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Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
You better work... from home! Gwen and Danielle talk about work-from-home fashion, rules for working at home, and have an amazing chat with bestselling historical fiction author, Lauren Willig. Then we check in on goals, set new ones, and talk about what’s bringing us joy!
Work from Home Fashion and Rules
Danielle
Sweatshirts – Daily Ritual V-Neck
Jeans – Old Navy Rockstars and Madewell Skinny Jeans
Tee-shirts - Target Universal Thread V-Neck and Universal Standard Tee Rex
Leggings: Cupocupa High Waisted Leggings (with pockets)
Gwen
Vionic Slippers
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Interview with Lauren Willig!
BAND OF SISTERS – now available! The accompanying book club guide is fascinating.
Nespresso makes the world go round.
A video about Lauren’s research into the Smith College Relief Unit
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery takes place during this time in history as well!
Lauren’s Recommendations:
The Miss Silver Series by Patricia Wentworth
The mysteries of Mary Roberts Rinehart, aka the “American Agatha Christie”
British chick lit by Trisha Ashley
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Jane Austen... with DRAGONS: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Follow Lauren! Website, Facebook Author Page, Instagram, Twitter
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Our Comforts...
Danielle
Tea! A true classic: Twining’s English Breakfast Tea and a delicious herbal option: Trader Joe’s Ginger Tumeric Tea (only available in stores)
Gwen
My mom getting her first vaccine!
Find us on the Socials!
Gwen
Danielle
Fresh Fiction
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Gwen and Danielle have known each other for a while but wanted to interview each other for the first podcast for listeners to get some insight into their personalities, likes/dislikes, and a bunch of random tangents. Our normal-ish format will start next time (we just want to keep you on your toes for now)!
From our interviews...
Gwen
Fresh Fiction Book Club, currently meeting virtually – join us weekly!!
RIP Walden Books
Sad teens in love... by Lurlene McDaniel!
FreshFiction.TV - our tv/movie review site
Blown Away on Netflix
Shows with Snark: Succession (HBO), Your Honor (Showtime), The Flight Attendant (HBO)
Comfort TV: The Office, Little Women (1994, specifically), A League of Their Own, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid, Law & Order SVU
- Danielle: Also Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Tangled; every medical drama and This is Us (but network TV stresses her out with COVID storylines)
Reading: The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
Danielle
Re-reads: Born in Fire by Nora Roberts, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
All the Little Women screen adaptations
Podcast Recs (these can all be found on your favorite podcast app)
- Bookish/Romance: Fated Mates, Learning the Tropes, Whoamance, Black Romance Podcast
- Pop Culture/Current Events: NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour, Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, Code Switch, Forever 35
- Gwen’s recs: Who Weekly, Keep It, Why Won’t You Date Me, Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata, Watch What Crappens, The Daily, Bad Batch
Woo-hoo! Danielle’s Book Deal!!!
Danielle’s Fave Fresh Fiction Author Interviews: Eloisa James, Julia Quinn, Talia Hibbert, Sylvia Day
Our Goals...
Gwen: writing every day
Danielle: more reading and writing/less scrolling; also, a new creative outlet
Our comforts this week...
Danielle: The Bridgerton Soundtrack (instrumental pop songs) on Spotify, Keurig K-Café, Harlequin Desire novels (Scandal in the VIP Suite by Nadine Gonzalez, Back in the Texan’s Bed by Naima Simone)
Gwen: Call My Agent! on Netflix, Enchilada Bake from Costco
Find us on the Socials!
Gwen
Danielle
Fresh Fiction
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. Today's very special episode is a throw back from my February trip to Pasadena, CA for the winter leg of the Television Critics Association press tour. My guest, Kayla Cobb, is a TV critic for decider.com and she chatted with me about the new Marcia Clarke-created ABC drama THE FIX, Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes drama, and what you should check out on Netflix this weekend.
Follow Kayla on Twitter.
