Book Title: HEIR OF STARDUST AND SECRETS, Mythic Spark Book #1 Character Name: Nyleeria How would you describe your family or your childhood? Ummm…can we move onto the next question please? What’s your greatest talent? Throwing daggers, hands down. And maybe my wit. Significant other? That’s complicated, to say the least. Biggest challenge in relationships? Well, one got betrothed to someone else, and the other is a King—so like I said, it’s complicated. Where are you from? A planet named Lumnara in a tiny village called Leighmullen. Do you have any enemies? If you’d asked me a couple of months ago, I would’ve said no. But now, there are more than I can count. The truth is, I’m not sure who I can trust anymore. Greatest surprise in your life? I’d say finding out an ancient Spark of unimaginable power has laid dormant within me since I was born. Or maybe learning that stories of fae and magic aren’t myths at all. Or possibly the fact that a spell cast centuries ago veiled those truths, including the fact that there was a great war between the humans and fae that’s about to repeat itself. I’m sure there are more, but…

Book Title: BEWITCHING ROSEMARY Character Name: Rosemary Bay How would you describe your family? I love my sisters more than anything! I’m the second of five girls and while we’ve had some serious rough patches, we always make it through the hard times together. What was your greatest talent? Hmmm. I would have to say either arranging a perfect bridal bouquet or my ability to look at two people and know they should be together. Significant other? I’m still waiting for the one…he’s on his way, though. I can tell. Biggest challenge in relationships? I tend to jump headfirst into things. There’s no such thing as taking things slow in my book. Where do you live? I live on Star Island off the coast of Massachusetts. It’s absolutely beautiful. Do you have any enemies? As hard as I might try, there are people who just don’t like me. Some carrying grudges from hundreds of years ago. But I swear, none of it is my fault. How do you feel about the place where you are now? Is there something you are particularly attached to, or particularly repelled by, in this place? I try not to get too attached to physical…

1–What is the title of your latest release?SUITOR ARMOR, vol 1 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?A fairy in hiding amongst the humans during a time of war, meets and falls in love with an enchanted suit of armor brought to life by magic. Together they explore the world around them and learn more about themselves and each other. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place?I knew that I wanted it to take place during an unspecified “medieval time” that most fairy tales tend to sit in. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?Of course! I think Lucia, Modeus and I would have a wonderful time talking. And Iwould want the chance to give them hugs too. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist?Compassionate. Clever. Self-critical. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book?That it is better to write the kind of story you want to tell and let others come to it naturally than to try and write a story you think people will flock to. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?Both! I edit as a go along but also make…

1–What is the title of your latest release? AN HONORABLE DECEPTION 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When Lord Yates Fairfax, an earl and also the head of a mysterious P.I. firm called The Imposters, is hired to find a compelling young lady’s missing childhood nanny, he soon stumbles into dangerous secrets that prove the nobility can be far from noble. Together with his new client and the woman he does not love anymore—who dubbed herself an interim Imposter—they must unravel these twisted secrets…and sort out how to right the wrongs being perpetrated by their peers. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Most of the book is set along the beautiful, rugged coast of Northumberland, England’s northernmost region. I love exploring England’s diverse, beautiful landscapes in my stories, and there’s something about the raging North Sea that always captures my heart! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Oh, absolutely! And you can bet I’d stick around long enough to watch my earl and his sister perform on the trapeze, meet the retired circus animals who call their estate home, and be entertained by their wit and humor! 5–What…

As a woman with more than a few strands of gray in my hair, I fit in well with the other poll workers on election day. But as I walked home late that night, I escaped the tension and stress of the election season in a thriller that was demanding my full attention. Aren’t we lucky to have books? I’m partial to audiobooks which allow me to both immerse myself in a great story AND walk in the dark without falling on my face. The story that held my attention that night was Dean Koontz’s FEAR NOTHING. Not a new book, and definitely not a romance (though there is a nice love story), it’s the tale of a newly orphaned young man who lives with the disease xeroderma pigmentosum, making exposure to light dangerous and potentially fatal. All is not right in his quiet California town, however, and Chris becomes aware of nefarious ongoings when he sees his father’s body being mysteriously snatched and spirited away en route from the hospital to the funeral home. Somehow, it’s always invigorating to escape real world worries by sinking into scary literary scenarios! He’s a bit of an old-fashioned taste, but Dean Koontz…

