Vanessa Lillie –  THE BONE THIEF – Book Launch celebration on October 27

Join us for an open house to celebrate the book launch of THE BONE THIEF, by bestselling thriller and local Rhode Island author Vanessa Lillie.

Tickets are $5 and include intentionally themed light fare in an open house style event, guests can meet Lillie, and have their books signed.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

THE BONE THIEF - When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town—a place with dark ties to an elite historical society—archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate...from bestselling author Vanessa Lillie.

In the hours before dawn at a local summer camp, Bureau of Indian Affairs archaeologist Syd Walker receives an alarming call: newly discovered skeletal remains have been stolen. Not only have bones gone missing, but a Native teen girl has disappeared near the camp, and law enforcement dismisses her family's fears.

As Syd investigates both crimes, she's drawn into a world of privileged campers and their wealthy parents—most of them members of the Founders Society, an exclusive club whose members trace their lineage to the first colonists and claim ancestral rights to the land, despite fierce objections from the local tribal community. And it's not the first time something—or someone—has gone missing from the camp.

The deeper Syd digs, the more she realizes these aren't isolated incidents. A pattern of disappearances stretches back generations, all leading to the Founders Society's doorstep. But exposing the truth means confronting not just the town's most powerful families, but also a legacy of violence that refuses to stay buried.

"The Bone Thief is a riveting mystery with a plot that seamlessly blends history with fiction. And Syd Walker is an unforgettable protagonist."

Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vanessa Lillie is the USA Today bestselling author of Blood Sisters, a new series centered on the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which was a Target Book Club pick and GMA Book Club Buzz Pick, as well as a best mystery of the year from the Washington Post, Amazon Editor’s and Reader’s Digest. The sequel, The Bone Thief, will be released October28th.Her other best selling thrillers are Little Voices, For the Best and she’s the creator and coauthor of the# 1 Audible Charts bestseller and International Thriller Writers award nominated, Young Rich Widows series, set in Providence, RI where she lives. Originally from Miami, Oklahoma, she is a proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Vanessa was a Sisters in Crime board member and wrote a weekly column for the Providence Journal about her experiences during the first year of the pandemic. She hosts an Instagram Live show, ‘Twas the Night Before Book Launch, where she chats with authors the night before their book is out in the world.

Copies of The Bone Thief and Liliie’s earlier work, will be for sale at the event, in store, and online.

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Book Signing with local CHILDREN’S BOOKS authors Jamie Michalak of Hazel the Handful and Kara LaReau of Witchycakes! on Sunday, October 19 from 1-3 PM - PLUS - food popup with Empanada Assassin, 12-5 PM. Part of the Warren Walkabout celebration!

Meet the Authors and Purchase signed copies! They make a great gift for you and the reader in your life.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

About the books

Hazel the Handful - What happens when a new baby moves in—and the doted-on “older sibling” is a pampered pooch?

People stop to say, “Oh, what a cutie patootie baby!” What? Is it not clear? I am the patootie.

Follow the adorable puppy Hazel through a typical day at home, where she rules the roost. Check out the dozens of toys, the nifty stroller, the comfy places to take her (many) naps, the various tasty snacks, and most of all, lots of quality time with her girl, Bea. Together, Hazel and Bea are sensational. Until the baby arrives, that is, and everything changes. Now Hazel isn’t always the center of attention—even Nana barely has time for a cuddle. Things have gone too far! But when Hazel runs off to hide, the family is desperate to find her, and Hazel is reminded just how much she is loved. In this endearing comedy for dog lovers and expanding families from a stellar creative team, there’s room for everyone in the hug circle—and messy new arrivals who drop enticing crumbs turn out to be not so bad after all.

Witchycakes! - Welcome to the most magical bakery -- Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, delivers baked goods all over their seaside town, and helps their neighbors with just a touch of magic. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresistible full-color art on every page!

In a magical bakery called Witchycakes there's a young witch-to-be named Blue. Blue's Mama bakes with magic and Blue makes the deliveries! They ride their bike all over town with their basket filled with magical scones, tartes, and pies to deliver. There's always something going on in Shelville and Blue loves to help their neighbors -- especially if helping them means they get to use a little bit of magic.

Cook up some love with Blue as they use magic and problem-solving to be the best helper they can be in their whimsical little town. And there's a special magical recipe at the end of the book! Fresh from the oven. . . another WITCHYCAKES book! Don't miss Witchycakes #2: Changing Magic

About the authors

Jamie Michalak is a former editor and the author of many children’s books, including her latest picture book, HAZEL THE HANDFUL, illustrated by Matt Myers. Her other titles include the multiple-star reviewed NIKI NAKAYAMA: A CHEF’S TALE IN 13 BITES, co-written with Debbi Michiko Florence and illustrated by Yuko Kato-Jones; the DAKOTA CRUMB books, illustrated by Kelly Murphy; the FRANK AND BEAN early reader series, illustrated by Bob Kolar; the JOE AND SPARKY early readers series, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz; and COME ON IN: THERE’S A PARTY IN THIS BOOK!, illustrated by Sabine Timm. Jamie is also the author of many movie and TV show adaptations.

When not writing, she can often be found singing off-key, drinking too much coffee, or hanging out with her two sons. Jamie was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and now lives in Rhode Island.

KARA LaREAU is a former editor and award-winning author. Among other celebrated titles, she edited Kate DiCamillo’s Because of Winn-Dixie (winner of a Newbery Honor), The Tiger Rising (finalist for the National Book Award), The Tale of Despereaux (winner of the Newbery Medal), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Award), and the Mercy Watson series. She is also the author of the Geisel-award-winning chapter book series, The Infamous Ratsos, along with many other subversive, silly, and fun books for kids. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband, their kid, and a cat.

ARIANE MOREIRA is a Brazilian illustrator currently based in Germany. Painting digitally, her inspiration comes from fantasy and nature, as she is always aiming to create whimsical and colorful illustrations with those elements. Ariane can be often found playing indie video games, petting her cat Sol, or looking for an excuse to run away to the sea.

