1–What is the title of your latest release? ALWAYS ON MY MIND 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The nerdy science professor and the social butterfly… The darling of the Bishop family is back in Magnolia Sound. But not by choice. When her homecoming doesn’t go quiet as planned, Parker goes on the hunt for a place to stay – and spots a flier with a familiar name. Meanwhile, Professor Ethan Harlow simply wanted a roommate to help with expenses. What he got was the girl with the big personality that he remembered from school who was turning his quiet world upside down. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Since this is book ten in my Magnolia Sound series, that was the easy part! Lol! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I think I would. Parker’s everybody’s friend and super easy to chat with. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Quiet, brilliant, thorough 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned about the day spa business and the importance of wall colors! It was kind of fascinating 7–Do you edit as you draft or…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SUMMER AT STALLION RIDGE. Harlequin HQN, comes out March 29th. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Can two old friends rekindle the spark that brought them together even though their pasts are littered with land mines? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted a small fictional Texas town similar to the one where I grew up so I created Last Ride, Texas, a ranching town filled with colorful characters and hot cowboys. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes, I would. Emory designs and makes wedding dresses, and she has a lot of interesting clients. Added to that, she has a great sense of humor. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Hot, tough, loyal 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned a lot about making wedding dresses and just how much work goes into them. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I usually wait until I’m done to edit. I’m a plotter so I plow through the first draft and then do a major polish. 8–What’s your…

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 Debbie Johnson! Writes: I write books about the kinds of women you’d want to be friends with – the apparently ordinary ones who are actually incredibly special! We all know women like that, right? In fact maybe you even are one! I’m always fascinated by the ups and downs of life, how we overcome adversity, by our resilience, by the strength we find even when we think we’re running on empty. Broadly speaking, you could say I write love stories – but not just love stories in the traditional sense, I have a lot of fun exploring female friendships, the ways we find our own communities, the families we were born with and the families we build for ourselves. About: I’m a mother of three kids, one of whom is technically an adult, and the dog-mama of my two best friends (they have four legs and are covered in fur). I am both outgoing and quiet, depending on my mood – life and soul…

In RILEY, your heroine Regina is threatened by some unknown creep. In some romantic suspense books I’ve read, the author gives the perspective of the unknown villain, in addition to the hero and heroine’s. Do you do that in your book? In most of them, yes. RILEY was written as a category romances ages ago, and back then, we were only allowed two perspectives. Once I left category, I had more freedom, and I love exploring the “bad guys” in depth. Additionally, sometimes the bad guys aren’t so bad. Sometimes they redeem themselves, or they soften – and occasionally those changes happen without my input. I’m very much guided by my characters. The way I create a story is that I sit down and start writing and the characters do what they want. shrug So far, it’s worked for me, thank goodness. When things happen, I’m often as surprised as the reader.   Is it difficult maintaining the tension or threat of danger throughout the book? Do you try to evenly balance the action and suspense with the romance and one or two lighter moments? Again, honestly, I don’t know how any of it works. I don’t deliberately set up…

What inspired you to write this story? It kind of hit me in one of those “bolt of lightning” moments. I realized I probably had more in common with Mary Bennet than Lizzy. Not super into formal balls? Yup. Awkward about new people? Definitely. Once I started looking closer at Mary, I saw someone who was desperately trying to figure out her place and just totally unsure of how to go about that. I mean, same, girl. My Mary – Marnie Barnes – came sidling into my brain fully formed, and I had to write her story.   Is it difficult to balance making a character realistically flawed while still making them the hero of their own story? I’ve read books or watched films in which the writer clearly wanted to make the main character very “real”, but never let them catch a break. For a lot of people life is a series of minor tragedies and victories. Ha! Yes, it is! The fact is, I was starting with who Mary was in P&P as my jumping off point. She couldn’t be too charming or confident or warm at the beginning or she wouldn’t be Mary. Marnie makes a ton…