As part of our countdown to Readers & ‘ritas 2018, our Meet the Author interviews help you get to know the authors joining us in Texas on November 9-11. Read on to get acquainted with Shannon K. Butcher, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. Be sure to include the book title. BLOOD BOND, book 10 of the Sentinel Wars, is about Justice—a lonely woman with no past—finding her future in the arms of a man who both terrifies and intrigues her. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? I’d want to hang out with Winnifred Archer, my socially awkward, nerdy heroine from the anthology THE SECRET SHE KEEPS, because she’s my people. We’d probably hang out at her favorite coffee shop and talk about modern day storytelling and character generation. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Usually, music is the thing that starts the ball rolling for me. It’s so emotional, which is the way I like to write. Once I have an idea for how…

We’ve got the new and the “leaving” or your last chance to watch on Hulu. So pull up your calendar and get ready for the streaming! Below is the full list of everything new coming to the streamer in the month of November, and everything going away. New on Hulu in November November 1 10 to Midnight (1983) 28 Days Later (2002) 2001 Maniacs (2005) The Accused (1988) The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) Albert (2016) Alice (1990) Amelie (2001) Bachelor Party (1984) Barbie: Mariposa and Her Butterfly Fairy Friends (2008) Barbie The Pearl Princess (2014) The Big Lebowski (1998) The Birdcage (1997) Benny & Joon (1993) Blue Chips (1994) Boo 2! A Medea Halloween (2017) Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999) Carnage Park (2016) De-Lovely (2004) Death Wish (1974) Death Wish 3 (1985) Death Wish IV: The Crackdown (1987) Desperate Hours (1990) Diamonds are Forever (1971) Die Another Day (2002) Dr. No (1962) Dysfunktional Family (2003) Existenz (1999) The Faculty (1998) A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012) A Fistful of Dynamite (1972) For Your Eyes Only (1981) Four Rooms (1995) From Russia with Love (1964) Gloria (2014) Goldeneye (1995) Goldfinger (1964) Guns of the Magnificent Seven…

Are you ready for Amazon Prime‘s November 2018 slate, which is featuring everything from Christmas with the Kranks to Cruel Intentions, where Reese met Ryan (just saying). November 1 21 2001 Maniacs Alice Assault on Precinct 13 Candyman: Day of the Dead Child’s Play Christmas with the Kranks Cruel Intentions De-Lovely Desperate Hours Die Another Day Duck, You Sucker (A Fistful of Dynamite) Excalibur Guns of the Magnificent Seven Hostel Hostel: Part II Jacob’s Ladder Leaving Las Vegas Like Water Little Man Tate Little Odessa Lord of War Made Making Contact (Joey) Michael Clayton Mr. Bean’s Holiday Mulholland Falls My Girl Terms of Endearment The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Adventures of Tintin The Birdcage The Living Daylights The Magnificent Seven Ride! The Mexican The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) The World Is Not Enough Thursday Night Football: Oakland Raiders vs. San Francisco 49ers Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Weird Science November 2 Homecoming—Season 1 (Prime Original series) WonderNovember 3 Kick-Ass November 8 Thursday Night Football: Carolina Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers November 9 Beat—Season 1 (Prime Original series) Little Big Awesome—Season 1b (Prime Original series) Patriot—Season 2 (Prime Original…

Ready for what Netflix has in store for November? Set your calendar now! From the final season of House of Cards to new The Great British Baking Show episodes to A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding, here’s every movie and TV show coming in November. November 1 Angela’s Christmas Bram Stoker’s Dracula Bring It On: In It to Win It Cape Fear Children of Men Close Encounters of the Third Kind Cloverfield Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Doctor Strange Fair Game (Director’s Cut) Follow This—Part one From Dusk Till Dawn Good Will Hunting Jet Li’s Fearless Julie & Julia Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles—Part one National Lampoon’s Animal House Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Planet Hulk Scary Movie 2 Scary Movie 3 Sex and the City: The Movie Sixteen Candles Stink! The English Patient The Judgement The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Transcendence Vaya November 2 Brainchild House of Cards—Season six ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black The Holiday Calendar The Other Side of the Wind They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead Trolls: The Beat Goes On!—Season four November 3 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil November 4 Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean:…

I’ve always been a sucker for that first “cute-meet” scene in a romance story. You know, when the hero and heroine first make eye contact and magic happens? Well, it didn’t quite happen that way in Wolf Rising, Book 8 in the SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team Series. That’s because werewolf/SWAT Officer Jayden Brooks was too busy that first meeting saving high school teacher Selena Rosa from one of her former students who’d dropped out to join a gang. Brooks had to tackle Selena to the floor to keep her from being shot, which left her a little woozy. At least that seems to be the reason the normally fiery woman is so out of it. Their second meeting in the dayroom of the Dallas SWAT compound was much more “cute-meet.” As you can see from the excerpt below, this second meeting does go well, with lots of banter and sexual chemistry. This scene was so much fun to write because the two characters seemed to hit it off pretty much all on their own. I barely had to work that hard at it. I just put them in a room together and they took it from there.   Excerpt:…