Tune in at 7pm ET for TONIGHT’s episode! Join us Wednesday, June 11th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as the full F&F family gathers to welcome this month’s F&F Featured Author, New York Times bestselling novelist Kristin Harmel to discuss her electrifying new novel, our June 2025 Pick of the Month, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.
Kristin is the New York Times, USA Today, and #1 internationally bestselling author of more than a dozen novels including The Forest of Vanishing Stars, The Book of Lost Names, The Room on Rue Amélie, and The Sweetness of Forgetting. Her books are published in more than thirty languages and are sold all over the world, and many of them have been optioned for film and television. Prior to her first book being published in 2006, Kristin had a long magazine writing career, primarily at PEOPLE magazine, and was a frequent contributor to the national television morning show The Daily Buzz. She joins us from her home in Orlando, Florida before embarking on a 2-week book tour to discuss this “dazzling diamond of a novel” (Hazel Gaynor) that Fiona Davis calls “joyous and ultimately triumphant.” Watch the LIVE video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 6/11 at 7pm ET on the F&F Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 6/13. Order Kristin’s book on Bookshop.org! Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus Q&A’s with our guest authors which include a writing tip, book recommendation, and information about their works-in-progress, plus other great material not covered on the show! Latest News from the Fab Four!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is so thrilled to celebrate the release of Kristin’s book, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, tonight LIVE on our show. She’ll be broadcasting from Nantucket where the book festival begins tomorrow. After a week at home writing and catching up after visiting her daughter and grandbabies, she is ready for a party! Patti has lots of stops in the next couple weeks in Book Tour Part II for THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND, and she’d love to see any of you who are near NJ or NYC! KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is finally home from the first part of her BEACH HOUSE RULES tour! She is enjoying the sunshine and the beach with her favorite boys and loveable dog, Salt! She is overjoyed at the news that People Magazine picked Beach House Rules as a Most Anticipated Summer Read for 2025! She would love to see you on one of her final tour stops for Beach House Rules so make sure to check out where she will be! KRISTIN HARMEL cannot believe there’s LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE LAUNCH OF HER NEW BOOK! Where has the time gone?? Make sure to check out THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU (coming out Tuesday), preorder your personalized copy by this Monday (6/16) if you’re interested, and find Kristin’s full coast-to-coast tour schedule here. Hope to see you on the road! MARY KAY ANDREWS loved handing out free copies of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT on her paperback publication date last week. She’s still basking in the afterglow of Saturday’s love-filled backyard wedding for Boomerang Boy and his bride Meghan. Check her Instagram and Facebook pages for allll the photos. And now, we return to working on next summer’s book with some events in between. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for an ongoing series of roundtable discussions and personal essays by the Fab Four about their careers, writing processes, and all things book and publishing related! Upcoming Events
View Kristin’s full 2025 book tour for The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau HERE. View Kristy’s full 2025 book tour for Beach House Rules HERE. See Patti’s upcoming events HERE. See MKA’s upcoming events HERE.
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! Did not find video In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Meg Walker and Mary Kay Andrews welcomed 6 author guests, all with new summer reads hitting this season. We invited Annabel Monaghan, Martha Hall Kelly, Meg Mitchell Moore, Amy Mason Doan, Wendy Francis, and Brooke Lea Foster to join us for a festive kick-off to summer where we learned all about each of their new books, chat about beach reads, and engage in a fun summer-themed lightning round. 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 Already aired: Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express Already aired: Emilia Hart, The Sirens Already aired: Nita Prose, The Maid’s Secret Already aired: Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Happy Land Already aired: F&F April Pick of the Month—Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce Already aired: Jasmine Guillory, Flirting Lessons Already aired: Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer Already aired: Mary Alice Monroe, Where the Rivers Merge Already aired: Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel Already aired: F&F May Pick of the Month—Kristy Woodson Harvey, Beach House Rules Already aired: Kristina McMorris, The Girls of Good Fortune Already aired: 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 F&F June Pick of the Month—Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Collette Marceau Julie Clark, The Ghostwriter Jess Walter, So Far Gone 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: *Optional add-on: A paperback, signed, first edition of SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews (coming in paperback June 3)! Get your subscription NOW from Oxford Exchange! F&F Merch Store
We have a Friends & Fiction merch store with t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs and a book bag on Bonfire. We also have other items like wine tumblers, reading journals, and our original white v-neck logo tees available through Oxford Exchange. 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 35,000 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. Stay in Touch!Subscribe to our PODCAST. Upgrade to our PAID Subscription for bonus content from our hosts and guests.
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