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Lynn Hightower is a New York Times best-selling author whose latest thriller has been described by Lee Child as a spooky suspenseful masterpiece that's super recommended.







Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and Lynn’s long awaited new supernatural thriller, The Enlightenment Project, combines cutting-edge science with demonic possession. Noah Archer is a renowned neurosurgeon with an impressive success record and a dark secret. It's a not-to-be-missed read.







As usual, we've got a free book to give away. One of Sylvia Price’s cozy mysteries, set in Canada's picturesque Cape Breton Island, it’s perfect for those who enjoy new beginnings and countryside landscapes. Details are in the show notes for this episode on www.thejoysofbingereading.com.

















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We've got a new feature starting on Patreon in June. Encore is a once a month short chat with authors who've already been on the show, talking about their latest book.







First up in June is popular historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, talking about The Leonard Girls a story of two sisters going off to the Vietnam War in the late 60s. One is a nurse, one a protestor....And the experiences they have there will change heir perspective forever. Details at patreon.com/thejoysofbingereading.  









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Deborah Challinor: The Leonard Girls; https://www.harpercollins.co.nz/9781775541813/the-leonard-girls/







M Scott Peck: The Road Less Travelled: http://www.mscottpeck.com/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3061.M_Scott_PeckThe Exorcist: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: https://psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsmStanford Medical Center: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/







Santeria: https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/santeria/beliefs/orishas.shtmlThe God Helmet: (Persinger Helmet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmetMichael Persinger Professor of Psychology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_PersingerTony Hillerman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_HillermanJonathan Kellerman: https://www.jonathankellerman.com/Wendell Berry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_BerryGeorgette Heyer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgette_HeyerRachel Ingalls, Binstead Safari: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1055079Robert Goddard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goddard_(novelist)PD James:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._JamesAnne Tyler:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_TylerDiane Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_JohnsonBrianne Moore:  https://www.briannemooreauthor.com/Reginald Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_HillMartin Cruz Smith:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cruz_SmithJohn Le Carre, Silverview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58133677-silverviewCarlos Ruiz Zafron:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ruiz_Zaf%C3%B3n#Novelshttps://www.carlosruizzafon.co.uk/Lena Padget series:  https://www.lynnhightower.com/lynn-hightower-books/lena-padget-series/Satan’s Lamb’s: Lena Padget Book OneSonora Blair series: https://www.lynnhightower.com/lynn-hightower-books/sonora-blair-series/Flashpoint: Sonora Blair Book One:  https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/268486 David Silver Elaki series: https://www.lynnhightower.

Regency romance queen Stephanie Laurens has been in the top 100 Romance of the Year lists many times over. She is one of the most successful and popular romance novelists of all time, with over 80 works of historical romance, including 40 New York Times bestsellers.







Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today Stephanie talks about switching from cancer research to romance and the changing tastes of romance readers.







As usual, we've got free books to give away. This week it’s a range of historic adventures. Check them out here: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/GBTyjjv9LFfGQ1X5JI9vA

















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Links for this episode: 







The Legend of Nimway Hall:







http://www.stephanielaurens.com/series/the-legend-of-nimway-hall/







Devon Monk: https://www.devonmonk.com/







Sam Quinn series: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/seana-kelly/sam-quinn/







Faith Hunter:  http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/







CS Harris:  Sebastian St Cyr series  https://csharris.net/sebastian.php







Where to find Stephanie Laurens:







Website: http://www.stephanielaurens.com/







Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorStephanieLaurens







Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9241.Stephanie_Laurens







Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/stephanie-laurens







What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to the show notes in The Joys of Binge Reading.com for important mentions.







But now, here’s Stephanie.







Introducing Stephanie Laurens







Jenny Wheeler: Hello there, Stephanie and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Stephanie Laurens Romance Bestseller







Stephanie Laurens: Thank you. It's lovely to be here.







Jenny Wheeler: I am in awe or of having the chance to talk to you because you are one of the legends of romance publishing.







You have been working since the early 90’s, you’ve got more than 80 books now published and many accolades including landing in the top 100 Romance of the Year many times. You have an international army of fans, so tell me about how you got into this career. Give us a little bit of a helicopter view of all of those years.







