Virtual Book Tour Book of the Month

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Makiia Lucier, author of Dragonfruit, joins us on this week’s episode of Virtual Book Tour! We learned that this beautiful fantasy novel was inspired by Makiia’s own memories of growing up on Guam and the historical elements that she used as  inspiration for her story.
Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family, but when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, she finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons, until an encounter with a female dragon offers what she desires most. A chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong.
Get Dragonfruit at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout. 
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The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app! 
We had so much fun with Yulin Kuang, author of How to End a Love Story! We talked about her journey from screenwriter to author, what it's like to work in a writer's room, and what makes office romances so hot.
Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. Now, a bestselling author, Helen earned a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her novel, only to find that Grant is the screenwriter on her show. Can they write themselves a new ending?
Get How to End a Love Story at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout. 
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
 

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app! 
Simone Gorrindo joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her new memoir, The Wives. We talk about uprooting her life from Manhattan to rural Georgia, the unusual expectations of being a military wife, and how her view of friendship changed. 
The Wives tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of Army wives after leaving her New York City job - a profound intimate look at marriage, friendship, and today’s America. 
Get The Wives at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout. 
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The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app! 
On this week’s episode, we sit down with Holly Gramazio to discuss her debut novel, The Husbands. We talked about the choice fatigue that comes with online dating, her background in game design, and the importance of playing to feel at home
When Lauren returns home to her flat in London one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband. There’s only one problem–she’s not married. As she tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, her husband goes to the attic and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and she realizes that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands. 
Get The Husbands at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout. 
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
 

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app! 
On this week’s episode, we sit down with Ashton Lattimore to discuss her debut novel, All We Were Promised. We dove deep on the evolution of abolition in Philadelphia, how family ties bond us, and how her background as a lawyer and journalist finds its way into her writing.  
 A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Together, they will risk everything for one another in this story of friendship, deception, and women crossing boundaries in the name of freedom.
Get All We Were Promised at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout. 
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.
 

All the way from Ireland, Steve Cavanagh joins us in the BOTM office to discuss his new thriller, Kill For Me, Kill For You. We discussed where the idea of a murder swap originated, when to get your revenge, and how a hangover sent him to law school.
One dark evening on NYC’s Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, they realize how much they have in common, especially loneliness and an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect plan: if you kill for me, I’ll kill for you. 
Get Kill For Me, Kill For You at bookofthemonth.com. New members get their first book for just $9.99 with code VBT at checkout. 
Learn more about Virtual Book Tour at virtualbooktour.com.