Book Signing with Christa Carmen of How to Fake a Haunting on Sunday, October 12 from 1-3 PM - Part of the Warren Walkabout celebration!

Meet the Author and Purchase signed copies! They make a great gift for you and the reader in your life.

About the Book

HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING - Lainey Taylor is being pushed to the brink by her alcoholic husband, Callum. Prone to hallucinations and erratic behavior, it's only a matter of time before he puts Lainey's life – and that of their daughter, Beatrix – in jeopardy. A divorce and full custody is out of the question. In Callum's words: Over my dead body.

Lainey's sympathetic friend Adelaide has a wild solution. They'll stage a haunting so convincing it will drive Callum out of Lainey's life for good. Nothing too over the top: strange smells, noises in the walls, and flies unleashed along the windowsills. It could work. Considering Callum's alcohol-induced night terrors, he's already close to broken. With each new scare, Lainey is closer to seeing the haunting through to its bitter, freeing end.

But in a house filled with so much rage, resentment, and fear, is it any wonder that Lainey and Adelaide's plan goes horribly wrong? As their fake haunting spirals into something no one can control, Lainey discovers that the only way out of this frightening trap is to join forces with Callum, or die trying.

About the Author

Christa Carmen is the author of Beneath the Poet's House; The Daughters of Block Island, winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a Shirley Jackson Award finalist; Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked, an Indie Horror Book Award winner; and numerous short stories, including the Bram Stoker Award-nominated "Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell." She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from Boston College, and an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. Christa lives in Rhode Island with her husband, daughter, and bloodhound-golden retriever mix. When she's not writing, Christa keeps chickens and uses a Ouija board to ghost-hug her dear, departed beagle. Most of her work comes from gazing upon the ghosts of the past or else into the dark corners of nature, those places where whorls of bark become owl eyes, and deer step through tunnels of hanging leaves and creeping briars only to disappear. Christa Carmen lives in Rhode Island.  For more information, visit www.christacarmen.com.

At the Event

Copies will be available for purchase at the event and in store, or purchase from our online store.

How To Fake A Haunting

Beneath the Poet's House: A Thriller

The Daughters of Block Island

Actor and Author Marianne Leone—CHRISTINA THE ASTONISHING—in Conversation with Ann Hood on Sep 29 at 6 PM

A coming-of-age novel told from the perspective of the irrepressible Christina, whose encounters with Catholic school nuns, Italian mothers, and small-town Massachusetts will have readers laughing out loud, even when Christina isn’t . . .

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, authors in conversation, and a book signing.

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About the Book

CHRISTINA FALCONE IS A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD EIGHTH GRADER at Precious Blood Junior High. She is growing up pazza according to her Italian immigrant mother, Rita, who curses a country that poisons children with chocolate milk and singing mice on television. The nuns at Precious Blood are giving Christina nightmares and facial tics with their daily descriptions of torture and martyrdom. All she wanted as a fourth grader was to become a saint so she could be God’s best friend and go straight to heaven and avoid burning in hell for all eternity.

At thirteen, though, Christina’s nightmares about eyeless martyrs have become dreams of escaping this place where she can see the entire trajectory of her life looming before her in a never-ending hamster loop that goes from Precious Blood Elementary School to La Sposa Bridal Shoppe and eventually across the street to Carmello’s Funeral Home without ever leaving her neighborhood only seven miles from Boston. But Harvard Square beckons and Christina’s window to the world cracks open, along with the entire American culture of the 1960s, as she grows from girl to woman. Christina the Astonishing is an endearing look at an irrepressible character that will ring true to all readers regardless of the time or place they happened to take the roller-coaster ride to adulthood.

Praise

“Christina the Astonishing is a wonderful book, the funniest I’ve read in a long time, though there’s a lot of melancholy in it as well. All the Catholic lore is hilarious, and the portrait of Italian immigrant life is too . . . Leone writes so well about the awkwardness of adolescent sex and romance.”
—Tom Perrotta, author of Tracy Flick Can’t Win 

About the Authors

Marianne Leone is an actor, screenwriter, and essayist. Her essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Lit Hub, Ploughshares, Post Road, Bark Magazine, Coastal Living, Solstice, and elsewhere. She is the author of two memoirs, Jesse and Ma Speaks Up. She had a recurring role on HBO’s The Sopranos as Joanne Moltisanti, Christopher’s mother. She has also appeared in films by David O. Russell, Larry David, John Sayles, Nancy Savoca, and Martin Scorsese. Her latest book is her debut novel, Christina the Astonishing.

Ann Hood is the author of a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the novels The Stolen Child, The Book That Matters Most, and The Knitting Circle, and editor of the anthologies Providence Noir, Knitting Yarns and Knitting Pearls. Hood is the imprint curator for Gracie Belle Books and lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.

At the Event

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Christina the Astonishing - Five Dog Epiphany

Life’s Short Talk Fast - The Stolen Child

From the Shelf Book Group Discusses A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

For readers of Kara Thomas and Karen McManus, an addictive, twisty crime thriller with shades of Serial and Making a Murderer about a closed local murder case that doesn't add up, and a girl who's determined to find the real killer--but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

Join us on the last Sunday of each month at 11 AM to discuss the monthly pick.

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Copies are available in store or online here.

From the Shelf Book Group Discusses Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. SCHWAB

"Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532. London, 1827. Boston, 2019. Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots. One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild. And all of them grow teeth"--

Join us on the last Sunday of each month at 11 AM to discuss the monthly pick.

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Copies are available in store or online here.

Join us for a book signing with Jamie Coelho the editor in chief at Rhode Island Monthly magazine. Saturday, August 23 from 12:30-3 PM. Books will be for sale in store or online here.

