The days just before a book launch are full of anticipation. How will readers like my book? Will they even buy it? What can I do to convince them they’ll love my aspiring teacher Charlotte, the insurance guy who used to be her boyfriend before but now is the single father of a seven-year-old sweetie…
I’m thrilled to introduce you to the beautiful cover of my newest PG-rated love story, coming in early August from Champagne Books. Champagne also published Inn by the Lake, and The Last Gift. Fearless Summer, Return to Chincoteague, is set in the summer resort town of Chincoteague, within view of the wild ponies made famous…
Now I am delighted to announce FEARLESS SUMMER, THE RETURN TO CHINCOTEAGUE will be published by Champagne Book Group in digital form this summer with a paperback version ready for summer 2023.
I’m happy to say my summer reading this year provided escapes to different times and places and every one was a different kind of joy. Sweet and wild as Chincoteague. Wild and risky as Jazz Age Chicago. Heart-breaking and hope-filled as Cuba in the 1960s. Magical as the Paris Opera House.
I went on vacation to Chincoteague—you know the Virginia island famous for the wild ponies like Misty of Chincoteague—and ended up taking a trip to Scotland. That’s thanks to Jenny Colgan and her beautiful THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER, the story of a laid-off librarian who looks for a way to belong in the Scottish…
Mary K. Tilghman, writer 