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June 2023 Featured Authors

Jun. 02, 2023

June 2023 Authors of the Month

Welcome to June 2023 Authors of the Month. Another month another set of authors for y’all to enjoy. This month’s authors are all new to me and some that y’all gave me ideas for last year when I asked for recommendations.

l got so many book and author recommendations that I am seriously thinking about asking again for next year. This group of authors write

Emily Henry

Okay, I admit I haven’t read any of Emily Henry’s books. However her covers alone make me want to read them. Just look at how bright and inviting those babies are. The reviews of her books are good and I have certainly added her to my need to read author list for the summer.

  • People You Meet on Vacation
  • Beach Read
  • Happy Place
  • Book Lovers

The four books I have showcased are the four that I am planning to start with. I think they are the perfect place to begin with for me. Okay, I think the covers are awesome and hope that the books are as well.

About Emily Henry

Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read, as well as the forthcoming Happy Place. She lives and writes in Cincinnati and the part of Kentucky just beneath it.

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Melanie Harlow

Melanie Harlow is a new to me author as well. Let me say that I love her covers as well. I know that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but sometimes you just can’t help it. These are amazing covers and they really grab your attention.

  • Drive Me Wild
  • Runaway Love
  • After We Fall
  • Only You

Again, she has become an author that I am going to read. I have heard good things about her from other bloggers as well as from readers. So I am looking forward to getting into her books and letting y’all know what I think.

About Melanie Harlow

Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. Her stories are about modern couples falling in old-fashioned love, and even though romance is a fantasy, her heroes and heroines are everyday people with real problems who stumble on their way to happily ever after. She lifts her glass to readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

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Eloisa James

I actually have heard of Eloisa James and she is currently in my to be read pile. If you read Historical Romance then you certainly have heard of her as well. I’m mean you know she good when she wrote a part of a book in The Bridgerton series.

  • Not that Duke
  • How to Be a Wallflower
  • The Reluctant Countess
  • The Most Willing Lady

I am not actually which ones or how many of her books are in my pile but I know that it is more than one. She is actually coming up next in the stack and I am pretty excited.

About Eloisa James

New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James writes historical romances for HarperCollins Publishers. Her novels have been published to great acclaim. A reviewer from USA Today wrote of Eloisa's very first book that she "found herself devouring the book like a dieter with a Hershey bar"; later People Magazine raved that "romance writing does not get much better than this." Her novels have repeatedly received starred reviews from Publishers' Weekly and Library Journal and regularly appear on the best-seller lists.

After graduating from Harvard University, Eloisa got an M.Phil. from Oxford University, a Ph.D. from Yale and eventually became a Shakespeare professor, publishing an academic book with Oxford University Press. Currently she is an associate professor and head of the Creative Writing program at Fordham University in New York City. Her "double life" is a source of fascination to the media and her readers. In her professorial guise, she's written a New York Times op-ed defending romance, as well as articles published everywhere from women's magazines such as More to writers' journals such as the Romance Writers' Report.

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  1. Adriane says

    June 2, 2023 at 2:11 am

    The Emily Henry books look delightful

    Reply
  2. Sherry says

    June 2, 2023 at 6:09 am

    No because I haven’t read these authors ye but After We Fall looks good

    Reply
  3. Will G says

    June 2, 2023 at 6:12 am

    Happy Place interests me.

    Reply
  4. _Sandra_ says

    June 2, 2023 at 6:27 am

    Big fan of all Emily Henry BOOKS, can pick just one.

    Reply
  5. Suzie B says

    June 2, 2023 at 6:56 am

    I loved People WE Meet on Vacation by EMily Henry!

    Reply
  6. mami2jcn says

    June 2, 2023 at 7:24 am

    How to be a Wallflower interests me.

    Reply
  7. Elle says

    June 2, 2023 at 9:49 am

    I agree that Emily Henry’s books look very inviting. I’d like to check them out.

    Reply
  8. Jeanna says

    June 2, 2023 at 10:36 am

    Book Lovers is one of my favorites! I recommend that one to everyone!

