Kimberly Brock is the award-winning author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare and The River Witch. She is the founder of Tinderbox Writers Workshop and has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national writing workshops including at the Pat Conroy Literary Center.
She lives near Atlanta with her husband and three children.
The Colony of Lost Souls (2025) Kelsey James "Looming on the craggy coastline of 1930s California like something Poe might dream up, The Colony of Lost Souls offers up a delicious and seductive gothic nightmare. Seances, seduction and desperate sisters are reminiscent of early Victoria Holt favorites. The setting is lush with detail, the pacing is breakneck, and it all adds up to a great nostalgic diversion for lovers of historical gothics!"
Southern by Design (2025) Grace Helena Walz "What's not to love about a humid Southern setting, a second-chance romance, and a family full of secrets? This debut novel sets Grace Helena Walz up to become an instant favorite for fans of Karen White, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Patti Callahan Henry. SOUTHERN BY DESIGN is pitch perfect for book clubs, and just the right amount of sweet."
Every Moment Since (2024) Marybeth Mayhew Whalen "Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is at her finest in this novel that dissects the harrowing toll on family and community when a child goes missing. This sophisticated and compelling novel establishes Whalen as an unflinching voice in fiction."
An Echo in Time (2024) Boo Walker "In this beautifully written story of an old crime, a secret has shaped a family for generations until one woman goes in search of the truth that will allow her to reconcile the inherited traumas in her life. Celebrated author Boo Walker deftly explores the curious power of genetic memory in a modern American family - An Echo in Time vibrates at the sweetest frequency and pulls gently at just the right heartstrings."
A Bend of Light (2022) Joy Jordan-Lake "Immersing readers squarely in a 1950s coastal town in Maine, Joy Jordan-Lake deftly draws out mysteries, schemes, romance, and a murder that pulls her characters back together. With gripping prose and pitch-perfect dialogue, this thoughtful story unfolds at a pace driven by her strong-willed heroine. This is a truly fine historical fiction that readers will be thinking about long after turning the last page."
Millicent Glenn's Last Wish (2020) Tori Whitaker "A beautifully told and astonishing tale of the mysterious ties that hold a family together…Rich in detail and imbued with compassion, these characters struggle toward necessary forgiveness of a shocking maternity ward tragedy that feels all too relevant, even today. Whitaker cuts close to the bone from page one!"
A Lily in the Light (2019) Kristin Fields "Kristin Fields masterfully explores the personal disappearances that take place inside each of her characters when the youngest child in the family goes missing in an unsolved abduction. Fields’s understanding of the power of art and movement to transport and comfort, along with her empathy for a sister who otherwise feels powerless as her own life is changed forever by unanswered fears, questions and guilt, draws the reader along to a complex conclusion. Heartbreaking and compelling, A Lily in the Light is a revelation of what it is to lose yourself and come home again."
Dreaming in Chocolate (2018) Susan Bishop Crispell "In a world where people too often lose faith in second chances, happy endings, heart’s desires and homemade miracles, Susan Bishop Crispell’s Dreaming in Chocolate makes me a believer again. This tender story about unthinkable loss and the strength of a family’s love to bring them together as they face a future that is uncertain, is a reminder that the most powerful magic any of us possesses is hope."
