METHOD 15/33 by Shannon Kirk

About the Book:

Imagine a helpless, pregnant 16-year-old who’s just been yanked from the serenity of her home and shoved in a dirty van. Kidnapped. Alone. Terrified.

Now forget her.

Picture instead a pregnant, 16-year-old, manipulative prodigy. She is shoved in a dirty van and, from the first moment of her kidnapping, feels a calm desire for two things: to save her unborn son and to exact merciless revenge.

She is methodical. She is calculating, scientific in her plotting. She might be a clinical sociopath. Method 15/33 is what happens when the victim is just as cold as the captors.

Method 15/33 is due out May 2015 but has already seen publicity as a finalist in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition and now with it's own trailer.

For more information on the author and her work check out her personal website  and follow her on twitter.

Posted by Intern Stacy Briscoe (@SLBriscoe)

April Book Release: Leigh Anne Jasheway's 101 COMEDY GAMES FOR CHILDREN AND GROWN-UPS

Leigh Anne Jasheway, Humor Speaker and Author is set to release her latest book, 101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-ups this month (actual release date: April 15, 1014).

About the Book
101 Comedy Games for Children and Grown-Ups includes eight different sections, each geared toward a different genre of comedy. The first section concentrates on introductory games for getting to know fellow participants and familiarizing oneself with the basic rules of comedy. Later chapters introduce games geared toward a specific type of comedy. Each section includes numerous games, which are presented with a general description of the activity, the purpose behind it, a list of supplies (if necessary), helpful hints, and rule variations. Jasheway also provides a key to indicate the target ages for each activity, making it easier to pick the best games for the participating group. Jasheway’s book promises to provide fun times and lots of laughs for anyone that picks it up!

About the Author
Leigh Anne Jasheway, Master of Public Health, uses the craft of comedy to inspire, engage, and relax her audience (who, according to her ranges from business organizations to dogs and occasionally empty chairs).  Her goal with her work is to "help the world become healthier and more sane through laughter."

To learn more about this stress-management/humor expert/comedy writer/stand-up comic/comedy instructor coach (including live performances, classes, or to hire her for an event) visit her personal website.

101 Comedy Games for Children is now available for pre-order on Amazon, but don't forget to check out her other books, podcasts, and video-clips.

For amusing daily anecdotes, follow her on Twitter.

Posted By Intern Stacy Briscoe @SLBriscoe

April Book Release Announcement: Janet Hubbard's BORDEAUX: THE BITTER FINISH

Deep, intense, and full-bodied, Jannet Hubbard's latest novel brings readers murder, mystery, and wine.  The author recently celebrated pre-release with a book reading at the Book Passage in San Francisco's Ferry Building.  Kimberley Cameron was there to support her client along with intern Emily.

Janet Hubbard & Kimberley Cameron

Intern Emily & Janet Hubbard

See Janet's events page on her personal website for future readings, book signings, as well as wine tastings.  Follow her on twitter for information direct from the author.

Bordeaux releases Tuesday, April 1 and is ripe for reading and storing in any good book collection -- pre-order now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Indiebound today to get a copy.

Posted by self-proclaimed Book-Nerd and Wine-Snob Stacy Briscoe @SLBriscoe

Book Signing This Saturday!

Come join us at Book Passage this Saturday, June 15, 4:00pm, as Matt Coyle presents his newly released, Yesterday's Echo!

Book Passage is located at: 

51 Tamal Vista Blvd.

Corte Madera, CA 94925

Matt will be reading and signing copies of Yesterday's Echo. We hope to see you there!

"Debut novelist Matt Coyle is a modern-day Raymond Chandler." - BookReporter.com

Rick Cahill was never convicted of his wife's murder, but he was never exonerated either. Not by the police. Not by the media. Not even by himself. Eight years later, police suspicion and his own guilt remain over his responsibility in his wife's death. When he meets Melody Malana, a beautiful yet secretive TV reporter, he sees a chance to love again. When she is arrested for murder and asks Rick for help, the former cop says no, but the rest of him says yes and he grasps at a chance for redemption. But Rick's attempt to help turns terribly wrong, and he becomes a suspect in the murder and the target of a police manhunt. On the run, Rick encounters desperate people who'll kill to keep their pasts buried. Before Rick can save himself and bring down a murderer, he must confront the truth about his own past and untangle his feeling for a woman he can never fully trust.

Book Launch This Saturday!

Come join Susan C. Shea for a fabulous book launch at the ever wonderful Book Passage in Corte Madera this Saturday, May 18 at 1:00 pm. She will be signing copies of her latest novel The King's Jar, which has been garnering great reviews. We are all very excited and proud of her.



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The King's Jar:

When the renowned archaeologist who authenticated the King's Jar turns up dead, and the invaluable relic vanishes, Dani suddenly finds herself trapped in a real-life game of Clue with a gallery of glittering suspects, and a killer who's playing for keeps. But drumming up donations from society swells is a far cry from matching wits with homicidal thieves. And juggling the amorous advances of a police detective, a TV celebrity, and her own playboy ex-husband while sparring with an African ambassador, an obsessed archaeologist-in-training, a millionaire and his trophy wife certainly doesn't make it any easier to figure out who's lying...or keep anyone else from dying.