Being an author means making things up: what irritates a character or brings her joy; how a murder is carried out; and even something as basic as a pen name (my real name is Angela M. Sanders). For BLOWN AWAY, I invented a whole town. And it was great! BLOWN AWAY features Strings Attached kite shop owner Emmy Adler in Rock Point, Oregon. I knew Rock Point would be on the coast. Thanks to ocean wind and the general lack of powerlines and trees, the beach is prime kite flying country. Since the Oregon coast is rugged, with steep cliffs and forest a stone’s throw away, I gave the town a small bay and a rocky outcropping that the town was named after. Next, I had to populate it with buildings. Naturally, I needed a lighthouse. I put it on a cliff, right above the treacherous Devil’s Playpen (also invented, and a key locale in the second book in the series, LIVE FREE OR FLY, out December 2017). I gave the town some fishermen’s shacks, a sprinkling of high-end beach houses, and a B&B in a Queen Anne house. Befitting an old town struggling to adapt to its new role…

Finding the right match for the hero and heroine is one of the toughest and most exciting parts of writing a novel. The hero of INTO THE FIRESTORM is Luke Brodie, one of my strongest, toughest, sexiest heroes. Luke, a former special forces soldier, is a bounty hunter who works at Brodie Operations Security Services, BOSS, Inc., in Seattle. A fat $600,000 is the 20% bail enforcement fee he’ll collect if he brings in international criminal, Rudy Vance. Luke is a womanizer par excellence and a dedicated bachelor. But he is also a complex man, one who has given up the idea of having a normal life. Fortunately, Emma Cassidy showed up, a strong woman in her own right, a fighter, a lady determined to achieve the goal she has set for herself–bringing a murderer to justice, a criminal who is threatening her family. Emma is also hunting Vance. It’s been almost a year since she arrived at her sister’s home to find the housekeeper murdered and her young niece the victim of Vance’s sick assault. Emma is determined to find Vance and make him pay. And no one–not even the infamous Luke Brodie–is going to stop her. I loved…

Ends February 8th! Special Book Launch Offer! Order LOST IN TIME (Book 3 in The Fine Art of Deception Series) before February 8th and you’ll get it at a special subscriber discounted price! ($2.99 instead of $4.99) You’ll also get Book 1 in The Fine Art of Deception Series with a printable bookmark and character cards — ALL FOR FREE!! And, your purchase will register you for one entry in the drawing to win the Lost in Time Grand Prize – A Peridot and Pearl Necklace! ($350 Value!) LOST IN TIME by Alyssa Richards The Fine Art of Deception #3 Searching for the answers she needs, will Addie lose everything she has? Adeline “Addie” Montgomery is searching for the truth. As she and Blake travel back to 1922, she expects her nemesis Otto is behind a string of art forgeries. The only problem is that the villain has completely disappeared. Addie must now find Otto without blowing her cover to keep the past intact, as long as a lover from a past life doesn’t get in the way… Blake Greenwood wants nothing more than to catch Otto and return to the present with Addie, the love of his life. When…

Liu Qingwu doesn’t set out to commit a crime. He only wants to sell a painting—something more substantial than the Impressionist knockoffs he flogs to tourists in front of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the lucrative commission he receives from a Chelsea art dealer is more complicated than he initially realizes. Liu has been hired to create not an homage to Andrew Cantrell’s modernist masterpiece, Elegy, but a forgery that will sell for millions. The painting will change the lives of everyone associated with it—Liu, a Chinese immigrant still reeling from his wife’s recent departure; Caroline, a gallery owner intent on saving her aunt’s legacy; Molly, her perceptive assistant; and Harold, a Taiwanese businessman with an ethical dilemma on his hands. Weaving together their stories with that of Cantrell and the inspiration for his masterpiece, Wendy Lee’s intricate, multilayered novel explores the unique fascination of great art and the lengths to which some are driven to create it—and to possess it. Lee e-chats with Writing a Woman’s Life columnist Yona Zeldis McDonough and reveals the ways in which her writing expresses the things she holds dearest. About Wendy Lee Wendy Lee is the author of the novels Across…

