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Registered Book Group Promotions
November
For November we have three very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Rainwater by Sandra Brown, Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay and The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, November 16th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Rainwater by Sandra Brown --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Two groups will have the opportunity to chat with Sandra Brown and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Rainwater:
From acclaimed bestselling author Sandra Brown comes a powerfully moving novel celebrating the gifts, generosity and foresight of a great bygone generation. Centered around an independent woman who runs a Texas boarding house during the Dust Bowl and a mysterious boarder, Rainwater tells a story that bears witness to a bittersweet truth: that love is worth whatever price one must pay for it.
This is a moving story that would appeal to readers of historical fiction, women’s fiction and any book clubs that love sweeping novels about moral consequences and the intrinsic value of family.
-Click here to see our Historical Fiction feature for Sandra Brown and Rainwater on Bookreporter.com.
 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Four groups will have the opportunity to chat with Tatiana de Rosnay and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Sarah's Key:
A haunting novel --- and New York Times bestselling phenomenon --- that book clubs nationwide can’t stop talking about... and can’t forget...
Paris, July 1942: Before 10-year-old Sarah is arrested in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, she locks her younger brother in a cupboard, thinking she will be back quickly.
Paris, May 2002: Journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article for the Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary and stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Please also note that Sarah’s Key the movie is now being shot by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Hugo Films) in Paris and its suburbs. The film, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, will be released in 2010.
 The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Sophie Hannah and receive up to 12 copies of the book. Please note that because the author is based in the United Kingdom, she will only be available for chat via Skype.
More About The Wrong Mother:
Sally Horning is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she never thought she’d hear again --- Mark Bretherick. All the details are the same: where he lives, his wife Geraldine and daughter Lucy, his job. And the news is devastating: Geraldine and Lucy have been murdered. Except when they show the photo, it’s not the man Sally had an affair with. Sally realizes immediately that her own family is also in peril. Another riveting, brilliant and provocative book from a writer who is poised to become a household name in the U.S., The Wrong Mother promises to keep you turning pages late into the night.
October
For October we have FIVE very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan, Oxygen by Carol Cassella, Windfall by Penny Vincenzi, Thirsty by Tracey Bateman and Where Grace Abides by BJ Hoff. Groups who have registered with us by Thursday, October 15th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir by John Grogan --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: One Grand Prize-winning group will have the opportunity to chat with John Grogan and receive up to 12 copies of the book. Additionally, one first prize runner-up group will receive up to 12 signed copies of The Longest Trip Home for their book club, and a second prize runner-up group will receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About The Longest Trip Home:
Enter your book club for a chance to speak with John Grogan, the internationally bestselling author who brought you Marley & Me and his most recent nationally bestselling memoir, The Longest Trip Home. Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy navigating his way through the social upheavals of the 1960s, flanked by his loving but traditional Christian parents, and his alternatively minded, persuasive peers. The Longest Trip Home tells the story of Grogan’s coming of age with his trademark humor and affection, offering readers a chance to discuss their own upbringings, whether happy, broken or humorous, and what it means to return back to your parents and family after breaking away and claiming your place in the world.
 Oxygen by Carol Cassella --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Two groups will have the opportunity to chat with Carol Cassella and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Oxygen:
Now available in paperback is Carol Cassella’s riveting national bestseller --- an “involving debut that’s just what the doctor ordered” (People). This gripping novel follows anesthesiologist Dr. Marie Heaton, who seeks to understand the death of a child patient during surgery, while also coping with her own aging father and confronting questions of love and betrayal, family bonds and the price of her own choices. With a final twist as heartrending as it is redeeming, Oxygen is an incredible story. Perfect for book clubs, there are many issues to discuss: family; relationships; trust between patients and doctors, parents and children, siblings, and romantic partners; coping with loss; and betrayal.
 Windfall by Penny Vincenzi --- Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About Windfall:
Cassia Tallow, a dutiful doctor’s wife, inherits a fortune from her godmother whom she thought had died penniless. Gaining confidence and independence from her newfound wealth, Cassia sheds her domestic burdens as her husband can only look on with resentment. Soon she is seduced by the glamour and passion among a certain jet-set elite, and reforming old relationships --- one of them of the most dangerous kind. The mystery of her inheritance eventually catches up with Cassia, presenting even more questions about her family and the rest of her life. Too soon the Windfall, part benign influence, part brutal force, is an absolutely powerful entity all of its own --- one that Cassia cannot resist...
-Click here to see our Women’s Fiction feature for Penny Vincenzi and Windfall on Bookreporter.com.
 Thirsty by Tracey Bateman --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Six groups will have the opportunity to chat with Tracey Bateman and receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About Thirsty:
In Thirsty by award-winning author Tracey Bateman, recovering alcoholic Nina Parker wants to start fresh in her Ozark hometown. A gruesome murder, her shattered family, and a 250-year-old stranger’s obsession have her torn between surrendering to darkness --- and salvation.
Thirsty offers a multi-dimensional plot that examines the plight of human frailty in stark contrast to the strength and power of the supernatural. It provides book groups with an opportunity to discuss robust themes, including addictive behaviors, intergenerational relations, the role of free will, confronting past events and decisions, and finally, the price of redemption.
 Where Grace Abides: The Riverhaven Years
by BJ Hoff --- Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About Where Grace Abides:
Where Grace Abides is a story that includes many challenging topics for discussion, including slavery and abolition, faith and organized religion, personal liberties, issues of discrimination, and more. This book will especially appeal to reading groups who are looking for a thought-provoking read that asks challenging questions in the context of a faith perspective.
In Where Grace Abides, the compelling second book in the Riverhaven Years series, Hoff offers her readers an even closer look at the Amish community of Riverhaven and the people who live and love and work there. Secrets, treachery and persecution are only a few of the challenges that test Rachel’s faith and her love for the forbidden “outsider,” while Gant’s own hopes and dreams are dealt a life-changing blow, rendering the vow he made to Rachel seemingly impossible to honor.
September
For September we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel by Maureen Lindley and Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark. Groups who have registered with us by Wednesday, September 16th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel by Maureen Lindley --- Book Giveaway: Seven groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel:
Peking, 1914. When the eight-year-old princess Eastern Jewel is caught spying on her father’s liaison with a servant girl, she is banished from the palace, sent to live with a powerful family in Japan. Renamed Yoshiko Kawashima, she quickly falls in love with her adoptive country, where she earns a scandalous reputation, taking fencing lessons, smoking opium and entertaining numerous lovers. Sent to Mongolia to become an obedient wife, Yoshiko mounts a daring escape and eventually finds her way back to Peking high society --- this time with orders from the Japanese secret service.
Based on the true story of a rebellious woman who earned a controversial place in history, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is a vibrant reimagining of a thrilling life --- a historical epic of palace intrigue, sexual manipulation and international espionage.
 Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark --- Book Giveaway: Fifteen groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About Under the Cajun Moon:
With themes of family, trust, forgiveness and God’s grace, this book is an ideal choice for Christian book clubs who are interested in well-written novels that also address deeper life issues.
New Orleans may be the “Big Easy,” but nothing about it was ever easy for international business etiquette expert Chloe Ledet. She moved away years ago, leaving her parents and their famous French Quarter restaurant behind. But when she hears that her father has been shot, she races home to be by his side and to handle his affairs --- only to learn a long-hidden secret that changes everything she knew to be true about herself and her family.
August
For August we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf and The Night Counter by Alia Yunis. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, August 17th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to chat with Heather Gudenkauf and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About The Weight of Silence:
In an astonishing literary debut, Heather Gudenkauf has crafted a broodingly affecting novel in The Weight of Silence. One hot summer day two little girls disappear into the woods behind their homes, and over the course of the next few days their families and small community must face some ugly truths. A stunning novel of family devotion, honesty and regret, The Weight of Silence is masterfully written and beautifully told.
Perfect for book clubs, this novel will spark conversation and debate long into the evening.
 The Night Counter by Alia Yunis --- Book Giveaway: Six groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About The Night Counter:
After 85 long years, Fatimah Abdullah is dying, and she knows when her time will come. In fact, it should come just nine days from tonight, the 992nd nightly visit of Scheherazade, the beautiful and immortal storyteller from the epic The Arabian Nights. Shifting between the U.S. and Lebanon over the last hundred years, Alia Yunis crafts a bewitching novel imbued with great humanity, imagination and a touch of magic realism. Be prepared for your reading group to be utterly charmed.
July
For July we have three very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Happiness Key by Emilie Richards, The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper and Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange by Amanda Smyth. Groups who have registered with us by Wednesday, July 15th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Happiness Key by Emilie Richards --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to chat with Emilie Richards and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Happiness Key:
When elderly resident of Happiness Key, Herbert Krause, dies alone in his cottage clutching a mysterious key, four women are reluctantly diverted from their personal sorrows and warily come together to find his family.
As Herb’s real story is revealed, the women discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they love. Most important they also discover the treasure of a friendship that almost didn't happen.
A perfect book club selection, Happiness Key explores the differences that keep us at arm’s length and the joys of breaching that distance.
 The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper --- Book Giveaway: Two groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About The House at Sugar Beach:
A national bestseller, now in paperback... In the tradition of A Long Way Gone and The Glass Castle, a haunting memoir by a world-renowned journalist of a war-torn childhood in Liberia and her return to her native country 20 years after her family’s flight (during the 1980 coup), to reunite with the foster sister her family left behind.
The House at Sugar Beach makes an excellent book club selection because it incites discussion both about Cooper’s personal tale and Liberia’s volatile history.
 Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange by Amanda Smyth --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: One group will have the opportunity to chat with Amanda Smyth and receive up to 12 copies of the book. Two additional groups will also have the opportunity to receive up to 12 copies of the book. Interested in this for your group? Then fill out the form below by Wednesday, August 12th.
More About Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange:
Written with great beauty and economy, Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange is the story of one woman’s search for love and identity. In the tradition of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and Wide Sargasso Sea, reading groups will find themselves swept away by the exotic scenery and romance.
"The Caribbean's tropical sights and smells permeate Smyth's moving debut novel, but all is not paradise... Smyth paints a vivid portrait of a naive young girl who learns some hard truths about herself and her family, but though Celia's story is not always happy, it's arresting and powerful, a shining testament to human resilience.” --The Miami Herald
June
For June we have three very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson, Apples and Oranges by Marie Brenner and A Thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, June 15th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Joshilyn Jackson and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About The Girl Who Stopped Swimming:
The title is a great choice for reading groups for two reasons: one is the author herself, a bestselling novelist with two previous books (back-to-back #1 Book Sense picks --- unprecedented) who is known in her writing for the accurate, honest and funny depictions of family, especially among women, and relationships between the sexes. Second, the novel itself, which touches on the good, bad and ugly of sibling relationships (love, rivalry, understanding, loyalty) as well as modern American marriage and family.
The author’s accurate depiction of life in a gated community versus that of the dusty small Southern towns that surround it also make for good discussion about urban/suburban/exurban life.
 Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Marie Brenner and receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About Apples and Oranges:
Rivals since their earliest youth, Marie Brenner and her brother, Carl, rarely found common ground. Like many brothers and sisters, they maintained a lifelong connection that was both aggravating and essential, navigating around the fact that they had settled in distinctly different corners of America. Then, after they had spent decades in opposition, a crisis forced them to unite. Charting their course as they waded through years of simmering angst, Apples and Oranges, which is now available in paperback, is ultimately the story of an uncanny reconciliation and a bittersweet confrontation between the uncertain future and the ghosts of the past.
With 52 percent of brothers and sisters having challenged relationships, this is a wonderful story that provokes conversation about our own sibling relationships.
 A Thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Two groups will have the opportunity to chat with Marie Bostwick and receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About A Thread of Truth:
Having fled an abusive marriage with little more than her kids and the clothes on her back, Ivy figures she has nowhere to go but up. An appearance in an on-air promo for part-time quilt shop job alerts her ex-husband to her whereabouts. Now she’s forced to face her deepest fears as a woman and a mother. This time, she’s got a sisterhood behind her: companions as complex, strong and lasting as the quilts they stitch.
Marie Bostwick’s new novel A Thread of Truth weaves together new beginnings, old friends and the rich, varied tapestry of lives fully lived.
May
For May we have three very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The No 1. Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, Secrets She Left Behind by Diane Chamberlain and The Killing Tree by Rachel Keener. Groups who have registered with us by Wednesday, May 13th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 The No 1. Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith --- Special Book and Journal Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to receive the Grand Prize of up to 15 copies of the book as well as 15 special No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency journals. Five additional groups will have the opportunity to receive the First Prize of one copy of the book as well as 15 special No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency journals.
More About The No 1. Ladies’ Detective Agency:
NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES. Meet Mma Ramotswe, the endearing, engaging, simply irresistible proprietress of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, the first and only detective agency in Botswana. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems of their lives, she solves mysteries great and small for friends and strangers alike. From tracking down a missing husband to uncovering a con man, there’s plenty to keep Mma Ramotswe busy, but she tackles it all with confidence and determination.
Alexander McCall Smith’s trademark wit and charm suffuse The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, and with its themes of family, identity and forgiveness, it’s guaranteed to spark book club discussion.
