I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Olesya Gilmore. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru, A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mystery.

Paired with this episode:

Olesya: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Eliza: Louis Jadot Beaujolais

Olesya's Book:

The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru

What Olesya is Reading:

The Outsider

Dark Sisters

The Star Society

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Shana Abe. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, A Crown of Stars, a sumptuously vivid and poignant account of the Lusitania’s fateful last days, drawn from the true story of an extraordinary young actress who survived the unthinkable.

Paired with this episode:

Shana: Cabernet Sauvignon
Eliza: Whispering Angel Rosé

Shana’'s Book:

A Crown of Stars

What Shana is Reading:

Dark Fairytales

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Shelley Noble. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Sisters of Book Row, a gripping and timely historical novel of books, banning, and the women who helped save New York’s famed Book Row.

Paired with this episode:

Shelley: Montepulciano D'Abruzzo

Eliza: Seaglass, Pinot Grigio

Shelley's Book:

The Sisters of Book Row

What Shelley is Reading:

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff

First Do No Harm by S.J. Rozan

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Lisa Patton. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Kissing the Sky, a soulful, nostalgic novel about a young woman coming of age in the '60s to the blare of the music that shaped a generation.

Paired with this episode:

Lisa: Chardonnay
Eliza: Hot Cocoa with Peanut Butter Whiskey

Lisa's Book:

Kissing the Sky

What Lisa is Reading:

Twice by Mitch Albom

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Louise Fein. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new novel, Book of Forbidden Words. An encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of consequences across 400 years, set in a world of banned books, fear of new ideas, and the dangers of censorship.

Paired with this episode:

Louise: Nyetimber Cuvee (Bubbles!)
Eliza: Octopoda, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon

Louise's Book:

Book of Forbidden Words

What Louise is Reading:

The Hope Keeper by Heather Webb (advanced reader copy)

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Saara El-Arifi. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Cleopatra. Cleopatra reclaims her story in this sensuous historical epic—revealing a powerful, strategic ruler silenced by myth, misogyny, and history’s willful distortions.

Paired with this episode:

Saara: Jubel, peach beer
Eliza: Tinto di Verano

Saara's Book:

Cleopatra

What Saara is Reading:

This Immortal Heart by Jennifer Saint

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Nancy Bernhard. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Double Standard Sporting House, a brothel nurse in nineteenth-century New York City who fights brutality in the sex trade and pioneers treatments for survivors of sexual violence.

Paired with this episode:

Nancy: Venge Vineyards, Scout's Honor Red Blend
Eliza: Josh, Cabernet Sauvignon, reserve

Nancy's Book:

The Double Standard Sporting House

What Nancy is Reading:

The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Ramano

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Janie Chang. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Fourth Princess, a haunting Gothic novel set in 1911 China. Two young women living in a crumbling, once-grand Shanghai mansion face danger as secrets of their pasts come to light, even as the mansion’s own secret threatens the present. Welcome, Janie!

Paired with this episode:

Janie: Club Soda with Cranberry Juice, later pink prosecco
Eliza: Cooper and Thief, Cabernet Sauvignon

Janie's Book:

The Fourth Princess

What Janie is Reading:

Slow Gods by Claire North

Snap by Susin Nielsen

Devotions by Mary Oliver

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