Sip and Taste Your Way Through Rhode Island

Rhode Island Food Crawls is an exciting culinary tour through the Ocean State. Discover hidden gems with the freshest seafood, hottest cocktail bars, and the best seaside views around. Each crawl is the complete recipe for a great night out, the perfect tourist day, a new way to experience your own city, or simply indulging in some eye candy from home. Head to Dolores in Providence for brunch, get weird at Warren’s Water Street, and hit South County for oysters, wine, and ocean views. Put on your walking shoes and your stretchy pants, and dig into Rhode Island one dish at a time.

About the Author:

Jamie Coelho is editor in chief at Rhode Island Monthly magazine, where she has written about food and drink, fashion and other lifestyle topics in the Ocean State for the past eleven years. She previously worked at Men’s Health magazine, Boston magazine and AAA Publications, and has been published in the Boston Globe Magazine and Yankee.

Authors in conversation - Annie Hartnett and Sara Shukla, August 5 at 6 PM

Meet and mingle with the authors and find your next great read!

Join Ink Fish Books for the ultimate road trip you don’t want to miss! On Tuesday, August 5 at 6 PM, Ink Fish Books will host an author conversation with Annie Hartnett (THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS), and Sara Shukla (PINK WHALES). Both authors have an incredible sense of humor, with laugh out loud moments, and each book is a heartfelt mix of people just trying to make it in the world and when the world gets in the way they deal with it as best they can…together.

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Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, and book signing. Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online.

About the books

The Road to Tender Hearts - NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals

At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it weren’t for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that. Since then, PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar, and he probably doesn’t have much time left—he’s had three heart attacks already.

But when PJ reads the obituary of his old romantic rival, he realizes his high school sweetheart, Michelle Cobb, is finally single again. Filled with a new enthusiasm for life, PJ decides he’s going to drive across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in Arizona to win Michelle back.

Before PJ can hit the road, tragedy strikes Pondville, leaving PJ the sudden guardian of his estranged brother’s grandchildren. Anyone else would be deterred from the planned trip, but PJ figures the orphaned kids might benefit from getting out of town. PJ also thinks he can ask Sophie, his adult daughter who’s adrift in her twenties, to come along to babysit. And there’s one more surprise addition to the roster: Pancakes, a former nursing home therapy cat with a knack of predicting death, who recently turned up outside PJ’s home.

This could be the second chance PJ has long hoped for—a fresh shot at love and parenting—but does he have the strength to do both those things again? It’s very possible his heart can’t take it.

“A miraculous novel—an actual and spiritual road trip you won’t forget.”—John Irving

Pink Whales- Charlie is already feeling adrift when she relocates to an exclusive town in coastal New England with her mysteriously distant husband, Dev, and their young twins in tow. She hopes the move will recharge her stalled marriage, and she wants her kids to feel like they belong, even if she’s clearly a fish out of water herself. In a strange new world where summer is a verb and both the harbor and the partygoers are awash in a dizzying constellation of pinks and pastels, she’s never felt so confounded or alone. She’ll need more than a preppy handbook to find her way.

Then a trio of power moms―imposing, beautiful, and monogrammed―comes to the rescue, and Charlie clings to their attention like a life raft. As Dev pulls further away, Charlie dives into her newfound friends’ circle of yacht clubs, rivalries, and bizarre theme parties, hoping to find her sea legs. She even dares to cozy up to a hot, barefoot, and aggressively flirty local. But if she’s running from her problems at home, where exactly is she escaping to? Charlie is beginning to wonder. This ridiculous new normal―and her desire to be part of it―might just eat her alive.

“Pink Whales is a delicious, hilarious, voicey romp of a novel about Charlie, a wife and mother who doesn’t feel she belongs in her new home in preppy New England. Sara Shukla has an absolutely killer sense of humor, and the voice is pitch perfect. I adored it.”

―Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals and Rabbit Cake

About the authors

Annie Hartnett Annie Hartnett is the author of Unlikely Animals, which won the Julia Ward Howe Prize for fiction and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is also the author of Rabbit Cake, a finalist for the New England Book Award and a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year. Hartnett has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Associates of the Boston Public Library. Along with writer Tessa Fontaine, she co-runs the Accountability Workshops for writers, helping them commit to routines and embrace the long, slow, joyful, terrible process of doing the work. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog.

THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS is Annie’s newest novel, a national bestseller, and it received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist.

Sara Shukla is an editor for WBUR’s Cognoscenti. You can find her writing at WBUR as well as the Los Angeles Review of Books, McSweeneys, and elsewhere. An alum of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator and the University of Virginia, she lives in Massachusetts with her family. Pink Whales is her debut novel.

Coastal Summer Reads Author Event with Brooke Lea Foster, Meg Mitchell Moore, and Kate Woodworth in conversation with Julie Gerstenblatt on July 24 at 6 PM.

Meet and mingle with the authors and find your next great beach read!

It wouldn’t be summer in New England without the classic beach read, and on Thursday, July 24 at 6 PM, Ink Fish Books will host a Coastal Summer Reads Author Panel with Brooke Lea Foster (OUR LAST VINEYARD SUMMER), Meg Mitchell Moore (MANSION BEACH), and Kate Woodworth (LITTLE GREAT ISLAND) in conversation with Julie Gerstenblatt (DAUGHTERS OF NANTUCKET) to discuss themes of love, place, belonging, and the complex female relationships that each of their books share.

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, and book signing. 

Space is limited. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE. 

Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online.

About the Books

Our Last Vineyard Summer - After suffering through her first year of graduate school at Columbia following her senator father’s death, Betsy Whiting is hoping to spend the summer with her boyfriend…and hopefully end the summer as his fiancée. Instead, her mother—a longtime feminist and leader in the women’s movement—calls Betsy and her sisters back home to Martha’s Vineyard, announcing that they need to sell their beloved summer house to pay off their father’s debts.

Our Last Vineyard Summer poignantly captures two generations of women navigating love, loss, and womanhood while trying to find the courage to stand up for what they believe in—and the strength to decide if the home they once loved is worth saving. 

Daughters of Nantucket- Set against Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear. Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique circumstances. With their menfolk away at sea, often for years at a time, women here know a rare independence—and the challenges that go with it.

