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Hi Friends,
The audiobook version of IRISH EYES is now available for pre-order! Buy it on Apple, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Google, Libro.fm and Spotify.
Narrated by Galway-born Jade Yourell, IRISH EYES will release this March 31st. Jade’s work is absolutely amazing! I can’t imagine an artist better suited to voice my heroine, Rose O’Neill.
As always, you can get IRISH EYES and its sequel, STARDUST in print and ebook on Amazon and everywhere books are sold.
Until next time…
Hope
UPDATE 1/3/26: Congratulations to Keith G, winner of an author signed copy of THE VERSAILLES FORMULA by Nancy Bilyeau!
Seasons Greetings Friends,
I hope everyone who celebrates is enjoying a fabulous winter holiday season. My personal highlights so far: the Winter Village at Bryant Park, the Holly Jolly Holiday Bar, a holiday pop-up in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, and The Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. Making the latter extra-special, the 2025 show, titled “Celebrating 100 years of Sisterhood,” marks the 100th anniversary of this legendary, all-female precision dance troupe. More on that in my next History With Hope newsletter.
Further to sisterhood, I am so lucky to have shared a lovely Christmas lunch at historic Pete’s Tavern in Irving Place with fellow historical fiction authors Kate Braithwaite and Nancy Bilyeau. Nancy’s latest historical mystery novel, The Versailles Formula is the prize for my December book giveaway. Read on for details!
THE VERSAILLES FORMULA follows intrepid Georgian era art sleuth, Genvieve Planché, from London to Paris where she must track down a rare pigment of pure blue coveted by royalty, chemists and spies, all whilst fending off feelings for a handsome new romantic interest.
I’ll choose one winner (U.S. residents, only) from among my History With Hope and Author newsletter lists (existing + new sign-ups). The contest closes at the final stroke of midnight on December 31st. If you’re not already subscribed to one or both of these free newsletters, you can fix that here!
First-time subscribers to the author newsletter also receive a free ebook: my Victorian “My Fair Lady” with-a-twist historical romance, TEMPTING.
Books make great holiday gifts. In addition to my recent historical fiction releases, IRISH EYES and STARDUST, I have four Christmas romances on offer: IT’S A WONDERFULLY SEXY LIFE, TWELVE NIGHTS, TOMORROW’S DESTINY, and A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS CAROL. Enjoy these timeless titles as ebooks and audiobooks.
Browse my entire catalogue here.
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Wishing you and yours a joyous, peaceful and safe holiday!
You asked, we delivered! IRISH EYES and STARDUST will release as audio books from Tantor Media. Release date TBA here and in my monthly newsletter.
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Happy Summer ((Reading))!
Hope
((Cue champagne corks popping))
STARDUST, the second book in my American Songbook series and set in World War II Paris, releases t-o-d-a-y! The sequel to IRISH EYES, STARDUST follows Rose’s granddaughter, Daisy, who leaves New York for Paris to apprentice with legendary fashion designer, Coco Chanel. Amid throwing herself into the whirlwind of couture and culture, Daisy falls head-over-feet for the handsome and enigmatic Jean-Claude Jacob, a Jewish surgical resident at the American Hospital in Paris.
The drums of war shatter Daisy’s picture perfect existence. When the Nazis invade France, and Jean-Claude is taken by the Gestapo, Daisy finds new purpose in working as a spy for the Resistance. Only the asset she is tasked with cultivating is none other than Fritz, the German soldier she befriended before the war. But in Occupied Paris, no one is what they at first seem, and danger lurks in every shadowed corner, including the bar of the posh Ritz Hotel where German and Allied spies play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
“From a behind-the-scenes peek at the atelier of Coco Chanel to the intrigues of the French resistance, Tarr renders France at war and at peace with stunning detail and clarity. Through the character of Daisy—a young American caught up in the chaos of WWII—she deftly explores themes of love and loss, betrayal and treason in a novel that keeps the reader turning the pages. STARDUST shines brilliantly.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of THE STOLEN QUEEN
“STARDUST is a pageturner that’ll immerse you in all the decadence and danger of WWII Paris.” —Kris Waldherr, Author of THE LOST HISTORY OF DREAMS
“An intimate and heartfelt window into WWII civilian life peppered with real figures and rich details, STARDUST weaves a complex, fully realized love story between Resistance figures through Vichy Paris and its aftermath. As horrors of war are carefully crafted alongside heroism, offering gritty windows into an ultimately redemptive story, STARDUST satisfyingly balances harrowing circumstances, hope, bravery and the power of true love.” —Leanna Renee Hieber, Award-winning author of STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL and THE SPECTRAL CITY
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