Events

Highlands Ranch: Local author Christie Barnes, founder of paranoidparentsguide.com, will discuss and sign her new book The Paranoid Parents Guide ($14.95 HCI). As a parent of triplets plus one, Barnes surveyed parents around the country and found that 75 percent of them worried about “everything” when it came to their kids. She found that most parents are wasting their time and energy worrying about the wrong things (kidnapping, bullying, stranger danger…). In her new book, Barnes arms parents with the facts and helps them enjoy parenthood more, allowing their kids to develop the healthy traits of resiliency, independence, and good decision-making that are essential, yet lacking in today’s society. Barnes gives parents a much-needed reality check, opens their eyes to the real dangers likely to befall their kids (car accidents, unintentional poisoning, suffocation), and offers simple, effective tips to prevent them. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

Colfax Avenue: Local author Stephanie Barron, a.k.a. Francine Mathews, will read from and sign her new Jane Austen Mystery, Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron ($15.00 Random House. The restorative power of the ocean brings Jane Austen and her beloved brother Henry to Brighton after Henry’s wife is lost to a long illness. But the crowded, glittering resort is far from peaceful, especially when the lifeless body of a beautiful young society miss is discovered in the bedchamber of none other than George Gordon—otherwise known as Lord Byron. As a poet and a seducer of women, Byron has carved out a shocking reputation for himself—but no one would ever accuse him of being capable of murder. Now it falls to Jane to pursue this puzzling investigation and discover just how “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” Byron truly is. And she must do so without falling victim to the charming versifier’s legendary charisma, lest she, too, become a cautionary example for the ages. Visit Stephanie Barron’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com