Episodes

Hazel Gaynor’s best-selling historical novels take famous events and look at how they affected the lives of the “little people.” Her most recent work – her eighth – Meet Me in Monaco – does just that with the events surrounding Grace Kelly’s Monaco marriage to Princess Rainier. Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today Hazel talks about what it takes to build a successful author career and the Titanic love story that got her launched. And as a special treat we’ve got three paperback copie...

Melanie Benjamin’s historic fiction successfully combines romance with thriller plots and famous real life heroines, so its perhaps not surprising her books regularly grace the New York Times and USA Today best seller lists. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today Melanie talks about her latest book Mistress of the Ritz, a World War II story based in the landmark Paris hotel taken over by the Nazis. It’s a love story and a suspense thriller all in one. Six things you’ll learn from this...

SW Hubbard’s twisty edgy domestic thrillers are favorites with readers who also enjoy her complex characters and sly humor. Hi, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on the Binge Reading podcast SW – Sue – talks about what it takes to be a successful indie author with not just two but three different series to her credit. Along with the show, we’re giving away three Ebook copies of Treasure Built On Sand, SW’s latest Estate Sale mystery and a twisty domestic thriller. Enter the draw on the Jo...

Kate Alcott’s Hollywood novels take us inside the sparkle of the star system to reveal real people, from Clark Gable and Carole Lombard on the set of Gone With The Wind to purity icon Ingrid Bergman’s spectacular fall from grace as an American darling. Hi there. I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and on the Joys of Binge Reading today Kate talks about growing up in Los Angeles and being a Hollywood insider, as well as assessing how women writers and actors fared in early Hollywood compared with...

Sam Blake has had a great career helping many best selling writers get published. Now she’s joined their ranks, with her Cat Connolly series about a Dublin detective that’s been described as “PD James meets Karin Slaughter.” The first book in the series – Little Bones – went to No 1 in the Irish Best Seller lists and stayed in the Top Ten for eight weeks. The second, In Deep Water, is recently published. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How Sam became one of Ire...