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We're loving our May Book Club pick! Tune in to hear what we thought of last month's pick and why we're excited about May.
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Who doesn't love a slow burn fantasy with dragons! Listen in as we interview author Jasmine Walt about her book Promised in Fire!
About Promised in Fire:
New York Times bestseller Jasmine Walt returns with this first book in a brand-new fantasy series, perfect for fans of slow-burn romance, thrilling adventures, and awe-inspiring worlds...A fae with impossible magic, Adara has been an outsider for as long as she can remember. Born and raised in the earth fae realm, she's a water fae who can't control her magic, making her not just useless, but downright dangerous at times. When a training mishap accidentally unleashes a hidden magic inside her, Adara suddenly finds herself on the run. The king wants to use her powers for nefarious reasons, and he'll stop at nothing to obtain her-including kidnapping and torturing Adara's own mother. A dragon awoken from slumber. As the last of his kind, Einar wants nothing to do with the kingdom of Ediria or its problems. The fae hunted his kind to extinction, and he harbors only hatred for them in his heart. But when a beautiful fae female awakens him from an enchanted slumber, Einar is reluctantly ensnared.
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We are soooo excited to have actor Khaya Fraites on our podcast this week! She voices some of our favorite books, including the Fourth Wing Series and Zodiac Academy! Listen to learn more about her and what it takes to be a voice actor.
About Khaya:
Khaya Fraites is a voice and film actor based in New York City. Khaya has narrated a number of titles for Penguin Random House, Recorded Books, and Macmillan Publishing. Her most notable work includes Graphic Audio’s adaptation of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame as Violet Sorrengail. Khaya was recently featured on NBC’s Today in the Bay, and Empire Magazine for her voice work. You can find her on TikTok and Instagram @khayafraites or check out her website at khayafraites.com -
The Story of My Life is not only a song, it's a book about a writer who writes about a writer but she's a hot mess. And it's oh so fun! Tune in for April's Books and Martinis Book of Month.
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Supernatural horror and romance? Sign us up! We are so excited to feature author Beth "E.C." Rammel and her book Dream for the Dead: A Sybil Moon Story.
About Dream for the Dead:
Sybil Moon is a woman blessed with the gift—or rather the curse—of clairvoyance which she has turned into a successful career with the F.B.I. While visiting her brother in West Virginia, she visits an old coal company store being renovated and turned into a museum. This is when her gift proves anything but. The store's owner, Jasmine Richards, has been working hard to resurrect the sordid past of this abandoned company store that has long loomed over the impoverished streets of Whipple. Only after Jasmine moves in does she realize the local lore about the building may be true: Something that once called the Whipple Company Store home may have never left, and now—unseen, unsatisfied, and possibly dangerous—Sybil's visit has woken it.
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Dang, talk about a wide range of books. Listen to find out what's on our March TBR!
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How far would you go to belong? Lauren Ling Brown, author of Society of Lies, shares her inspiration behind the book, advice for authors in the same genre and insight into her world as the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and USA Today's best-selling novel.
About Society of Lies:
Maya has returned to Princeton for her college reunion—it’s been a decade since she graduated, and she is looking forward to seeing old faces and reminiscing about her time there. This visit is special because Maya will also be attending the graduation of her little sister, Naomi.
But what should have been a dream weekend becomes Maya’s worst nightmare when she receives the news that Naomi is dead. The police are calling it an accident, but Maya suspects that there is more to the story than they are letting on.
As Maya pieces together what happened in the months leading up to her sister’s death, she begins to realize how much Naomi hid from her. Despite Maya’s warnings, Naomi had joined Sterling Club, the most exclusive social club on campus—the same one Maya belonged to. And if she had to guess, Naomi was likely tapped for the secret society within it.
The more Maya uncovers, the more terrified she becomes that Naomi’s decision to follow in her footsteps might have been what got her killed. Because Maya’s time at Princeton wasn’t as wonderful as she’d always made it seem—after all, her sister wasn’t the first young woman to turn up dead. Now every clue is leading Maya back to the past . . . and to the secret she’s kept all these years.
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What happens when two people who failed in their previous marriage find each other? Send Me An Angel is the perfect cozy, rom com and we interviewed the author, Chris Walters!
About Send Me An Angel:
For over thirty years, Brad Kowalski lived an untroubled alpha male life until, one day, he was forced to face the consequences of his actions. After his divorce, he moves to Seattle to escape his toxic past and start over. He has one goal: to become the man his daughter thinks he is.
Devika Kumar has a dream job photographing the Emerald City, but the rest of her life is a dull grind. Her best friends are her ex-husband and his boyfriend, and her main escape is her yoga classes.
She takes pity on Brad, the idiot man who decides to skip beginner yoga and go straight to the intermediate class. As a friendship develops between them, Brad sees a pathway toward becoming a better father to his daughter. They hesitantly develop feelings, encouraged by their respective exes, until one disastrous evening throws their friendship and burgeoning romance off the rails. Adrift once again, will they let their pasts drag them down, or will they find their way back to each other?
