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Clare Ashton’s Getting Rec’d

Feb 17, 2023 | Authors Getting Rec'd
Authors Getting Rec'd
Author Caren J. Werlinger recommends The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

Welcome to Authors Getting Rec’d! Each week, we’ll bring you a new sapphic book recommendation from a favorite sapphic author. Find out what authors are reading and why, plus read about the personal connections between authors and books.

This week, Caren J. Werlinger, who is good friends with Clare Ashton, explains why The Tell Tale is a must read.

When Caren first saw The Tell Tale, she loved the cover and the blurb, and since she knew she’d enjoyed other work from this author, she decided to give it a go. This sapphic mystery is now one of her favorites.

Let’s hear more from Caren about why The Tell Tale is a must read:

This story was so atmospheric – the 70s, the creepy fog, the simultaneous charm and threat of a tiny village that won’t allow deviations from societal roles. I loved the descriptions of the Welsh countryside. The characters were well-drawn and believable. I loved everything about this novel.

Tempted? You can get Clare’s book here:

Cover of The Tell Tale

Mystery

The Tell Tale

By Clare Ashton

Snow, secrets, an icy lady of the manor, a vile villain, open fires and hidden love.

A frosty December and Bethan Griffiths has returned home to unwrap secrets. It’s the 1970s and she is back in the village of Foel in the Welsh hills to raise her daughter. They arrive to the open arms of her family and the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either.

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Thank you, Caren, for sharing what book is on your nightstand right now and paying it forward by showing some book love to a fellow SapphFic author!

Even though Caren was very generous by submitting this recommendation without wanting to promote any of her own books, we’d like to share that Caren’s book When the Stars Sang is on sale through February 17, 2023 for only 99c! You can check out the link below.

Cover of When the Stars Sang

Literary / General Fiction

When the Stars Sang

By Caren J. Werlinger

Molly and Kathleen will never have a future together until they all face the past.

When Kathleen Halloran returns to Little Sister Island nearly twenty-five years after her brother drowned there, her arrival stirs unwelcome memories for the islanders. Molly Cooper is determined to protect the island from this offlander.

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About Caren J. Werlinger

Bestselling author Caren Werlinger published her first award-winning novel, Looking Through Windows, in 2008. Since then, she has published seventeen more novels, winning several more awards, including the 2021 Alice B medal. Influenced by a diverse array of authors, including Rumer Godden, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ursula LeGuin, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Willa Cather and the Brontë sisters, Caren writes literary fiction that features the struggles and joys of characters readers can identify with. Her stories cover a wide range of genres: historical fiction, contemporary drama, and fantasy, including the award-winning Dragonmage Saga, a fantasy trilogy set in ancient Ireland. She has lived in Virginia for thirty years where she practices physical therapy, teaches anatomy, and lives with her wife and their canine fur-children.

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