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The Joys of Binge Reading

Jenny Wheeler

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Victoria Purman – Telling Forgotten Stories

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2020/08/16

Victoria Purman is a USA Today and Australia top ten best-selling historical fiction author who loves to tell the stories of the forgotten people – the mothers and wives, the wharfies and land girls and nurses who pitched in for their country during a war and then were forgotten when the peace came. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Victoria talks about her latest book, The Women’s Pages, reflects on the moment when she knew her time to write had come and tells us what she tells

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Lindsey Davis – Flavia Albia Roman Mysteries

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2020/08/09

Lindsey Davis has had a long and celebrated career as the creator of the Falco and Flavia Albia mysteries set in ancient Rome. But when she started out, publishers weren’t interested in the period. Nobody, they told her, wanted to read about ancient Rome. She persevered, brought ancient Rome to life, and created a whole new sub-genre in popular fiction with lots of authors following in her footsteps. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Lindsey talks about her remarkable series –

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John Bishop – Medical Misadventures

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2020/08/01

John Bishop M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon whose Houston Doc Brady thriller series reveals a dark underbelly of medical malpractice, breaches of patient confidentiality and legal conspiracies. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today Dr John talks about how he made the switch from medicine to writing and reflects on the personal experiences that fuel his plotlines. We’ve got three copies of Book Two in the Doc Brady series, Act of Deception, to give away to three lucky readers. It’s a

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Deborah Challinor – Best selling sagas

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2020/07/26

Deborah Challinor is a best-selling historical novelist whose books consistently rank in New Zealand’s top five for fiction, many of them making it to number 1. Her latest book, The Jacaranda House, is her seventeenth and it’s a story of mothers and daughters, dark secrets and the healing power of love, set in the King’s Cross Sydney club scene of the 1960s. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Deborah talks about how she was discovered by her publisher because she wrote an

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31:47

John Fergusson – Time Travel Mystery

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2020/07/19

A 20th century scientist time travels back to Ancient Jerusalem in John Fergusson’s dual time line mystery King Solomon’s Deadly Legacy, a faith-themed story which combines murder, betrayal, and corruption in business with deeper questions of healing and redemption. Hi there, I’m your host jenny Wheeler and today John talks about how he came to write this challenging thriller and what King Solomon might be able to teach us in a time of pandemic. We’ve got three E-books of King Solomon to give

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Lucinda Brant – Romance Top 20

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2020/07/12

Award winning author Lucinda Brant fell in love with the 18th century as an 11 year old who picked up a dusty historical tome and started reading about a world she felt she’d once lived in. Hello there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in todays Binge Reading episode Lucinda talks about her career as a best selling author of Georgian romance, and the international following who adore the aristocratic families she writes about almost as much as she does. You can download the first book in the

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LynDee Walker – Pulse-pounding Crime Thrillers

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2020/07/04

Lyndee Walker’s journalist investigator Nichelle Clarke juggles stud muffin boyfriends while she takes on “Mafia hotties, corrupt politicians, old flames and murder." Hi there. I’m your host jenny Wheeler and LynDee talks her new crime thriller Hidden Victims as well as a new Texas Ranger law and order series on The Joys of Binge Reading. We’ve got three E book copies of Hidden Victims to give away to three lucky readers. Enter the draw on Joys of Binge Reading.com or on our Binge Reading

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Nicky Pellegrino – Tiny Pieces of Us

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2020/06/28

Jenny Wheeler: Nicky Pellegrino's last book was called A Dream of Italy and it was one of the hottest sellers of 2019. Now she's back with a new heart wrencher, Tiny Pieces of Us, combining her familiar themes of friendship, food, and romance, but this time underlined with a gritty story. Hi there, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in today's binge reading episode, Nicky talks about the new book, her new podcast and the big life changes she’s facing that are creating new opportunities. To

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35:06

Stephanie Marie Thornton – Camelot Revisited

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2020/06/21

Stephanie Thornton’s latest book, And They Called It Camelot – a fictionalized account of Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s life – was being vaunted as the Book Club Pick of the Year from the day it was launched, a great starting point for any author. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today Stephanie talks about the challenges in writing an intimate portrait of the former First Lady’s life, nearly 60 years after the shocking events in Dallas. We’ve got a special Fourth of July Giveaway - three

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Natasha Lester – Paris Secrets

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2020/06/12

Natasha Lester is a New York Times and USA today best-selling author of historical fiction. She's a master storyteller who loves nothing better than creating strong, daring and enigmatic leading women. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler and Natasha talks about the remarkable, true life stories of the woman who underlined her timeline series in the latest Binge Reading episode, women like Catherine Dior, the sister of her much more famous brother, Christian Dior, the fashion designer, who was

