1–What is the title of your latest release? Ultimate Justice 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An FBI agent, his K-9, and a woman who is not all she appears to be, team up to track down a cult targeting youths. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The entire K-9 Special Ops series takes place in Colorado, where I lived and worked for five years. Many of the places and houses in the books of this series are places I’ve been to or actually lived in! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! Who wouldn’t want to hang out with Evan, a seriously hot, hunky, alpha-male with a soft side for dogs and children. And Marlie is one of the most likeable, gentle, big-hearted heroines I’ve ever met! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Well, in addition to “hot” and “hunky” I’d definitely say, courageous, protective, and loyal to a fault. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? There’s a fun little component mingled in between the suspense pages of this story that I didn’t plan on: butterflies, specifically, monarch butterflies. I can’t recall the…

1–What is the title of your latest release? MURDER ON THE PAGE, the first Literary Dining Mystery. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Featuring twin hooks that cozy readers can’t get enough of—classic books and delicious food—this delectably intriguing new series features a caterer who crafts literary-themed dinner parties, and must ensure that a killer gets their just desserts. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted to set it in a mountain town. My nephew lives in Asheville, NC, so I decided to visit him and see if that area would work. It’s perfect. I also spent nine years in Charlotte, NC, so I was pretty familiar with the state. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? A bibliophile caterer? You bet. We’d talk mysteries and eat treats. Yum. Plus, Allie is funny, and I adore people who can make me laugh. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Witty book-loving foodie. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? The themed book in Murder on the Page is Pride and Prejudice, so I did a deep dive into the story and then researched Jane Austen, the…

Book Title: THE COAT CHECK GIRL Character Name: Josie Gray What’s your full name? Josephine Olivia Gray. Yep, it spells JOG, which is the epitome of irony. What is your hometown? I was born in Vermont and grew up in the booming metropolis of Keene, New Hampshire. How would you describe your childhood? Confusing. There were ghosts involved. And lonely—my parents split when I was really young, hence the move. My dad left my mom for the hot neighborhood widow, who is now my step-monster. Nearly twenty-five years later, in 1999, my mom’s still bitter—you can imagine how much fun she was in the 70’s and 80’s. Thank God for my grandmother, Nanette, who is the source of every single warm memory I have from those years. What is your current state of mind? Compartmentalized. I’m grieving Nanette, whom we lost quite recently. It seems impossible the world still spins without her. And yet it does, so I’m also trying to stay focused at work—I’m a hostess at Bistrot in the West Village and we’re having a busy season, a lot of changes. I’m learning those stages of grief don’t care that you’re in the middle of something, they’ll come at you…

It’s beginning to look a lot like…Christmas romance season. I know, I know—as you read this, it’s actually just a few days before Halloween. And I LOVE Halloween. Love it. But when I scan through my Facebook and Instagram posts, what am I seeing? Christmas romance season. The Christmas creep phenomenon is in full effect as the holiday romances slip out into the world. I’m not going to lie—I love holiday romances. I watch way too many Hallmark movies each November and December, and I read as many Christmas-themed romance books as I can get my greedy hands on during this festive time of the year. So, what titles have I seen so far? Well – Meghan Quinn has a new romance that looks hilarious, sweet, and ever-so romantic.  HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS is definitely on my holiday reading list. Author Carly Phillips has a steamy romance tale with a holiday twist…JUST ONE MORE MISTLETOE recently released, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the story! And my writing buddy Katie Reus has a fun Christmas romance, too.  A VERY MERRY HITMAN promises danger and delight this holiday.  Oh, the holiday joy.  May you days be filled…

1–What is the title of your latest release? The Telegram 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? How one terrible experience can influence the rest of your life 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? That’s easy – the story is effectively a true story about my husband’s family, so I set it where they lived at the time – Clarendon Road in Holland Park, London. The flat where the central characters live in the novel is exactly as I remember it when I first met my husband. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Well, effectively I did hang out with one of the main three protagonists – my mother-in-law – who inspired the character of Violet. She was a splendid woman – a linguist, a brilliant musician and mathematician.  Sadly, I never met my father-in-law, because he died when my husband was only sixteen.  But he always says that his father and I would have got on. He was a very gregarious man, a great raconteur, and a novelist in his own right. I like to think, that by telling his story, I have honoured his memory and tried…