    Reply
  9. Jessica Beard says

    June 2, 2023 at 11:15 am

    I would love to read some of the Emily Henry books. I have heard great things about Book Lovers! Perfect for summer reading!

    Reply
  10. Bea LaRocca says

    June 2, 2023 at 11:46 am

    I have not read any of these authors yet, After We Fall by Melanie Harlow is my first choice though

    Reply
  11. Shelly Peterson says

    June 2, 2023 at 12:15 pm

    I would like to read Drive me wild by Melanie Harlow

    Reply
  12. Elizabeth says

    June 2, 2023 at 12:30 pm

    I read a Melanie Harlow book last summer and enjoyed it.

    Reply
  13. Elaine G says

    June 2, 2023 at 3:48 pm

    A few years ago I read a Eloisa James book. Don’t remember the name of it but remember I liked it.
    Only You by Melanie Harlow sounds good.

    Reply
  14. heather says

    June 2, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    I am interested in reading the book called not that duke that looks so good.

    Reply
  15. Sharon Rooney says

    June 2, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    No I have not read any of these authors. Eloisa James books sounds like books that I would enjoy reading.

    Reply
  16. Dreaa Drake says

    June 2, 2023 at 9:46 pm

    Drive Me Wild by Melanie Harlow! Shes aN aMAzing author! I love a lot of her bOoks!

    Reply
  17. Sandra Dufoe says

    June 3, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Love How to be a wallflower by eloisa James.

    Reply
  18. Molly Pitcher says

    June 3, 2023 at 4:28 pm

    I am iNterested in all the BOOKS but especially wallflowers

    Reply
  19. Susan Smith says

    June 3, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    I haven’t read books from any of these authors.I would be interested in reading books by Emily Henry the most.

    Reply
  20. bn100 says

    June 3, 2023 at 9:35 pm

    no fav, try Emily Henry

    Reply
  21. Linda says

    June 4, 2023 at 12:13 pm

    I have not read any of these books but the books by Emily Henry look very appealing based on their covers and descriptions.

    Reply
  22. sandra says

    June 4, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    book lovers was awesome

    Reply
  23. Kim Henrichs says

    June 4, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    Not yet but the lady most willing looks real good!

    Reply
  24. Ed says

    June 4, 2023 at 10:51 pm

    The People WE Meet on Vacation by EMily Henry interests me.

    Reply
  25. Marisela Zuniga says

    June 5, 2023 at 5:44 pm

    I’VE READ a few of melanie Harlow’s books, I’ve really liked them. I would like to read one of Eloisa James books

    Reply
  26. Shirley O says

    June 6, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation sounds like an interesting read.

    Reply
  27. Tara Woods says

    June 7, 2023 at 10:36 pm

    I love historical romance and would be interested in reading how to be a wallflower by Eloisa James.

    Reply
  28. Nyx Nyx says

    June 10, 2023 at 11:54 pm

    Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation is interesting

    Reply
  29. Nina Lewis says

    June 11, 2023 at 11:12 am

    I love all of these authors!!! Beach Read is my favorite but Eloisa has some of my favorite Historicals too! 🙂

    Reply
  30. Yelizaveta says

    June 14, 2023 at 3:25 am

    I am certainly most interested in Eloisa James’s books. I’m a sucker for historical romance. Have heard a few good Reviews about Emily HENRY’s books as well.

    Reply
  31. Nancy Loring says

    June 21, 2023 at 8:33 pm

    Melanie Harlow does have some really good covers and sometimes you just have to judge a book by its cover especially when they look like that.

    Reply
  32. Piroska says

    June 27, 2023 at 12:59 am

    Emily Henry — Happy Place was a book that I enjoyed.

    Reply
  33. Michelle Domangue says

    June 29, 2023 at 9:10 am

    I want to read something by Eloisa James

    Reply
  34. Darris says

    June 29, 2023 at 12:28 pm

    Beach read looks great.

    Reply
  35. Cassandra D says

    June 29, 2023 at 10:52 pm

    Only You looks very interesting.

    Reply

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