New post on History With Hope - “A Weekend in Old Monmouth.” Link in Bio. #historywithhope #historymatters

Happy May! Checkout my monthly newsletter and enter to win the Irish Eyes audiobook. Contest closes at midnight EDT tonight.

Celebrating the IRISH EYES audiobook launch @tantoraudio with a giveaway: 3 copies of the audiobook on Spotify to 3 winners. To enter, subscribe to my History With Hope newsletter on Substack. Giveaway closes May 1 at midnight ET. Link in Bio. #bookgiveaway #audiobook #irisheyesbook #tantoraudio

Happy Audiobook Birthday to IRISH EYES, out from @tantoraudio.bsky.social TODAY (3/31)! Enjoy this gorgeous book trailer and then get IRISH EYES on Apple, Audible, Kobo, Google, Spotify and wherever audiobooks are sold! Link in Bio. #audiobook #booklaunch #histfic vimeo.com/1178558100

Tomorrow 3/31 - IRISH EYES releases in audiobook! #histfic #audiobook #bookbirthday

Last night at Catsbury Park Book Club was purr-fect in every way! We chatted all things IRISH EYES while snuggling adorable, adoptable cats. Doesn’t get any better. #cats #bookclub #histfic #adoptdontbuy

115 years ago, on March 25, 1911, 146 women and girls died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in lower Manhattan. The public outcry, and protests by the Ladies’ Garment Workers, resulted in the workplace reforms we enjoy today. Link in bio. #rememberthetrianglefire #historywithhope #wga

This month in my History With Hope newsletter, I explore the grassroots origins of Women’s History Month. #womenshistory #historymatters #historywithhope tinyurl.com/3hd8ft36

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! www.tiktok.com/t/ZThKmwubG/ #irisheyes #stpatricksday #irisheyesaresmiling

Last night celebrating the launch of The Sisters of Book Row with author Shelley Noble and the @thesaltybookworm.bsky.social at Thunder Road Books. Signed copies of Shelley’s and my books (Irish Eyes and Stardust) are available in the store. Go get ‘em! #bookbirthday #booksky #newrelease #histfic

Tonight! I’ll be in convo with @shelleynoble.bsky.social chatting about her terrific new #histfic novel, The Sisters of Book Row. The fun starts at 6pm at Thunder Road Books in Spring Lake NJ - join us!

After 90 years as a museum, and nearly 200 years as a house, a Lower East Side Manhattan treasure spills the tea on a new-to-us secret. open.substack.com/pub/hopectar...

Save the date! ✍️

Get IRISH EYES for #99cents on #kindle. #bookbub #histfic #sale

Chiming in late on this 1-1-1 day to wish everyone a peaceful, prosperous and healthy 2026. 🎊🥳🥂

Check out my latest History With Hope Substack and join me for a behind the scenes tour of NYC’s iconic Plaza Hotel decked out for the holidays. Link in Bio. #liveliketheplaza #theplaza #historywithhope

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. #christmaseve #twasthenightbeforechristmas #christmas2025

Happy Book Birthday to historical thriller author, Max Eastern! Ever since I wrote STARDUST, I've been obsessed with all things #WW2. Eastern's RED SNOW IN WINTER is at the very top of my #TBR pile. 📖🎂

Before there was Andrew Lloyd Weber, there was Hoagy Carmichael, composer of more than 50 hit songs starting with STARDUST. Check out my History with Hope Substack on the amazing Mr. C and enter to win a signed paperback copy of The Versailles Formula by @nancycb.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5cb8tans

The Mt Washington Hotel, site of the Bretton Woods Con of 1944 and reputedly super haunted. Also, congrats to Marilyn Berkman, winner of my Oct book giveaway: AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction by @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & Andrea Janes @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social

Celebrating Spooky Season with a book giveaway: America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction by writer pal leannareneehieber.bsky.social co-written with Andrea Janes! Deets in my Substack. Hurry, contest closes 10/30! open.substack.com/pub/hopectar...

Big smoochy thanks to @saltybookworm.bsky.social for having me back to Thunder Road Books in Spring Lake NJ last Saturday. We sold a ton o’ copies of Stardust; 10 signed copies are left in store. #histfic #historicalfiction #writerlife

For a limited time, get the STARDUST ebook on #kindle for just 99cents! Link in Bio.

Thrilled to announce that both IRISH EYES and STARDUST will be avail as audiobooks via the fabulous @tantoraudio.bsky.social ! 🍾🍾 #histfic #americansongbookseries

Last Saturday’s signing at Barnes & Noble in Brick, NJ was a blast - and a great way to kick off beach read season! We sold out of IRISH EYES but there are 6 *signed* copies of STARDUST left in store.

Enjoy my latest History With Hope newsletter on "Real Clothes, Real Lives" at @nyhistory.bsky.social . open.substack.com/pub/hopectar... #historywithhope #historymatters

Join me tomorrow, Saturday June 14 when I return to my beloved Thunder Road Books to sign STARDUST - and IRISH EYES too! Bonus: the annual Spring Lake Irish Festival will be taking place too, so get your signed book and then make a day of it! Deets & directions: calendar.boomte.ch/single/tA8U1...

