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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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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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January 2025 Virtual Book Tour: BENEATH THE POET’S HOUSE by Christa Carmen

“Bram Stoker Award winner [Christa] Carmen weaves a captivating web of psychological suspense in her latest spine-tingler…For gothic mystery fans, this is a treat.” ―Publishers Weekly

“Incorporating a love of all things Poe (both the horror and romantic parts), Bram Stoker award-winning author Carmen has written an intense, creepy psychological thriller that is a perfect cozy read for spooky season.” ―Booklist

“Beneath the Poet’s House is a brilliant, gripping novel filled with secrets and danger. Christa Carmen captures the haunted magic of Providence and introduces one of the most fascinating and singular characters I’ve ever encountered. The novel shimmers with questions of what is real and what is imaginary, helped by the extraordinary setting of a writer’s house with a tragically romantic rose garden, a cemetery, and ghosts in love. Shocking, tender, and wildly compelling, Beneath the Poet’s House will keep you racing through the pages all night long.” ―Luanne Rice, Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of Last Night

For a grieving writer, the secrets of the past and present converge in a novel of gripping psychological suspense from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Daughters of Block Island.

Based in part on the real-life romance between Sarah Helen Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe and set in the actual house at which Poe first spotted Whitman tending her rose garden under a midnight moon in 1845, Christa Carmen’s compulsively readable new novel of suspense, BENEATH THE POET’S HOUSE (Thomas & Mercer trade paperback original; December 10, 2024), sees protagonist Saoirse White navigate both a personal haunting and the lingering ghosts of much-revered public figures, as well as the ramifications of men who treat women as stepping-stones on their way to artistic greatness.

Vanessa Lillie, USA Today bestselling author of Blood Sisters, raves, “Haunting and gorgeously told, BENEATH THE POET’S HOUSE brings new life to the tumultuous romance and compelling lives of Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, all within a modern psychological suspense with a riveting plot that will enthrall readers.” And Katrina Monroe, author of Through the Midnight Door, cheers, “With lush, haunting prose to rival any classic, BENEATH THE POET’S HOUSE twists patriarchal gothic tropes and gives new breath to old stereotypes in a story that is at once a historical reckoning, a desperate love story, and an intriguing mystery. Like a crooked finger beckoning the reader down a castle’s winding staircase, Carmen’s writing is impossible to resist. Mark my words: she will soon find her place among the gothic greats.”

To help celebrate the publication of BENEATH THE POET’S HOUSE, we are hosting a virtual book tour with this stellar list of book influencers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along!

Monday, January 6 – NIK’S BOOKSHELF and BOOK GIRL BROWN REVIEWS

Tuesday, January 7 – MY BURSTING BOOK BLOG and BRIANA’S BEST READS

Wednesday, January 8 – CASSIE’S BOOKS REVIEWS, SUNFLOWER BOOK LOVER, and ATHENA NO ONE ASKED YOU

Thursday, January 9 – ANDREA C. LOWRY READS, BOOKS CATS TRAVEL FOOD and ADDICTED TO BOOKS 86

Friday, January 10 – MEG’S BOOK CLUB and LIBRARY OF BOOKISH

Saturday, January 11 – STOREYBOOK REVIEWS

Sunday, January 12 – PURRFECT PAGES

Monday, January 13 – GWENDALYN BOOKS and SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Tuesday, January 14 – BOOKS AND BIEWERS and SPEEDREADSTAGRAM

Wednesday, January 15 – LOVE MY DANE DOLLY and REBEKAH DOLMAT

Thursday, January 16 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF and IT’S ALL ABOUT THE THRILL

Friday, January 17 – WUTHERING VINES and HOLLY READ IT

Saturday, January 18 – WE BREAK FOR BOOKS

Monday, January 20 – DIVE INTO A GOOD BOOK and KERA’S ALWAYS READING

Tuesday, January 21 – LOVE MY BOOKS 2020 and THE MADDIE HATTER

Wednesday, January 22 – PAPERBACKS N FRYBREAD and SARAH’S BOOKISH REVIEWS

Thursday, January 23 – DANISH MUSTARD READS and LEXIJAVA

Friday, January 24 – WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE and READING 2 ESCAPE

Saturday, January 25 – JOURNAL OF JAIDA

Monday, January 27 – BOOK BOSS 12

Tuesday, January 28 – THE SALTY ISLANDER

Wednesday, January 29 – BOOKALONG and ROZIER READS AND WINE

Thursday, January 30 – NISSA THE BOOKWORM

Friday, January 31 – LAUREN’S BOOK VIBES

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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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August Virtual Tour For DEAR HANNA by Zoje Stage

Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Baby Teeth, taking readers back into the unsteady world of a young sociopath who’s all grown up.

“Stage has become a popular voice in the space where psychological suspense and horror overlap, and readers have long clamored for a sequel to her debut novel, Baby Teeth (2018). She has finally thoughtfully obliged with a stand-alone follow-up, a story that can be read either before or after that first book, with each informing the other… All will squirm uncomfortably and yet be unwilling to look away, furiously turning the pages until the final twist is revealed. A great choice for those who enjoy the work of Sarah Pinborough, Catriona Ward, and Katrina Monroe.” ―Booklist

“Once you get inside the head of this suburban whirlpool of psychological madness, there is no escape until the shocking final pages.” ―Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall

“The most unsettling child you’ve ever read about is all grown up . . . Just like our dear Hanna does with her beloved charcoals, Zoje Stage masterfully draws you into a story made up entirely of shades of gray. You won’t know what to believe, you won’t know who to pull for, and you won’t put it down until the last page is turned.” ―Tony Wirt, bestselling author of Just Stay Away

Now the supremely talented screenwriter-turned-novelist Zoje Stage is back with a stand-alone sequel to Baby Teeth, DEAR HANNA (Thomas & Mercer; August 13, 2024).

Hanna is no stranger to dark thoughts: as a young child, she tried to murder her own mother. But that was more than sixteen years ago. And extensive therapy―and writing letters to her younger brother―has since curbed those nasty tendencies.

Now twenty-four, Hanna is living an outwardly normal life of domestic content. Married to real estate agent Jacob, she’s also stepmother to his teenage daughter Joelle. They live in a beautiful home, and Hanna loves her career as a phlebotomist―a job perfectly suited to her occasional need to hurt people.

But when Joelle begins to change in ways that don’t suit Hanna’s purposes, her carefully planned existence threatens to come apart. With life slipping out of her control, Hanna reverts to old habits, determined to manipulate the events and people around her. And the only thing worse than a baby sociopath is a fully grown one.

With its dark humor and chillingly seductive protagonist, DEAR HANNA is sure to thrill returning and new readers alike.

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

Thursday, August 1 Nikki H Rose AND Andi Reads 2024

Friday, August 2 Fieldstone LFL AND Rebecca Reviewed It

Saturday, August 3 Where The Reader Grows

Sunday, August 4 Reading Mama Reviews AND Elsie Loves Lit

Monday, August 5 Briana’s Best Reads AND Books And Coffee MX

Tuesday, August 6 Bethany Buried In Books AND Sue The Bookie

Wednesday, August 7 Purrfect Pages AND Books Love and Understanding

Thursday, August 8 Meg’s Book Club AND Sarah and Her Bookshelves

Friday, August 9 We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie AND Just Another Mother With Books

Saturday, August 10 We Break For Books AND The Book Lover Book Club

Sunday, August 11 La La’s Bookish Life AND Lit Wit Wine Dine

Monday, August 12 K2Reader AND Nik’s Bookshelf