Alysa Salzberg's blog

As of today, my new novel, Wolves and Brioches , is available in paperback and Kindle formats on Amazon sites worldwide. I can't express how excited I am to type these words. I got the idea for Wolves and Brioches  when I was in the final months of editing Hearts at Dawn  and getting it ready for publication. I knew I was going to miss working on Hearts at Dawn , to put it mildly.  Novel writing is rarely, if ever, easy, but there are so many moments of magic in it. Knowing I had another novel to work on was exciting -- and comforting.   Wolves and Brioches  was inspired by a few things. For one, I had been reading lots of fairy tales to my son at bedtime, and so many versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" end with the wolf getting stones sewn into his stomach and dying an agonizing death.   Sure, you could say he deserved it. I mean, he tried to kill at least two innocent people. But the stone thing sort of sat wrong with me. It seemed excessively cruel...

Two days ago, I shared the cover of my novel Wolves and Brioches , which will be available in paperback and Kindle format on December 1.  Now, here's a look at the back cover of the paperback version -- but first, here's what Wolves and Brioches is about: ~~ Paris, 1765. When Odette de l’Estoile breaks into her uncle’s library, she meets an elegantly dressed wolf sitting in an armchair and reading a book. They quickly become best friends.   Louis is no ordinary wolf, as you might have guessed. But unlike the rest of his family, he doesn’t take joy in tricking anyone and he doesn’t particularly cherish his ancestors’ exploits involving three pigs or a girl in a red cape.   Odette doesn’t have an easy life with her family, either. Powerful magicians, the de l’Estoiles generally sneer at her, since she’s only half magic, not to mention entirely forbidden from learning any spells.   Still, the two friends find plenty to enjoy in Paris, including theater-going, soirées w...