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Sue Moorcroft | 20 Questions: SUMMER AT THE FRENCH CAFE
Author Guest / May 13, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? SUMMER AT THE FRENCH CAFE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Kat loves her life in France, but this summer’s tricky – even before she gets involved with the mysterious Noah. Sunny, romantic commercial fiction underpinned by contemporary conflicts to make the reader wonder if everything can possibly come right for Kat. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Travel was difficult when I was researching and writing the book, but I’d set JUST FOR THE HOLIDAYS there in the past, so had a library of photos and memories to work with. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Definitely! Kat’s a hardworking, valiant heroine, and I have huge sympathy with her when she appears to be overlooked by those who should know better. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Mysterious, hot, determined. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? How to run a book cafe. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Mainly, I write a first draft and then a second (and maybe a third). However, where I know a first…

Sahara Kelly | 20 Questions: THE RASCAL
Author Guest / May 13, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? Hi there, Fresh Fiction readers! Right now, I’m celebrating the release of THE RASCAL, the first in my new series of Regency-set historical romances! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? If you’re getting worried that historical authors are running out of titled aristocrats, perhaps you might like a different variety of Regency hero. He’s intelligent, handsome as can be, and has found a home for himself in London, under the wing of an eccentric wealthy lady. But Mr Fitzallan Wilde has one fatal flaw…he’s a bastard! And he’s determined to keep his heart firmly locked away, until he is forced into the role of Good Samaritan and everything changes… 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The Regency is almost like my “second home”. I was born and raised in England, not far from Jane Austen’s home in Chawton, Hampshire. My first book was a Regency historical, and I’ve been blessed with many readers who have enjoyed the many historical romances I’ve written over the years. So yes, setting a book in that time and that place? I’m very happy there. 4–Would you hang out…

Films and TV Shows Similar To My Book WHEN THE DAY COMES by Gabrielle Meyer
Author Guest / May 13, 2022

The genre for my new story, WHEN THE DAY COMES, has a lot of readers talking. Is it time-travel? Dual timeline? Science-Fiction? Historical fiction, times two? Or, is it a little of each one? The story is about a woman named Libby who is born with a gift. She lives in 1774 colonial Williamsburg and when she goes to sleep there, she wakes up in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. Back and forth she goes, every day, with no time passing while she’s gone. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose which life to keep and which to forfeit forever.   Since it’s hard to pigeonhole WHEN THE DAY COMES into one genre, I thought I’d share four similar movies and television series to give you a taste of what the story is like. Outlander Outlander is a popular series that follows Claire Randall, an English woman who was a nurse in WWII. Her life is turned upside down when she travels to Scotland with her husband to try to reconnect with each other and with his family history. There, she accidentally falls through a portal in a stone and ends up in 1743 where she meets, marries, and…

Jennifer Vido | Jen’s Jewels Interview: THE HOMEWRECKERS by Mary Kay Andrews
Author Guest , Interviews , Jen's Jewels / May 13, 2022

Jennifer Vido: What inspired your new release, THE HOMEWRECKERS? Mary Kay Andrews:  I was watching one of those DIY reality television shows and the title The Homewreckers came to me. Not coincidentally, we’d just purchased a fixer-upper beach cottage on Tybee Island, Ga, where the book was set, so I had the title and the research, and very quickly, the plot started to come together.   Jen: What is causing angst in Hattie Kavanaugh’s personal and professional lives? Mary Kay:  Hattie is guilt-ridden because she fears that the over-budget money pit of a house she’s been restoring with her father-in-law’s construction company will bring the company to financial ruin, but on a deeper level, her emotional life has been on hold since her husband’s death, seven years earlier, in a hit-and-run accident. Faced with the possibility of romance, she’s deeply conflicted.   Jen: When Mauricio Lopez offers Hattie a starring role in a beach house reality show, how does she react? Mary Kay:  Hattie tells Mo she has zero interest in show business, and just wants to do her job, restoring old homes.   Jen: What does Hattie think of her male cast mate? Mary Kay: Hattie’s first response is…