Mansion Beach - It’s the start of the summer, and Nicola Carr has just arrived on Block Island. Her failed relationship and soul-crushing job back in Providence have left her yearning for a fresh start, which she finds in the form of a tiny rental cottage and an internship as a marine wildlife researcher. Nicola’s tranquil summer takes an unexpected turn as the extravagant parties from the grand home next door pique her curiosity. She soon discovers the home belongs to Juliana George, an enigmatic entrepreneur with a past shrouded in mystery.

A sophisticated escapist novel filled with light humor and surprising observations, Mansion Beach explores the depth of human relationships, our cruelly classist society, and the price of secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Little Great Island - After offending the powerful pastor of the cult where she’s lived for a decade, Mari McGavin must flee with her six-year-old son. With no money and no place else to go, she returns to the tiny Maine island where she grew up—a place she swore she’d never see again. There Mari runs into her lifelong friend Harry Richardson, one of the island’s summer residents, now back himself to sell his family’s summer home. Mari and Harry’s lives intertwine once again, setting off a chain of events as unexpected and life altering as the shifts in climate affecting the whole ecosystem of the island…from generations of fishing families to the lobsters and the butterflies. Little Great Island illustrates in microcosm the greatest changes of our time and the unyielding power of love.

About the Authors  

Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning author and journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Huffington Post and the Washingtonian magazine.  Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parents, PARADE,  The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, Psychology Today, among others.  Her novels, Summer Darlings and On Gin Lane, were featured as top summer reads in People Magazine, named a top summer pick by Entertainment Weekly and named one of PARADE’s best books of summer. She writes the popular Dear Fiction newsletter and she's the author of three nonfiction books. All the Summers in Between is her third novel. 

Julie Gerstenblatt holds a doctorate in education in Curriculum and Instruction from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and Cognoscenti, among others. When not writing, Julie is a college essay coach, as well as a producer and on-air host for A Mighty Blaze. A native New Yorker, Julie now lives in coastal Rhode Island with her family and one very smart shichon poo. Daughters of Nantucket is her first novel.

Meg Mitchell Moore began writing as soon as she figured out how the cursive 'T' and 'F' were different and hasn’t stopped since. She worked for many years as a copyeditor, editor, and writer for a variety of nonfiction publications before turning to fiction, publishing her first novel in 2011. She has since published eight more novels, all but one set in New England. (The Admissions is set in Northern California., where her family moved for exactly one year before returning to the east coast.) Among her novels are national bestsellers, Indie Next picks, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. She has a B.A. in English from Providence College and a master’s degree in English Literature from New York University. She lives in the beautiful coastal town of Newburyport, Massachusetts (home of the amazing Newburyport Literary Festival, for which she is a member of the steering committee). Her busy household includes one husband, a rotating cast of three teen and young adult daughters, and two exuberantly shedding golden retrievers.

Kate Woodworth is the award-winning author of the novel Racing into the Dark, which Publishers Weekly said, “hits the mark repeatedly with emotional truths and fluid prose” and which Kirkus Reviews called, “vivid and honest, dramatic and without pat resolutions: an impressive debut”. A passionate lover of the natural world, Kate is the author of essays on the impact of climate change on fishing and farming that have been published by the Climate Fiction Writers League and on her Substack, “Food in the Time of Climate Change.” Her novel about love, community, and climate change, Little Great Island, has been called “an extraordinary achievement and a pure pleasure to read” by National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Ha Jin. Kate is the founder and creative force behind “Be the Butterfly”, a grassroots climate action initiative that invites everyone to do one small thing to help mitigate climate change. Kate received her MFA from Boston University.

MEET AUTHOR & PHOTOGRAPHER TRAER SCOTT AND HER “CATS OF ROME” AT INK FISH BOOKS ON JUNE 26 - PART OF ART NIGHT

Celebrated animal photographer Traer Scott’s “Cats of Rome” THAT will entice you into the ancient city that is home to more than 30,000 cats.

This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

About the Book and the Author

Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, “Whether you are a cat lover, armchair traveler, or photography buff, Traer Scott’s Cats of Rome will entice you into this ancient city that is home to more than 300,000 cats. Of these, at least one-third are thought to be feral. As Roman cats are protected by law, they have the right to live where they choose in architectural ruins, parks, and neighborhoods throughout the city.

In seventy-five brilliant color photographs, Rome’s feline denizens are shown as they live naturally among stunning, classical backdrops, with visual whispers of the gattaras—the often nameless and plentiful women of Rome who volunteer to care for the feral colonies. These beautiful cats are safe, cared for, and magnificent, and this keepsake volume is perfect for anyone who has visited Rome or dreams of doing so. 

Traer Scott is an award-winning fine art and commercial photographer and bestselling author of fourteen books including Shelter Dogs,  Finding Home and Radiant; Farm Animals Up Close and Personal. 

Her work is exhibited around the world and is regularly featured in national and international print and online publications. Her books have been reviewed in National Geographic, Life, Vogue, the New York Times Lens Blog, O, the Boston Globe, School Library Journal (starred review), the Wall Street Journal, American Photo Magazine, Le Monde, Der Stern, Popular Photography, and Popular Science, among numerous other outlets.

Enjoy Art Night Events … walk, drive, or bike through each town at your own pace using our Handbill of Events as a guide. Visit featured Galleries, Artist Studios and Art Friendly Businesses. Enjoy LIVE music, theater performance, dance, artists’ talks and demonstrations. Every month features a host of new and unique art experiences! Find out more here

Join authors Emily Franklin and Dawn Tripp At Ink Fish Books on Wednesday, June 18 at 6pm for an author discussion and book signing. 

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, authors in conversation, and a book signing. Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online.

Space is limited. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

About the BookS

THE LIONESS OF BOSTON is a deeply evocative novel of the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an inimitable legacy in American art and transformed the city of Boston itself.