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Kathleen McGurl – Family Secrets and Mysteries

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2020/06/07

Past and present collide in Kathleen McGurl’s dual timeline stories, where family secrets and past mysteries are unlocked in the present day. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today Kathleen talks about the stories her readers love, interwoven tales of social upheaval, emotional drama, and lost love spanning centuries. And we’ve got three e-Books of Kathleen’s new book, The Secret of the Chateau, an absorbing timeslip saga which stretches from the Paris of the guillotine to the South

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Catherine Isaac – Messy Wonderful Love

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2020/05/31

Catherine Isaac is a best-selling romcom author who is also a master of bittersweet family stories, the sort of stories that break your heart at the same time as they make it soar. Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Catherine talks about her uplifting stories that delight readers with their glorious French and Italian settings, while challenging them to accept that sometimes it takes darkness to see how we shine. We've got three copies of Catherine's latest book, Messy,

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Anne Hillerman – Navajo Country Mysteries

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2020/05/24

Anne Hillerman had some very big shoes to fill when she stepped up to continue her father Tony Hillerman’s much loved Joe and Jim Navajo mysteries, an 18-book series adored by fans as well as admired by critics. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Anne talks about how she came to assume her father’s mantle and write five more Navajo mysteries which are all New York Times best sellers. And we’ve got three E book copies of her latest, The Tale Teller, to giveaway

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Tricia Stringer – The Model Wife Bites

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2020/05/17

Tricia Stringer’s best-selling Australian rural romance stories have helped country love blossom into the hugely popular category it is today. As a recognised “voice of Australian story telling” Tricia’s gone on to include historical sagas and multi-generational family fiction in her very popular body of work. In tune with the times her latest book, The Model Wife, examines what happens when a woman everyone relies on feels she’s been pushed just one point too far. Could it be that in her attempt

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Christine Wells – WW II Women Spies

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2020/05/09

Christine Wells’ World War II historical fiction celebrates strong, courageous women with story lines that faithfully reflect the true lives of real spies and resistance workers. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in today’s binge reading episode Christine talks about the remarkable boom happening at the moment in wartime fiction and her fascination with the heroic women who were sent behind enemy lines. And we've got three E-book copies of Christine's latest spy thriller The Juliet

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Chuck Greaves – Eco-Thriller & CA Legals

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2020/05/03

Chuck Greaves had the amazing experience of having his first two novels placed first and second in an international “New Writers” competition that attracted 600 entries, so it’s perhaps not surprising that the former LA trial lawyer hasn’t looked back since. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on the Joys of Binge Reading Chuck talks about his popular Jack MacTaggart legal thriller series as well as the literary and historical crime fiction that’s winning him top awards and a growing

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Fiona Valpy – French for Always

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2020/04/26

Fiona Valpy’s French romances are like a glass of wine in French sunshine – a perfect summer – and pandemic escape. But she writes more than romance. Fiona's best-selling World War II fiction tells stories of remarkable women, generations apart, who use adversity to their advantage and find resilience deep within. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Fiona shows why her books are the antidote for dark times, and we offer the French Escape Giveaway... three

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Bronwyn Sell – Romcoms in Pandemic

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2020/04/19

Bronwyn Sell’s romantic comedy, Lovestruck, is set in an island resort run by a lovably dysfunctional family – a perfect place for tangled love and tourists seeking a tropical paradise. Perfect that is, except when the world is in lockdown. Hi there. I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in today’s episode of Binge Reading Bronwyn talks about the complications of writing romantic comedy in a pandemic, when you’re not even sure if your characters will be able to fly anywhere. . . And just to keep

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Barbara Hannay – Uplifting Romance

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2020/04/12

Barbara Hannay's “sparkling feel-good emotional romance” has attracted more than 12 million readers to her uplifting hope-filled stories. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today in the Joys of binge reading Barbara talks about the power of romance and how in days of pandemic, more than ever before, readers want to be uplifted. Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How Barbara got started on her 60 book careerWhy we still want to believe in loveNorth

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Fiona Barton – Hot Thrillers

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2020/04/05

Fiona Barton’s first crime thriller The Widow was a best seller on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and she hasn’t dropped her pace in the few years since. Her third novel – The Suspect –newly released in the US – continues to show her a crime thriller breakout star – with a tale of two teens who go to Thailand for Gap year partying and find themselves in all sorts of trouble. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and Fiona describes what it was like living in the rural reaches of Myanmar

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