Monica Pradhan's debut novel, THE HINDI-BINDI CLUB, is a tale about the meaningful but complex relationships between mothers and daughters, as well as the struggles that first-generation Indian-American children experience with their immigrant parents. In this interview with Bookreporter.com's Bronwyn Miller, Pradhan describes the event that inspired her to write this book and expresses her desire to fully capture the various facets of the Indian-American experience. She also discusses her writing roots as a romance novelist and her decision to venture into mainstream fiction, shares which aspects of her parents' culture she treasures most, and touches upon the disparities between eastern beliefs and western practices.

Conn Iggulden is no stranger to historical fiction --- he is the author of the acclaimed Emperor series, which consists of four books chronicling the life of Julius Caesar. In this Author Talk, Iggulden describes his first trip to Mongolia while researching the landscape and the main character of his latest work, GENGHIS: BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE. He shares his experiences attempting to communicate via mime gestures, becoming afflicted with his very first saddle sores prior to driving cross country in a jeep, and relishing in day-to-day activities with locals.

GENGHIS: BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE by Conn Iggulden (Historical Fiction)
This first book in an exciting new historical series chronicles the youth of Temujin, the son of a khan, and brings us up to the point where he manages to unite many tribes and take on the identity by which we know him: Genghis Khan, the emperor of Mongolia. Reviewed by Colleen Quinn.

To celebrate the release of FALLING OUT OF FASHION by Karen Yampolsky, which hit stores on April 24th, Bookreporter.com has teamed up with Kensington Publishing to offer 20 readers the chance to win an advance copy of the book.

To enter, simply send your name and mailing address to Contest@bookreporter.com by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, May 22nd. Please note that P.O. Boxes will not be accepted.

More about FALLING OUT OF FASHION:
In the bestselling tradition of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, Karen Yampolsky’s hilarious and disarmingly candid debut goes deep inside the glossy, glamorous, and completely ruthless world of magazine publishing, where bitchiness and betrayal are always in vogue, and this month’s hotshots are just one dud issue away from a pink slip and a one-line career obit on Page Six…

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BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET by Debbie Macomber

Wherever you are, Debbie Macomber takes you home. 

BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET is the heartwarming new novel from New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber that readers who loved A GOOD YARN and THE SHOP ON BLOSSOM STREET have been waiting for. A page-turner about friendship, love and the secrets in a woman's heart. Also available, the much-anticipated paperback release of SUSANNAH'S GARDEN.

Bring Debbie home today!

Read more about Debbie Macomber and BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET at www.DebbieMacomber.com

We are thrilled to be shining our Suspense/Thriller spotlight on Barry Eisler, whose latest addition to his popular John Rain series, REQUIEM FOR AN ASSASSIN, hits stores May 22nd.

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-Click here to read Fast Facts about Barry Eisler.
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-Click here to read critical praise for REQUIEM FOR AN ASSASSIN.
-Click here to read an excerpt from REQUIEM FOR AN ASSASSIN.

We are thrilled to bring you our newest Debut Suspense/Thriller author --- Heather Terrell, whose provocative historical page-turner THE CHRYSALIS hits stores May 15th.

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More about THE CHRYSALIS:
Haarlem, Holland, seventeenth-century: The city’s chief magistrate commissions a family portrait from Dutch master painter Johannes Miereveld. But when the artist sees the magistrate’s daughter, Amalia, an illicit love affair begins. Miereveld creates a captivating masterpiece, THE CHRYSALIS --- a stunning portrait of the Virgin Mary, full of Catholic symbols, that outrages his Protestant patron and signals the death of his career.

Spanning centuries and continents, THE CHRYSALIS is a brilliant, intelligent, fast-paced thriller that melds art and history into a provocative work of fiction. From the underground Catholicism in seventeenth-century Holland to the unspeakable crimes of the Nazis and the repercussions that reverberate to this day throughout the art world, Heather Terrell has created a fascinating story that will entrance readers to the very last page.