What we’re about
A group for romance, mystery, fantasy readers, women's fiction, and authors in the North Texas area. We do a monthly tea on the second Saturday plus our fabulous Holiday Tea. If you read and love to discuss your books and authors, this is a great group with lively online discussion as well as the opportunity to meet in person.
Meet the Authors each Wednesday night at 7 pm CT on Zoom.
We meet for in person book clubs
• Second Saturday in North Dallas. Message for an invite.
• Fourth Tuesday in Frisco . Dinner at 6 pm, meeting at 7 pm
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As a reminder, if you RSVP for a tea or any sponsored event with a fee (not a donation suggested) you are required to make arrangements to pay if you cannot attend or send a replacement. All of our restaurant venues require full payment for the number we reserve so it's important no one is left with a huge bill.
There are NO membership dues or fees for joining us.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Video Book Club with Violet MarshLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Violet Marsh (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=46030), author of LADY CHARLOTTE ALWAYS GETS HER MAN (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=131952). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 3/20/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-marsh.eventbrite.com
Evening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Violet Marsh (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after partyTake advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Two-time Golden Heart finalist Violet Marsh is a lawyer who decided it was more fun to write witty banter than contractual terms. A romance enthusiast, she relishes the transformative power of love, especially when a seeming mismatch becomes the perfect pairing.Marsh also enjoys visiting the past--whether strolling through a castle’s ruins, wandering around a stately manor, or researching her family genealogy online (where she discovered at least one alleged pirate, a female tavern owner, and several blacksmiths). She indulges in her love of history by writing period pieces filled with independent-minded women and men smart enough to fall for them.
Marsh lives at home with Prince Handy (a guy who can fix things is definitely sexier than a mere charmer), a whirlwind (her toddler), and a suburban nesting dog (whose cuteness Marsh shamelessly uses to promote her books).
- Frisco Book Club (in person at McAlister's Deli)McAlister's Deli, Plano, TX
Join us for dinner and a great book discussion on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at McAlister's Deli 8245 Preston Road Plano, TX. 6 pm for dinner, discussion starts at 7 pm. NEW LOCATION THIS MONTH!
You are welcome to read any or all of the book selections. We have something for everyone!
- Contemporary: The Long Game by Elena Armas THE LONG GAME by Elena Armas (freshfiction.com)
- Historical: Desert Island Duke by Kate Bateman Author Kate Bateman biography and book list (freshfiction.com)
- Mystery: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston (freshfiction.com)
- Paranormal: The Liar’s Crown by Abigail Owen THE LIAR'S CROWN by Abigail Owen (freshfiction.com)
NEW LOCATION THIS MONTH! Order your food and drink and join us.
Like games or challenges? Join us for our Book Bingo, A-Z Challenge, and Read the States.
2024-Book-Bingo.pdf (freshfiction.com)
2024-A-Z-Challenge.pdf (freshfiction.com)
2024-READ-THE-STATES.pdf (freshfiction.com)Respect your reader friends; wear a mask, observe social distancing, and get vaccinated. Vaccinated? Good, so are we.
- Video Book Club with Jennifer DeibelLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Jennifer Deibel (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=45622), author of THE IRISH MATCHMAKER (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=131174). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 3/27/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-deibel.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Jennifer Deibel (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after partyTake advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jennifer Deibel is the bestselling and award-winning author of A Dance in Donegal, The Lady of Galway Manor and The Maid of Ballymacool. Her work has appeared on (in)courage, on The Better Mom, in Missions Mosaic magazine, and others. With firsthand immersive experience abroad, Jennifer writes stories that help redefine home through the lens of culture, history, and family. After nearly a decade of living in Ireland and Austria, she now lives in Arizona with her husband and their three children. - Video Book Club with Erin BartelsLink visible for attendees
Join us weekly on Zoom for the Fresh Fiction Video Book Club from the comfort of your home. This online version of our in-person book club is the perfect way to stay connected (no matter the distance) with your reader friends each week. It's easy to sign up. Just create a Zoom.us account, download the app to your computer or device, and sit back with a snack while you chat with friends and a special guest author.
This week, we're chatting with Erin Bartels (https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=43208), author of THE LADY WITH THE DARK HAIR (https://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=131163). Join us for a lively conversation about romance, and mystery, then stay for the reader after party!
Register by Wednesday, 4/3/2024. We start at 7:00 pm.
https://VBC-bartels.eventbrite.comEvening Rundown (all times CT):
7:00 pm - informal chitchat and icebreaker with readers
7:30 pm - Interview with Erin Bartels (recorded live)
8:00 pm - Unrecorded Q&A with readers
8:30 pm - Reader after partyTake advantage of all North Texas events! Sign up for our weekly newsletter. (http://eepurl.com/cc9BoH)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ERIN BARTELS writes character-driven fiction for curious people. Her readers know to expect that each of her novels will tell a unique story about fallible characters so tangible that it’s hard to believe they are not real people. Whether urban, rural, or somewhere in between, her settings come alive with carefully crafted details that engage all the senses and transport the reader to a singular time and place. And her themes of reckoning with the past, improving the present, and looking with hope to the future leave her readers with a sense of peace and possibility.Erin is the award-winning author of We Hope for Better Things, The Words between Us, All That We Carried, The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water, Everything Is Just Beginning, and The Lady with the Dark Hair (coming March 2024). A two-time Christy finalist and winner of two WFWA Star Awards and two Michigan Notable Book Awards, Erin has been a publishing professional for more than twenty years. After eighteen years in the capital city of a state that is 40% water, she now lives with her family in a charming small town surrounded by farm fields and pasturelands.
You can find her on Facebook @ErinBartelsAuthor and on Instagram @erinbartelswrites.