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Our TBR's are always lively and extremely different. Watch to see what our picks are for this month!
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If you want a fun, sexy romantacy, stop right now and pick up A Rivalry of Hearts by Tessonja Odette! In this episode we Tessonja about her journey as a writer and what inspired her to craft this 5 martini book. Listen to find out why we enjoyed it so much!
About A Rivalry of Hearts:
Two rival writers.
One prestigious publishing contract.
A bargain of hearts and seduction.
They say never bargain with the fae. They also say don’t get drunk on fae wine. Yet romance author Edwina Danforth has managed a blunder with both on her first visit to the infamous faelands. Now she’s trapped in a magic-fueled bet she barely remembers with a man she’d be happier to forget. The terms? Whoever can bed the most lovers during their month-long dueling book tour wins a coveted publishing contract.
A RIVALRY OF HEARTS is a spicy standalone adult fantasy romcom in the FAE FLINGS AND CORSET STRINGS series. Every book in this interconnected series is a complete story and ends with a HEA. If you like academic rivals, enemies to lovers, and quirky heroines, then you’ll love this sizzling tale.
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Kicking off our first official episode for the Books & Martinis Podcast with our February Book of the Month, James by Percival Everett!
Read along with us and join us for Book Club on February 25th at 7pm EST.
About the book:
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. -
There were so many good tidbits in our interview with author, Gretchen Shreiber. Listen to meet her and learn about her amazing book, Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal!
About Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal:
The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schreiber.
Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high school’s speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who won’t stop posting about the details of her illness online. It’s not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers.
But this latest hospital stay is different. Ellie becomes close with a group of friends, including Ryan, a first-timer who’s still optimistic about the doctors that Ellie stopped trusting years ago. Despite their differences, she can’t seem to keep him out of her head. Ellie’s life has never been ordinary―but maybe this time it will be extraordinary.
Purchase:
https://www.amazon.com/Haycock-Totally-Normal-Gretchen-Schreiber/dp/1250892163/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703297909&sr=8-1
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The Madness, with Coleman Domingo, was so good. Listen to find out how many martinis we gave it!
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Was the 83rd Annual Golden Globes a hit of miss? Or was it Hollywood elite at it again?
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Grave Secrets is a dark urban fantasy, with a strong FMC in the biggest fight for her life! Written by author Casandra Aston, the first book in the Prophecies of Angels & Demons, Allie Graves strikes a bargain with angels to cheat death. Will she survive?
About Grave Secrets:
Allie Graves is a lone demon hunter fighting for humanity’s souls. The price for her life was steep, leaving her isolated from humankind, but hope appears in the form of a tall, dark stranger named Simon. As Allie’s past resurfaces, threatening to destroy everything she knows, she’s forced to choose between putting her trust in the angels who saved her, or the man with secrets of his own.
Gabriel, a seraph tasked with a centuries-long mission to eradicate the night creatures plaguing Earth, must decide whether to put his faith in the demon-hunting human he’s been asked to protect, or his own beliefs. When her life is on the line, he’ll have to choose between her life and the rest of the world.
This gripping dark fantasy series throws a jaded demon-hunter, a dangerously charming stranger, and a conflicted angel together in a desperate bid to save humanity’s souls. Will they succeed, or will darkness prevail?
Follow Cassandra on IG: @cassandra.aston.author
Website: https://www.cassandraastonauthor.com/grave-secrets
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Harper Glenn has us on the edge of seats with her haunting dystopian tale, Monarch Rising! It's the perfect way for us to end 2024, with our very last Books & Martinis interview of the year, in the crazy world we live in, what would you do if you were in Jo's situation?
About Monarch Rising:
In a chilling near-future New United States of America, Jo Monarch has grown up in the impoverished borderlands of New Georgia. She’s given one chance to change her fate… if she can survive a boy trained to break hearts.
Today is the day Jo Monarch has been wishing on the moon about her entire life. It's the day of the Line Up, when she could be selected to leave her life in the Ashes behind. The day she could move across the mountains to a glittering, rich future.
Once Jo is plucked from the Line Up, the real test begins. She still needs to impress the New Georgia Reps at tonight's Gala, and her path forward leads straight to Cove Wells. The damaged stepson of one of the Reps, Cove has been groomed as an emotional weapon, taught that love is a tool -- and he's set on breaking Jo's heart next.
When a riot breaks out back in the Ashes the night of the Gala, Jo's dreams might all go up in smoke. Can she really have everything she's ever wished for… when it means leaving all her loved ones behind in the fire?
Harper Glenn's debut is as gripping as it is prescient, an unflinching meditation on whether love can save us from ourselves, and what it takes to be born anew.
Find Harper Glenn and purchase her book:
www.harperwrites.com
www.instagram.com/harperglennwriter/
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