 Secrets She Left Behind by Diane Chamberlain --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Two groups will have the opportunity to chat with Diane Chamberlain and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Secrets She Left Behind:
Every family has its secrets, and the one featured in Diane Chamberlain’s latest novel is no exception. Praised for her emotional and controversial novels, Chamberlain infuses Secrets She Left Behind with heartbreak and redemption, focusing on teenage half-siblings and the turmoil they must face thanks to a lifetime of secrets their parents kept hidden. Chamberlain is a master at creating characters so familiar they might live next door, and embroiling them in moral dilemmas that draw in her readers from the opening pages; with Secrets She Left Behind, she delivers another compelling and thought-provoking read.
 The Killing Tree by Rachel Keener --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 20 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Rachel Keener and receive up to 10 copies of the book. An additional 200 groups will also have the opportunity to receive a copy of the book.
More About The Killing Tree:
The Killing Tree is a vivid debut novel about a young woman’s coming of age, set in the rich contemporary culture of the Appalachian Mountains. This is a passionate and intense story about a young woman trapped in a closed, rural society.
The Killing Tree elicits deep conversations about the struggles and triumphs of the flawed, likable characters. It’s the kind of novel that draws you into its world, refusing to release its hold until the end.
April
For April we have FIVE very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas, Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos, A Flickering Light by Jane Kirkpatrick, A Widow’s Hope by Mary Ellis and The House in Grosvenor Square by Linore Rose Burkard. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, April 13th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Sandra Dallas and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Prayers for Sale:
It's 1936 and the depression has ravaged the country. Hennie Comfort is 86 and has lived in the mountains of Middle Swan, Colorado since before it was Colorado. Nit Spindle is just 17 and newly married. After a chance encounter between the two women, the harsh conditions of life that each have endured create an instant bond and an unlikely friendship is formed, one in which the deepest of hardships are shared and the darkest of secrets are confessed.
Sandra Dallas, author of the critically acclaimed Tallgrass, has created an unforgettable tale of a friendship, one with surprising twists and turns, and one that is ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the human spirit.
 Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Marisa de los Santos and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Belong to Me:
A devoted city dweller, Cornelia surprised no one more than herself when she was gripped by the sudden desire to leave urban life behind and head for an idyllic suburb. Cornelia’s mettle is quickly tested by judgmental neighbor Piper, who is the embodiment of everything Cornelia feared she would find in suburbia. A saving grace soon appears in the form of Lake. Cornelia develops an instant bond with this warm yet elusive woman who has also recently arrived in town, ostensibly to send her perceptive and brilliant son, Dev, to a school for the gifted.
Marisa de los Santos creates complex interactions between these three women. As their individual stories unfold, the women become entangled in a web of trust, betrayal, love and loss that challenges them in ways they never imagined.
 A Flickering Light: Portraits of the Heart, Book 1 by Jane Kirkpatrick --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Jane Kirkpatrick and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About A Flickering Light:
Drawn from the author’s historical family album: young Jessie Ann Gaebele pioneers her way into the male-dominated profession of photography during the early 20th century. When she finds herself increasingly attracted to her married employer, she discovers that the interplay between light and shadow creates both opportunity and danger.
The novel is inspired by a real complex family story of the author’s grandmother. The moments described in this lyrical read cause readers to ponder immense decisions and emotions of the main character knowing she was a real person and this was a real struggle. It also causes readers to examine and share similar stories that might be hidden in their own family tree.
 A Widow's Hope: The Miller Family Series by Mary Ellis --- Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About A Widow's Hope:
After the death of her husband, Hannah Brown is determined to make a new life with her sister’s family. But when she sells her farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moves with her sheep to Ohio, the wool unexpectedly starts to fly. Her deacon brother–in–law finds just about everything about Hannah vexing. When his widower brother shows interest in the young and beautiful widow, the deacon turns to prayer for guidance.
Hannah thought she could never love again, until she meets the strong, gentle farmer. Unfortunately, Seth Miller’s only interest is in Hannah’s sheep. He is content in his bachelor state and slow to recognize his daughter’s need for a new mother. Yet God offers Seth the perfect solution to their problems if he could only open his heart again... and love. This book offers many topics for discussion, including family issues, conflict, dealing with grief and loss and remarriage. It also explores Christian themes.
 The House in Grosvenor Square: A Regency Inspirational Romance by Linore Rose Burkard --- Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About The House in Grosvenor Square:
Readers who loved the author’s first book, Before the Season Ends, will delight in this charming sequel set in Regency London.
Ariana’s story continues as she plans her upcoming wedding. But when Ariana suffers an abduction attempt by two villains, and other mysterious goings-on are unexplained, it is up to her fiancée to unravel the mystery of who is after Ariana and why. Romance, suspense and a deft touch of humor are part of this wonderful story. This novel makes a great choice for book clubs because it will cause readers to think deeply through issues of social inequality, trust in relationships and faith.
March
For March we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Murder at the Academy Awards®: A Red Carpet Murder Mystery by Joan Rivers with Jerrilyn Farmer and The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, March 16th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Murder at the Academy Awards®: A Red Carpet Murder Mystery by Joan Rivers with Jerrilyn Farmer --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Four groups will have the opportunity to chat with Joan Rivers and receive up to 12 copies of the book. Five other groups will also have the opportunity to receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Murder at the Academy Awards®: A Red Carpet Murder Mystery:
The Academy Awards®. It's Hollywood's biggest night, and there's no star better equipped than the tart-tongued Max Taylor to hold court on the glamorous Red Carpet. Tonight, she has landed a real coup --- an exclusive interview with Halsey Hamilton, a fabulous, young, paparazzi-trailed Oscar nominee. But not even Max, who's seen her share of celebrity train wrecks, is prepared for Halsey to drop dead at the hem of her stunning Michael Kors gown. To Hollywood, the starlet's demise was tragic but inevitable. To Max, it looks more like a perfectly calculated crime.
 The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee --- Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to receive 10-12 copies of the book.
More About The Anatomy of Wings:
Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister, Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers. As she recounts the final months of Beth’s life, Jennifer sifts through the lies and the truth, but what she finds are mysteries, miracles and more questions.
A powerful novel about the pain of grief that is as unexpectedly funny as it is wise. Discover the award-winning novel with your book club.
“Foxlee captures the small ways that humans reveal themselves, the mysterious intensity of female adolescence, and the surreal quiet of a grieving house, which slowly and with astonishing resilience fills again with sound and music.” --Starred Review, Booklist
February
For February we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock and Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, February 16th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to chat with Elizabeth Flock and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Sleepwalking in Daylight:
Once defined by her career and independence, stay-at-home mom Samantha Friedman's days have been reduced to errands, carpools and suburban gossip. What was an easy decision for Sam years ago has become a nagging awareness that this life was her choice. Now she deals with a husband who shows up for dinner but is too preoccupied for conversation, and a daughter swathed in black clothing and Goth makeup who won’t talk at all.
