June 1, 2025). The first installment in a two-part series, the novel introduces us to Theo Sterling, a young man who comes of age and crosses continents in search of an identity―and a cause―at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War. As Theo engages with political and religious beliefs, including Capitalism, Communism, Anarchism, Fascism, and Catholicism, this sweeping novel examines the effect they have on him and his ultimate disillusionment with their promises. Rich in details and beautifully told by the talented Simon Tolkien, THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA is historical fiction at its best.

Theo’s story continues with THE ROOM OF LOST STEPS, which will be released on September 16, 2025 (Lake Union).

“Through intense research over many years,” Tolkien explains, “I have tried to bring the vanished world of America, England and Spain in the 1930s to life – a time that shares many similarities with the troubled world we live in today. I believe in the value of historical fiction. The past is another country just as rich as ours, and I want to bring it to life.”

New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world begins to unravel as the Great Depression exerts its icy grip. He finds it hard to relate to his parents: His father, a Jewish self-made businessman, refuses to give up on the American dream, and his mother, a refugee from religious persecution in Mexico, holds fast to her Catholic faith. When disaster strikes the family, Theo must learn who he is. A charismatic school friend and a firebrand girl inspire him to believe he can fight Fascism and change the world, but each rebellion comes at a higher price, forcing Theo to question these ideologies too.

From New York’s Lower East Side to an English boarding school to an Andalusian village in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Theo’s harrowing journey from boy to man is set against a backdrop of societies torn apart from within, teetering on the edge of a terrible war to which Theo is compulsively drawn like a moth to a flame.

With historical depth and compelling storytelling, Tolkien weaves a stunning tale about how hope, courage, loss and disillusionment affect the formation of one’s character. Fans of historical fiction and literary fiction will devour THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA.

To celebrate the publication of THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA, we are hosting a virtual book tour throughout the month of June featuring this fantastic group of book influencers that will feature reviews, spotlights, excerpts and giveaways!

Sunday, June 1 Purrfect Pages

Monday, June 2 Books Coffee MX

Tuesday, June 3 Dive Into A Good Book

Wednesday, June 4 Bookalong

Thursday, June 5 Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Friday, June 6 Wuthering Vines

Monday, June 9 We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

Tuesday, June 10 Cassie’s Book Reviews

Wednesday, June 11 Lexijava

Thursday, June 12 Subakka Bookstuff

Friday, June 13 Sarah’s Bookish Reviews

Monday, June 16 Gym Girl Reads

Tuesday, June 17 The Maddie Hatter

Wednesday, June 18 Dana Mustard Reads

Thursday, June 19 Briana and Her Books

Friday, June 20 What Is That Book About

Friday, June 20 Linda’s Book Obsession

Sunday, June 22 Nissa The Bookworm

Monday, June 23 Bailey’s Book Recs

Tuesday, June 24 Book Girl Brown Reviews

Wednesday, June 25 Rebekah Dolmat Reads

Thursday, June 26 Gloriana Wong

Friday, June 27 Kim Reads and Reads

Sunday, June 29 Karen’s Library

Monday, June 30 Enjoying Books Again

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May Virtual Book Tour THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES by Shirley Russak Wachtel

**From the author of A Castle in Brooklyn comes an epic novel spanning decades about the broken bonds of family, memories of war, and redemption and hope in the face of heartbreaking loss.**

Advance Praise for The Baker of Lost Memories:

“The Baker of Lost Memories is a compelling family drama, slow-boiling its way to redemption and second chances.” ―Foreword Reviews

“A poignant story of the power of memory and family, Wachtel’s narrative moves easily through time and from mother to daughter.” – Library Journal

Fans of generational stories by Lynda Cohen Loigman (The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, The Matchmaker’s Gift), Jennifer Rosner (The Yellow Bird Sings) and Georgia Hunter (We Are The Lucky Ones) will devour Shirley Russak Wachtel’s new moving family saga, THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES (June 1, 2025; Little A). Wachtel is the critically acclaimed author of A Castle In Brooklyn, and she is back with another unforgettable novel that explores generational trauma, the complex relationships between immigrant parents and American-born children, resilience and redemption. THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES is a beautifully written poignant historical novel set in Brooklyn in the 1960s and 70s.

“The stories I write are about families,” Wachtel explains. “When I wrote A Castle In Brooklyn, I wanted to explore the traumatic effects of the Holocaust on survivors trying to build a new life in the United States. With THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES, I focus on the quiet reverberations of loss in the second generation. Family is the nucleus of life’s experience.”

