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Robin Bielman | My Book/Movie/TV Boyfriend Kissing Booth
Author Guest / May 23, 2013

I’ve never actually been to a Kissing Booth, I’ve just written about one in my new sweet and sexy romance, KISSING THE MAID OF HONOR. I mean what better place for a romance to start than with a kiss on a high school baseball field with one of the star players? Five bucks well spent, right? Uh, not when the boy humiliates the girl and breaks her heart. Fast-forward ten years and Sela and Luke are all grown up and the maid of honor and best man. But some things are hard to forget and despite the crazy-ass attraction between Sela and Luke, there’s this little piece of their past meddling with their present. That’s all I’m going to say about their kissing booth, though, because today I want to talk about the perfect kissing booth. Or as I like to call it… My Book/Movie/TV Boyfriend Kissing Booth. What? You guys have never dreamed about what hot guy you’d like to smooch in a kissing booth? Okay, so maybe I’ve got the whole kissing booth thing on the brain and I’ve recently given some extra thought to the matter. But now that I’ve introduced you to the idea, I’m hopeful…

Leah Rae Miller | Nerding out is for everyone
Author Guest / May 23, 2013

I remember this one time, when the first Harry Potter film came out. It was a midnight showing and I’d spent weeks practically building a witch’s hat. It was wonky, crooked, and black like the ones I’d seen in images released early of the film. And after all that work and passion I poured into that hat, I still feared that people would point and laugh at me at the theater. But that didn’t happen. Kids wanted me to cast spells on them with my homemade wand that my husband whittled out of a piece of wood and they asked me if I was a witch, to which I replied, “Why, yes, I am.” When they asked me that and I answered with what I did, I felt my nerdish self cement itself. I started analyzing my nerdy-self. I grew up on comic books. I learned to read with comic books. My brother was a huge comic fan. He’d read the boy parts and I’d read the girl parts. Comics became a part of me, of who I am today. So, when I sat down to write a new book, I tapped into that aspect of myself. I took a…

Jeannie Lin | Favorite Tropes Featured in THE SWORD DANCER
Author Guest / May 23, 2013

Two of my great loves are sweeping historical romances and martial arts adventures like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” My current release, THE SWORD DANCER, is a mash-up between the two. A story featuring a famous thief-catcher chasing a sword dancer across ancient China might seem like quite a departure from your standard romance, but at the core of it are some beloved tropes which is why THE SWORD DANCER was so much fun to write. The Bathtub Scene At one point, Li Feng, my feisty sword dancer, confronts Thief-catcher Han in a bath house. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen the sexy bath scene in historical romance. She walks in on him, he spies on her…It serves the dual purpose of providing sexy times while also reminding us that our heroes and heroines, despite living in the 9th century, are indeed fresh and clean. Dating Catwoman “We conducted our courtship on rooftops and fire escapes. A strange flirtation, a hide and seek, a game of cat and mouse…” — Catwoman, Whatever Happened to The Caped Crusader? The hero and heroine of THE SWORD DANCER are on opposite sides of the law. Sometimes they’re at odds, sometimes they’ve…

Samantha Grace | Lady Vivian Defies a Duke: Insider Secrets
Author Guest / May 23, 2013

Hi, everyone! I’m Samantha Grace, author of the regency historical romance LADY VIVIAN DEFIES A DUKE, and it’s great to be at Fresh Fiction today. I don’t know about you, but I love behind the scenes looks at upcoming movies, TV shows, and books. It’s fun to learn a bit of trivia while checking out the newest releases, even though I’m horrible at any type of trivia games. (Seriously, never pick me to be on your team for Trivial Pursuit!) Today I thought I’d reveal a few secrets about the last book in my Beau Monde Bachelor series, and give you insider information on what comes next. 1. LADY VIVIAN DEFIES A DUKE is a stand-alone story. If you’ve never read one of my books, you can still pick up this one and not feel lost. In fact, all my books can be read in any order, even though some people prefer to start with the first book. I like to read a complete love story all wrapped up with a bow. The first regency historical romances I ever read were part of Johanna Lindsey’s Mallory series. I read them in whatever order I could find them and I never…

Spotlight on Andrew Peterson
Author Spotlight / May 23, 2013

Meet Nathan McBride Nathan McBride, #1  KindleAmazon Audible   Ten years ago, a botched mission in Nicaragua ended covert ops specialist Nathan McBride’s CIA career. Now he utilizes his unique skill set in the private sector—until the night Frank Ortega, former director of the FBI, calls in a favor. A deep-cover federal agent has vanished, along with a ton of Semtex explosives, and Ortega needs them found—fast. Because for him, this mission is personal: the missing agent is his grandson. And Nathan McBride is the only man he trusts to save him. But it quickly becomes clear that something bigger than even Ortega could have imagined is at stake. Within days of accepting the assignment, McBride finds himself trapped between a ruthless adversary hell-bent on revenge and a group of high-ranking federal officials who will stop at nothing to reap their own brand of justice. Here there are no rules, no protocol, no backup. Only McBride… Kindle | Amazon | Audible Can’t Get Enough of Nathan McBride? “Part Jack Reacher, part Jason Bourne, Nathan McBride is a compelling, conflicted hero. Option to Kill is a masterful thrill ride. Definitely one for your keeper shelf – I couldn’t put it down.”…