Spring Pop-Up Review Tours: April 2024

When Betsabé Ruiz graduates from college in the spring of 2019, moves to Manhattan, and begins a job on Wall Street, she imagines New York City catapulting her toward an exciting adult life; what she finds there is a friendship, a love triangle, and a global pandemic that all converge to teach her deep lessons about life, love, and what it means to be a woman.

“Daughter of a Promise is a gripping story of love and ambition set in the high stakes world of investment banking. Jeanne Blasberg tells a story that is both timeless and of the moment—and in Betsabé Ruiz, she has created a heroine worth rooting for.” —Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year

When forty-nine-year-old archaeology professor Klara Lieberman goes to Warsaw in search of answers about her long-ago-disappeared father, she ultimately discovers forgotten parts of herself as well—and heals some deeply buried wounds.

“In the tender novel Klara’s Truth, a daughter at a crossroads finds new resolve while learning about her family’s past.” —Foreword Reviews

“Klara’s Truth is an ambitious and heartfelt novel about the ways in which our adult lives are shaped by the secrets of our past. From Maine to New York to modern-day Warsaw, Susan Weissbach brings readers on a journey of self-discovery, newfound family, and acceptance.” —Lynda Cohen Loigman, author of The Matchmaker’s Gift, The Wartime Sisters, and The Two-Family House

A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusiast Valerie Corbin shocked. But how can she investigate a murder, when there’s no evidence the victim ever existed?

The first Orchid Isle cozy mystery, set in tropical Hilo, Hawai‘i, introduces a fun and feisty LGBTQ+ couple who swap surfing lessons for sleuthing sessions!

The amiable characters, stunning backdrop and culinary delights make this the perfect cozy of fans who enjoy a tropical vacation with a twisty murder mystery and compelling Hawaiian culture – paired with an added bonus of recipes of local Hawaiian dishes!

“Culinary cozy fans will be in heaven.” ―Publishers Weekly on A Sense for Murder

As Janet Wilson and her husband struggled to reset their relationship, Africa reached out and threw everything–including every traveler’s worst nightmare–at them. An inspiring story that speaks to human experiences and the power of love and trusting relationships in the face of adversity, All You’ll See is Sky is a captivating travel memoir of a couple’s adventurous journey across Africa.

“Vivid, raw in its candor, and sensitive to the broad diversity of cultures and people, All You’ll See is Sky takes us on a life changing journey in Africa. This memoir is rich with the beauty of the continent—the roaring grunts of hippos, the diesel fumes, the sandstorms. It speaks profound truths about responsibility and compassion, intimacy and connection.” —Marlena Maduro Baraf, author of At the Narrow Waist of the World and coauthor of Three Poets/Tres Poetas

Shane and Chloe are polar opposites—politically, socially, economically—each with massive online followings. They are also in love. When Shane is arrested as the anonymous leader of an online conspiracy and Chloe is abducted by his followers to use as a bargaining chip, they both begin to question what they believe in—and whether saving their star-crossed relationship, or even themselves, is possible.

“Burner is a fascinating thriller in which an online movement swallows up the person who started it.” —Foreword Clarion Reviews

“Political unrest, paranoia, conspiracies, and internet culture—Trigg has brought them all together into a killer novel more relevant now than ever. An absolute page-turner.” —Tosca Lee, New York Times best-selling author of The Line Between

Tired of watching Michigan’s forests devastated by fracking as leaders refuse to act on climate change, four eco-minded students, a few seasoned activists, and some wildly creative locals stand together to say, “No more!”

“This book will make you feel alive. Land Marks puts the reader on the gritty front lines of activism as Rebecca Walton, Lesert’s unforgettable protagonist, and a committed band of activists risk it all to battle fracking on Michigan soil. The final pages had me weeping with joy.” —Katy Yocom, author of Three Ways to Disappear, winner of the Siskiyou Prize for Environmental Literature

“Land Marks, Maryann Lesert’s savvy, mindful, and dramatic novel of intergenerational education and place defense, is writing as nonviolent direct action, principled and powerful.” —Stephanie Mills, author of Tough Little Beauties and In Service of the Wild

Fill out the form below to apply to review up to three of our Spring Pop-Up books shown above. Please note that spots are limited – we have 40 copies of each book, but receive hundreds of applicants. Open to the US and Canada at this time.