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 Kit Tosello! Writes: Lyrical contemporary small-town women’s fiction with humor, hope, and a romance thread. In my new release, THE COLOR OF HOME, a Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, risks her career to help her great-aunt and uncle spruce up their house for sale and a move to assisted living. When a dark-eyed young girl in need of a friend, a deteriorating inn connected to her dad’s tragic death, and a do-gooding emergency medical pilot wedge their way into her heart, Audrey is torn. Will the folksy community she never wanted to return to persuade her to exchange her carefully drawn life for something more meaningful? About: If I’m not writing stories that I want to read, I’m probably outside taking yet another photo of the Cascade Mountains in just the right light, listening to audiobooks, or making bubble tea for my grandkids. Hubby and I operate a loose-tea shop in pine-forested Central Oregon that has a wide front porch…

Travelog in the voice of Earl Tangs, ex-superintendent of Woody Knot trailer park, current operator of The Queen’s Tour. This city. Man. Can’t even quite call it that, can you? We’re what, 220,000 souls? Not quite big enough to be a city, too big to count as a town. So what? Not a real city. Nah, I’ve been to real cities, and this ain’t it.             My name is Earl Tangs. I’m sixty-two, but who’s counting? I used to run the trailer park on down Thorold Stone Road. Woody Knot. Nice place or it was before all that bad stuff went down. The stuff that made the papers. And I mean all the papers. People in Shanghai waking up, flipping on the news, seeing all that shit blowing up in my own sleepy burg. They probably shit a brick! Lord knows I did.             Where did this particular shitstorm happen? You already know, but I’ll tell you again. Right here in St. Catharines, Ontario. There are worse places on earth, I guess. The scenery’s nice, I’ll grant that much. Once you get out of the prefab suburbs, anyway. You’ve got Lake Ontario to the north, running a glassy-blue to the…

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Get ready to be whisked away to the charming town of Star Creek in Lindsay Detwiler’s heartwarming new holiday romance, THE HOLIDAY BAKE-OFF. In the latest Jen’s Jewels interview, Detwiler serves up a delightful behind-the-scenes look at her novel, where the aroma of freshly baked cookies mingles with the sweet scent of second chances. From the small-town bakery setting inspired by her own experiences to the emotional journey of protagonist Lucy Carter, Detwiler shares how she kneaded together the perfect recipe of holiday magic and authentic human experiences. Join us as we explore the ingredients that make this story rise above the rest, proving that sometimes the best gifts come dusted with a little flour and wrapped in the warmth of coming home. Jen: What inspired you to choose a bakery as the central setting for this holiday romance? Did you draw from personal experiences or memories of small-town bakeries? Lindsay: Honestly, I have such a sweet tooth, and visiting small-town bakeries is one of my favorite things.  I have a favorite in the town over from where I live, and it’s my go-to for a pick-me-up. I feel like a lot of readers associate such happy memories and moments…

1–What is the title of your latest release? BECAUSE FAT GIRL, a queer contemporary romcom that’s for anyone who’s ever felt too big, too weird, too loud, or just plain too much. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? I once had a dream that The Rock wanted to date me – and I turned him down. I couldn’t be the fat queer girl dating The Rock; even if we were in love, the press would be too much. I woke up from that dream and thought “hmm, that would make a great story.” And turns out, it does. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Hollywood as a concept is this big giant nebulous thing that feels otherworldly and impossible to reach, even when you’re in Los Angeles. I gave up on my dream of making movies precisely because it felt like this place I could never get into. Then I worked adjacent to Hollywood, meeting some of the biggest stars in the world, and as cliché as it sounds, they’re just like us. It made me feel like maybe I should take everyone off a pedestal and onto equal footing. So, that’s…