Stephanie Laurens: Okay. I got into writing romances because I literally ran out of Regency romances to read. At that time, back in the late 80’s, it was 1989, I used to read Regency romances because I was working as a scientist and writing scientific grants and reviewing scientific grants and papers and stuff like that. It was all very, very dry as you can imagine, so I liked to be able to read at night. After I put the kids to sleep, I would read.







At that time in Australia there were only two Regency romances brought in a month by Mills & Boon and that was nowhere near ...

Catherine Lea is a thriller writer whose latest book, The Water’s Dead, is New Zealand's answer to Vera Stanhope. It's the first in a new Kiwi crime series, a thriller with surprising twists.







Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today Catherine talks about her new character, Detective Inspector Nyree Bradshaw and her race against time to solve a murder where everyone has something to hide and no one is telling the truth. If she fails, it's likely a child dies. It's the first in a new series.







We've got our usual free book offer for listeners... this week its historical fiction you can check out here: https://books.bookfunnel.com/freehistoricalfiction/7c9k9s2u28

















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Links to information mentioned in the show:







Ann Cleeves: https://www.anncleeves.com/







Ruth Rendell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Rendell







Ngaire Dawn Porter: https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/nyree-dawn-porter/biography







Elizabeth McClaine Mystery series: https://www.authorcatherinelea.com/books







The Dry by Jane Harper: https://janeharper.com.au/books/the-dry







Ed McBain: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21318.Ed_McBain







Chris Hammer: Scrublands, https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/crime-mystery/Scrublands-Chris-Hammer-9781760632984







Where to find Catherine Lea: 







Website: https://www.authorcatherinelea.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Author-Catherine-Lea-1138506476177298/Twitter: @CatherineLeaNZBookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/catherine-lea







What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions.







But now, here’s Catherine.







Introducing thriller author Catherine Lea







Jenny Wheeler: Hello there, Catherine and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Catherine Lea: Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be there with you.







Catherine Lea - Page-turning thriller writer







Jenny Wheeler: It's wonderful, almost a novelty to have a fellow New Zealander. I don't deliberately choose or not choose Kiwis. I choose people who fit the books we're doing, but it's lovely to have somebody who's writing those books in New Zealand. 







Catherine Lea: Thank you. That's why I decided to write the books in New Zealand. I've got some set in the States. When I started writing – I put my first book out in 2013 – somebody said, don't set them in New Zealand for goodness sake, nobody will ever read them. Set them in the States. So that's what I did.







And of course, then the process began. I decided to set a politically based thriller and boy, their politics are quite different to ours. It was such a lot of research. I thought, you know what? I know far more about New Zealand. We have got such an amazing country, such diverse cultures,

Today on The Joys of Binge Reading Meg Waite Clayton, international bestselling author of The Last Train to London, returns with another haunting wartime story–The Postmistress of Paris.







Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and on Binge Reading this week, Meg talks about her latest acclaimed wartime story set in the early days of the Nazi Occupation of France. It’s a haunting love story of high stakes danger and incomparable courage, based on the true story of a young American heiress who helped artists hunted by the Nazis escape war torn France.







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As usual, we’ve got free books for you–a selection of historical romance - a group promo from 50 top authors, plus a four-book French mystery box set from Lise McLendon–Books 1–4 in her popular Bennett sisters series

















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Links for this episode can be found at:







Links to this episode can be found at:







Mary Jayne Gold: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-evanston-heiress-inspires-novel-tt-1130-20211130-n36mbdjpnvbqhd27acvs253aka-story.html







Mary Jayne Gold:  Oral History interview at the Holocaust memorial Museum site.:  https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513492







Crossroads Marseilles, 1940: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1245926.Crossroads_Marseilles_1940







Varian Fry: https://www.ushmm.org/collections/bibliography/varian-fry







The Last Train To London: https://www.megwaiteclayton.com/books/the-last-train-to-london/







The Writer’s Lab: https://thewriterslab.nyc/







Thrifty Umrigar Honor: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56271394







Karen Joy Fowler: Booth https://www.karenjoyfowler.com/







Purchasing Meg’s books in Australia and New Zealand:







And elsewhere: Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1102395.Meg_Waite_Clayton







Where to find Meg Waite Clayton:







Website: https://www.megwaiteclayton.com/Email: https://www.megwaiteclayton.com/contact/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/novelistmegTwitter:  https://twitter.com/MegWClayton







What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to the show notes in The Joys of Binge Reading.com for important mentions.But now, here’s Meg, 







Introducing author Meg Waite Clayton







Best selling international author of historic fiction Meg Waite Clayton







Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Meg, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Meg Waite Clayton: Jenny, it’s so delightful to be here. Thank you for sharing your time with me.







