Episodes

From Carol Drinkwater, the beloved star of the English TV show. All Creatures Great And Small comes a heart-wrenching World War II romance about a French village that opened its arms as the Nazis closed in Hi, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler. And Carol, our Binge Reading guest author today, is well known for her series of bestsellers about her life on an olive farm in Provence, made into a series of popular nonfiction books and a TV show called Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. But Carol also wr...

This week on The Joys of Binge Reading, Strange Sally Diamond, the latest, dark and twisted thriller from award-winning Irish novelist, Liz Nugent. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today, Liz talks about her gripping new psychological bestseller, always laced with black humor, and explains how Sally is pretty like herself; “Liz, without a filter.” She tells us what she’s learned from TV shows like Breaking Bad and how she came to set part of her story in New Zealand...

On Binge Reading this week, biographical fiction author Marie Benedict talks about her latest best seller, The Mitford Affair, the story of the beautiful and notorious Mitford sisters. Famous as the debutant daughters of an English Peer and then infamous as World War II traitors Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and critics rave about Marie Benedict’s uncanny ability to unearth untold woman’s stories – from Albert Einstein’s first wife to the hidden life of Agatha Christie – from JP Morgan...

French American author Samantha Vérant delivers perfectly seasoned fiction that combines her passions in life – France, food and love. And her latest book, The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique, set in Paris, is a romantic and culinary delight. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in Binge Reading this week, Samantha talks about moving to France and marrying a sexy French rocket scientist she met in 1989, but ignored for 20 years, and writing about that adventure in bestselling memoirs and...

Lily Chu is leading the way in a new approach to publishing, launching her bestselling books in audio format first, and then following up with print a few months later, and it’s certainly working for her. Her whip smart, funny romcoms have been top of both Audible and Apple best sellers lists in 2021 and 2022. Hi there. I’m Jenny Wheeler, your host, and today Toronto based romcom author, Lily talks about her latest book, The Comeback. It introduces readers to the global phenomenon of K-Pop musi...

This week on The Joys of Binge Reading to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a little bit of green. Irish thriller author Catherine Ryan Howard with her latest nerve shredding suspense Runtime. It’s a book that was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book Of The Year, and is a Top 10 Kindle Best Seller. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today, Catherine talks about her psychological thriller about an actress cast in a horror film that begins to mirror real ...

Welcome to Encore on Binge Reading, the show where we invite back authors who’ve already been on The Joys of Binge Reading to talk about their latest book. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler, and today on the show we have Canadian romcom author Roselle Lim. talking about her latest magical story of love, Sophie Go’s Lonely Hear4ts Club. Links to books mentioned in the show: Roselle’s first Joys of Binge Reading episode – one of the “Best of 2021” listen to roselle lim’s first show Books r...

Today on The Joys Of Binge Reading, a real historical fiction treat. Diana Giovinazzo and Antoinette’s Sister, historical fiction bursting with intrigue, adventure, and romance. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today, Diana Giovinazzo presents two historical feasts and two formidable women. Antoinette’s Sister is a tale of power, love, and the entwined lives of two sisters, both queens during 18th century Europe’s most volatile period. One will keep her head, the ot...

Kate O’Keeffe is the perfect Valentine’s Day guest for this week’s Binge Reading. A USA Today. best selling author of laugh out loud, rom coms, sweet romance, feel good stories with gorgeous Happily Ever Afters. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading today, Kate talks about a recent book of hers, Never Fall For The One That Got Away, the last book in the It’s Complicated series that asks and beautifully answers. a key question. If life gives you a second chance with the o...

On Encore today, we have Australian author, Natasha Lester who was last on the show in August, 2020 with her international best seller, The Paris Secret. Encore, you may recall, is the show where we talk to authors who’ve already been on Binge Reading about their latest book. Hi there, I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler, and today on Binge Reading, Natasha returns to talk about her latest World War II spy saga, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre. A story that Kate Quinn has called a “triple-stranded-d...

Happy New Year and welcome back to Part Two of the Best of Binge Reading 2022, and the seven top shows for the year as selected by you, our listeners. We ran the first part of the Best of Binge Reading 2022 Part 1 in the first week of January, so if you missed out on that, do check it out. Hi, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler. The seven authors represented here, like those before them, range across the whole field of popular fiction from romance maestro Jayne Ann Krentz to Kate Quinn and her remark...

Happy New Year and welcome to The Best Of Joys Of Binge Reading for 2022. We’re presenting the Top 15 Shows for the year as selected by you, our listeners. And from previous years, I know that this is one of the most popular shows every year, so it’s wonderful to do it for you. I’m Jenny Wheeler, the host of the show. And first of all, thank you for being part of our growing audience this year. This year, we reached the 250 episode mark, a great achievement, and we wouldn’t have done it witho...

