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Romancing the Books Festival
Join Brenda on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Winter Park Library, Florida.
Come celebrate love stories at this year’s Winter Park Library Romancing the Books Festival!
Have a favorite romance trope? Imagine the perfect meet-cute? Come celebrate love stories at this year’s Winter Park Library Romancing the Books Festival. Meet authors, win prizes, and mingle with fellow romance-readers. All participating authors’ books will be available for sale. Do it for the plot!
April’s Brenda Novak Book Box
This box will include an autographed copy of my upcoming release, TOURIST SEASON, and be the perfect beach box! Get ready to visit Mariner’s Island (based off of Nantucket) once again! If you missed visiting the first time, you can add on an autographed copy of THE SEASIDE LIBRARY (not connected but has the same setting) to this box.
Also included are:
- delicious cookies from C.Krueger’s—their sugar cookie with buttercream icing and their hot cocoa cookie! Yum!
- Mariner’s Hotel retro enamel keychain enamel.
- a cute floppy “bucket” straw hat that will block the sun, making it easier to read.
Cover Reveal: Tying the Knot
Available August 20, 2024
They’re taking a chance on love…by marrying the wrong person
All of Grady Amos’s brothers are married, and he’s feeling left behind. Aja Kermani wants to break away from the man chosen by her parents and marry for love. This leads them both to Tying the Knot, a reality TV show where contestants meet their soulmate. Grady and Aja end up married—yet they have absolutely nothing in common! But there is something—beyond a powerful attraction—that draws them to each other, despite their completely different lives and backgrounds. Is a postshow annulment in their future? Or are two opposites truly meant for each other?
Read an Excerpt from THE MESSY LIFE OF JANE TANNER
THE MESSY LIFE OF JANE TANNER is arriving on shelves February 20, but you can already read the first chapter on Brenda’s website. Enjoy!
March’s Brenda Novak Book Box
This box will include an autographed copy of my upcoming release, THE MESSY LIFE OF JANE TANNER, the third book in the Coyote Canyon Trilogy, and it will also feature items from each heroine’s Coyote Canyon business: Talulah’s Dessert Diner (book one—TALULAH’S BACK IN TOWN), Truesdale Well & Pump Services (book two—THE TALK OF COYOTE CANYON) and Vintage by Jane (book three—THE MESSY LIFE OF JANE TANNER).
Read an Excerpt from THE TALK OF COYOTE CANYON
THE TALK OF COYOTE CANYON is arriving on shelves November 28, but you can already read the first chapter on Brenda’s website. Enjoy!
Cover Reveal: TOURIST SEASON
Available April 2, 2024
A summer by the ocean promises new beginnings—until old secrets resurface.
Ismay Chalmers is ready for a relaxing summer reconnecting with her fiancé at his family’s luxurious beachfront cottage. But before Remy can join her, a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island. Alone in the large house, Ismay makes a disturbing discovery in Remy’s childhood closet…
Read an Excerpt
Talulah’s Back in Town is arriving on shelves August 22, but you can already read the first chapter on Brenda’s website. Enjoy!
Cover Reveal: THE MESSY LIFE OF JANE TANNER
Available February 20, 2024
Jane Tanner’s friends are settling down, while she’s been settling for less. She longs for adventure and the big city, but caring for her ailing grandfather means she’s shackled to her small town. She’s excited her vintage gift shop is finally up and running, but it’s not enough.
Longing to fulfill at least one dream—to become a mother before her biological clock ticks out—Jane drunkenly propositions the worst possible candidate for Dad. Kurt Elway is off-limits with a capital O…