If you love what you hear there are a few ways you can help us during season two. First, don’t forget to subscribe to the Fresh Fiction Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher – or any of your favorite podcast apps. Rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends helps us out more than you know. Sharing is caring, as they say.
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Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
The Fresh Fiction Podcast is brought to you by REVELL BOOKS and BETHANY HOUSE, publishers of THIRST OF STEEL by RONIE KENDIG.
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. Today I'm joined by THIRST OF STEEL author Ronie Kendig. This book finishes out her TOX series, which takes works like Dan Brown's novels and adds a military suspense edge. She also recommended a few excellent books to add to your TBR.
If you love what you hear there are a few ways you can help us during season two. First, don’t forget to subscribe to the Fresh Fiction Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher – or any of your favorite podcast apps. Rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends helps us out more than you know. Sharing is caring, as they say.
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THIRST OF STEEL by Ronie Kendig
Dismantled centuries ago, the sword of Goliath is still rumored to thirst for its enemies' blood. Cole "Tox" Russell only wants to begin his life with Haven Cortes, but he must first complete a final mission: retrieve that sword and destroy the deadly Arrow & Flame Order.
The AFO, however, is determined to claim the sword. Wielding their father's life over Tzivia and Ram Khalon, they threaten to expose Ram's long-held and dangerous secret while demanding Tzivia locate the sword. With the Wraith team slowly being torn apart, things only worsen when Mercy Maddox, a new operative, emerges with the stunning news that the sword is tied to both Ram's secret and a string of unsolved serial murders.
Tox, Ram, and the others are forced to set aside fear and anger to focus only on the enemy. No matter the cost, Wraith must stop or take the enemy down with them.
Thriller Crime | Inspirational Mystery | Suspense [Bethany House Publishers, On Sale: July 31, 2018, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780764217678 / eISBN: 9781493414758]
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Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
The Fresh Fiction Podcast is brought to you by REVELL BOOKS and BETHANY HOUSE, publishers of AN HOUR UNSPENT by ROSEANNA M. WHITE.
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. Today I’m thrilled to chat with Roseanna M. White about her new book. AN HOUR UNSPENT plunges readers into England in 1915 as former thief Barclay Pearce tries to redeem himself to society while falling for the woman who he saved from a mugging.
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AN HOUR UNSPENT by Roseanna M. White
Once London's top thief, Barclay Pearce has turned his back on his life of crime and now uses his skills for a nation at war. But not until he rescues a clockmaker's daughter from a mugging does he begin to wonder what his future might hold.
Evelina Manning has constantly fought for independence, but she certainly never meant for it to inspire her fiancé to end the engagement and enlist in the army. When the intriguing man who saved her returns to the Manning residence to study clockwork repair with her father, she can't help being interested. But she soon learns that nothing with Barclay Pearce is as simple as it seems.
As 1915 England plunges ever deeper into war, the work of an ingenious clockmaker may give England an unbeatable military edge--and Germany realizes it as well. Evelina's father soon finds his whole family in danger--and it may just take a reformed thief to steal the time they need to escape.
Inspirational Historical | Mystery Historical [Bethany House, On Sale: September 4, 2018, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780764219283 / eISBN: 9781493412440]
Wartime: when the clock ticks but no bell tolls...
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Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
The Fresh Fiction Podcast is brought to you by REVELL BOOKS and BETHANY HOUSE, publishers of A SECRET TO DIE FOR by LISA HARRIS.
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A SECRET TO DIE FOR by Lisa Harris
Psychologist Grace Callahan has no idea that she has a secret--one worth killing for. But when she finds out one of her clients has been murdered, she quickly realizes that the computer security specialist wasn't simply suffering from paranoia.
Detective Nate Quinn has just been cleared for active duty after a bombing killed eighteen people, including his partner, and left him dealing with PTSD. His first case back on the job involves the murder of Stephen Shaw, and his only lead turns out to be an old friend, Grace Callahan--and her life is in grave danger. Someone believes Shaw gave his psychologist information before he died. Information they are willing to kill for.
