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 L.P. Maxa, 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. HEART STOPPING is an alpha shifter’s steamy second chance at love with a little murder and mayhem added in. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? My hands down favorite character is Brody from SANCTUARY. He is a cocky, hilarious surfer with a heart made of pure gold. And if he was real, I’d get him to teach me to surf. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? I listen to music because song lyrics tend to jump start my brain. Music is so personal, and it can strike a lot of cords at once. Memories, feelings, and ideas kind of morph into one thought and then off I go. Which part of Readers & ‘ritas are…

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 JoAnna Grace, 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. DIVIDED WE FALL leads readers deep into the dark, tortured mind of Tyrone, a leopard shape-shifter, as he battles the beast within to conquer his surrounding enemies. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? I would love to meet Amilynn from The Blake Pride series. We could spend a day at the gun range letting her teach some mad skills. Then hop on out to the dance floor and have some fun. And, honestly, I would love to pet a leopard without fear of being catnip. LOL. Ryse, from Divine Chronicles is a close second…and I would make Avery not like me very much. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Reading, music, or travel! It amazes…

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 New York Times bestselling fantasy romance author C.L. Wilson, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. In THE SEA KING, love wars with duty when a gorgeous, sea-mage prince sent to woo and wed a powerful weathermage princess finds himself inexplicably drawn to the weakest of three magical sisters, a woman whose secret, true magic is a legendary power that shocks them all, but when pirates steal away the three princesses, Dilys must race against time and draw upon all the vast power of the oceans to rescue his beloved. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? I’d probably choose to meet Rain Tairen Soul and go flying on tairen-back and visit the Fading Lands, especially the gorgeous white and gold city, Dharsa (the Fey capital), the enchanting woodland city Elverial, and the ivory towers of Kreppes…and maybe…

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 USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. In THE HOLLOW OF FEAR, when the man she loves is accused of murder, Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, goes undercover to learn the truth. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? Most definitely Iolanthe Seabourne, the powerful elemental mage from the Elemental trilogy, my YA fantasy. And I would ask her to please bring down a thunderbolt, while summoning all the other four elements, too! What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Alas, nothing. My ideas come very slowly and usually at the cost of a lot of words thrown away. Which part of Readers & ‘ritas are you most excited about?  Brownies? I become a dessert fiend when I leave my house, and conference lunches often have brownies. 😀 And…

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 A.S. Fenichel, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. In A LADY’S ESCAPE, Millie’s first assignment with the Everton Domestic Society is to find the Duke of Middleton a wife, but when she succeeds it will break both of their hearts. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? Markus from A LADY’S HONOR. It took me many years to gain enough courage to write about losing a spouse. I’d like to sit and talk and maybe apologize for hurting him so. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? The best is when some writer friends get together and start tossing ideas back and forth. One can lead to the next and then the magic happens. Which part of Readers & ‘ritas are you most excited about?  Having lunch with the readers. I’ve never…

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 author Cooper McKenzie, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. DAYDREAMS AND FANTASIES is a hot, sexy short story collection of six stories that include fantasies, daydreams, and dirty thoughts of hot, sexy men. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? Currently, I would love to meet Ramsey “Ram” Beckett, the hero of How to Romance a Writer, my current WIP (work in progress). I’d like to have him take me on a motorcycle ride, and like Eden Hall, help me overcome my fear of big motorcycles, and their riders. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Waiting…whether it be at an appointment, getting my car serviced, before a first matinee at the movie theater, nothing seems to get my juices flowing better than being alone, away from home, with paper and pens….

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 author and voice actor Kylie Stewart, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. A girl with broken wings, a boy who longs to heal her, and the unconditional love between them. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? I would have to bring Arthur/Avalon from my Legend Series to life, because he’s THE king and I could ask him all of the history questions … and then some. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? My Pandora station – usually Enya station or Epic Orchestra remakes of popular songs. Which part of Readers & ‘ritas are you most excited about?  I’m so excited about the panels and speakers. I love learning all that I can from people in the industry and hearing their journey. We’re all romantics here, so we need to know—what is…

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 #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. LEOPARD’S RUN is an erotic shapeshifter, action/adventure thriller. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? It would be Ivory from DARK SLAYER. I would love to ask her where she gets her strength and discuss her love of animals. I would talk to her about the beautiful home she made from nothing. She is strong in so many ways, which intrigues me. I think she’d be interesting to meet in person. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Though anything might encourage my creativity, I think that just sitting still, thinking about the character, and getting to know their past, their conflict, and the way they think and feel inspires me the most. Once I know the character, I…

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 Mika Jolie, and purchase your ticket to meet her in person at Readers & ‘ritas! Pitch us your newest book in one sentence. LAYLA’S CHANCE which is appearing in the Reckless anthology, releasing on November 8, is a May December Fling-to-Forever steamy novel between a lawyer and a hot bearded rock star. If you could meet one of your characters in real life, who would you choose and what would you do? This isn’t a fair question. LOL. I’d have to say Chance from LAYLA’S CHANCE. I’d love to sit down with him and just vibe. Dean is a close second. I think he and I would laugh all day. What gets your creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming a new story? Music for sure. Usually there’s a song that resonates with the WIP I’m working on. Typically, I’ll put that song on repeat. Which part of Readers & ‘ritas are you most excited about?  Last year was such an awesome experience. My favorite part…

In the vanity mirror of her old bathroom, Helena caught sight of her naked torso and wished she hadn’t. She’d known her body looked bad. But it was so much worse than she’d imagined. Water rained from the showerhead, ringing against the old claw-foot tub, a sound that should’ve comforted her for its familiarity, but it didn’t. Not now. Not staring at the disaster that was her body. Her skin bore witness to the brutality she’d suffered at the hands of the Sisters. Thick scars. Jagged scars. Smooth scars. Sunken-in hollows. Disfiguring and ghastly to look upon. The top of her left breast had a fat, puckered mark from one of the Sisters trying to bury a screwdriver in her heart. Dizziness came over her. The world distorted, fading out of focus until the only thing visible was the mess of her flesh. Every damaged piece of skin flamed to life, burning and itching in an I-won’t-ever-let-you-forget of epic proportions. She turned and looked over her shoulder at her back in the mirror. The ability to breathe stopped. Both sides bore dozens, maybe hundreds, of scars from the gang shanking she’d endured. The raised, angry skin looked like a grotesque…