Cara C. Putman's Blog, page 9

The Vanished is 2 weeks old and a Giveaway!

This is finals week on campus, and I’m furiously grading as students take finals and pack up their dorm rooms and apartments. At the same time, I’m working on the second round of edits for the sequel to The Vanished while beginning to think about the main characters for the third book in the series. Writing is a lot like ... Read More

The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

Since 2017, Joanna Davidson Politano has entertained readers with her immersive novels steeped in history, intrigue, and romance. In her newest narrative, The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple, Politano once again whisks readers away to Edwardian England, where an unlikely duo—an underground investigator and a silent-film actress—join forces to uncover secrets and solve cases. But the most baffling case still ... Read More

Making Hard Choice

Have you ever had a season where you’ve had to make hard choices? Choosing to say no to one thing to say yes to another? This week I had to say no to a book contract with an independent collection that I really wanted to say yes to, to make space for my family. I agonized over the choice. I ... Read More

Night Falls in Predicament Avenue

Y’all know I love Jaime Jo Wright and her books. In fact she was on Book Talk Friday for Night Falls in Predicament Avenue and you can find the links to listen or watch here.   BOOK DESCRIPTION As the walls of the house at Predicament Avenue reveal their hidden truths, two women–generations apart–discover that fear and foreboding are no ... Read More

Book Talk: Jaime Jo Wright

Book Talk: Jaime Jo Wright Listen to the episode with Jaime Jo Wright Jaime Jo Wright is no stranger to Book Talk or to award-winning fiction, so it is delightful to have her back for a conversation about her latest novel Night Falls on Predicament Avenue. We talk about everything from how she comes up with her spooky ideas. I ... Read More

The Vanished Releases Next Week! Preorder Giveaway!!!

The Vanished releases next week! Some of you may have already received your copy in the mail or on your ereader. To celebrate, I’m holding a preorder giveaway. It’s simple to enter. All you have to do is use the form below to let me know where you’ve preordered your copy. You can find links to order on my website ... Read More

What the Mountains Remember Blog Tour & Review

What the Mountains Remember is a gripping story of one woman’s journey to find herself in the place in between her past and her future. When her father died, her mother made the desperate decision to turn her back on everything they had known in an effort to survive. As a result they moved from the mountains of West Virginia ... Read More

Book Talk: Sarah Loudin Thomas

Book Talk: Sarah Loudin Thomas Listen to the episode with Sarah Loudin Thomas In today’s episode of Book Talk with Cara, it’s a delight to introduce you to Sarah Loudin Thomas and take you behind the scenes of her latest book These Tangled Threads. I so enjoyed chatting with her because we talked about a novel set at one of ... Read More

Book Talk: Heather Kaufman

Book Talk: Heather Kaufman Listen to the episode with Heather Kaufman Sometimes there’s an episode where there’s just a depth that comes out, and this is one of them. Today I’m delighted to introduce you to my new writing friend Heather Kaufman. There are some books that you can’t walk away from writing and Up From Dust was one of ... Read More

Basketball, books, and more oh my

I grew up loving college sports…but football. I’m from Nebraska after all. But when I moved to Indiana, Purdue wasn’t very good at football. Drew Brees had graduated and let’s just say it wasn’t necessarily the glory days. Still I ADORE college football. There’s just something about it. And part of that is that Nebraska has been traditionally really bad at ... Read More