Friday Five – May 17th, 2019

Rea Frey wrote an essay that was published on Hello Sunshine and Criminal Element shared a cover reveal and an exclusive excerpt of Because You’re Mine. 

We Came Here To Forget by Andrea Dunlop and Daisy Jones And The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid were featured as best books of 2019 to add to your reading list by Marie Claire.

Daisy Jones And The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid was recommended by author, Jenny Han, as one of the best summer reads of 2019 on the TODAY Show.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid was named a historical fiction novel to add to your reading list if you’re obsessed with old Hollywood glamour by Bustle.

Grant Ginder’s Honestly, We Meant Well was featured as a best new book coming out summer 2019 on Southern Living and was called a book that will help you escape reality this summer by Bloomberg.

The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden, The Escape Room by Meg Goldin, The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley, We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop, A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell, The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess, You, Me, and the Sea by Meg Donohue, You Cannot Mess This Up by Amy Daughters and The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay were featured as books that will make the perfect addition to your beach bag by BookBub.

We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop, A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell, The Islanders by Meg Mitchell Moore and The Escape Room by Megan Goldin were named the best beach reads of summer 2019 by PureWow.

Saturday’s Child by Deborah Burns had a featured essay published on SheKnows.com.

The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton was listed as a book recommendation for fans of the show Killing Eve on Bookish.

Marianne Waggoner Day, author of Camp Grandma, had an essay published in Working Mother Magazine.

Michele Campbell shared her favorite story of love gone wrong with CrimeReads and her novel, A Stranger on the Beach, was featured on a roundup of upcoming 2019 crime thriller books on The Nerd Daily.

The Runaway by Hollie Overton, A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell and Whisper Network by Chandler Baker were featured as most anticipated crime books of summer by CrimeReads.

The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess received an excellent review from Publishers Weekly.

The Daily Beast shared an excerpt from Karen Keilt’s memoir, The Parrot’s Perch. 

BookRiot interviewed You, Me, and the Sea author Meg Donohue.

BookTrib gave praise to The Southern Side of Paradise by Kristy Woodson Harvey.

Sarah Neustadter, author of Love You Like the Sky, was interviewed on As Told By Women.