Jenny Wheeler: This latest book you've recently published,

Bestselling and award-winning master of romantic suspense Lynette Eason talks about her new book, Life Flight, the first in the high-octane adventure series Extreme Measures.







Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading this week Lynette talks about the secret of putting her military and emergency first responder heroes in the worst possible situations and seeing them beat the odds.







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As usual, we’ve got free books to give away, this time a selection of books from a group of authors with the theme of Wartime Romance and a Gothic Victorian whimsy.







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Magic exists where we cannot see.......







Kenneth A. Baldwin's Gothic Victorian whimsy The Crimson Inkwell:







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Links to websites mentioned in this episode: Terri Blackstock: http://terriblackstock.com/







Colleen Coble: https://colleencoble.com/







Dee Henderson: http://www.deehenderson.com/ and Danger In The Shadows: https://www.amazon.com/Danger-Shadows-Prequel-OMalley-Henderson/dp/1414310552







Jaime Wright: https://www.jaimewrightbooks.com/







Natalie Walters: https://www.nataliewalterswriter.com/







  Carrie Stuart Parks: http://www.carriestuartparks.com/ 







James Patterson: https://www.jamespatterson.com/







Deborah Raney: https://deborahraney.com/







Karen Kingsbury: https://www.karenkingsbury.com/







Where to find Lynette Eason:







Website: https://lynetteeason.com/







Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lynette.eason







Twitter: http://twitter.com/lynetteeason







What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to the show notes in The Joys of Binge Reading.com for important mentions.







But now, here’s Lynette.







Introducing author Lynette Eason







Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Lynette, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Lynette Eason: Thank you. I'm glad to be here.







Lynette Eason: Best selling romantic suspense author







Jenny Wheeler: You are a bestselling and award-winning author with more than fifty books to your credit, which is fantastic. You work with several different series and different publishers, so you’ve got your hands full.







The series are generally adventure with suspense and romance built into them, and a lot of formerly military heroes or people who are in the helping p...

Heather Webber is drawn to the magic side of life, with mysteries that reflect southern charm, food, family, and a very light dusting of the supernatural.







Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today Heather talks about her magical mysteries, including one called Midnight at the Blackbird Café, inspired by a Beatles hit song. I bet you can’t guess which one.







As usual, we’ve got a great free book giveaway offer, more than sixty historical fiction books called Escape Into History. It’s a great selection to choose from, with a very wide range of time periods and locations. Links for accessing this offer can be found in the show notes for this episode on The Joys of Binge Reading website. It closes April 26. Get Clean Historicals here:  https://books.bookfunnel.com/free-historical-romance-books/8coh49x3h5















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Links to information in this episode







The Lights of Sugarberry Cove: https://www.heatherwebber.com/p/the-lights-of-sugarberry-cove.html







Midnight At The Blackbird Café: https://www.heatherwebber.com/p/womens-fiction.html







South of the Buttonwood Tree: https://www.heatherwebber.com/p/south-of-buttonwood-tree.html







Wetumpka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetumpka,_Alabama







Heather Blake: https://cozy-mystery.com/heather-blake.html







Roald Dahl quote about magic: https://www.roalddahl.com/blog/2018/may/the-stories-behind-roald-dahls-quotes-magic







Beatles Song Blackbird: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/blackbird-story-behind-song-beatles/







The Lucy Valentine Series: https://www.heatherwebber.com/p/the-lucy-valentine-novels.html







The Nina Quinn series: https://www.heatherwebber.com/p/the-nina-quinn-mysteries.html







Quincy M.E. Tv series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_M.E.







Severn House Publishing: https://severnhouse.com/







Love and Saffron by Kim Fay:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679108/love-and-saffron-by-kim-fay/







The Beatles Lyric Book: https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Lyrics-Stories-Including-Handwritten/dp/0316247170







The Mandalorian: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8111088/







Where to Find Heather Webber







Website: https://www.heatherwebber.com/







Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherWebberBooks/







Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/509706.Heather_Webber







Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksbyheather/







Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.nz/booksbyheather/_saved/







Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksbyHeather







Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/heather-webber







What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation,