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Washington Post national food reporter Emily Heil joins Cara and PJ on Skip to the Good Part to dish on her debut novel, A Pinch of Magic ! Emily shares the deliciously fun concept behind her story - what happens when an introverted cookbook ghostwriter meets an actual ghost who has an unfinished mission - set against the cozy backdrop of a coastal Virginia small town (complete with a hunky carpen...

Award-winning author, actress, producer, and arts advocate Christy Scott Cashman joins Cara and PJ on Skip to the Good Part ! Christy takes us inside her second novel, What Happened in Beulah , a twisty 1980s mystery set in the Smoky Mountains centered on town gentrification, missing persons, dark family secrets, and the magnetic pull of Dollywood's opening day. Christy opens up about transitionin...

USA Today bestselling author Kristen Vale joins Cara and PJ to talk about her delightful world of queer, cozy romantasy! Kristen dives into her newest novel, A Spell of Heart and Havoc , introducing us to a half-dwarf thief, a disgraced noblewoman, and their deliciously chaotic "haters-to-lovers" romance. Plus, she shares how D&D and cooking inspire her whimsical world-building, what it really...

Cara is answering your questions! In this special IndieBones Book Club episode, Cara takes us behind the scenes of Kiss, Marry, Kill - from blending romance, true crime, and laugh-out-loud humor to writing a fearless heroine and changing up the mystery mid-draft. We also get her dream movie cast, the story behind “Dr. Cheese,” a peek at her decidedly unglamorous writing routine, and a tease of Ell...

This week on Skip To The Good Part , Cara and PJ sit down with New York Times bestselling author Autumn Krause to dive into her incredible new novel, The Gods Will Sing Our Song ! Autumn opens up about drawing from her family’s resilience and incarceration during WWII, connecting over shared family roots with Cara, taking the creative leap to blend dark magic and relics with real history, and teas...

The amazing vocal talent Ferdelle Capistrano joins us to go over her take on becoming the awesome and strong protagonist Ella in "Kiss, Marry, Kill", how she started on her path to being an award-winning audiobook narrator and voice-over artist, and so much more! Buy the audiobook of Kiss, Marry, Kill. Follow Ferdelle on Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Kate Eberle studied journalism at Boston University before rediscovering her love of fiction. She lives and writes in Connecticut, where she spends the rest of her time being the ultimate menace to society: a grown-up Theater Kid. If Books Could Kill   is her first novel. Follow her: https://www.kateeberle.com/ Substack Instagram Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Cara Tanamachi is the USA Today bestselling author of the Emma-Award Winning, The Takeover , and the Diverse Writers and Readers International romance book literary award winner, The Second You’re Single . She also writes under the name Cara Lockwood, and has written  38  books and counting, including I Do (But I Don’t) , which became an original Lifetime Movie.  She wrote the nov...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Farmer writes queer contemporary romance with snarky romance and heart. Her Vector City Supers series ( Secret Spark , Fanning the Flames , & The Brightest Blaze ) is out now! Follow her here: KellyFarmer.com  Instagram Goodreads Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you're obsessed with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi's  Wuthering Heights,  then you must read a modern retelling of Wuthering Heights - May the Dead Keep You - named one of People's best retellings of the Emily Bronte classic. Baguchinsky - known for her riveting queer horror books like So Witches We Became - tells the story of Catie East, who loves the redwood f...

Send us Fan Mail #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate’s Fallen series has sold over 11 million copies around the world—now she returns to the seductive world of angels with a ruthless romantasy, perfect for both Fallen fans and new readers alike. White Lights is out TODAY! "Dark, seductive, and original." ―Jennifer L. Armentrout, #1 New York Times bestselling author of From B...

Send us Fan Mail Khushi T. Saha brings you interracial romances with tons of heat, passion, and a healthy infusion of love ... unapologetically Aunty unapproved and HEA an ALWAYS And because she’s a first-generation Bangladeshi—born and raised in the US—the connection to the motherland is fierce. You’ll find South Asian nuances/representation purposely sprinkled throughout her novels. Her latest,...

Send us Fan Mail John Glynn is the Editorial Director of Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. His nonfiction debut Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer was an Indie Next pick, an Oprah, The Magazine "Best LGBTQ Book of 2019," and a Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2019, among other accolades.  His novel, The Lost Book of Lancelot is out NOW! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Cynthia Timoti is a bilingual, fourth-generation Chinese-Indonesian who was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She lives in Melbourne, the best city in all of Australia (no, she’s not biased) with her non-reader husband and two fantasy-and-dystopian-reader sons, who are both now taller than her. Her new book, How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings is out NOW!  It’s 27 Dresses meet...

Send us Fan Mail Sophia Glock is a cartoonist who lives in Virginia. Her graphic memoir Passport was published in 2021 and her latest book is Before We Wake was released in 2026, by Little, Brown Ink. Sophia’s comics and cartoons have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Buzzfeed, Narratively,  and Time Out New York . In 2008 she was a recipient of a Xeric Foundation Grant for her...

Send us Fan Mail The amazing Rebecca Hunter returns to talk about Heir to Italian Altar , her new Harlequin Presents!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Taylor Epperson is a writer, lover of all things fantastical. Her debut novel, Second Time's a Charm is OUT NOW!  Follow her: Instagram Goodreads Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Eight years ago, Emma-award-winning author K.T. Bond began her second career as a ghostwriter. K.T. wrote almost forty sweet and steamy contemporary romances for her clients. Now, continuing in that trend, her own stories feature men and women from many walks of life, different races and cultural heritages, ranging in age from mid-twenties to over fifty, all embracing a second cha...

Send us Fan Mail As reported in People Magazine , Cara Tanamachi is not the only one with a book called Kiss, Marry, Kill out in 2026! Lori Gold's book, Kiss, Marry, Kill , is out today! Same title, but different premise. In Gold's Kiss, Marry, Kill, three women play the Kiss, Marry, Kill game at a company outing only to wake up the next day in an alternate dimension where this "wis...

Send us Fan Mail Rebecca Hunter is an award-winning author, reader, traveler, former English teacher, chocolate lover, and keeper of a very messy desk. She writes witty, sexy stories about complex characters and intriguing destinations. Her latest, Convenient Wife Conditions (The Carandini Legacy Book 1) is out TODAY! It's an engagement of convenience, runaway fiancée, snowbound romance. What...

Send us Fan Mail Couldn't make it to Toledo Library's Romance Con in the City of Glass? Well, we'll bring the Con to you with a line-up of amazing authors like: Terreece M. Clarke , Trinity Lemm , Lauren Kiser , KM Neuhold , Kelly Ohlert , Ellie Palmer , Kate Robb , M. Sinclair and more! Don't miss out next year, plan on going in in November 2026! Find out more by visiting the...

Send us Fan Mail Shameez Patel was born and raised in South Africa. She lives there with her husband, child and four cats. Shameez fell in love with fiction at a young age. Her parents fondly recall receiving her first handwritten story before the age of ten, titled The Treasures of Zombie Island, which surprisingly featured no zombies at all. She has been writing ever since.  Her new release, Pla...

Send us Fan Mail Harper Black’s love of reading and curiosity about the world was stirred at an early age. That curiosity, a desire to get a college education, and a sense of adventure, led Harper to enlist in the U.S. Navy. Harper’s military career took her to destinations that were both intrepid and romantic, embarking on a journey to achieve her professional goals while navigating the ebbs and...

Send us Fan Mail Erin Connor, author of Unromance and Still Into You , has been telling herself stories for as long as she can remember, and once she realized she could write them down and share them with others, there was no going back. She loves writing about messy women, platonic and romantic love, and happily ever afters. Find out more about her at: https://erin-connor.com/ Instagram Goodreads...

Send us Fan Mail Sabina Nordqvist began writing as a way to distract herself from chronic pain and illness, and before long, she couldn’t stop creating imaginary worlds and swoony book boyfriends. When not immersed in her latest project, she’s likely doing physical therapy, reading, or searching for answers to her latest mystery symptom. A polyglot with three nationalities, she’s spent many years...