By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903 to showcase her collection of old masters, antiques, and objects d’art, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston’s polite society. But when Isabella first arrived in Boston in 1861, she was twenty years old, newly married to a wealthy trader, and unsure of herself. Puzzled by the frosty reception she received from stuffy bluebloods, she strived to fit in. After two devastating tragedies and rejection from upper-society, Isabella discovered her spirit and cast off expectations.

Freed by travel, Isabella explores the world of art, ideas, and letters, meeting and befriending such kindred spirits as Henry James and Oscar Wilde. From London and Paris to Egypt and Asia, she develops a keen eye for paintings and objects, and meets feminists ready to transform nineteenth century thinking in the twentieth century. Isabella becomes an eccentric trailblazer, painted by John Singer Sargent in a portrait of daring décolletage, and fond of such stunts as walking a pair of lions in the Boston Public Garden.

The Lioness of Boston is a portrait of what society expected a woman’s life to be, shattered by a courageous soul who rebelled and determined to live on her own terms.

Praise

Boston Globe Bestseller/Indie Bookstore Bestseller

“Must-Read Book of Spring 2023,” Town & Country

“Brings Isabella Stewart Gardner fully, intimately alive—irrepressible and avid for life. In this richly compelling novel, Emily Franklin beautifully conjures this extraordinary woman and her world.” —Claire Messud, author of The Emperor’s Children

“Gorgeous writing enhances this absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman ahead of her time.”
—Toronto Star

JACKIE In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted an intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention. 

Jackie is the story of a woman who forged a legacy out of grief and shaped history even as she was living it—a deeply private person with a nuanced, formidable intellect. It is the story of a love affair, a complicated marriage, and the fracturing of identity that comes in the wake of unthinkable violence.

When Jackie meets the charismatic congressman Jack Kennedy in Georgetown, she is twenty-one and dreaming of France. She has won an internship at Vogue, and she thinks Kennedy is not her kind of adventure: “Too American. Too good-looking. Too boy.” Yet she is drawn to his mind, his humor, and his drive. The chemistry between them ignites. During the White House years, the love between two independent people deepens. Then, a motorcade in Dallas: “Three and a half seconds—that’s all it was—a slivered instant between the first shot, which missed the car, and the second, which did not. . . . A hypnotic burst of sunlight off her bracelet as she waved.”

This spare, exquisite novel is a window into the world of a woman who led many different lives: Jackie, Jacks, Jacqueline, Miss Bouvier, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Onassis, Jackie O. It is at once a deeply human story and a captivating work of imagination that comes right up against what she was thinking and feeling, what she was afraid of, fought for, and believed in.

Praise

“An intimate episodic narrative…Tripp’s wonderful, pointillistic skill with physical description and the deft, empathetic leaps she takes – jumping off from letters, contemporary memories and photographs snapped of the former First Lady – gives JACKIE undeniable punch…Tripp’s book stands out for its psychological acuity…notable for its emphasis on the intelligence and grace of this valiant woman.” – The Washington Post

“Tripp’s fictional portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis captures her emotional life, including her marriage to John F. Kennedy, her grief after his assassination, and her complicated marriage to Aristotle Onassis. These weave a thread that’s a testimony to Kennedy Onassis’ resilience.”—Christian Science Monitor, Ten Best Books of June

“If you loved Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham or American Wife, you’ll devour this.” – InStyle

“Perfect for those who can’t get enough of one of the country’s most iconic couple.” – People Magazine

About the Authors

Emily Franklin is the bestselling author of more than twenty novels and a poetry collection, Tell Me How You Got Here. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, The Kenyon Review, Guernica, Threepenny Review, Journal of the American Medical Association, and numerous literary magazines as well as long-listed for the London Sunday Times Short Story Award, featured and read aloud on NPR and named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries.

Dawn Tripp is a nationally bestselling author. Her most recent novel Jackie was just longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award and won the San Diego Writers Festival Historical Fiction Award. Her novel Georgia was finalist for the New England Book Award and winner of the Mary Lynn Kotz Award for Art in Literature.  Tripp is the author of three previous novels: Game of Secrets, Moon Tide, and The Season of Open Water, which won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Harvard Review, Conjunctions, NPR, and others. Her books have been published into a dozen languages. She serves on the executive board of the Boston Book Festival and on the board of Gnome Surf: A non-profit surf therapy organization focused on creating a culture shift towards kindness, love, and acceptance for athletes of all abilities. She graduated from Harvard and lives in Massachusetts with her sons

At the Event

Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store. Or order online below.

JACKIE

THE LIONESS OF BOSTON

Join us for an open house to celebrate the launch of local author Cynthia Elder’s Tales of the Sea Series on Thursday, May 29, 6 PM. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. The event is free and open to the public. Please register at info@inkfishbooks.com We can’t wait to see you!

A look behind the scenes of her new historical novel, Tales of the Sea. Based on hundreds of pages of original ship's logs, letters and journals, the book reveals the true story of a seafaring family from West Barnstable, Massachusetts, during the final chapter of the Great Age of Sail and the tumultuous years of the Civil War.

Tales of the Sea...

is the true story of a seafaring family from West Barnstable, Massachusetts, during the final chapter of the Great Age of Sail and the tumultuous years of the Civil War. The story reveals the inner thoughts of a lonely shipmaster as he traverses the vastness of the sea, writing to the woman he loves. The two-book series elevates the experiences of women who braved years-long sailing voyages to keep their families together and intersects with stories of soldiers and slaves as our country was torn apart at the seams. 

Tales of the Sea series, A well-developed novel that uses copious historical sources to vividly bring its characters and setting to life. - Kirkus

Tales of the Sea: Book OneThe Journey Begins

Young James Jenkins leaves the family farm to follow the sailor’s life, rising to become a merchant ship captain who transports trade goods around the world. He finds his match in Ruth Fish, the daughter of a ship’s captain who bristles with passion to escape the confines of her small town.