With her signature pulse-pounding suspense, Lisa Harris takes readers deep into the heart of fear in this race against the clock.
Inspirational Mystery | Romance Suspense [Revell, On Sale: September 18, 2018, Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9780800729158 / eISBN: 9781493415144]
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Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. I’m your host, Gwen Reyes, and I’m feeling a little psychic energy today. My guest is the incomparable Kay Hooper, author of the BISHOP FILES series. The newest book, FINAL SHADOWS, finishes out the series as out with a bang. Set against the backdrop of a “desperate underground war,” FINAL SHADOWS asks how far would you go to keep your secrets hidden.
I’d like to welcome Kay Hooper to the podcast.
If you love what you hear there are a few ways you can help us during season two. First, don’t forget to subscribe to the Fresh Fiction Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher – or any of your favorite podcast apps. Rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends helps us out more than you know. Sharing is caring, as they say.
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FINAL SHADOWS by Kay Hooper
A desperate underground war with the survival of millions at stake looms in the electrifying conclusion of the New York Times bestselling Bishop Files Trilogy.
Tasha Solomon's world turned upside-down when the psychic abilities she had tried so hard to live with in secret suddenly made her a target stalked by unseen enemies.
John Brodie is by nature, by training, and by instinct a Guardian. He is a member of an intricate and secretive network of individuals who have devoted their lives to the deadly struggle of saving psychics in danger of being taken or being killed. It is a war very few other people even know exists, and yet its tentacles stretch deeply and dangerously into every aspect of society.
Tasha has abilities not even she is aware of, abilities that the other side would give virtually all they possess to destroy. And if being hunted like an animal were not bad enough she has to learn how to become a warrior in a battle she did not choose, to save people she does not know, and possibly even the very world around her.
If John Brodie can keep her alive long enough.
Thriller Paranormal - Supernatural | Romance Paranormal | Romance Suspense [Berkley, On Sale: December 31, 2018, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780515153354 / eISBN: 9781101589816]
Fascinating, out of this world, finale
A Captivating and Shocking Conclusion to the Bishop Files Trilogy
A stunning thriller -- can the war on psychics be won?
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Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. I’m your host, Gwen Reyes. How often do you fall in love with your coworkers? For many of us, the answer is likely, “ew, never,” but author Jennifer Ryan’s newest book, DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, brings together two people — a cowboy and a modern lady — who are forced to work together while trying to deny the growing attraction between them. Throw in a ranch and a brothel and you have the makings of a fun romance. Jennifer Ryan is here to talk about DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, her career, and what she’s watching, reading, and listening to.
If you love what you hear there are a few ways you can help us during season two. First, don’t forget to subscribe to the Fresh Fiction Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher – or any of your favorite podcast apps. Rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends helps us out more than you know. Sharing is caring, as they say.
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DIRTY LITTLE SECRET by Jennifer Ryan
Meet the women from Wild Rose Ranch—and the men who want them—in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer Ryan’s breathtaking series of romance and scandal . . .
Noah Cordero is a modern-day cowboy who loves three things: ranching, his younger sister, and his step-father. John Cordero groomed Noah to take over the Montana spread where he learned to ride and work the land. But when John unexpectedly dies, he leaves half the ranch to a woman Noah doesn’t even know.
Roxy shares Noah’s last name, but not his blood. Estranged from her father, haunted by regrets, and eager to escape her notorious mother’s past, she is forced to fulfill her father’s last wishes. Inheriting means sharing a home with infuriating, challenging, and oh-so-tempting Noah. But John didn’t just make her owner of his ranch and guardian to her sister, his hidden sideline is her worst nightmare—she’s the new owner of the notorious Nevada brothel called Wild Rose Ranch where she grew up.
As their strictly business relationship starts to turn to true love, Roxy begins to wonder, what will happen when Noah discovers her dirty little secret?