1–What is the title of your latest release? GUILT AND GINATAAN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When the body of a local politician’s wife is found inside a corn maze and signs point to her best friend as the main suspect in the murder, a small-town cafe owner turned amateur sleuth must utilize her skills to prove her best friend’s innocence. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I thought, “What’s more Midwestern than corn? And what’s more seemingly wholesome than a corn festival?” So of course, that naturally led to me dropping a dead body in a corn maze during the Shady Palms Corn Festival. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. She’d keep me well-fed with all her tasty dessert experiments. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Loyal, nosy, work-in-progress 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That a person’s eyes have to be open to use the facial recognition option to unlock a phone 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I write and then edit the first act until I feel like I have a…

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 Sara Ackerman! Writes: I write books with aloha––and yes, that means they are all set in Hawai’i! My previous six novels are historical, but my upcoming novel, THE MAUI EFFECT is a contemporary about a conservation biologist on Maui who breaks her number one dating rule when she falls for a big wave surfer from the Mainland. I like to think of it as an Endless Summer for modern times. All of my books are a blend of adventure, intrigue, love, and friendship, and shine a light on little known stories and pieces of history. (Meanings of aloha – love, affection, compassion, kindness, grace, a greeting) About: Crazy about the wilderness and our beautiful ocean, I love nothing more than to kick off my shoes and spend the morning underwater, following fish around the reef and looking for pufferfish or spotted eagle rays. In the evenings, I rarely miss a sunset, and you can loosen me up by pouring me an ice-cold craft beer…

From A LEGEND IN THE BAKING by Jamie Wesley. Copyright © 2024 by the author and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Publishing Group. Chapter Three August Hodges blew out a breath as soon as the door shut behind Sloane. Maybe his heart rate could return to normal now. Maybe. He gripped the counter and let out another breath. His day wasn’t going bad—at least it hadn’t been until he noticed the small leak in the pipe under the sink. He had no reason to complain. His careers—as the starting fullback for the San Diego Knights and one of the co-owners of the cupcake shop—were going well. And even a minor leak wasn’t that big of a problem. He’d fixed similar issues with no problems since he was a kid. But this little fucker wanted to be stubborn. No matter how much he cursed and yanked, a bit of water trickled out. He hadn’t wanted to believe it, but he needed a new repair clamp. It didn’t matter that he’d replaced it last month. To make matters worse, just when he’d thought he’d asserted his dominance over the inanimate object, he’d heard it. It being the magical voice. The voice…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE MASQUERADING TWIN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? You’ve been on the run for years after killing your twin sister in a police raid gone wrong. Your past just returned, and it seems to be wearing the same face as yours. That’s impossible, right? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Since THE MASQUERADING TWIN is the fifth book in the series, it was inevitable that it would take place in Minnesota. This book visits several towns along the Mississippi River. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes! Selina is mysterious but also kind, easy to talk to, determined, and likes to have fun with her friends. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Determined, intelligent, exhausted. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned a lot about the hierarchy of the mafia and just how wrong authors get it when writing books about them. I also learned just how difficult it is to bury your past and become someone else without the help of witness protection. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you…

Hello fans of mystery, murder and mayhem! Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Leslie Langtry, and I’ll be your host here at Fresh Fiction, every week for Mondays are Murder! To get the ball rolling for something like this, I’d usually do an ice breaker like, “Ideas on how to kill with vegetables,” or “How would you introduce a blue ringed octopus to a victim who wasn’t in Australia and make it look like an accident?” Unfortunately, we can’t really do that here, so you’ll just have to settle for a plain old intro. About me, I’m a USA Today best selling author and was first published in 2007 when my first book, ‘SCUSE ME WHILE I KILL THIS GUY, (a dark comedy about a family of assassins) came out. I wrote four books for that publisher before striking out on my own for a time in 2011, and landing with another publisher in 2014 with my next (and longest series) the Merry Wrath Cozy Comedies – first book – MERIT BADGE MURDER (a comedy about an ex-CIA agent turned small town Girl Scout leader). There are currently 34 books in the Merry Wrath series because 1) they’re fun to…