Tales of the Sea: Book Two The Drumbeats of War

As the United States marches toward war, James and Ruth Jenkins must decide to brave the oceans together or be forever separated by the sea. Ruth’s brother is swept into the Union Army, while her father spirals into mental illness. Together, Ruth and James circle the globe in a dangerous and changing world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cindy’s poetry has appeared in many literary magazines over the last four decades, including recent editions of The Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Frost Meadow Review, Blood & Bourbon, Blue Heron Review and elsewhere. She received the Grand Prize in Notable Works’ 2023 Voices of the Earth anthology.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and career writing from Roger Williams University and a Master of Public Affairs from Brown University. Cindy is working with both universities to research a freedom seeker born in 1816 whose remarkable narrative of flight from slavery and life as a ship’s cook was found in her husband’s family records.

Cindy serves as executive director of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, a local nonprofit dedicated to preserving open space and educating the public about our natural resources. Her long history in nonprofit service includes roles as executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Rhode Island and Coggeshall Farm Museum. She also served as communications director for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and Hospice of Central Florida.

Cindy and her husband, Bob, have sailed the waters of Narragansett Bay and elsewhere for 30 years, along with their children, Emily and Elizabeth. They live on the edge of Hundred Acre Cove in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Author Talk with Casey Sherman - Blood in the Water - Thursday, May 15, 6 PM at George Hail Free Library. Free and open to the public. Books available for sale at the event by Ink Fish Books or order online here

Register for the event here

"Blood in the Water is a twisty true crime narrative of greed, suspicion, and revenge, taking us from the high seas to the mansion of an enormously wealthy family. Compelling and cinematic, it keeps you guessing about the complicated family at the heart of this saga until the very last page." --Shawn Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of College Girl, Missing

Troubled waters hide deadly secrets...

When Nathan Carman, a young man with a complicated past, is miraculously rescued from a lifeboat bobbing in the unforgiving North Atlantic, questions swirl about the fate of his mother, who is presumed to have drowned when their fishing boat sank. Nathan is in remarkably good shape for being lost at sea for a week, and his account of what exactly happened out there on the waves raises questions from family members and law enforcement.

Nathan's story of a fishing trip gone awry doesn't quite add up, and suspicion mounts. The mysterious murder of Nathan's multi-millionaire grandfather a few years before had made Nathan's mother an extremely wealthy woman. With a seven-million-dollar fortune at stake, did Nathan commit the ultimate betrayal? Or is there more to this tragic tale than meets the eye?

From New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman comes a gripping contemporary true crime narrative for everyone who was fascinated by the Murdaugh murders, and for anyone compelled by the intersection between money, power, and family.

Recent Press for Blood in the Water

ABC News

People Magazine 

FOX News 

Review Quotes:
" Blood in the Water is utterly immersive. Casey Sherman is a master true crime storyteller. Like always, he brings characters to life which makes it hard to tear yourself away from the page!" -- Zibby Owens, host of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, best-selling author of Blank

Review Quotes:
" Blood in the Water is a book for every true crime fan's 'to be read' pile...though you won't want to wait to read it! The tautly woven narrative showcases Sherman's lyrical writing style and formidable research skills, guaranteeing a deep dive into family drama and depravity that's nearly impossible to turn away from. Sherman is at the top of his game!" -- Kristin Dilley, co-host, Mind Over Murder podcast

Review Quotes:
"What I most admire about Casey Sherman is that he's more than a writer. He's also an outstanding investigative journalist, and he uses these skills to great effect in bringing this mind-boggling case to life. Blood in the Water is a twisty true crime narrative of greed, suspicion, and revenge, taking us from the high seas to the mansion of an enormously wealthy family. Compelling and cinematic, it keeps you guessing about the complicated family at the heart of this saga until the very last page. And it shows us that no matter how sophisticated our technology becomes, we can never have all the answers about what happens behind closed doors." -- Shawn Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of College Girl, Missing

About the author:

Casey Sherman is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today & Boston Globe Bestselling Author of 17 books including "The Finest Hours" (now a major Walt Disney Studio motion picture starring Chris Pine & Casey Affleck), and "Patriots Day" (now an acclaimed motion picture from CBS Films starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon). Sherman's 2023 true crime bestseller "Helltown," is now in development as a limited television series for Amazon Studio. Sherman will serve as Executive Producer on the project, which is slated to star Oscar Isaac ("Dune"), with director Edward Berger (Netflix - "All is Quiet on the Western Front"), and produced by Team Downey (Robert Downey, Jr. & Susan Downey - HBO's "Perry Mason"). Sherman's other books include James Patterson's "The Last Days of John Lennon," which spent more than 23 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, "12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption," and "Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of The Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss. Sherman has appeared on more than 100 television and radio programs and is a contributing writer for TIME Magazine, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Boston Magazine and the Boston Herald.

The Community String Project Sunday, May 4, 12-3 PM

Shop for Mom while listening to some wonderful classical music played by the local community

The Community String Project began in July of 2009 with the goal of serving all youth in the East Bay area, regardless of income, through an innovative, school-based music program centered on string instruments. In addition to the value of learning how to play an instrument (which has been shown to increase academic performance), students also benefit from being involved in a supportive activity that assists with dropout prevention, fosters community engagement, and increases self-esteem.

The Community String Project Saturday, May 3, 12-3 PM

Shop for Mom while listening to some wonderful classical music played by the local community

The Community String Project began in July of 2009 with the goal of serving all youth in the East Bay area, regardless of income, through an innovative, school-based music program centered on string instruments. In addition to the value of learning how to play an instrument (which has been shown to increase academic performance), students also benefit from being involved in a supportive activity that assists with dropout prevention, fosters community engagement, and increases self-esteem.

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26 from 11 am to 5 pm

Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at over 900 indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. 

It’s a book party you won’t want to miss!

You’re Invited!

Ink Fish Books, a woman-owned independent bookstore with a passion for books, food, and culture, opened in 2018 and is honored to be hosting its sixth Independent Bookstore Day.

