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1–What is the title of your latest release? HAUNT SWEET HOME 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? “Don’t talk today about what we do at night.” Mara Billings gets hired as the production assistant on the night crew of reality TV’s Haunt Sweet Home, which bills itself as a combination fixer-upper and paranormal show. Her job is to haunt the houses, but maybe she’s the haunted one. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It needed to take place in an area with a lot of very old (for the US, anyway) and idiosyncratic houses, where there are still woods.  I figured I’d be better able to nail the character of the woods and the old houses in New England, since I’ve stayed in a fair number of motels up there, and hiked around in the woods, and played in a fair number of grand old houses. And New England has all those great stone walls to stumble across. Haunt Sweet Home the show, as I envision it, spends each season in a different area, but this particular season that I focus on for the book takes place in small town western Massachusetts….

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE FALLEN FRUIT 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A chronicle of a Black family with a time travel curse. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I always knew my story would primarily take place in Charlottesville, Virginia on the land where my sixth great-grandmother lived. After discovering Amy Bowles-Farrow (1735-1797) and her amazing life purchasing hundreds of acres as a free Black woman right after the American Revolution, I couldn’t help but imagine the lives of the Bridge family. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? In a heartbeat! My book has multiple protagonists, and each of them brings a unique perspective. Amelia in the 1920s wants to become a physician and help others, but she wrestles with survivor’s guilt. Reba in the 1810s faces the time travel curse as she wrestles with being the best mother possible to her three children. Sabrina in the 1780s loves a man she can never have and must contend with his time travelling. And finally, Cecily, a history professor from the 1960s, learns about each of these women and her inevitable fall in…

We all need a happy spot to escape tension, stress, and conflict when life’s challenges threaten to steal our joy. Some people know where this place is and returning physically or mentally instills peace, happiness, and a sense of safety. Others of us aren’t sure. But we long to find the place where headaches fade and muscles soften, allowing us to be renewed so we can push through problems. When we refuse to relax, we’re headed for exhaustion and unable to work or communicate to our full potential. Establishing our special place takes a little effort, but it’s so worth it. Look at the following 11 ideas to help find your happy spot.   A creative person longs for means of artful expression. When something of beauty is attained, imagination swirls and emotions are gratified. A variety of art forms can fill the need: a walk through a museum, adding color to a blank canvas, playing a musical instrument, listening to a concert, cooking a five-course dinner, gardening, and the list goes on. Connecting with nature and experiencing the quiet world often clears the mind. The company of other people can eliminate stress, especially family and friends who love us…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE BERLIN APARTMENT 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A newly engaged couple – Uli and Lise – gets separated by the Berlin Wall and fight to return to each other; but as time, distance and suspicion grow, how long can true love survive in the divided city? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I knew from the outset that the Berlin Wall was going to be a key feature of the story, so that gave me my location; however, it was something of a process to figure out where specifically in Berlin the story would take place. I considered several different sites along the Wall for the main action of the story, and my considerations for which neighborhood I would choose were much the same as for my characters: what is the soil composition? What does the underground infrastructure look like? How far apart are the “Berlin apartments” in question, and what do my characters see when they look out the window? 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! I would want to go out dancing with Uli, Lise…

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 Roseanna M. White!   Writes: Roseanna writes faith-filled Edwardian romance that always has some intrigue to keep the pages turning. Her books are known for their soul-deep characters, rich settings, and plots that keep you guessing until the end.   About: Though a bestselling, Christy Award-winning author, Roseanna doesn’t write for sales or awards—she writes because words are the air she breathes. And when she isn’t writing? Well, she’s still working in the book industry, designing book covers and helping run the WhiteFire Publishing Group. Being lost in a story is her favorite place to be!   The ideal reader for CHRISTMAS AT SUGAR PLUM MANOR will: Want to be swept away into a picture-perfect Christmas world circa 1902 Be excited for a story where the Nutcracker meets Downton Abbey, with a little bit of A Christmas Carol flavor too! Love charming heroines with a touch of whimsy, a hero who just wants to be a hero, and a cold-as-ice antagonist out to steal…

1–What is the title of your latest release? A TOKEN OF LOVE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A Token of Love is a dual-time novel set in London in 1885 and contemporary time. It’s a family story of heartache and hope—truth and justice as a determined aunt and a dedicated journalist team up to search for her young niece who has been abducted from the Foundling Hospital, London’s oldest children’s charity home. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? My last nine novels have been set in England in the late Victorian and Edwardian Eras, and my readers have come to expect stories set in those time periods. In my research, I saw a painting of a woman giving her baby into the care of the Foundling Hospital. That image gripped my heart. As I started the research, I learned the mothers sometimes left small items, which they called tokens, as identifiers, in the hope that if their situation changed, they might be able to return and reclaim their child. Victorian London is filled with interesting people, customs, and sites. It’s a great time and place to set a story! 4–Would you…

1–What is the title of your latest release? EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Edge of the Known World is a near-future love and adventure story about a brilliant young refugee caught in era when genetic screening tests – like 23And me, or Ancestry.com – make it impossible to hide a secret identity. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The story was always international in scope. I was an economic geography major in college, which gave me a lifelong fascination with the great upheavals and migrations in history, and the impact of those global forces on private lives. The novel puts a very appealing human face on a diaspora and Cold War in a realistic near future. While the story is grounded where I grew up, in San Francisco, it was huge fun to draw on my travels and misadventures in Asia, the (then) Soviet Union, and Russia, as basis for Alex’s journey. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! We’d laugh all night, cry a little, and definitely get in some trouble. Alex Tashen (23) is a comic and prankster; also empathetic,…

It’s a Wednesday night in 2005. You’re patiently waiting for your favorite TV show to come on because last week’s episode ended on a cliffhanger, and Netflix is still a mail-based DVD rental service. In fact, the word binge is only used in reference to your Cheetos eating habit. You are in your skinny jeans. You don’t even know if they’re cool or not yet, and you’re listening to tunes on your first-generation iPod shuffle filled with songs illegally downloaded from Napster. First up is Gavin DeGraw. His hit I Don’t Want to Be is mainstream famous because it’s the opening credit song for One Tree Hill. However, you listen to the version from the stripped album (an edgy, less produced compliment to the original album that is just Gavin’s raspy tenor and a guitar.) Gavin croons, and you dream about a life with Chad Michael Murray, except it’s the Chad Michael Murray from A Cinderella Story, and you’re getting married in Hillary Duff’s iconic dress—mask and all. Next, you play Hand in My Pocket by Alanis Morissette. You love this song because all your BFFs are into Ironic, so to be ironic, Hand in My Pocket is your jam….

Mr. Nice Guy – Suriel Hess I don’t think anyone expected Jaxon to be who he was, and that’s why this song felt so perfect. In the previous books, we see an arrogant playboy who isn’t interested in settling down and has such a blasé exterior, but it really takes no time at all to realize that our man is hiding a lot of big emotions, fears, and insecurities beneath his mask. Jaxon is, I think, the most beautifully layered character I’ve ever written. There is so much more to him than what he gives the world, and he is truly terrified to let people see and know the real him. This song made my chest hurt the first time I heard it. Not only did it feel like it was made just for Jaxon, but as someone who masks a lot, it hit me hard.   Feel Like This – Ingrid Andress This song feels exactly like Lennon’s internal monologue as she slowly heals from her past relationship and falls in love with Jaxon. She met her ex-fiancé in high school and ignored the little red flags that slowly popped up and took over, turning her excitement over her…