Blog Archive

  • Time for Another Goal Evaluation

    Sep 02, 2016

    You thought I’d given up didn’t you? My obsession with goals. I haven’t and I won’t. Goals are a big part of how I run both BookEnds and my own life. As consistent blog followers know, I take the time at the beginning of each year to really take a look at what I want […]

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  • Life Unplugged

    Sep 01, 2016

    I’m back! After a long and restful break I’ve returned to the office, to blogging, and of course to being a professional pain in the ass. As always after a long vacation (not so much after short vacations) I feel happy to be back and ready to go. I took two solid weeks of rest. […]

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  • Welcome to BookEnds, Rita Lorraine!

    Aug 31, 2016

    I am so excited to welcome Rita Lorraine to the BookEnds team! Rita queried me with a beautiful, lyrical picture book and I knew that I had to read more. Along with a middle grade manuscript, she sent me two non-fiction picture books that each told the story of a former slave who overcame incredible odds […]

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  • Meet the Intern: Victoria Giordano

    Aug 31, 2016

    What’s your name? Victoria Giordano Where do (did) you go to school? I’m going into my sophomore year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst! What are you studying? I am currently pursuing a double major of English and Business Hospitality What kind of books do you most like to read? I love almost any kind […]

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  • The Cottage on Pumpkin and Vine–a Place We’d All Like to Visit

    Aug 30, 2016

    Congratulations to Sharla Lovelace, Kate Angell and Jennifer Dawson on the release of The Cottage of Pumpkin and Vine, an anthology that has received this wonderful praise from Publisher’s Weekly. Lovelace absolutely charms with her examination of love rediscovered in “Enchanted by You.” Sidney and Sawyer, both far away from their South Carolina roots, find […]

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  • Congratulations Sarah Fox on a New Cozy Series

    Aug 23, 2016

    A belated congratulations to author Sarah Fox on the release of The Crepes of Wrath the wonderful first book in her Pancake House mystery series. In the debut of a delightful cozy mystery series, Sarah Fox introduces a charming new heroine who finds herself in a sticky situation: stacking pancakes, pouring coffee, and investigating murder. […]

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  • Deal News for Sara Wolf!

    Aug 21, 2016

    Congratulations to Sara Wolf for another three book deal to Entangled. This one for a wonderful new Fantasy trilogy.

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  • Happy #PubDay to Allyson Charles!!

    Aug 16, 2016

    Congratulations to Allyson Charles on the release of her first Pineville romance, Putting Out Old Flames!   Jane Willoughby has a temper. Sure, in her day job answering calls for 911, she can keep her head no matter what the emergency. But when her ex appears on her doorstep on her first sick day in […]

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  • Deal News for Tara Leigh!

    Aug 11, 2016

    Congratulations to Tara Leigh on her sale to St. Martin’s Swerve for three sexy contemporary romances! Tara Thompson writing as Tara Leigh’s HEDGE FUND HEIRS, the first in a new series set in the tumultuous world of Wall Street, where stocks and bonds aren’t the only commodities being traded; money, power, prestige, sex—they’re all available […]

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  • Happy #PubDay to Bill Crider for Survivors Will Be Shot Again!!

    Aug 09, 2016

    Big congratulations to Bill Crider on the release of his latest Sheriff Rhodes Mystery, Survivors Will Be Shot Again! There’s no such thing as a day off for a sheriff. Even in a small Texas town like Clearview, there’s always something going on for law enforcement. Still, most days don’t involve a run-in with an alligator… […]

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  • Please Be Patient While BookEnds Agents Recharge

    Aug 03, 2016

    Apologies for the lack of new blog content, but the BookEnds team is taking some time to recharge our batteries, search our submissions for new projects, and read some of the books from our teetering to-be-read piles. While I have no doubt you’ll still spot us wandering Twitter and Instagram, we probably won’t be back […]

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  • Mystery Lovers Rejoice with These New Releases

    Aug 02, 2016

    Congratulations to Diane Vallere, Ellery Adams, Laurie Cass and Victoria Hamilton who are all celebrating a #pubday today! Silk Stalkings by Diane Vallere: Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe can get tangled up in textiles, but it’s murder that really throws her for a loop in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Crushed […]

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