Stop by from 11 AM to 5 PM to join in the fun with exclusive indie bookstore items, free books, raffles, and the opportunity to search for the Golden Ticket with the winner receiving a free year of audiobook credits (12 credits) from Libro.fm.

Book Signing 1-3 PM

We’ll host a book signing from 1 to 3 PM with local author Celine Keating - The Stark Beauty of Last Things

Food Pop-Up 12-5 PM

Also joining us is Empanada Assassin for a food pop-up.

Come celebrate the joy of reading and the value of independent bookstores across the country.

Follow Independent Bookstore Day:

• Facebook at facebook.com/inkfishbooks AND at instagram.com/inkfishbooks

• Facebook at facebook.com/bookstoreday

• Twitter @bookstoreday

• Instagram @indiebookstoreday AND @inkfishbooks

• #bookstoreday

At the Event

Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store.

Or order online below.

Free Community Workshop

Fill Your Own Cup First: Real Self-Nourishment Tools for Artists, Makers, Healers, and Helpers

Our lives may have been built for burnout, but We were born to create.

💲Free Event
📍Space is Limited!
RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE

About the WORKSHOP

Join Faye D’Avanza of Library of Care for a free community workshop to help you discover what’s keeping you (and your creative energy) stuck in the stress cycle while practicing tools to fill your own cup first.

As artists, makers, healers, and helpers we believe in the power of our work to transform lives—and it does! But what happens when that change and transformation comes at the expense of ourselves and our creative lives? Burnout, and its accompanying feelings of powerlessness, overwhelm, exhaustion, frustration, resentment, anxiety, and apathy are all classic signs that we’ve been giving from an empty cup, that we (and our creative energy) are stuck in the stress cycle.

Through story, creative questions, mindful prompts, and the introduction of real self-nourishment tools, you’ll discover what’s keeping you stuck, gain resources to share with others, and practice filling your own cup first.

This workshop draws from the research, wisdom, and inspiration found in literature, including Burnout and The Burnout Workbook both by Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, along with many others featured in the Whole Creative Living Collection at Library of Care.

Praise

“Faye’s workshop is grounded in her personal experience and deep research. She is meticulously planned and is thoughtful, humble, and hopeful in her facilitation. Working with Faye feels like intentional movement in my own journey out of burnout and into rejuvenated creativity!”
—Katherine Saul, educator and creative entrepreneur

About the facilitator

J. Faye D’Avanza serves artists and creative communities as an editor, educator, coach and facilitator based in Asheville, North Carolina. With a vision to transform the world of creativity and how we care for it, she shares stories and tools to help you be well, create, and thrive in her Substack newsletter Keeping Creative Time featuring documentary photography and regenerative writing from the ashes of burnout.

A writer and former public librarian, she is certified as an Inward & Artward Creative Facilitator, and is the founder of Library of Care, a holistic education + resource hub for creative healing and thriving in the Burnout Age. You can learn more at jfayedavanza.com or on Instagram at @libraryofcare.

Desperate Deadly Widows Book Launch Party with Vanessa Lillie, Kimberly Belle, and Cate Holahan on TUESDAY, April 8 at 6:00 PM

The ‘80s are coming with the launch of Desperate Deadly Widows, a "frothy fun" thriller set in 1980s Providence.

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

About the Authors

Vanessa Lillie is the author of Little Voices, For the Best, and the USA Today bestseller Blood Sisters as well as the creator and coauthor of the award-nominated Young Rich Widows series. Her novels have been optioned for television, and she's the host of an Instagram Live show with crime fiction authors. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she lives in Rhode Island.

Kimberly Belle is the Edgar Award–nominated, USA Today and internationally bestselling author with over one million copies sold. Her novels have been optioned for film and television and recognized by LibraryReads, Amazon and Apple Books as best books of the month. She is co-host of the Killer Author Club and divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam.

​​Layne Fargo is the USA Today bestselling author of The Favorites, They Never Learn, and Temper. She lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.

Cate Holahan is the USA Today bestselling author of seven standalone suspense thrillers in addition to a co-author of the Young Rich Widows series. She is also a screenwriter who’s had two television movies produced for Fox’s Tubi and has several other projects in development for film and TV.

About the Book

Desperate Deadly Widows

Powerhouse suspense authors Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, and Vanessa Lillie are back together for Desperate Deadly Widows, a crazy fun mystery that kicks off in a burst of ‘80s neon when Providence Mayor Tom Bradley is poisoned via compromised champagne at the Luna Lounge strip club . . . and the widows become the prime suspects in his untimely (but not exactly unwelcome) demise.

Krystal, Camille, Justine, and Meredith are back: Their shoulder pads are wider than ever, their stilettos are sharp as knives, and the suspect list for Mayor Tom’s murder is taller than their hair after a perm. The widows didn’t kill him, but their hands aren’t exactly squeaky clean. To clear their names, the widows need to find the real killer, but doing so means plenty of scandal, blackmail, backstabbing, murder, romance, party crashing, and even one miraculous yacht escape.

A smash-hit Audible original soon to be available from Sourcebooks Landmark in print, this second installment in the Young Rich Widows universe is perfect for fans of zany murder mysteries like Finlay Donovan is Killing It and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone—off-beat, rip-roaring, laugh-out-loud funny, and totally unforgettable.

Hands down the most original thriller you'll read all year. Laugh out loud funny, twisty and full of surprises. —Wendy Walker, international bestselling author of What Remains

An ‘80s romp with big hair and even bigger secrets! Grab your popcorn and settle in for this incredibly fun and twisty read. —Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of You Shouldn't Have Come Here

I loved the interactions between the widows, both when they’re at each other’s throats, and when they learn to coexist with—and maybe even care for?—each other. —Megan Collins, bestselling author of The Family Plot

Visit Ink Fish Books at Bristol BookFest 2025: Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"

Since its inception, Bristol BookFest has brought the community together to read and discuss classic literature, from “All the King’s Men” to “Moby-Dick.” This year, we are excited to announce that Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451” will be the centerpiece of BookFest 2025. The novel’s themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, and media control remain as relevant today as when it was first published, challenging readers to reflect on their own perspectives.

