Although The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz was released in 2009, and I read it last year, it resonates with me. It is a...

I confess to a love of novels about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. I’ve read several, and A Splendid Ruin doesn’t disappoint. May Kimble is...

"BRIMMING WITH SCANDAL AND AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF HEART..." - CHANEL CLEETON, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR My husband and I recently binged...

The Lines Between Us In 1661 Madrid, Ana is still grieving the loss of her husband when her niece, sixteen-year-old Juliana, suddenly vanishes. Ana...

While writing my own historical novel about Hawaii, I read a lot of fiction and nonfiction about the islands. Today I’m going to share with you one...

  My house, my lions, my magical housekeepers. You don’t like it, I’ll turn you into pigs. And I’m not a vegetarian. I last read The Odyssey...

Welcome to July First Friday and a new era in PLW blogging! We'll still have our Writer Q&A on the third (and fifth) Friday, but we'll also have...