This week on "History With Hope," I take you inside NYC's Neue Galerie, home to Gustav Klimt's "Woman in Gold." open.substack.com/pub/hopectar... #historymatters #historywithhope

Thanks to the Racquet Readers Book Club for hosting me yesterday! We chatted all things IRISH EYES, I teased a bit of the sequel, STARDUST, and then we dined on a delicious dinner of Irish Stew and other goodies themed to the book. #bookclub #histfic

Critical praise from esteemed colleagues is the sweetest! So thrilled to receive this lovely review from author Kate Braithwaite for the Historical Novel Society.

Had such a lovely time yesterday introducing my dear friend, bestselling author Fiona Davis, at the annual luncheon of the College Club of Northern NJ. 285 guests turned out to hear Fiona speak and to support the organization’s mission: awarding educational grants to deserving young students!

Thanks to everyone who turned out for my STARDUST book signing at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side. It was a fairytale evening in every way! We sold a ton o’ books AND there are signed copies left in store.

Tonight’s the night! Join me at Barnes & Noble UWS Manhattan for a signing of my new #histfic release, STARDUST. The fun starts at 6pm. #newrelease #booktour @barnesandnoble.com

For this week’s History With Hope newsletter, I wrote about “A Librarian’s Legacy,” the wonderful exhibition on Belle da Costa Greene at The Morgan Library. hopectarr.substack.com/p/belle-da-c...

This year, as I do every year, I wrote about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911, a watershed moment in U.S. labor reform and, fitting for March as #WomensHistoryMonth, a movement helmed by women. tinyurl.com/2fm2a2ph #historywithhope #historymatters

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Learn about St. Patrick's Day 1899 in NYC and enjoy this free excerpt from IRISH EYES.

Had so much fun on Saturday signing copies of Stardust and Irish Eyes at @barnesandnoble.com in Brick NJ! Stardust sold out but there are copies of Irish Eyes left in store. #americansongbookseries #irisheyesbook #stardustbook #newrelease #booktour

Meet me in Las Vegas! So thrilled to be presenting “Reinventing the Historical Saga” at the @hnsnorthamerica.bsky.social conference at Caesars Palace this June 26-28. Bonus: I’ll be signing both Irish Eyes and Stardust at the Saturday book signing!!

Capping release week for Stardust with a sale: the Irish Eyes ebook for 99 cents! Time limited offer. #bookbub #booksale #histfic #kindle #americansongbookseries

Hi Friends! It's Release Day for STARDUST, the second book in my American Songbook series! 🍾🍾🍾 “STARDUST shines brilliantly!” - Fiona Davis, NYT bestselling author of The Stolen Queen. Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT4S3PHM Barnes & Noble: tinyurl.com/bdcwp6r5 Bookshop: tinyurl.com/57rcp2fd

In the run up to Valentine’s and Galentine’s, I had so much fun visiting with the lovely ladies of the Women of Irish Heritage Jersey Shore. I gave a talk celebrating resilience, self-belief and the enduring appeal of scrappy (Irish) underdogs.

It’s time for a Cover Reveal! Introducing STARDUST, the sequel to Irish Eyes and the next installment in my American Songbook series for @joffebooks.bsky.social 🍾🍾🍾 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾 #histfic #coverreveal #preorder #stardustbook #irisheyesbook #ww2 #historywithhope #paris @leannareneehieber.bsky.social

For a limited time - meaning I'm not exactly sure how long, probably another few days 🤣- you can get IRISH EYES on Kindle for just 99 cents. www.amazon.com/Irish-Eyes-b...

Latest brick-and-mortar bookseller where you can pick up a *signed* copy of IRISH EYES: Barnes & Noble Pikesville, MD! I continue to be awash in gratitude for the amazing response from booksellers and readers to this "little book that could."

I'm in the thick of writing the IRISH EYES sequel, and this lady is storming my story in all the best of ways. hopectarr.substack.com/p/the-fabulo...

More Poe Celebration: A deeply personal essay about his importance in helping my own Melancholia, originally for @emilyhughes.bsky.social's Unbound Worlds: tinyurl.com/LRHOnPoe ALSO, here's a neat Poe anthology series I'm part of, re-imagining The Tell-Tale Heart: tinyurl.com/LoveLTP

This week on History With Hope, John Synge, the Aran Islands, and an IRISH EYES book giveaway!

My Jan. 4 IRISH EYES book talk and signing at Barnes and Noble Book Store Upper West Side was a magical evening in every way! Enjoy the video of me in conversation with NYT bestseller, Fiona Davis and then pop into the bookstore for signed copies of IRISH EYES. hopectarr.com/2024/01/08/i...

It's Release Day for Irish Eyes, and I'm thrilled to celebrate with this smashing SURPRISE review from Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York! Find Irish Eyes wherever books are sold. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDLLDYN9/