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Flock’s novels have been hailed as “haunting” (Booklist) and “tremendously touching” (Kirkus Reviews). With Sleepwalking in Daylight, she perceptively reveals the inner workings of a modern marriage and the complicated mother-daughter relationship with unflinching honesty, delivering her most powerful, provocative story to date.
 Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark --- Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 10 copies of the book.
More About Shadows of Lancaster County:
Following up on her extremely popular Gothic thriller, Whispers of the Bayou, Christian author Mindy Starns Clark offers another suspenseful stand-alone mystery full of Amish simplicity, dark shadows and the light of God’s amazing grace.
Anna thought she left the tragedies of the past behind when she moved from Pennsylvania to California, but when her brother vanishes from the genetics lab where he works, Anna has no choice but to head back home. Using skills well-honed in Silicon Valley, she follows the high-tech trail her brother left behind --- a trail that leads from the simple world of Amish farming to the cutting edge of DNA research and gene mapping.
January
For January we have three very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah, Matrimony by Joshua Henkin and Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Groups who have registered with us by Friday, January 16th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Eight groups will have the opportunity to chat with Kristin Hannah and receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Firefly Lane:
Now available in paperback, Kristin Hannah's New York Times bestselling novel explores themes of friendship, the challenges of maintaining long-term friendship, the sacrifices that come with motherhood and the obstacles that women face. Book clubs across the country have said that this book stirs memories and sparks discussion.
The story follows accomplished, independent Tully Hart and loyal, capable Kate Mularkey through three-and-a-half decades of friendship. From the mid-1970s and on into the new millennium, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life. Amid Tully's rise to fame as a television journalist and Kate's dream of raising a family, the two weather the storms of friendship --- jealousy, anger, hurt and resentment --- until a betrayal threatens to tear them apart forever.
We encourage you to visit Kristin's official website, www.KristinHannah.com, where you can share information about your group and become eligible for an opportunity to have Kristin join your book club meeting by phone. Please be sure to also visit HallmarkMagazine.com in February 2009 to enter for a chance to win the "Share Your Sisterhood Story Sweepstakes."
 Matrimony by Joshua Henkin --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Three Grand Prize winners will have the opportunity to chat with Joshua Henkin and receive up to 12 inscribed copies of the book. Due to strong interest, Joshua Henkin will now be awarding 100 (!) runner-up winners an inscribed copy of Matrimony as well as the opportunity to chat with him if their group chooses the title for discussion.
More About Matrimony:
Now available in paperback, Joshua Henkin's novel Matrimony, a New York Times Notable Book of 2007, has been embraced by book clubs across the country (Josh himself has participated in person, by phone, and online in close to 100 book club discussions of Matrimony). Matrimony explores themes of love and friendship, sickness and health, money and ambition, desire and tensions of faith --- the kinds of big issues that make it perfect for a book club discussion.
Matrimony starts in 1987, when Julian Wainwright, an aspiring novelist and the Waspy son of New York old money, meets beautiful, Jewish Mia Mendelsohn in the college laundry room. So begins a love affair that, spurred on by family tragedy, carries the couple to graduation and beyond, through a series of college towns, spanning twenty years. Matrimony is about what it's like to fall in love when you're young and to try to stay in love as you reach middle age. As People Magazine said: "Charming.... Henkin keeps you reading with original characters, witty dialogue, and a view that marriage, for all its flaws, is worth the trouble."
-Click here to read an article that appeared in The Brooklyn Paper about Joshua's visits and discussions with book clubs.
-Visit the author's official website, www.JoshuaHenkin.com.
 Still Alice by Lisa Genova --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Four groups will have the opportunity to chat with Lisa Genova and receive up to 15 copies of the book. Two other groups will also have the opportunity to receive up to 10 finished copies of the book.
More About Still Alice:
Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At 50 years old, she's a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and three grown children. When she becomes increasingly disoriented and forgetful, a tragic diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease changes her life.
This is an extraordinary debut novel about an accomplished woman who slowly loses her thoughts and memories to a harrowing disease --- only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving.
December
There are no registered contests for December. Please check back next month!
November
For November we have a very special opportunity for Registered Book Groups. Our featured title this month is While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky. Groups who have registered with us by Friday, November 14th have the chance to win free books for their entire group. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky --- Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to receive 10-12 copies of the book.
More About While My Sister Sleeps:
A master storyteller, bestselling author Barbara Delinsky has captivated millions of readers worldwide with her emotionally powerful novels. While My Sister Sleeps takes the intensity to new heights. This is the story of a family forced to confront difficult truths, while finding the courage to love each other enough to let go.
Raising provocative questions about family ties, repercussions of the past and the toughest choices a parent could ever have to make, While My Sister Sleeps is a novel that will give you much to discuss.
October
For October we have three very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Testimony by Anita Shreve, A Silent Ocean Away by DeVa Gantt and Home Another Way by Christa Parrish. Groups who have registered with us by Wednesday, October 15th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Testimony by Anita Shreve --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to chat with Anita Shreve and receive 12 copies of the book. Seven other groups will also have the opportunity to receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Testimony:
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices --- those of the men, women, teenagers and parents involved in the scandal --- that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.
 A Silent Ocean Away by DeVa Gantt --- Book Giveaway: Seven groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 15 copies of the book.
More About A Silent Ocean Away:
Charmaine Ryan knows only poverty and pain growing up. In the wake of a horrifying tragedy, she seeks a new life, and fate leads her into the private world of the wealthy Duvoisin clan. At first, it seems as if nothing terrible could touch this seemingly charmed family. But an ill wind blows through the halls and chambers of the Duvoisins' sprawling island retreat, carrying betrayal, deceit and ominous peril.
 Home Another Way by Christa Parrish --- Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to receive up to 12 copies of the book.
More About Home Another Way:
Christa Parrish's Christian Fiction debut is a captivating story of a broken, isolated woman and the flawed, faithful people who help her forgive and find peace.
Sarah Graham is living life hard and fast --- and she is flat broke. When her estranged father dies, she travels to the tiny mountain hamlet of Jonah, New York, to claim her inheritance. Once there, however, she learns that her plans for the future --- and her memories of the past --- are about to change forever.
September
For September we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Beside a Burning Sea by John Shors and Land of a Hundred Wonders by Lesley Kagen. Groups who have registered with us by Tuesday, September 16th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Beside a Burning Sea by John Shors --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with John Shors and receive 15 copies of the book.
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One moment, the World War II hospital ship Benevolence is patrolling the Pacific. The next, she is split in two by a torpedo, killing almost everyone on board. A small band of survivors makes it to the deserted shore of a nearby island.
Akira has suffered five years of bloodshed and horror fighting for the Japanese empire. Now, surrounded by enemies he is supposed to hate, he instead finds solace in their company --- and rediscovers his love of poetry. Sharing the mystery and beauty of his favorite poems with the beautiful American woman he has rescued, he watches as the others confront their own passions and demons.
