Book Talk: T.I. Lowe Listen to the episode with T.I. Lowe On Book Talk with Cara, Cara interviews author T.I. Lowe about her new novel South of Somewhere, a redemption story following Juniper as she starts over and takes small, realistic steps through addiction recovery and rehabilitation. Lowe discusses the responsibility of researching addiction, including reading memoirs and working through …
Book Talk: Cara Putman Listen to the episode with Cara Putman Rachel Hauck guest-hosts Book Talk to interview regular host Cara Putman about her May release, The Targeted, book three in the Secrets to Keep series, available for pre-order. They read the back-cover blurb and discuss the story of Chloe Ainsworth, a gymnastics coach whose estranged sister returns after 14 …
Book Talk: Janyre Tromp Listen to the episode with Janyre Tromp On Book Talk with Cara, author and freelance book editor Janyre Tromp returns to discuss her upcoming novel The Scorpion Thief and her series Threads of the Lost Myth. She shares her long-standing fascination with global mythology, explains that the series works backward in time to uncover a “lost …
Book Talk: Melanie Dobson Listen to the episode with Melanie Dobson Hello everyone, and welcome back to Book Talk with Cara. Today, I’m excited to have award-winning author Melanie Dobson on the show to discuss her latest novel, The Lost Story of Via Bell. Known for her compelling World War II time slip stories, Melanie shares the inspiration and challenges …
Book Talk: Chelsea Bobulski Listen to the episode with Chelsea Bobulski In this episode of Book Talk with Cara, host Cara Putman interviews author Chelsea Bobulski about her historical romance novel, A Deal with a Debutante. Set in the Gilded Age era, Chelsea discusses her background in history, her writing process, and the unique romantic tropes explored in the book. …
Book Talk: Joanna Politano Listen to the episode with Joanna Politano Cara welcomes author Joanna Politano back to Book Talk to discuss her upcoming novel The Life She Forgot (out April 21), the first in a new reverse-chronology series centered on an imaginary house built into Cornwall’s cliffs, where each book reveals new hidden rooms and tunnels. Joanna shares life …
In my day job I love working with independent bookstores. I also love working with women-owned independent bookstores. One of my absolute favorites is Naughty Dog Books in Nashville, Indiana. If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend stopping there. You’ll love wandering through this former bank. It is charming, filled with great books, and just thoughtfully curated. Naughty …
Book Talk: Susan Tuttle Listen to the episode with Susan Tuttle In this episode of Book Talk, Cara Putman welcomes author Susan Tuttle to discuss her latest book, The Hidden Key of Brooke Sumner. Susan, a seasoned writer of clean contemporary romance with historical touches, shares insights into the book’s character development, plot intricacies, and the challenges she faced while …
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 3/19 at noon Mountain with Stop …
Book Talk: Heidi McCahan Listen to the episode with Heidi McCahan On Book Talk, Cara interviews author Heidi McCahan about her new inspirational romance, The Other Side of Goodbye, in the Welcome to Redemption Alaska series. McCahan, an Alaska native living in North Carolina and former certified athletic trainer, discusses writing five books in a year using full-draft dictation in …