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Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—May 28, 2025
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Join us Wednesday, May 28th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcome New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris to discuss her latest work of historical fiction, The Girls of Good Fortune, which shines a light on shocking events surrounding Portland’s dark history.
Kristina McMorris is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of two novellas and seven historical novels, including the million-copy bestseller Sold on a Monday. The recipient of more than twenty national literary awards, she previously hosted weekly TV shows for Warner Bros. and an ABC affiliate, beginning at age nine with an Emmy Award-winning program. Kristina joins us from her home near Portland, Oregon, to discuss The Girls of Good Fortune (Sourcebooks, May 20), a gripping novel of love, lore, and betrayal which has been called a “page-turning, propulsive read,” by Fiona Davis and “a captivating blend of intrigue and heart,” by Jean Kwok.
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is so excited for Kristy’s book, Beach House Rules, to be in the world now! Patti spent a quiet long Memorial Day weekend with family in SC, as well as working on her newest novel. If you’d like to watch THE MOST gorgeous video – a journey to the Lake District of England in The Story She Left Behind, CLICK HERE and be swept away with Kaelyn Grace Apple as she reads and visits the places and spaces in the novel.
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is officially on tour and having the best time! Her three events so far have been AMAZING, and she is loving seeing so many of you! She can’t thank you enough for all of your launch week support, and wants to remind everyone that these are the last few days to get preorder freebies when you purchase your copy of Beach House Rules! She hopes to see you on the road! Get full tour dates on her website!
KRISTIN HARMEL is so excited that Kristy’s Beach House Rules is out this week and that we all get to celebrate together at a luncheon hosted by Litchfield Books this Friday in Myrtle Beach! We’re less than three weeks out from the release of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, so Kristin is busy putting the finishing touches on her tour speech… and doing some last minute edits to her 2026 book! Oh, and her son Noah’s last day of third grade is TODAY! So it's officially summer in her household!
MARY KAY ANDREWS had a quiet Memorial Day weekend getting her home (and garden) ready for her son’s wedding in her backyard in Atlanta. Breaking news: she actually vacuumed! A rainy Memorial Day means she had time to chill on the screened porch and dig into Kristy’s Beach House Rules.
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Upcoming Events
This week, Kristy will be in Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh, NC, Kinston, NC, Ocean Isle, NC, Myrtle Beach, SC (for F&F Live!), Severna Park, MD, Westminster, MD, Franklin, IN, Uniontown, OH, Brooklyn, OH, Georgetown, TX, and Dallas, TX! View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE.
View Kristin’s full 2025 book tour for The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau HERE.
See Patti’s upcoming events HERE.
See MKA’s upcoming events HERE.
Friday, May 30, 2025—Friends & Fiction Live in Myrtle Beach to celebrate the launch of Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey. Meet all four Friends & Fiction host authors! Hosted by Litchfield Books at 21 Main At North Beach in North Myrtle Beach, SC. The event begins at 10:45AM. Tickets are $80 and include a signed copy of Beach House Rules, a special gift, keynote presentation delivered by the Fab Four (plus Meg & Ron!), author Q&A, plated lunch & dessert, meet & greet, photo opportunity, and admittance to the private restaurant. Couples of the same household may exchange one event book for another title in the bookstore. Additional books by all four authors will be available for purchase at the event. GET TICKETS!
Tuesday, June 17, 2025—Friends & Fiction Live at the Jersey Shore to celebrate the launch of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel. Meet all four Friends & Fiction host authors! Hosted by Booktowne at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ. Doors open at 6:00PM. The show begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $45 and include a signed copy of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, lively keynote presentation delivered by the Fab Four (plus Meg & Ron!), and live audience Q&A session—plus sips & nibbles, meet & greet, book signings, and photo opportunities in the courtyard after the show! Additional books by all four authors will be available for purchase at the event. GET TICKETS!
Want to know what our F&F Live events are all about? Watch this video compilation!
In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, the full Fab Four — Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry — gathered to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, New York Times bestselling, award-winning author, F&F’s own, Kristy Woodson Harvey, to discuss her delightfully moving new novel, our May 2025 Pick of the Month, Beach House Rules, about a mother-daughter duo learning to lean on their community of women—and each other—after their world is turned upside down.
You can WATCH that episode on Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN to it on our podcast.
Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
Already aired: F&F March Pick of the Month: Patti Callahan Henry, The Story She Left Behind
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Already aired: Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express
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Already aired: Emilia Hart, The Sirens
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Already aired: Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret
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Already aired: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Happy Land
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Already aired: F&F April Pick of the Month—Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce
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Already aired: Jasmine Guillory, Flirting Lessons
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Already aired: Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer
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Already aired: Mary Alice Monroe, Where the Rivers Merge
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Already aired: Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
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Already aired: F&F May Pick of the Month—Kristy Woodson Harvey, Beach House Rules
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Kristina McMorris, The Girls of Good Fortune
Watch May 28 | Listen May 30
Summer Kick-Off Beach Party with Mary Kay Andrews, Annabel Monaghan, Meg Mitchell Moore, Martha Hall Kelly, Wendy Francis, Amy Mason Doan & Brooke Lea Foster
Watch June 4 | Listen June 6
F&F June Pick of the Month—Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau
Watch LIVE June 11 | Listen June 13
Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter
Watch June 18 | Listen June 20
Jess Walter, So Far Gone
Watch June 25 | Listen June 27
F&F 2025 Subscription Box with Oxford Exchange
The 2025 FRIENDS AND FICTION Subscription Box is available for purchase now, exclusively from our friends at Oxford Exchange.
This subscription includes three separate shipments:
1. MARCH 18th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of Patti Callahan Henry’s forthcoming book THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND with an exclusive Friends & Fiction friendship bracelet and car magnet
2. MAY 27th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of BEACH HOUSE RULES by Kristy Woodson Harvey!
3. JUNE 17th: A hardcover, signed, first edition of THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU by Kristin Harmel!
*Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)!
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F&F Merch Store
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Tees in New Summer Colors!
We’ve added two fun, new summer colors to our Bonfire merch store in our signature Name List apparel line. These are perfect for the upcoming F&F Live events or when attending Kristy & Kristin’s upcoming tour stops. How fun to dress to match the books?!
F&F Official Book Club & 2025 Reading Challenge
Join Brenda Gardner & Lisa Harrison for monthly book club picks and live online author chats on the Facebook page for the F&F Official Book Club with Brenda & Lisa, where they’ve amassed more than 37,000 of their own members. You can also follow the Book Club on Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel where you can catch past discussions, including their most recent chat with Viola Shipman about her novel, The Page Turner. Mark your calendars for June 23rd for their next author guest, Kristy Woodson Harvey, when they’ll discuss her new novel, Beach House Rules. The Book Club is also hosting the 2025 F&F Reading Challenge. Join them for a different category prompt each month to read outside your comfort zone. The May prompt is to read a book with water on the cover and for June it’s to read a book recommended by a friend.
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