 Land of a Hundred Wonders by Lesley Kagen --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Lesley Kagen and receive 10 copies of the book.
More About Land of a Hundred Wonders:
From the highly acclaimed author of Whistling in the Dark comes another unforgettable story…
Brain damaged after a tragic car accident that took both her parents, Gibby is now NQR (Not Quite Right), a real challenge for the fledgling newspaper reporter. Especially when she stumbles upon the dead body of the next governor of Kentucky, Buster Malloy. Armed with her trusty blue spiral notebook, Gibby figures that solving the murder might be her best chance to prove to everyone that she can become Quite Right again.
August
For August we have TWO very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The View from Garden City by Carolyn Baugh and December by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop. Groups who have registered with us by Tuesday, August 12th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 December by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Three groups will have the opportunity to chat with Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About December:
Eleven-year-old Isabelle hasn't spoken a word in nearly a year. The doctors declare her silence impenetrable, and her parents are mystified and terrified by their daughter's withdrawal. Compulsively readable and deeply affecting, December paints an unforgettable picture of a family reckoning with a bewildering crisis, and of a critical month in the life of a bright, fascinating girl, locked into an isolation of her own making and from which only she can decide to break free.
 The View from Garden City by Carolyn Baugh --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Carolyn Baugh and receive 12 copies of the book. Interested in this for your group? Then fill out the form below by Wednesday, September 10th.
More About The View from Garden City:
Author Carolyn Baugh tells the moving story of a young American student living in the Garden City district of Cairo. Having come to study Arabic, she learns far more from the Egyptian women, young and old, she meets within the swirl and tumult of Garden City. Living, loving, and flourishing amid the fierce inflexibility of tradition, these women reveal a fascinating world of arranged marriages, secret romances, and the often turbulent bonds between four generations of Arab mothers and daughters.
July
There are no registered contests for July. Please check back next month!
June
For June we have TWO very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The Art of Keeping Secrets by Patti Callahan Henry and Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, June 16th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
 The Art of Keeping Secrets by Patti Callahan Henry --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Patti Callahan Henry and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About The Art of Keeping Secrets:
Two years after her husband is killed in a solo plane crash, Annabelle Murphy takes comfort in raising her children and spending time with close friends. And just when she thinks she has gotten past the worst of the grieving process, Annabelle receives startling news. The wreckage of her husband's plane has been found, and Annabelle learns that her husband wasn't alone. A woman was in the plane with him when it crashed. A shocked Annabelle suffers a crisis of faith and determines to find out who the mystery woman was.
 Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Rajaa Alsanea and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Girls of Riyadh:
When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women --- their private lives and their conflicts with the traditions of their culture --- she caused a sensation across the Arab world. Now in English, Alsanea's tale of the personal struggles of four young upper-class women offers Westerners an unprecedented glimpse into a society often veiled from view. Living in restrictive Riyadh but traveling all over the globe, these modern Saudi women literally and figuratively shed traditional garb as they search for love, fulfillment, and their place somewhere in between Western society and their Islamic home.
May
For May we have TWO very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are The Safety of Secrets by DeLauné Michel and The Space Between Before and After by Jean Reynolds Page. Groups who have registered with us by Wednesday, May 14th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
 The Safety of Secrets by DeLauné Michel --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with DeLaune Michel and receive 12 copies of the book.
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Fiona and Patricia's friendship began in the first grade in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Their bond was forged ever closer by Fiona's abusive mother and Patricia's neglectful one. Decades later, when husband and career pressures exact a toll, the women wonder if their friendship can survive. Then a dark secret from their past emerges, threatening to destroy not only their bond, but all they've worked for as well.
 The Space Between Before and After by by Jean Reynolds Page --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Jean Reynolds Page and receive 12 copies of the book.
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Forty-two and divorced, Holli Templeton has begun to realize the pleasures of owning her life for the first time. But when she learns that her son Conner has unexpectedly fled college and moved to Texas with his troubled girlfriend, Kilian, she must once again put her family's needs before her own.
April
For April we have THREE very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Petropolis by Anya Ulinich, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Trish Ryan and Bound by Sally Gunning. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, April 14th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
 Petropolis by Anya Ulinich --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Anya Ulinich and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Petropolis:
Anya Ulinich delivers a funny and unforgettable story of a Russian mail-order bride trying to find her place in America. After losing her father, her boyfriend and her baby, Sasha Goldberg decides that getting herself to the United States is the surest path to deliverance. But she finds that life in Phoenix with her Red Lobster-loving fiancé isn’t much better than life in Siberia, and so she treks across America on a misadventure-filled search for her long-lost father. Now available in paperback, Petropolis is a deeply moving story about the unexpected connections that create a family and the faraway places that we end up calling home.
 Bound by Sally Gunning --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Sally Gunning and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Bound:
Alice Cole barely remembers when she was not “bound,” first to the kindly Morton family, and now to their newly married daughter Nabby, her companion since childhood. But Nabby’s marriage is not happy, and soon Alice finds herself between her new master and her old friend.
With no one to turn to, Alice runs away to Boston. There she meets a sympathetic widow named Lyddie Berry and her lawyer companion, Eben Freeman. Yet as Alice soon discovers, her newfound freedom --- as well as gratitude, friendship and trust --- has a price far higher than she imagined.
 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: A Memoir of Finding Faith, Hope, and Happily Ever After by Trish Ryan --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Trish Ryan and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not:
While recovering from yet another breakup, Trish Ryan set out to find the key to making love --- and life --- work. She stocked up on advice books, pored over self-help articles, hired a life coach and vigorously applied every suggestion to her life. After years of trying everything out there, she hesitantly decided to give God a try. Honest, moving and laugh-out-loud funny, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not is Ryan's story of how her search for the right guy turned into the search for the right God.
March
For March we have a very special opportunity for Registered Book Groups. Our featured title this month is The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, March 17th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
 The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian--- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Chris Bohjalian and receive 12 copies of the book.
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From the bestselling author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness comes an extraordinary new novel. When Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle through Vermont's back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly outgoing, Laurel withdraws into her photography, spending all her free time at a homeless shelter. There she meets Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of photographs that he won't let anyone see. When Bobbie dies, Laurel discovers a deeply hidden secret --- a story that leads her far from her old life, and into a cat-and-mouse game with pursuers who claim they want to save her.
February
For February we have THREE very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen, Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson and Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters -- and How to Talk About It by Krista Tippett. Groups who have registered with us by Wednesday, February 13th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10-12 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Bich Minh Nguyen and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Stealing Buddha's Dinner:
As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bich Minh Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre-PC-era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic-seeming than her Buddhist grandmother’s traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled “delicacies” of mainstream America capture her imagination.
Vivid and viscerally powerful, this remarkable memoir about growing up in the 1980s introduces an original new literary voice and an entirely new spin on the classic assimilation story.
 Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10-12 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Craig Johnson and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Kindness Goes Unpunished:
Craig Johnson’s mystery series --- starring Walt Longmire, the straight-shooting sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming --- is attracting more and more fans with its distinctive blend of humor and action. In Kindness Goes Unpunished, Walt’s pleasure trip to Philadelphia to visit his daughter, Cady, turns into a nightmare when she is the victim of a vicious attack that leaves her near death. Walt is forced to unpack his saddlebag of tricks to mete out some Western-style justice, and the result is another action-packed thriller from this up-and-coming star of crime fiction.
 Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters -- and How to Talk About It by Krista Tippett --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10-12 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Krista Tippett and receive 12 copies of the book.
More About Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters -- and How to Talk About It:
Krista Tippett, widely becoming known as the Bill Moyers of radio, is one of the country’s most intelligent and insightful commentators on religion, ethics and the human spirit. With this book, she draws on her own life story and her intimate conversations with both ordinary and famous figures, including Elie Wiesel, Karen Armstrong and Thich Nhat Hanh, to explore complex subjects like science, love, virtue and violence within the context of spirituality and everyday life. Her way of speaking about the mysteries of life --- and of listening with care to those who endeavor to understand those mysteries --- is nothing short of revolutionary.
January
For January we have a very special opportunity for Registered Book Groups. Our featured title this month is When the Morning Comes: Sisters of the Quilt, Book Two by Cindy Woodsmall. Groups who have registered with us by January 14th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 When the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall --- Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Cindy Woodsmall and receive 12 copies of the book.
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Her relationship with fiancé Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischers.
Back in Owl's Perch, Pennsylvania, Paul is wracked with regret over his treatment of Hannah. Fearing for her safety, he tries to convince Hannah's remaining allies --- brother Luke, best friend Mary and loyal Matthew Esh --- to help search for his love. Hannah's father, however, remains steadfastly convinced of her sinful behavior. His blindness to his family's pain extends to her sister, Sarah, who shows signs of increasing instability.
Convinced her former life is irreparably destroyed, Hannah finds purpose and solace in life with her aunt and in a growing friendship with Englischer Martin Palmer. Will the countless opportunities in her new life persuade Hannah that her place is amongst the Englischers --- or will she give in to her heart's call to return home and face her past?
December
There are no registered book club contests for December. Please check back next month. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
November
For November we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our two featured titles this month are Dearest Dorothy, If Not Now, When?! by Charlene Ann Baumbich and The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, November 12th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Dearest Dorothy, If Not Now, When?! by Charlene Ann Baumbich ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10-15 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Charlene Ann Baumbich and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about Dearest Dorothy, If Not Now, When?!:
The colorful characters of Partonville, Illinois, are back once again to delight Charlene Ann Baumbich's ever-growing legion of fans. Dorothy is thrilled that her attorney son Jacob is moving back to their hometown and wonders if he might help Katie Durbin with more than legal matters. Meanwhile, Partonville's mayoral elections have just heated up. Incumbent Gladys McKern is being challenged by Sam Vitner, owner of Swappin' Sam's, whose campaign slogan is “McKern's had her turn! Time to SWAP! VITNER for Mayor!” And the contest to name Katie's new mini-mall incites competition and a mad dash of entries. Through it all, Dorothy's spirit and the Partonvillers' antics will keep readers wanting to circle the town square again and again.
 The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Syrie James and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen:
What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen's memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages revealed the untold story of a life-changing love affair? That's the premise behind this spellbinding novel, which delves into the secrets of Jane Austen's life, giving us untold insights into her mind and heart.
Jane Austen has given up her writing when, on a fateful trip to Lyme, she meets the well-read and charming Mr. Ashford, a man who is her equal in intellect and temperament. Inspired by the people and places around her, and encouraged by his faith in her, Jane begins revising Sense and Sensibility, a book she began years earlier, hoping to be published at last.
Deft and witty, written in a style that echoes Austen's own, this unforgettable novel offers a delightfully possible scenario for the inspiration behind this beloved author's romantic tales. It's a remarkable book, irresistible to anyone who loves Jane Austen --- and to anyone who loves a great story.
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October
For October we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our two featured titles this month are Paint it Black by Janet Fitch and Just Beyond the Clouds by Karen Kingsbury. Groups who have registered with us by Friday, October 12th have the chance to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Paint It Black by Janet Fitch ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Twenty groups will have the opportunity to chat with Janet Fitch and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about Paint It Black:
Josie Tyrell, art model and denizen of LA's rock scene, finds a chance at real love with art student Michael Faraday. A Harvard dropout and son of a renowned pianist, Michael introduces Josie to his spiritual quest and a world of sophistication she had never dreamed existed. But when she is called to identify her lover's dead body, Josie's bright dreams all turn to black.
As Josie struggles to understand Michael's death and hold onto the true world he shared with her, she finds herself both repelled by and attracted to his pianist mother, Meredith, who holds Josie responsible for her son's torment. Soon, the two women find themselves drawn into a twisted relationship that reflects equal parts distrust and blind need.
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 Just Beyond the Clouds by Karen Kingsbury ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Karen Kingsbury and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about Just Beyond the Clouds:
Still aching over his wife's death, Cody Gunner can't bear the thought of also letting go of his Down Syndrome brother, Carl Joseph. Cody wants his brother home, where he will be safe and cared for, not out on his own in a world that Cody knows all too well can be heartless and insecure. So when Carl Joseph's teacher, Elle, begins championing his independence, she finds herself at odds with Cody. But even as these two battle it out, they can't deny the instinctive connection they share, and Cody faces a crisis of the heart.
What if Elle is the one woman who can teach Cody that love is still possible? If Cody can let go of his lingering anger, he might see that sometimes the brightest hope of all lies Just Beyond the Clouds.
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September
For September we have a very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured title is Harmony by Joanna Goodman. Groups who registered with us by Thursday, September 13th have the chance to win an author chat and free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Harmony by Joanna Goodman ––– Book Giveaway: Five groups will have the opportunity to chat with Joanna Goodman and receive 12 copies of the book.
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New mom Anne Mahroum is blessed with a loving husband, a comfortable life, and a brand-new baby. But she isn't entirely happy. For one thing, she's having trouble adjusting to the fact that her son, Evan, was born "imperfect," with club feet. Filled with shame and feeling like a terrible mother, Anne begins to obsess about her own mother, who mysteriously whisked Anne away from her birthplace when she was a young girl ––– and still refuses to say why. Longing to meet her father and family, Anne determines to unearth the truth about her past. But she never suspects that the truth may be more than she really wants to know.
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August
There are no registered book club contests for August. Please check back next month. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
July
For July we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles are The Rug Merchant by Meg Mullins and The Devil in the Junior League by Linda Francis Lee. Groups who registered with us by Monday, July 16th will receive information on how to win author chats and free books. If your group is not registered, and you are interested in future monthly contests, click here to register.
