MKA's SUMMERS AT THE SAINT - Coming This Tuesday!

Summer begins with MKA... Order your copy of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT now!

Hi, my friends!

I'm so excited to share with you that the brand-new book by my dear friend (and Friends & Fiction sister), Mary Kay Andrews, SUMMERS AT THE SAINT, will be in stores everywhere on Tuesday, May 7th! (I’m listening to it right now on audiobook, and I’m absolutely loving it!)

I can't wait for you to read this book! It is quintessential MKA. It’s a story of belonging and longing to belong, about lifelong friendships, betrayal, and the promise of a second chance at love. Of course, it has MKA's signature humor and inviting beach locale. There are also long-held secrets, dysfunctional family drama, and the clash of the haves and have-nots that drive the plot, as well as a murder mystery that keeps the reader guessing and the pages flying.

SUMMERS AT THE SAINT has already gotten raves from Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly—which gave it a starred review and called it “a mesmerizing mix of mystery and romance.” The book was named a May IndieNext Pick by independent booksellers around the country, and a LibraryReads pick by the American Library Association, where MKA is in the LibraryReads Hall of Fame.

We all know summer begins with MKA. So, I hope you will run out and grab your copies and give SUMMERS AT THE SAINT pride of place as the first in your beach bag or at the tippy top of your summer reading TBR pile!  One place you can grab both MKA's new book and Kristy Woodson Harvey's forthcoming novel A HAPPIER LIFE, is through the Friends & Fiction 2024 Subscription Box available exclusively through our friends at Oxford Exchange in Tampa, FL. By signing up you get autographed first-edition hardcovers of both books plus the free gift of a fun Friends & Fiction zipper pouch.

Sales during the first week of a book's publication are so important to its overall trajectory. If you love the book like I did, I hope you will leave reviews on sites like Amazon and GoodReads. If you choose SUMMERS AT THE SAINT for your book club, check out the discussion guide available on MKA's website. 

Find out more about the book and find buy links HERE. Save the dates and grab your tickets to meet MKA on her BOOK TOUR. And if you’re anywhere near the Jacksonville area, I hope you’ll GET TICKETS to come meet MKA, Patti Callahan Henry, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and me as we take our Friends & Fiction show on the road for an in-person event with all of us live on-stage together on Sun., May 5th at Cobalt Moon Water Studio in Neptune Beach, FL. I’m grateful to the indie bookseller The BookMark for hosting us for this Cinco de Mayo event that’s sure to be the best Sunday Funday ever. I can’t wait to see lots of readers there!

And don’t forget that the paperback of my New York Times bestseller THE PARIS DAUGHTER will be out next week!

“A gorgeous, gut-wrenching” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade France—from the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel.

Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.

When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life—her young daughter, playmate to Juliette’s own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliette’s Librairie des Rêves, and, when a bomb falls on their neighborhood, Juliette’s world is destroyed along with it.

When the war finally ends, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend’s bookstore reduced to rubble—and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to her daughter in those last, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace, taking all the answers with her. Elise’s desperate search leads her to New York—and to Juliette—one final, fateful time.

A sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love, The Paris Daughter is “historical fiction at its best” (Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author).

Preorder your paperback copy now, or grab it wherever books are sold on May 14!

Like MKA, I’ll also be on tour. Check out where I’ll be below, and click on the graphic for ticketing information. I hope to see you on the road!

And finally, don’t miss the World War II roundtable I’m hosting over on the Friends & Fiction Substack! Every Thursday in May will bring a new installment of a four-part series featuring a dozen historical fiction authors, in conversation about why and how they write WWII fiction — in honor of the upcoming 80th anniversary of D-Day. Read the first installment here, featuring Patti Callahan Henry, Kate Quinn, Pam Jenoff, Madeline Martin, Martha Hall Kelly, Julia Kelly, Erika Robuck, Jennifer Rosner, Lisa Barr, Genevieve Graham, Stephanie Dray, and Kristina McMorris!