Conqueror Book 2 Kinkaid Shifters by Bianca D’Arc Scarred Wife Book 1 Villains by Sam Crescent Beauty’s Beasts Book 4 Fiercely Filthy Fairy Tales by Calista Jayne Lily of the Valley by Megan Derr Forbidden by West Greene Enchanted Net Book 1 Mysterious Fields by Celia Lake Revenge at the Rodeo by Jamie L. Adams The Artist’s Firebrand Book 7 The Blood Coven World by T.M. Smith Sweet Little Spies, Masters and Mercenaries: New Recruits Book 3 Masters and Mercenaries: New Recruits by Lexi Blake Dragon Chosen: The Dragon Lord’s Book 1 The Dragon Lord’s Bride by Mac Flynn       Each Monday the Smashwords store lists the top ten most highly anticipated indie fiction ebooks based on the previous week’s preorder accumulations. Each title on the list is scheduled to release within the next week. To help the talented authors on this list accumulate even more preorders, click the title of the book. The hyperlink will bring you to a Books2Read page where you can order from your preferred ebook retailer. If the preorder is part of a series, click the hyperlinked series title to learn about the other books in the series. Be sure to check back…

One of my favorite parts of writing ONCE MORE FROM THE TOP was going back through decades of country and pop music and imagining my protagonist Dylan Read in the context of music history and in conversation with the greats. While you can listen to the official ONCE MORE FROM THE TOP playlist on Spotify, here are five songs that were left on the cutting room floor:   Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton   I listened to loads of Dolly as I was writing OMFTT; the podcast “Dolly Parton’s America” was a key research text for me. “Here You Come Again” is, ironically, one of Dolly’s very few hits that she herself did not write—and yet it’s important in the canon because it’s her first true crossover single. The saying goes that country girls can’t go pop, but before Dylan does it in OMFTT, there was Taylor, and before Taylor there was Shania, and before Shania there was Dolly.   Dear Miss Loretta – Carly Pearce feat. Patty Loveless   Dylan is drawn to country music because it has a language and a set of conventions that—as a chronic Good Girl and rule-follower—she can learn and feel safe…

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 to day 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…

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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 Virginie Marconato!   Writes: Medieval Romance, focusing on the period from the 11th to the 15th century. SEDUCING THE WARRIOR is the final book in my Noble Norsemen series. My next will be about Welsh Rebels. I also write spicier novels and even spicier Regency novellas under the name Judith Falcon. Feel free to check them out of a scorching read.   About: I’m a mum of two. I’m French and married to a Welshman. What better to indulge in my love for medieval castles and find inspiration on the very places my stories take place? The place is teeming with them. I love reading, with an obvious preference for romance of all genres, cooking (and eating!) travelling, practicing calligraphy, and anything to do with horses.   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: My ideal reader would be someone like me, fascinated by all things Middle-Ages or even a Regency reader in search for something different. They will prefer cinnamon roll…

1–What is the title of your latest release? LITERARY LARCENY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When an antique safe is discovered during a renovation and uncovers a treasure of breathtaking value, Dakota’s life takes a turn she never saw coming and thrusts her into a mystery that might be her last. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The town is fictional but set in between two real towns. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Definitely! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Smart, funny, and resourceful. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Exactly how valuable some books are. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I lightly edit as I write, then go back and do a more thorough proof when it’s finished. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Pasta! 9–Describe your writing space/office! I have a beautiful blue built-in bookshelf behind my desk, hunter green walls, and a massive dry erase board on the back wall. 10–Who is an author you admire? Way too many! Some of my favorites right now are Lisa Edmonds, K.F. Breene, Hailey Edwards,…

I’m N.J. Walters, author of TEMPTING THE BLACK WOLF, the final book in the Lone Wolf Legacy trilogy. It’s the final battle to save the lone wolves and to keep their enemies from stealing their lives and immortality. Who are the lone wolves? Since the rise of the werewolf, there has always existed a single lone wolf—with pure white, gray, or black fur and eyes that match—who answers to no alpha, belongs to no pack. Merciless and deadly, he wanders the world, both judge and executioner of rogue wolves who senselessly kill, endangering all their kind. When one dies, another takes its place, awakening to his purpose the first time he shifts to his wolf form. Known by the sign of the lone wolf—a sickle over the heart—the short-handled, circular blade remains as a tattoo on the man and as a mark on the wolf. A lethal combination of intelligence, brutal strength, and keen instinct, he walks a lonely path, shunned by pack, always alone. For the first time, there are three in the world—white, gray, and black—who all bear the mark on their chests. No one knows why, least of all them…   T is for Temptation. The heroine,…

Song 1: “Love Buzz” by Nirvana: Everything about this Nirvana cover—the guitar, bass, drums, and Kurt Cobain’s voice—feels to Gita like her body’s secret language to cut through her shame and allow connection with her inner strength, resilience, and motivation to push past mere survival. She listens to this song in chapter 6, and it helps her begin to work through and conceptualize moving past a bad experience with a guy.   Song 2: “Would?” by Alice in Chains: Because of her particular childhood adversity, Gita lacks the language to conceptualize or describe all of her feelings and thoughts, especially when in certain situations with guys, and the music and lyrics in this haunting song feel to her like “wicked sex,” like the obedience she needs to have with men when they want something from her. In chapter 12, a guy invites her to his room at a frat party and plays this song on his boombox, and Gita feels compelled to do what he wants without consciously realizing it.   Song 3: “Kinda I Want To” by Nine Inch Nails: The music and lyrics represent the back and forth Gita goes through between two parts of her brain: the…

1–What is the title of your latest release? TO THE BONE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? This gripping, shocking, and exquisitely crafted survival story reveals the truth of America’s colonial history in a powerful new way—visceral and breathtaking. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It had to take place in Jamestown, Virginia, because it’s based on historical fact! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Maybe! She’s about the age of my oldest son. Maybe they would be friends! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Naive, rebellious, and curious. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? All about “The Starving Time,” when an estimated 90% of settlers starved in the Jamestown Colony. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Both! I am a pantser with OCD. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Real bakery bread, especially if it’s heirloom sourdough. 9–Describe your writing space/office! I’m just redoing it now! When it’s done it will have an ikea dining table as my desk, a bookshelf for my finished books, and green wallpaper on one wall, my first attempt at wallpapering! 10–Who…

1–What is the title of your latest release? MADEMOISELLE EIFFEL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? It’s the story of Claire Eiffel, oldest daughter of the famous architect Gustave Eiffel and the role she played in his life and success after the death of her mother when Claire was only fourteen. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It’s the story of the birth of the Eiffel Tower—Toujours Paris! It couldn’t be set anywhere else? 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. I would hire her to be my PR manager in a heartbeat. She was a project manager from the word go! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Resolute, loyal, creative. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Claire lived with her dad for the rest of his life—even after she was married. Her husband moved in with them and paid rent for the use of specific rooms in Gustave’s gargantuan house. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I try to re-read and polish as I go in small bouts, but I am all about forward momentum. If…