One of the great things about my The Shadow Box book tour in the Zoom era is that I get to invite you to my favorite libraries, bookstores, and towns. Essex CT is beautiful romantic, literary, rich with US history—particularly maritime, and Essex Library will be hosting a virtual event on Sunday, March 14th, at 1 pm. I will be in conversation with wonderful Juliet Grames.

Bank Square Books presents an author discussion and Q&A with bestselling author Luanne Rice in advance of the release of her newest book, The Shadow Box.

The Day is starting a book club, Read of the Day, and I am thrilled and honored to tell you that Last Day will be the inaugural read! —Luanne

I am thrilled to see that Last Day is a best-seller on Amazon— #9 on the most sold list, #15 on the most read. (I’m humbled and in awe of the company I’m in. ) Thank you to all my wonderful readers for making this happen. This is my first adult novel in a few years, and I am very grateful to all of you for not forgetting me—and for finding me again.

Hi all! Enter here for the chance to win a copy of the e-book of Last Day. Thomas & Mercer is giving away 100 copies on Goodreads. What a great way to start 2020! Good luck if you enter. —Luanne

VERDICT: Strong love overcomes pain in this latest from Rice (Pretend She’s Here) which combines suspense with stories of survivors, sisterhood, best friends, and small communities shaken by violence or death.

“Last Day…nail-biting mystery… Rice keeps the reader guessing as she gradually doles out long-hidden family secrets. Fans of intense family dramas will be rewarded.” I was thrilled by this PW review for Last Day —Luanne

Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite writers and human beings, and I am so thrilled to tell you that I’ll be with her at the Garde Arts Center in New London CT on Sunday night, talking about her novel A Spark of Light. My wonderful friends at Bank Square Books will be selling copies. —Luanne

I’m so honored to be speaking at the Connecticut Authors Trail Finale tonight at 7 pm at the Mohegan Sun in Montville CT. Bank Square Books will be selling copies of my novels, and there will be a signing after the talk. Hope to see you there! Thank you to Rick Koster for this wonderful write-up in the New London Day. —Luanne

In a deal for her first adult novel in over five years, Luanne Rice sold LAST DAY to Thomas & Mercer’s Liz Pearsons.

One of the first clues that Old Lyme author Luanne Rice has perhaps entered new territory is right there on the cover of her latest young adult novel, "Pretend She's Here." It's an enthusiastic blurb from superstar thriller writer Harlan Coben.

Bank Square Books presents a talk and book signing with bestselling local author Luanne Rice for her new novel Pretend She's Here. This event is free and open to the public; call 860-536-3795 or click the book link below to reserve your copy.

Malibu. I am sending love to all my friends, to the firefighters, to the animals, to the canyons, to the mountains, all affected by the Woolsey Fire. I lived there, and I return when i can. These pictures were taken from

October on the marsh brings a change of light, deepening of colors, cool evenings, migratory birds—some leaving, others arriving, the brightest sunrises I’ve seen since arriving here, and boats heading home to safe harbors.

Summer’s over, and grief is complicated. Some days I’ll sit at my desk and think I feel Tim curling up on the back of my chair, behind my neck. I reach back to touch him, but he’s not there. No one will every replace him, but now we have kittens. I’d like to introduce you to three new members of the family: Orion, Ivy, and Patrick.

The blue changes, even within a minute or two, while looking at the same scene, at everything from sea to sky to whale spouts to rooftops to lobster pots to book jackets-- the iridescence, luminosity, darkness, all depending on the quality of light, the presence or absence of fog, the time of day.

It takes two ferry rides to get to this island in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of Nova Scotia--three if you count the longer one from St. John, New Brunswick, to Digby.  Brier Island is a haven of peace and nature at the end of Digby Neck, surrounded by waters populated by humpback and minke whales, gray and harbor seals, dolphins and porpoises.  Trails crisscross the island, and the one I took this morning leaves the back of the lodge, is marked by lobster buoys, and leads to Seal Cove.  T

It is foggy on this island off the coast of Nova Scotia, the fog so thick it blurs the spiky pines and jagged rocks.  You can hear waves crashing, fishing and whale watch boats entering and leaving the harbor, and the foghorn at the Coast Guard station, but you can't see them.