Romance Contemporary | Romance Western [Avon, On Sale: December 18, 2018, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780062645319 / eISBN: 9780062645326]
A DIRTY LITTLE SECRET is revealed
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Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. Today I’m joined by author Denise Swanson, whose newest mystery, DIE ME A RIVER, is the second book in her Welcome Back to Scumble River series. In DIE ME A RIVER Scumble River school psychologist, Skye Denison-Boyd, is captivated by the body discovered in a local bowling alley. Everyone in the small town has a reason to want Paige Myler dead — she’s the representative of the insurance company many residents are suing for following the tornado in the previous book — which then makes everyone a suspect. I’m thrilled to welcome Denise Swanson to the podcast.
If you love what you hear there are a few ways you can help us during season two. First, don’t forget to subscribe to the Fresh Fiction Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher – or any of your favorite podcast apps. Rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends helps us out more than you know. Sharing is caring, as they say.
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DIE ME A RIVER by Denise Swanson
Welcome Back to Scumble River #2
In Scumble River, Skye investigates a suspicious death at the local bowling alley. And with a murderer on the loose, there’s no time to spare…
Skye Denison-Boyd and her husband, Wally, are meeting with their priest to finalize the arrangements for their twins' baptism when a loud blast rocks the rectory. Seconds later, they discover that there has been an explosion at the town bowling alley. Although the bowling alley was closed at the time, there's a dead body inside, soon identified as Paige Myler. Paige was a representative for a huge property/casualty insurance company that many Scumble Riverites are suing in the wake of a recent tornado.
Even with two newborns to care for, Skye can't help herself from looking more closely into the suspicious death—and what she finds is much more sinister than she ever imagined.
Mystery [Sourcebooks Landmark, On Sale: September 4, 2018, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781492648352 / eISBN: 9781492648369]
Another fun visit to Scumble River...
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Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
The Fresh Fiction Podcast is brought to you by REVELL BOOKS and BETHANY HOUSE, publishers of A SPARKLE OF SILVER by LIZ JOHNSON.
Welcome back to the Fresh Fiction Podcast. Ninety years ago, Millie Sullivan's great-grandmother was a guest at oil tycoon Howard Dawkins' palatial estate on the shore of St. Simons Island, Georgia. Now, Millie plays a 1920s-era guest during tours of the same manor. But when her grandmother suggests that there is a lost diary containing the location of a hidden treasure on the estate, along with the true identity of Millie's great-grandfather, Millie sets out to find the truth of her heritage--and the fortune that might be hers.
When security guard Ben Thornton discovers her snooping in the estate's private library, he threatens to have her fired. But her story seems almost too ludicrous to be fiction, and her offer to split the treasure is too tempting to pass up . . .
I’m thrilled to welcome A SPARKLE OF SILVER author, Liz Johnson, to the podcast.
If you love what you hear there are a few ways you can help us during season two. First, don’t forget to subscribe to the Fresh Fiction Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher – or any of your favorite podcast apps. Rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends helps us out more than you know. Sharing is caring, as they say.
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A SPARKLE OF SILVER by Liz Johnson
Uncovering the past can lead to an unexpected future...
Ninety years ago, Millie Sullivan's great-grandmother was a guest at oil tycoon Howard Dawkins' palatial estate on the shore of St. Simons Island, Georgia. Now, Millie plays a 1920s-era guest during tours of the same manor. But when her grandmother suggests that there is a lost diary containing the location of a hidden treasure on the estate, along with the true identity of Millie's great-grandfather, Millie sets out to find the truth of her heritage--and the fortune that might be hers. When security guard Ben Thornton discovers her snooping in the estate's private library, he threatens to have her fired. But her story seems almost too ludicrous to be fiction, and her offer to split the treasure is too tempting to pass up . . .
Get ready for a romantic escapade through dark halls and dusty corners that will have you holding your breath and sighing with delight as two charming characters get caught up in the adventure of uncovering the past and finding their way to an unexpected future.
Romance Suspense | Inspirational Mystery [Revell, On Sale: October 16, 2018, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780800729622 / eISBN: 9781493415168]
A mysterious treasure hunt that charms!
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