From as far back as I can remember, reading in my youth or reading books today, I’ve always loved stories about the supernatural and magical worlds. Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll made me love unique and mischievous characters. After reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, I became fascinated with portals leading to other worlds. It was stories like these that inspired the Mystik world in my Library Jumpers series. Hidden behind bookcases in some of the most beautiful libraries in the world lies a magical realm hidden for centuries from humans. In the Library Jumpers series, wizards, with help from the fey nation, created the Mystik realm to protect creatures with unique exteriors and magical abilities from human persecution. It was to house havens where the Mystiks could live in peace, but with all good things, evil festers and finds a way to destroy what is good. The magic faltered and splintered until the many havens and Mystik places became separated like islands. The fey created the gateway books for the wizards to make travel to the individual havens and villages quicker and easier to access. As time went by, the gateway books were…

Hello Fresh Fiction readers! I’m so excited to be bringing you more dangerously sexy bachelors. If you love a dash of suspense mixed in with your steamy romance, then this series is perfect for you. The best thing is, the books in this series can be read in any order. So if you’re new, don’t worry! You’re fine to jump in here. Set in New York City, each book follows a member of the Cobalt & Dane private security company. In this book we see the heads of the company, Logan Dane and Addison Cobalt, go head to head. They have a tangled past, a deep friendship and a whole lot of messy, sexy feelings. “MR. DANGEROUSLY SEXY by Stefanie London is the fourth and final instalment of The Dangerous Bachelors Club series and in my opinion, the best of the bunch…a sassy, exciting, passionate story about two people who are headstrong, determined, and independent, but also afraid of opening themselves up to love and all that it entails. A thoroughly enjoyable read.” – Books Of All Kinds Excerpt Logan Dane leaned against the door frame to his partner’s office, a smirk tugging at his lips. Any chance to throw…

WICKED COWBOY CHARM by Carolyn Brown Lucky Penny Ranch #4 ONE BLIZZARD, ONE BUNKHOUSE, AND A WHOLE LOTTA TROUBLE . . . Josie Dawson is new in town, but it doesn’t take a local to know that Deke Sullivan is trouble–in a smokin’ hot package. He’s sweet, sexy, and has charmed just about every woman in Dry Creek, Texas. Well, Josie won’t be next. She’ll keep her distance, even if he is great with babies and makes a mean cup of homemade hot chocolate. Deke Sullivan really is a one-woman type of guy. He just had to do a lot of looking to find that one woman. Now he thinks he’s found her and he won’t let a strong, sassy gal like Josie slip away. Just when he’s wondering how to convince her he only has eyes for her, they get stranded in a tiny cabin during a major blizzard. If Deke can melt her heart before they dig out of the snow, he’ll be the luckiest cowboy in Texas . . . Romance Western | Romance Contemporary [Forever, On Sale: January 31, 2017, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781455534968 / eISBN: 9781455534982] Buy WICKED COWBOY CHARM: Amazon.com | Kindle |…

One of my favorite things to read are summer romances! When we’re out of our comfort zone, in a beautiful (or even strange) new place and along comes that one boy who completes that perfect trip. *swoons* But does it happen in real life? Well, I mean we’re not always lucky enough to find the perfect guy every time we head to the beach, but travelling sure does seem to lead to a crush or two (or three). We fall in love with the world around us when we travel. We learn more about ourselves. And we open our hearts so much more easily! I remember my most crush filled vacation was in high school, when I went to the beach with one of my best friend’s and her family. I was away from home, in a beautiful place, away from family and with one of the most flirtatious girl’s I’ve ever met (love you, Karissa ;). I really didn’t have much of a choice but to meet a few cute boys… or twenty. On the boardwalk in Ocean City Maryland, every boy we passed was a new potential romance, and we met several of them! We even kept a…