Karen Swan is a favorite with binge reading listeners. Her appearance on the show at Christmas time last year was one of the most listened to episodes of 2022. So it’s great to have her back on our Encore program. That’s the one where people who’ve already been on the show, come back to talk about their latest book and for Karen it’s her latest holiday special, The Christmas Postcards. In case you’re asking yourself why a show that ran in December, 2021 is in the 2022 best of lineup, it’s beca...

Faith Hogan is an award-winning and best-selling Irish author of nine contemporary novels, the latest of which is The Gin Sisters Promise. Her books are for grownups, feel good woman’s fiction which is unashamedly uplifting, and inspiring, but doesn’t dodge the hard questions, Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and today on Binge Reading Faith talks not only about The Gin Sisters Promise, her latest heartfelt family story, but also because her new Christmas book, On The First Day Of Christ...

Melody Carson is an award-winning author of inspirational romance with more than 200 books and 6.5 million copies sold. She certainly knows what she’s doing. Included in that backlist is a goodly number of Christmas novellas. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and to celebrate the season we featuring authors who’ve made Christmas books one of their specialties like Melody. Her latest book for Christmas is called A Quilt For Christmas, and it’s out now. Melody talks about starting on Chri...

Douglas Skeleton is one of Scotland’s most celebrated crime writers with dark stories that meld history and contemporary life stretching from the tough streets of his hometown of Glasgow to the wildness of the Scottish Highlands. We’re talking Where Demons Hide, Douglas’s latest thriller with a supernatural edge, featuring crime reporter, Rebecca Connolly. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. And in today’s Binge Reading, Rebecca’s skepticism is challenged after a body is found on a lonely ...

Avanti Centrae is an international best-selling author who blends history, science and suspense into pulse pounding action thrillers. And she’s here today talking about her latest book, Cleopatra’s Vendetta. ‘Born a goddess Cleopatra died a prisoner, but the cobra’s deadly kiss was just the beginning.’ Hi, I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today on binge reading, Avanti talks about how she melds ancient history with contemporary politics, how history is told by the winners and why she wants to...

Welcome to Encore our binge reading episode, where we chat to previous guests of the show about their latest releases. And today we’re talking to Jillian Cantor about Beautiful Little Fools her re-imagining of an American classic from the viewpoint of the female characters. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. Jillian last appeared on the show in July, 2021, talking about Half Life the Marie Curie story, the fictionalized story of the famous physicist who won the Nobel Peace Prize twice. Yo...

Jane Green has eighteen New York Times best sellers and ten million in sales in the woman’s fiction genre with several books picked up by film and TV. Her latest Sister Stardust is her first foray into biographical fiction, telling the story of international jet-setter Talitha Getty, wife of mega rich heir Paul Getty, and their rock and roll life in Marrakesh in the sixties. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading today, Jane talks about her fascination for Talitha Getty, t...

Greek Australian author Peter Papathanasiou follows up his first novel – the 2021 crime debut novel of the year The Stoning – with another haunting story, The Invisible. A burnt out Detective Sergeant George Manolis travels to Greece to reconnect with his roots… Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading today Peter talks about combining a leading career as a medical geneticist with fiction, and the space allowing his creative spirit to blossom filled in his life. Our giveaway t...

Hallee Bridgeman is a USA today best-selling author of inspirational romantic suspense and she’s talking about her latest adventure series. Love and Honor. Hi there. I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in today’s show Hallee introduces Honor’s Refuge and the appeal of military and emergency rescue heroes. Special forces A team hero Phil Osborne returns home from the military missing a leg and feeling like half a man. Phil must overcome wounds both seen and unseen to find a strength long buried–and ...

Kate Parker’s best selling ‘Deadly’ series follows intrepid lady sleuth, Olivia Redmond a society reporter for a London newspaper as she navigates the perils of World War II Europe while unmasking murderers and spies. Hi, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading this week, we’ve got Kate’s latest book, Deadly Rescue, in her World War II spy mystery series. As usual we’ve got great book offers, including a Halloween sales promo of dark fantasy mystery and thriller books, including Unbr...

Julie McElwain was first on The Joys of Binge Reading back in in 2018 with her first book in the Kendra Donovan time travel series Murder in Time about an FBI agent who travels back to Regency England. . She’s back today with book # 5, Shadows In Time and a series that is going from strength to strength – now optioned for TV. Jenny Wheeler: We’ve got Julie here with us for Encore talking about her latest book, Shadows in Time, which is part of a time slip series. Welcome to the show, Julie. Ju...

Whitney Scharer’s historical novel The Age of Light takes us from the glamor of Paris in the 1920s to the horror of World War II battlefields in a startlingly modern love story based on the true life of fashion model and gifted photographer. Lee Miller. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today we have a treat. Whitney Scharer’s debut novel. I know we usually do series, but this is a little bit special. It’s a great mesmerizing portrait of a true woman, Lee Miller as she transforms from...