It can take a lifetime to turn painful memories of the past into hope for the future.

Growing up in 1960s Brooklyn, Lena wants to be a baker just like her mother was back in Poland prior to World War II. But questions about those days, and about a sister Lena never even knew, are ignored with solemn silence. It’s as if everything her parents left behind was a subject never to be broached.

The one person in whom Lena can confide is her best friend, Pearl. When she suddenly disappears from Lena’s life, Lena forges ahead: college, love and marriage with a wonderful man, the dream of owning a bakery becoming a reality, and the hope that someday Pearl will return to share in Lena’s happiness―and to be there for her during the unexpected losses to come.

Only when Lena discovers the depth of her parents’ anguish, and a startling truth about her own past, can they rebuild a family and overcome the heart-wrenching memories that have torn them apart.

To help celebrate the publication of THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES, we are hosting a prepub virtual book tour during the month of May with this stellar list of book influencers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along!

Thursday, May 1 BOOKPHILE BELLE

Thursday, May 1 – WHAT IS THAT BOOK ABOUT

Friday, May 2 WE BREAK FOR BOOKS

Monday, May 5 WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

Tuesday, May 6 SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Tuesday, May 6 BOOKS WRITING AND MORE

Wednesday, May 7 KATIE NEEDS A BIGGER BOOKSHELF

Thursday, May 8 LIT BY LILLI

Thursday, May 8 MATZAH BOOK SOUP

Friday, May 9 SECRET READING LIFE

Saturday, May 10 CASSIE’S BOOK REVIEWS

Monday, May 12 NISSA THE BOOKWORM

Tuesday, May 13 CAROL DOSCHER READER

Wednesday, May 14 DANISH MUSTARD READS

Thursday, May 15 SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Friday, May 16 WUTHERING VINES

Monday, May 19 NURSE BOOKIE

Tuesday, May 20 BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Wednesday, May 21 LEXIJAVA

Wednesday, May 21 MELANN ROSENTHAL

Thursday, May 22 WBTB REVIEWS

Friday, May 23 LOVE MY BOOKS 2020

Tuesday, May 27 GLORIANA WONG

Tuesday, May 27 MEG’S BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, May 28 MY BURSTING BOOK BAG

Thursday, May 29 ANDREA C. LOWRY READS

Friday, May 30 BOOK OBSESSION’S LINDA

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March Virtual Book Tour: FALLS TO PIECES by Douglas Corleone

“[A] psychological thriller that’s very much in the vein of Gillian Flynn or Lisa Jewell…Fans of the genre should be urged to pick this one up, and fans of the author can safely be told that this book is just as good as his previous ones.” ―Booklist

“A twisty, fast-paced thriller from a gifted storyteller. Corleone masterfully combines great characters, a setting in Hawaii that is lush and forbidding, and a tense, dark plot.” ―William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob

“FALLS TO PIECES twists and turns at breakneck speed in its exploration of parental devotion, the secrets kept by those we love, and the lengths some people go to in order to escape the past.” ―Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Only One Left and The House Across The Lake

A mother and daughter in hiding are threatened by more than secrets and lies in a twisting novel of paranoia, revenge, and psychological suspense by bestselling author Douglas Corleone.

Douglas Corleone, the bestselling author of ten contemporary crime novels and international thrillers, has turned his talents to writing a fast-paced psychological thriller. FALLS TO PIECES (Thomas & Mercer; ISBN 978-1662522062; $16.99; April 1, 2025) is a riveting mystery set on the Hawaiian island of Maui that will have you turning the pages in one sitting!

For two years, Kati Dawes and her teenage daughter, Zoe, have lived off the grid in Hawaii, hiding from a past Kati must forget as if her life depends on it. New names. Anonymous online presence. So far, safe. Until Kati’s fiancé, attorney Eddie Akana, disappears along a popular hiking trail in a Maui national park. Now all eyes are on Kati. Exposure can make a woman with so many secrets very paranoid.

Eddie’s law partner, Noah Walker, is doing everything he can to protect his new client from the press that’s hovering like a vulture and the authorities whose suspicions about Kati―and the disappearance―are rising. Then suddenly, Zoe goes missing as well. Kati will risk anything to find her. But the worst is still to come. Because Kati’s not the only one with secrets. And buried among them is a twist she never saw coming.

