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Michelle Hillen Klump | Author-Reader Match: A DASH OF DEATH
Author Guest / February 7, 2022

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors as a reader you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Michelle Hillen Klump!   Writes:   Cozy mysteries set in the heart of a big city that go down like a smooth cocktail. A DASH OF DEATH features Samantha Warren, a former newspaper reporter turned mixologist who gets mixed up in a murder investigation while serving custom cocktails at a Houston, Texas-based historic home tour. When a party guest drops dead after sipping one of her cocktails, Samantha is afraid “the jigger is up” on her bar tending career. She must use her investigative skills to find the killer and clear her name. But when the killer strikes a second time, Samantha must learn to trust her instincts, or face her own bitter end.   About: A born-and-bred Texan who loves to talk up Houston to anyone who will listen, my interests include: cocktail making and cocktail drinking, baking complicated recipes that taste great but look like they belong in a Nailed It highlight reel, and exploring different nooks and crannies…

Sara Rosett | 20 Questions: MURDER AT THE MANSIONS
Author Guest / February 7, 2022

  1–What is the title of your latest release? Murder at the Mansions   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A block of flats in 1920s London has all the modern conveniences . . . including murder. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The main character, Olive, has just moved into a service flat in London—think Whitehaven Mansions in the Poirot television show, and you’ll have a good idea of what I pictured as her new home. I read up on service flats and decided it would be a great setting for Olive’s next adventure. I’d written several country house mysteries in the series. Why not a mystery set in her new flat? The setting brought together a mix of characters with secrets and interesting backstories. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes! I can see us going to tea at Harrods then Olive could give me a tour of London. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Determined, optimistic, energetic 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I discovered all sorts of interesting things about service flats and well as trains. Olive has to chase…

Bonnie Vanak Interview – Writing in a Continuity Series
Author Guest , Interviews / February 7, 2022

As an avid romance reader, I see these “Colton” books advertised everywhere, and I know they’re not all written by the same author. What’s the deal? Do the same group of characters show up in each book? Does each work as a standalone? The Colton books are known as continuities, usually a series of about six to twelve books. Each continuity features a family branch of Coltons and each book is written by a different author. We are given guidelines to write the book. Usually characters from previous books do make appearances in the subsequent books. For example, Colton 911: Chicago, Under Suspicion, is my book. It’s Book 12 in the continuity. Sean from Book 1 is friends with Harry, the hero of my book. Sean and his wife January make a few guest appearances in Under Suspicion. I do know my book can be read as a standalone, but it’s more fulfilling to read the previous 11 books in that particular continuity. How would you describe your latest book in the series, Colton 911: Under Suspicion? Would you say there is an equal amount of action, mystery, and romance – or does one dominate more than the other? In…