The festival begins with our winter seminar series at Rogers Free Library, running weekly from January 21 to February 11, where we’ll explore the novel's cultural and literary significance. The event culminates in a weekend of lectures, discussions, and community engagement on April 4 and 5, 2025.

Whether you’re revisiting “Fahrenheit 451” or discovering it for the first time, we invite you to join us for a journey through Bradbury’s timeless exploration of society and the power of literature.

For events at Rogers Free Library and to register,
go to the RFL Calendar of Events here.

REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND THE BRISTOL BOOKFEST

Visit Ink Fish Books at Bristol BookFest 2025: Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"

Since its inception, Bristol BookFest has brought the community together to read and discuss classic literature, from “All the King’s Men” to “Moby-Dick.” This year, we are excited to announce that Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451” will be the centerpiece of BookFest 2025. The novel’s themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, and media control remain as relevant today as when it was first published, challenging readers to reflect on their own perspectives.

The festival begins with our winter seminar series at Rogers Free Library, running weekly from January 21 to February 11, where we’ll explore the novel's cultural and literary significance. The event culminates in a weekend of lectures, discussions, and community engagement on April 4 and 5, 2025.

Whether you’re revisiting “Fahrenheit 451” or discovering it for the first time, we invite you to join us for a journey through Bradbury’s timeless exploration of society and the power of literature.

For events at Rogers Free Library and to register,
go to the RFL Calendar of Events here.

REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND THE BRISTOL BOOKFEST

Ink Fish Books at GFree Fest, march 22 & 23 at the waterfire arts center

Come visit the Ink Fish Books booth during the two full day GFree Fest on March 22nd and 23rd, we’ll be back at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI with a special curation of Gluten free cookbooks plus two packed days of eating, drinking, and learning all things GF.

Founded by a local celiac, GFree Fest is a fun, positive-minded, weekend-long gluten-free party! GFree Fest showcases some of the best gluten free products and gluten-friendly restaurants

MORE INFO

GET TICKETS

Ink Fish Books at GFree Fest, march 22 & 23 at the waterfire arts center

Come visit the Ink Fish Books booth during the two full day GFree Fest on March 22nd and 23rd, we’ll be back at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI with a special curation of Gluten free cookbooks plus two packed days of eating, drinking, and learning all things GF.

Founded by a local celiac, GFree Fest is a fun, positive-minded, weekend-long gluten-free party! GFree Fest showcases some of the best gluten free products and gluten-friendly restaurants

MORE INFO

GET TICKETS

Thriller Author Anna Sophia McLoughlin—A GIRL LIKE US—in Conversation with Vanessa Lillie on Feb 13 at 6 PM

perfect for fans of Succession and Rachel Hawkins. With expert pacing, a rollicking early-aughts setting, and an inventive underdog story, this crackling tale of blood relations and blood money is a dramatic exploration of ties that bind—and how easily they can snap.

Tickets are $5 and include light refreshments, an author meet and greet, authors in conversation, and a book signing.

Space is limited. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Books will be for sale at the event, in store, or online.

About the Book

For the dramatic reintroduction of Anna Sophia McLoughlin (the New York Times bestselling author, as Anna Godbersen, of The Luxe series) comes A GIRL LIKE US: a sharp locked-room thriller about a reality TV star who marries into one of the world’s most renowned families, only to find herself on lockdown with them in their ancestral mansion following the murder of their most prominent member.

2004. Maya Miller leaves behind her past as a party-girl reality TV star to marry Colin Sterling of the Sterlings, a family rich with media holdings, aristocratic titles, and cold hard cash. When Colin’s cousin Arianna, the heiress to the family’s immense fortune, is murdered, it’s revealed that Arianna inexplicably named Maya as her sole inheritor. The entire family—including Maya—is shocked. On lockdown with the scheming and dangerous extended family at the ancestral Sterling home, Maya begins to unravel a scintillating web of secrets—but can she expose the truth without revealing crimes of her own?

Praise

"Smart, sly, and perfectly suited for the cultural moment. Readers will devour this thriller based around the secrets high-profile people keep...for some, to protect their wealth. For others, to survive." —Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of Malice House

"The perfect mashup of The Inheritance Games and Succession, with a dash of Stone Cold Fox. Pitting a scrappy TV star against her old-money in-laws, this fast-paced, sexy, serpentine mystery charts the ways money makes the world go round, pulling off the triumphant achievement of both critiquing and reveling in the pleasures of the one-percent, equal parts take-down and gossipy drama all the way until its jaw-dropping ending. Fans of rich people behaving badly will gobble this up." —Ashley Winstead, bestselling author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour

About the Authors

Anna Sophia McLoughlin (known as internationally bestselling author Anna Godbersen) makes a dramatic comeback as Anna Sophia McLoughlin. Anna is an author and writing teacher, best known for the internationally bestselling Luxe series which sold nearly half a million copies in the US alone and was translated into a dozen markets around the world. She holds an MFA from NYU and now lives in Litchfield County where she teaches creative writing and is a regular contributor to lifestyle and arts publications.

Vanessa Lillie is the author of the USA Today bestselling suspense novel, Blood Sisters. Her previous bestselling thrillers are Little Voices and For the Best. She also co-authored the #1 bestselling and ITW award nominated Audible Original Young Rich Widows, now in print, and the sequel, Desperate Deadly Widows. With fifteen years of marketing and communications experience, Vanessa was a columnist for the Providence Journal and hosts an Instagram Live show with crime fiction authors. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma living on Narragansett land in Rhode Island.

At the Event

Books will be available for purchase at the event and in store. Or order online below.

Books by Anna Sophia McLoughlin

A GIRL LIKE US (available for preorder; ships Feb 11)

Books by Vanessa Lillie

BLOOD SISTERS—paperback release is Oct 1!
YOUNG RICH WIDOWS