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ROMANTIC COMEDY
Aefle & Gisela by Libby Malin
Medieval History Professor Thomas Charlemagne thinks he's finally slaying his childhood reputation as "Timid Tommy" when he accepts a dare to stop a wedding. The only problem -- it's the wrong wedding. Or is it? The bride is having second thoughts anyway and grabs the chance to leave the altar, dragging Tom with her into a legal mess that could derail his career as the world's leading expert on the poetry of an obscure medieval monk, Aefle, and his lady-love, Gisela.

Why I Loved Writing This Book: It allowed me to explore class differences and the stifling pressure of conformity. What better place to set it than in the supposedly open-minded halls of academe? It's a sharp satire of the Ivory Tower -- and at the same time, a sweet love story about two people learning to accept each other.
HISTORICAL, LITERARY
Sloane Hall by Libby Sternberg
In 1920s Hollywood, chaueffeur John Doyle falls in love with his troubled employer, actress Pauline Sloane, just as she's about to move from silent pictures to sound. When she returns his affection, he believes he's finally found peace after years of suffering...until he discovers secrets from her past that could destroy them both.
  • "Libby Sternberg's intelligent and intriguing Jane Eyre reimagining has achieved two of the most difficult goals in a novel: being a page turner and paying a worthy tribute to Charlotte Brontë's immortal story." -- The Bronte Blog (This is such a lovely review that I'm including the link to it here.)
  • "Sternberg never loses sight of the story she's re-telling, but this novel is definitely her own. Readers have things to figure out and look forward to. Her prose flows beautifully with vivid descriptions of people and places, bringing to life a Los Angeles of times gone by. Fans of historical fiction and Jane Eyre in particular will relish this novel, and readers who enjoy a love story should definitely pick this one up."—Katherine Peterson, Fresh Fiction
  • "An original story with complex character development...(Sternberg) knows how to tell a story and she does it well....a refreshing tale."  Carolyne Van Der Meer, Bronte Studies journal, September 2011 Read this entire wonderful review by downloading the PDF: 

Why I Loved Writing This Book: Jane Eyre is among my favorite books, and I wanted to retell it in a way that made all its emotional high points "pop" again for the reader, while at the same time spinning my own, new yarn. This books is also available in hardcover through Five Star/Cengage.
HISTORICAL, INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE
Kit Austen's Journey by Libby Sternberg
An abused woman runs away from a murderous husband to start life over out west under a new identity. On the trail, however, she's haunted by her past, especially when she finds herself attracted to the taciturn trail boss, a man with his own sorrows. Struggling to remain true to her vows -- even though her husband is a villain -- she relearns important lessons about faith and love.
Why I Loved Writing This Book: I'm an admirer of inspirational fiction that isn't preachy but where religious belief isn't something that happens "off-screen." I had written this particular story as a historical romance years ago and decided that what it had always been missing was that faith element. It felt as if I were "coming home" when I reworked it as an inspirational.  COMING SOON:  When the Earth Quaked...A sequel involving Kit's granddaughter, Ruth! Download the free sample below!
MYSTERY
Death Is the Cool Night and Lost to the World  by Libby Sternberg
In Death Is the Cool Night, a heavy-drinking opera conductor can't remember the night his nemesis was killed -did he commit the crime or is his new love, a beautiful soprano, responsible for the murder?

Sean Reilly, the detective who investigated the opera conductor's death, reappears in Lost to the World, looking into the murder of a Hopkins researcher on the eve of the big polio vaccine trials. His work is complicated by personal problems -- two young sons who need his attention -- and his lingering grief over his wife's death. When he starts to fall for a pretty secretary, herself a polio survivor, he begins to live again.

Why I Loved Writing These Books: Death Is the Cool Night allowed me to use my music background, which was a joy as I tried to convey moving passages of operas and art songs that I've loved. As to Lost to the World, I'd always wanted to write a mystery involving the polio vaccine work after reading several books about those involved in it. Lost to the World allowed me to keep Detective Sean Reilly's story going, too, as he grapples with grief in post-war America, with happiness and prosperity all around his island of sadness. Both books' titles, by the way, are English translations of German lied.
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