 The Rug Merchant by Meg Mullins ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 10-15 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Meg Mullins and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about The Rug Merchant:
At the heart of this debut novel is one of the most touchingly believable characters in recent fiction, a gentle soul in the body of an Iranian exile in New York. Ushman Khan sells exquisite hand-woven rugs to a wealthy clientele that he treats with perfect rectitude. He is lonely, and his loneliness becomes unbearable when he learns that his wife in Iran is leaving him. But when a young woman named Stella comes into his store, what ensues is a love story that is all the more moving because its protagonists understand tragedy. The Rug Merchant will sweep readers away with its inspiring, character-rich tale about shaking free from disappointment and finding connection and acceptance in whatever form they appear.
 The Devil in the Junior League by Linda Francis Lee ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: Six groups will have the opportunity to chat with Linda Francis Lee and receive 12 copies of the book. Twelve more groups will each win one copy of the book.
More about The Devil in the Junior League:
The Junior League of Willow Creek, Texas, is tres exclusive. Undesirables need not apply. Fredericka Mercedes Hildebrand Ware (Frede to her friends) is a member beyond reproach… until her life begins to unravel. When her husband betrays her, steals her money, and runs off to places unknown, it's something Frede would rather keep under wraps. The last thing she needs is to become fodder for the JLWC gossip mill. Linda Francis Lee has written an hysterical novel about the creme de la creme of Texas society, the lengths to which one woman goes to bring her cheating husband to justice, and how taking on what seems like a "Mission Impossible" can change you in ways you could never have imagined. Visit the Author's Website.
June
For June we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles are Between the Tides by Patti Callahan Henry and The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani. Registered groups have the chance to win author chats and free books. The following opportunities are available to groups that have registered their book clubs with us by June 19th. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Between the Tides by Patti Callahan Henry ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: A certain number of groups will have the opportunity to chat with Patti Callahan Henry and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about Between the Tides:
What if your father’s dying wish was for you to return to the one place you never wanted to see again?
Catherine Leary’s father told her that all of life is a story. Her story began with a childhood tragedy. Now her father’s last request is for her to confront her past, unravel a family secret, rediscover her heart and start a new chapter of her life.
 The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 15 groups will have the opportunity to chat with Anita Amirrezvani and receive 12 copies of the book.
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In 17th-century Persia, a 14-year-old woman believes she will be married within the year. But when her beloved father dies, she and her mother find themselves alone and without a dowry. With nowhere else to go, they are forced to sell the brilliant turquoise rug the young woman has woven to pay for their journey to Isfahan, where they will work as servants for her uncle, a rich rug designer in the court of the legendary Shah Abbas the Great.
Despite her lowly station, the young woman blossoms as a brilliant designer of carpets, a rarity in a craft dominated by men. But while her talent flourishes, her prospects for a happy marriage grow dim. Forced into a secret marriage to a wealthy man, the young woman finds herself faced with a daunting decision: forsake her own dignity, or risk everything she has in an effort to create a new life.
May
For May we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles are Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber and The Hindi-Bindi Club by Monica Pradhan. Registered groups have the chance to win author chats and free books. The following opportunities are available to groups that have registered their book clubs with us by May 11th. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber ––– One group will have the opportunity to chat with Debbie Macomber and receive 12 copies of her book. Two additional groups will each win 12 copies of her book.
More about Back on Blossom Street:
In Back on Blossom Street, a group of disparate women draw the strength to face their respective crises from the friendship and support they find through their knitting class. Quill Book Award-winning author Macomber welcomes back some familiar faces and introduces delightful new characters in a return to Seattle’s Blossom Street ––– the setting of her New York Times bestselling books The Shop on Blossom Street, A Good Yarn and Christmas Letters ––– as she continues her moving exploration of the complex relationships among family and friends.
 The Hindi-Bindi Club by Monica Pradhan ––– Monica Pradhan will chat with ALL groups who enter win a chat with her ––– quite a nice opportunity! 3 groups will each win 12 copies of her book, while 20 additional groups will each receive one copy of the book.
More about The Hindi-Bindi Club:
For decades they have remained close, sharing treasured recipes, honored customs, and the challenges of women shaped by ancient ways yet living modern lives. They are the Hindi-Bindi Club, a nickname given by their American daughters to the mothers who left India to start anew ––– daughters now grown and facing struggles of their own.
APRIL
For April we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles are The Girls by Lori Lansens and Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. Registered groups have the chance to win author chats and free books. The following opportunities are available to groups that have registered their book clubs with us by April 13th. If your group is not registered,
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 The Girls by Lori Lansens ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway: 25(!) groups will have the opportunity to chat with Lori Lansens and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about The Girls:
Rarely has the experience of being a sister been so poignantly and memorably captured as in Lori Lansens's triumphant novel. The Girls celebrates life's fundamental joys and trials as it presents Rose and Ruby, sisters destined to live inseparably but blessed with distinct sensibilities that enrich and complicate their shared experiences-of growing up, of finding their way in the world, of saying good-bye.
Readers who encounter the girls will find it hard to resist falling under their spell.
 Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl ––– Author Chat and Book Giveaway. A certain number of groups (TBD) will have the opportunity to chat with Marisha Pessl and receive 12 copies of the book.
More about Special Topics in Calamity Physics:
Special Topics in Calamity Physics, the dazzling debut of Marisha Pessl, is a buoyant combination of comedy, tragedy, mystery, and romance, a story of disturbing secrets and the eccentric high school student Blue Van Meer who uncovers them. In vivid prose sprinkled with literary and cultural references, Pessl weaves a complicated tale of self-awakening in a postmodern world.
In one life-changing year, Blue will unveil a mystery bigger than her own life. Along the way she will learn to act like a teenager, to love unexpectedly, and to think for herself. Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a coming-of-age tale and a disturbing mystery, a snapshot of the dark relationship between ideology and violence but also the poignant tale of a young woman learning to stand on her own. Pessl is a virtuosic writer, energetic and erudite, perceptive about relationships, history, and politics, and able to paint a portrait of contemporary youth alongside a complicated picture of the political battles waged by their parents’ generation. Starting with a “Core Curriculum,” and complete with citations, Web sites, footnotes, and even a final exam, Pessl guides us through the dynamic evolution of Blue van Meer, named after a butterfly, from cocooned caterpillar to free-flying individual.
March
For March we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles are A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity by Kathleen Gilles Siedel and Count to Ten by Karen Rose. Registered groups have the chance to win author chats, free books and some other amazing prizes. The following opportunities are available to groups that have registered their book clubs with us by February 16th. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity by Kathleen Gilles Siedel: Author Chat and Book Giveaway ––– 10 groups will win the chance to chat with Kathleen Gilles Siedel and receive 12 copies of the book for their group.