To help celebrate the release of FALLS TO PIECES, we are hosting a virtual book tour with this outstanding list of book influencers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along!

March 3 Bethany Buried In Books AND We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

March 4 Brianna’s Best Reads AND Love My Dane Dolly

March 5 Speed Readstagram AND Sarah’s Bookish Reviews

March 6 Hooked By Books AND Love My Books 2020

March 7 Carol Doscher Reader AND Paperbacks N Frybread

March 8 Purrfect Pages

March 10 Cassie’s Book Reviews AND Suzy Approved Book Reviews

March 11 Dive Into A Good Book AND My Bursting Book Bag

March 12 Nik’s Bookshelf AND Books and Biewers

March 13 Danish Mustard Reads AND We Break For Books

March 14 Subakka Bookstuff

March 17 Stacy40Pages AND The Maddie Hatter

March 18 Book Boss 12 AND Kera’s Always Reading

March 19 Book Girl Brown Reviews AND WBTB Book Reviews

March 20 Library of Bookish AND The Salty Islander

March 21 Go Fetch A Book AND Dea’s Bookshelf

March 24 Meg’s Book Club AND Books Cats Travel Food

March 25 Wuthering Vines AND Rebekah Dolmat

March 26 Journal of Jaida AND Gloriana Wong

March 27 Candice Reads AND Madi’s Mysteries

March 28 Addicted to Books 86 AND Secret Reading Life

March 29 Andrea C Lowry Reads

March 31 Nissa The Bookworm AND Reading 2 Escape

April 1 Storeybook Reviews

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December Virtual Book Tour: MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST by Zoje Stage, Illustrated by J.E. Larson

First depicted in the international sensation Baby Teeth — and now in its sequel, Dear Hanna — My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast is a quirky and charming story about a girl with a most unusual way of making new friends. Watch what grows beneath the bed…

“Nine-year-old Prudencia—Pru for short—loves big words and her charming vocabulary is on full display in Zoje Stage’s My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast. Accompanied by gorgeous illustrations from J.E. Larson, this is the story of a girl and the not-so-scary monster who lives under her bed. Pru’s ingenuity and compassion shine when her little friend becomes a big problem and she has to set things right. A lovely, whimsical tale for younger middle grade readers, My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast is also a perfect bedtime read-aloud for smaller children who want a “big kid” story. I was delighted by My UnderSlumber-BumbleBeast and kids and their grownups will be, too.” – Lora Senf, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Blight Harbor books

“This book is my Scholastic Book Fair fantasy made real! A dark, whimsical delight for all ages. I’ll shelve it next to Gaiman’s Coraline.” — Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered

“In My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast, Zoje Stage expertly weaves the tale of a child who embraces what would scare other children – be it the creature under the bed or the monsters in the basement. With shades of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman storytelling, and illustrations evoking Edward Gorey’s style, My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast unfolds as a slightly eerie narrative sure to captivate and intrigue young readers and their parents.” — Collen Rowan Kosinski, author of A Home Again, author/illustrator of Lilla’s Sunflowers

Zoje Stage’s debut, Baby Teeth was a breakout psychological thriller when it was published in summer 2018. It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, a Goodreads Choice Award (and came in second behind Stephen King!), became a USA Today and international bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by Forbes Magazine, Library Journal, PopSugar, Barnes & Noble, Bloody Disgusting, and Book Bub, named a People Magazine Book of the Week, a Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book, awarded four starred trade reviews, praised by The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, PopSugar, HelloGiggles, and others.

In Dear Hanna, published August 2024, fans of Baby Teeth finally got the follow-up novel they’d longed for from “master novelist” (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle) Zoje Stage. Dear Hanna —”one of the best, most squirm-inducing portraits of a deviant schemer this side of GONE GIRL” (Nat Cassidy, Mary and Nestlings)—also marked the return of the UnderSlumberBumbleBeasts. For the first time in MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST (Bad Hand Books; Dec. 3, 2024) these misunderstood “monsters” are the stars of their very own book.

Nine-year-old Pru has many hobbies: inventing things, collecting stuff, and learning new and interesting words. But her newest passion is discovering the source of the weird sounds she hears at night—coming from beneath her bed.

Ever since she was very little, Pru suspected there might be a special kind of creature making a home in her room. But because UnderSlumberBumbleBeasts only come out in the dark, she had never seen one.

That all changes one day after Pru’s mom asks her to clean her room—an ordinary request that sets off an extraordinary chain of events. And Pru’s life will never be the same.

