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Marie Harte | Author-Reader Match: BETWEEN BLOODE AND WATER
Author Guest / March 1, 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 you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Marie Harte! Writes: Romance with heat, snarky humor, and band of brothers, heroes with low angst. There’s always a happily-ever-after, few tears, and a lot of banter with fun heroines and sexy heroes. Whether it be firefighters in Seattle or vampires taking mates, the romance is always steamy and satisfying. About: Coffee addict who loves all things romance, thinks there are such things as stupid questions, and will never, ever go into a haunted sanitarium after dark or jump off a cliff for fun. A huge fan of work smarter, not harder. Too lazy to research and write historicals. Thought about writing an inspirational love story but got as far as “Oh, God, yes,” in a sex scene and figured that was as inspirational as I could get. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match for BETWEEN BLOODE AND WATER: Has a snarky sense of humor Loves vampires, especially those who can swim Enjoys the camaraderie of six murderous blood-drinkers annoying one…

Kari Lee Harmon | A New Series – Coldwater Cove
Author Guest / March 1, 2022

Hi, everyone, I’m so glad to be here today. It’s March! The month of spring. I don’t know about you all, but I have had enough of being isolated. Between winter and covid, the days seem to drag on endlessly. I, for one, am ready for a fresh start. It’s a new year, full of new possibilities, and brand-new books! DARK SEAS (Coldwater Cove book 1) comes out on March 8th. The book takes place in a fictional little fishing village called Coldwater Cove in Maine. I’ve never lived in Maine, but I’m fascinated by the majestic state. I love the rugged coastline and cliffs, the powerful ocean, the quaint towns, the harbors filled with fishing boats, and the lighthouses. Maine lends itself as the perfect backdrop for a suspenseful book. I set Coldwater Cove to border Canada, with Nova Scotia right across the bay. With so much of Maine being remote, there aren’t enough border patrol agents to plug all the holes. Inspection stations and checkpoints are so spread out that many sections are unmanned for hours. Even with cameras and motion sensors in place, if an illegal immigrant, trafficker, arms dealer, or terrorist slipped through and was seen,…

Sarah L. Hudson Interview – RomComs, Elvis, and Alphaholes
Author Guest / March 1, 2022

How would you describe the dynamic between the two main characters in A LITTLE MOORE ACTION? Chase Moore seems like your typical playful playboy which, at first, rankles Campbell King, who is in New York for work and redemption. So there is a give and take between the two main characters that screams attraction, but Bell is set on fighting it. Chase… not so much. Your book is described as a rom-com. Do you enjoy reading and watching rom-coms as well as writing them? I ask because a few writers have said that what they like to read and what they like to write isn’t always the same thing. Rom-Coms are my bread and butter. To read and to watch. I’ve been told I’m too empathetic, so if I watch or read something angsty, I’m a drama llama for days. Don’t even get me started when I lost a whole night’s sleep after a particular episode of Game of Thrones and couldn’t stop crying (it was also the last episode that I watched). So it’s better for everyone that I like to entertain myself with things that make me happy. Though I do love a good drama-filled BL manga (it’s…

Jen Comfort Interview – THE ASTRONAUT AND THE STAR
Author Guest , Interviews / March 1, 2022

Danielle Jackson: Welcome to Fresh Fiction, Jen! We are so glad to have you hear and chat about your new book, THE ASTRONAUT AND THE STAR. What are three words/phrases you think best describe your book?   Jen Comfort:  funny, nerdy, and “horny” (the latter is according to the starred Library Journal review, and I am very proud she got away with that description in the official tagline!)   First things first, I love a grumpy sunshine pairing. But what I love more is when the female main character is the grump, and the male main character is the sunshine! Reggie and Jon are this to a T! What appealed to you about this grumpy/sunshine, opposites attract setup?   Jen:  The original premise for this book was that it was a gender-flipped take on I Dream of Jeannie, which I watched a lot of growing up (I was just a very indoor child without many cool hobbies). In the show, there’s this grumpy, workaholic astronaut named Tony who gets saddled with the cheerful, chaos-causing magic Jeannie—a character who could be the blueprint for the “manic pixie dream girls” of our time. Since my absolute favorite thing to do is play,…