Book after Book

The blog tour for The House by the Sea by Louise Douglas officially kicks off today and I’m very happy to be one of the lucky bloggers selected to spread the word about this emotional new novel. But don’t let me distract you with my prattle! Here’s the behind-the-scenes as told from the author herself… Hi Louise! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The House by the Sea ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Hello, it’s lovely to be here!  The House by the Sea is about a couple, Edie and Joe, thrown apart after a tragedy for which Edie blames Joe’s mother, Anna. After Anna’s death, Edie and Joe are reunited in Sicily to sell the family villa. Edie’s icy heart begins to thaw in the Italian sunshine as the villa reveals its mysteries and secrets. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: I never know where a story’s...

Today I am extremely happy to participate in the blog tour for The Daughter in Law by Nina Manning and to be able to share with a Q&A with the author herself… Hi Nina! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Daughter in Law ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you very much! The book is firstly about the relationship between a mother and her son and the hostility Annie shows towards Bens new wife, Daisy. But Annie is also afraid to let her son go and has raised Ben to be fearful of the world. The mother in law/daughter in law theme is a universal one and something many wives experience when they meet their mother in law’s for the first time. But there are more reasons why Annie is so reluctant to let her son go. And when Annie and Daisy find themselves alone in Annie’s remote beach house for several months, is when the two women learn more about each other and the lengths a mother will go to, to protect her child. ...