Adult readers of Baby Teeth and Dear Hanna will delight in seeing this book-within-a-book finally come to life, and young readers will fall in love with this imaginative girl and her strange but wonderful friends. (Grade level 2 – 5; Enjoyment level ages 5-125)

To help celebrate the release of Zoje Stage’s new book for young (and old) readers, we are hosting a virtual book tour with this fantastic list of book influencers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along!

Sunday, December 1 Books Love And Understanding

Monday, December 2 Books and Coffee MX

Tuesday, December 3 Briana’s Best Reads

Wednesday, December 4 Sarah’s Bookish Reviews AND Bbecca Marie

Thursday, December 5 Carol Doscher Reader AND Nissa the Bookworm

Friday, December 6 Bookapotamus

Monday, December 9 Sarah’s Book Stack

Tuesday, December 10 Nurse Bookie

Wednesday, December 11 Jess Nicole’s Bookshelf AND Sacred Hearth Book Reviews

Thursday, December 12 Meg’s Book Club

Friday, December 13 Rebecca Reviewed It AND Sheila’s Enchanted Bookshelf

Monday, December 16 KMO Reads

Tuesday, December 17 Go Fetch A Book

Wednesday, December 18 Library of Bookish

Friday, December 20 Bethany Buried In Books AND The Dusti Bookshelf

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October Virtual Book Tour: Bad Reputation – Emma Barry’s Latest Romance Novel

In this whip-smart workplace romance from the author of Chick Magnet, a former teen star and an accidental intimacy coordinator have a plan to fix their images—and falling in love would ruin everything.

“With BAD REPUTATION, Emma Barry has woven a delicate treasure of intimacy and sweetness, all wrapped up with the sexiest (him)bo. Stories about growing from past mistakes don’t always give its characters so much grace, but Barry’s tender handling of this Hollywood tale makes it impossible not to root for Maggie and Cole completely.” —Ali Rosen, Author of Alternate Endings

“Barry always manages to perfectly capture such tenderness between characters, in a way that hits you right in the feels. Immersive in both the contemporary worlds she creates and the exquisite depth of her characters, Barry is a must read. BAD REPUTATION is a deep and delicious treat.” —Charlotte Stein, Author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine

Emma Barry is the romance author you need to read. She is a talented writer and storyteller who crafts a contemporary romance that is a well-written, unputdownable book with the signature elements of a good rom-com. She creates relatable characters, describes lively settings that set the right mood, and best of all she imagines an engrossing, slow-burn romance that is absolutely swoon-worthy. If you’re looking for a great read after devouring Bridgerton Season 3, you should add her latest stand-alone release, BAD REPUTATION (Montlake; October 1, 2024) to your TBR list this Fall.

BAD REPUTATION is set in the world of Hollywood and filmmaking and is about getting a do-over on your career when everyone thinks they know who you are, but you know that they’re wrong.

Cole James’s reputation as Hollywood’s favorite himbo no longer suits him. His fans can’t separate the real man from the character he played on a soapy teen drama decades ago. But that’s going to change with Waverley, the hit streaming historical romance series (think Bridgerton or Outlander).

Maggie Niven hates her own notoriety. Fired for directing a divisive play, Maggie takes her fight against censorship public. When Hollywood comes calling, she becomes the new intimacy coordinator for Waverley. But it’s harder than she imagined to focus on the job.

Cole isn’t what she expected—and Maggie is more than he dreamed of. As filming gets underway, the cast’s old traumas lead to real intimacy, and Cole and Maggie struggle with feelings they shouldn’t have. Having an affair on set could destroy his comeback and her new career.

The show must go on. But if Cole and Maggie want a happy ending, they’ll have to start doing things their own way.

For fans of romance novels by the likes of Christina Lauren, Ali Hazelwood, Kate Clayborn, Kate Canterbary and Lucy Parker, BAD REPUTATION is a must-read that will pull you in from the first page and will keep you reading until Happily Ever After.

To help celebrate the release of this new romance, we are hosting a virtual book tour with this outstanding list of book influencers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along!

October 1 Words We Love By

October 1 Meg’s Book Club

October 1 Bethany Buried in Books

October 2 Nellie’s Reads

October 2 We Break For Books

October 3 Read Your Worries

October 3 Spines and Read Wine

October 4 Love My Dane Dolly

October 4 Just Another Mother With Books

October 5 Bookish Heidi

October 6 Elliott Reads

October 7 Books and Coffee MX