The way the relationship unfolds slowly, Lauren explains, is what makes it good. “No two people complete each other, it is who is perfect for our heroine or our hero,” says Christina, and in this book it’s the divorced dad/documentary producer Conner who is clearly meant for Fizzy. THE TRUE LOVE EXPERIMENT is a stand alone novel focused on “Fizzy” aka Felicity Chen, who readers first met in their instant bestseller THE SOULMATE EQUATION. For more on TJ Newman, and to follow the latest developments as both her books head to the big screen, visit her website.Ĭhristina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the besties and writing duo who make readers’ smiles and hearts grow with every book published under the pen name Christina Lauren, return to the podcast to talk with Olivia about this summer’s release. She’ll be at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore the following night.

Newman will be signing books at Changing Hands Bookstore, where she used to work, on Monday May 29, 2023. This time around, deadline pressures were as intense as the burden of expectation, but Newman said she loved writing this intensely emotional book: “At its core, this story would not work if it were not a story of grief and loss and hope and survival and a family coming together” she says.ĭROWNING is published by Avid Reader Press, available for pre-order before its release. A former bookseller and flight attendant, Newman’s commercial airline centered thrillers sparked bidding wars in publishing and in Hollywood. The writer returns to the podcast to talk with Olivia about battling the pressures of following up her debut bestseller, and her gratitude for the opportunity to live her dream as a full-time writer.

Newman says in describing the premise of this summer’s new novel, DROWNING. “A plane crashes into the ocean, sinks with people trapped inside,” T.J. For more on the author visit her website.Ĭlick here to revisit Olivia and Ashley’s conversation about THE PUSH.

THE WHISPERS is out now from Pamela Dorman/Viking and is also available in audio. I think we all became a little more intimate and closer with the people we lived in proximity with, that was very much on my mind when I was writing the characters of this book and their settings on the street” she says. “Your world became so small, your world was only as big as what you could see outside your front window, which was your neighbor and your neighboring houses. THE WHISPERS takes us to an affluent street where we experience life, frustration, marriage concerns, parenting failures, heartbreaks, tragedies, embarrassment, suspicions, all through the eyes (and whispers) of four women: Whitney, Blair, Rebecca and Mara.Īshley says her experience during the restrictions of the pandemic helped to shape the novel. Ashley Audrain, the author of the 2021 powerhouse women’s fiction debut, THE PUSH, returns to the podcast to talk with Olivia about her new novel, THE WHISPERS.

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