More about A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity:
Lydia Meadows, a former lawyer turned full-time mother, is startled to discover that her daughter Erin is one of the popular girls, a tight foursome whose mothers are also great friends. Lydia has always thought of popular girls as ambitious little manipulators who enjoy being cruel. But Erin is kind and well-adjusted. Maybe this popularity thing won’t be so bad after all. Then a new student ruthlessly targets Erin to boost her own popularity, and Lydia wonders what to do when her daughter’s phone stops ringing. And the uneasiness among the girls begins to affect the friendship of the mothers even though they are all grown women who should know better. Has their driven energy, once directed toward their careers, turned into an obsession with the social lives of their daughters?
 Count to Ten by Karen Rose: Author Chat and Book Giveaway ––– 25 groups will win the chance to chat with Karen Rose and receive 12 copies of the book for their group.
More about Count to Ten:
Rose cranks up the heat in more ways than one for recurring heroine Det. Mia Mitchell, last seen in You Can't Hide, to deliver another winning romantic mystery thriller. When a series of arsons turns out to hide a homicide, Mia teams up with Chicago Fire Department Lt. Reed Solliday to track down the firebug killer. Still reeling from her father's death and her last case, which landed her partner, Abe, in the hospital, Mia's not pleased to be teaming up with someone new ––– especially with Abe's assailant still on the loose. Reed has his doubts as well, suspecting that Mia isn't ready to be back on assignment. As the investigation proceeds and the two divulge their troubled pasts, they find themselves warming to each other ––– just in time for Mia to become the next target for the flame-happy madman. Rose's characters aren't exactly fresh ––– she's the tough-but-vulnerable cop's daughter, he's the gruff-but-lovable heavy ––– but Rose gives them plenty of room to develop as the tense procedural escalates. Emotional subplots, engaging secondary characters and a string of red herrings will keep readers hooked.
February
For February we have six very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles are The Divide by Nicholas Evans, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs, Rasputin’s Daughter by Robert Alexander, Red River by Lalita Tademy and Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews. Registered groups have the chance to win author chats, free books and some other amazing prizes. The following opportunities are available to groups that have registered their book clubs with us by February 16th. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
 The Divide by Nicholas Evans: Author Chat and Book Giveaway ––– 1 group will win the opportunity to chat with Nicholas Evans and receive 12 copies of the book for their group. 5 runners-up will receive 12 books for their group. Please note that Evans lives in England and thus with the time change only groups meeting in the afternoon can be considered for the chats, while all groups are eligible for the books-only offer.
More about The Divide:
Now, from the number-one bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer comes an epic thriller of the human heart.
Two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night, police work with arc lights and chain saws to dig her out. But identification doesn't take as long. Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism, and her picture is on law-enforcement computers all across America. But just how did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this joyous, golden child of a loving family so tragically astray?
 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert: Author Chat and Book Giveaway ––– 10 groups will win the opportunity to chat with Elizabeth Gilbert and receive 12 copies of her book.
More about Eat, Pray, Love:
From the way Elizabeth Gilbert’s tale begins ––– with our heroine in Rome, fawning over a sexy, young Italian ––– one could be forgiven for thinking that Eat, Pray, Love might just belong on the chick-lit shelf next to Amy Sohn’s Run, Catch, Kiss. But first blushes can be deceiving, and from the book’s introductory quote ––– “Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth” ––– we know Gilbert’s not out to deceive. Not her readers and, most important, not herself.
In what could be construed as a coming-of-age story for thirtysomethings, Gilbert leaves behind an excruciating divorce, tumultuous affair, and debilitating depression as she sets off on a yearlong quest to bridge the gulf between body, mind, and spirit. Part self-deprecating tour guide, part wry, witty chronicler, Gilbert relates this chapter of her life with a compelling, richly detailed narrative that eschews the easy answers of New Age rhetoric. Happiness, Gilbert comes to realize, “is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.”
 The Friday Night Knitting Clubby Kate Jacobs: Signed book and Knitting Tote Giveaway ––– 10 groups will each win an exclusive Friday Night Knitting Club Tote Bag stocked with yarn, a signed copy of the book and other knitting-themed goodies.
More about The Friday Night Knitting Club:
Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars, who gather once a week to work on their latest projects and to chat ––– and occasionally clash ––– over their stories of love, life, and everything in between.
Unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe. James, Georgia's ex, decides that he wants to play a larger role in her teen daughter Dakota's life ––– and possibly Georgia's as well. Cat, a former friend from high school, returns to New York as a rich Park Avenue wife and uneasily renews her old bond with Georgia. Meanwhile, Anita must confront her growing (and reciprocated) feelings for Marty, the kind neighborhood deli owner. And when the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club, but a sisterhood.
For more about The Friday Night Knitting Club, visit fridaynightknittingclub.com
 Rasputin’s Daughter by Robert Alexander: Author Chat and Book Giveaway ––– 10 groups will win the opportunity to chat with Robert Alexander and receive 12 copies of Rasputin’s Daughter for their group.
More about Rasputin’s Daughter:
From the author of the breakout bestseller The Kitchen Boy, a new novel delving into the mysterious life and death of the notorious Rasputin. With the same riveting historical narrative that made The Kitchen Boy a national bestseller and a book-club favorite, Robert Alexander returns to revolutionary Russia for the harrowing tale of Rasputin’s final days as told by his youthful and bold daughter, Maria.
With Rasputin’s Daughter, Robert Alexander once again delivers an imaginative and compelling story, fashioned from one of history’s most fascinating characters who, until now, has been virtually unexplored in fiction.
 Red River by Lalita Tademy: Author Chat and Book Giveaway ––– 10 groups will win the opportunity to chat with Lalita Tademy and receive 12 copies of Red River for their group.
More about Red River:
Lalita Tademy weaves together history and the story of her own family to bring readers an epic work of fiction ––– the dramatic, intertwining story of two families struggling to make a place for themselves in an America deeply divided after the Civil War.
 Savannah Breezeby Mary Kay Andrews: Book Giveaway and Homemade Cake Contest ––– One VERY lucky group will win up to 20 copies of Savannah Breeze (one for each member of their group), a set of all of Mary Kay Andrews's backlist titles ––– including Blue Christmas, Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies and Savannah Blues ––– as well as Mary Kay Andrews' signature Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake personally baked by the author, which will be a perfect treat for your book club meeting.
More about Savannah Breeze:
In this eagerly awaited sequel to Savannah Blues, Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk loses all her worldly possessions thanks to a brief but disastrous relationship with the gorgeous Reddy, an "investment counselor" who turns out to be a con man. All that's left is a ramshackle 1950s motor court on Tybee Island ––– an eccentric beach town that calls itself a drinking village with a fishing problem.
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Notes Left Behind
by Brooke and Keith Desserich
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