Tonight 6-1: Deborah Reed at Broadway Books

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Deborah Reed (Broadway Books, @7:00pm): Portland writer Deborah Reed will be here to read from her novel A Small Fortune, which she wrote under the pen name of Audrey Braun. This new book is a steamy thriller that begins in tropical Mexico, where Celia Donnelly goes for a restorative vacation to rekindle her marriage and mend fences with her difficult teenage soon. But just as she begins to relax, she meets a stranger who sparks a long-dead passion within her, and his connections lead to an unspeakable betrayal.This book is a fast-paced and sexy ride to the brink of madness that begs the question: How far will one woman go for the truth? A fun summer beach read.

Other Book Events Today:

Elizabeth Engstrom (The Old Church, @7:00pm): Elizabeth Engstrom will talk about “Assembling the Skeleton of Your Novel” during the Willamette Writers Portland meeting. Just as we have an internal architecture or skeleton – so buildings have frames, cars are built on a chassis; nearly every “thing” has a form over which the “thing” is overlaid – through which the “thing” functions. The stories we tell also have a skeleton. Does your story ask a question? That is one of the most important pieces of story architecture.

Christopher Farnsworth (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): In Christopher Farnsworth’s Blood Oath (Putnam), Zach Barrows is an ambitious young White House staffer whose career takes an unexpected turn when he’s partnered with Nathaniel Cade, a secret agent sworn to protect the President. But Cade is no ordinary civil servant — he’s a vampire.

Zach Dundas (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): A lifelong sports fan, Zach Dundas asks: What happened to the fun, loudmouthed, down-and-dirty sporting culture he always loved? In The Renegade Sportsman (Riverhead), Dundas scours the underground to find the games, fans, and “athletes” not highlighted in the sports pages.

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You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.

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