1–What is the title of your latest release? BEGUILED BY THE BEASTLY BARON 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Bridgerton meets Monsters. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It was a part of a shared world that all took place in the same time and location. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes! I definitely would. Antonia’s friendship with her chaperone is the best example of the kind of person she is with those she’s close with. I can see us having loads of fun and laughing over our mistakes in life. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Broody, pushy and protective. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned that sometimes being raw and incorporating a little of my own relationship in the storytelling can make for a more relatable experience despite the fantastical world it’s in. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I’m the kind of writer who starts from the very beginning and writes all the way through to the end. Once I’m done, I do a quick look over but quickly hand it…

I’ve always loved cooking and baking. For me, there’s something very satisfying in taking a set of instructions and a list of ingredients and turning them into something delicious and sustaining. In fact, if you look at it the right way, cooking is a little like magic (though the magic in A SLEIGHT OF SHADOWS is much more murdery and less delicious and there’s even a bit where cooking by magic is dismissed as less tasty than cooking by mundane means… sorry, tangent.). So perhaps it’s not surprising that when I started writing seriously, cooking and baking – and baking in particular – became part of my writing process. I started writing seriously during my final year of grad school, the same year that I was finishing and preparing to defend my dissertation. So, basically, I was working on two book-length projects simultaneously. It was a lot. And I’m a writer who works best when I have constant momentum – so, a few words a day every day works much better for me than large chunks of words one day, and then a few days off. There are a lot of things I like about working that way, and I’m good…

1–What is the title of your latest release? BOOK OF DEATH AND MADNESS. Scheduled for release on April 25, 2023 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Second installment in the Book of Ancient Evil trilogy. We find Shaw and Singh after their return to England, in pursuit of the cult leader Ananya, and her ancient tome which could very well spell doom for all of humanity. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It progressed naturally. The first book took place in India. When Ananya (the antagonist) escaped with the book it seemed only natural that she would head for London. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Oh no, there are far too many horrible things that happen to people in the vicinity of Doctor Shaw. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Loyal. Determined. Cursed. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned that I have a recurring theme of loyalty among friends. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? A little of both. When I have something happen later in the book that creates a discrepancy earlier, I…

Writing COURAGE IN THE STORM took lots of…well…courage. This book fell way outside my author comfort zone. The story centers around an Amish woman, paralyzed by anxiety after witnessing a terrifying tragedy. Unwilling to set foot off her brother’s farm, Miriam Hochstedler bonds with an injured and traumatized horse. The unmanageable animal is about to be put down, when Miriam’s brother calls in Reuben Brenneman, a formerly Amish farrier known for his skill with dangerous horses. A troubled childhood among the Plain left Reuben with scars of his own, and he wants this job finished fast. Sensing the bond between Breeze and Miriam, he enlists her help. He soon finds himself helping Miriam battle her own fears—but as their friendship deepens, Reuben and Miriam reach a crossroads. She can’t leave the Amish world—and he can’t stay. I loved the story, especially the idea of a horse whisperer hero. But to write it, I’d need to understand Breeze and the skills Reuben used to help him.  And unfortunately, all I knew about horses was that they made me nervous. The one time I’d tried to ride, the horse galloped straight to a tree and scraped me off under a branch. Flat…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE OTHER SIDE OF INFINITY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? They Both Die at the End meets The Butterfly Effect in this YA novel by Joan F. Smith, where a teen uses her gift of foreknowledge to help a lifeguard save a drowning man—only to discover that her actions have suddenly put his life at risk. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? It takes place at a fictionalized version of the condo complex where I grew up. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Both of them, yes! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? December is curious, impulsive, and interesting. Nick is eager, smart, and insecure. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned a ton about neuroscience that never made it into the book—I was knee-deep in medical journals for a side character for a while. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Unlike a lot of writers: Both. I think there’s nothing better than editing something if I’m stuck, and it gives me less to do on the back end. 8–What’s…

1–What is the title of your latest release? HOW NOT TO MARRY A DUKE   What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An antisocial duke and an earl’s spirited half-sister attempt to put differences aside long enough to fake a courtship in a fun, sexy romp.   How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I love the Regency England time period—the history, the dresses, the carriages, and the manners all intrigue me.   Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes, Adeline is half Arabic and half English. She’s the daughter of a Middle Eastern healer and an English nobleman. I would enjoy spending an afternoon with her drinking tea, touring London, and learning about healing methods.   What are three words that describe your hero? Intelligent inventor, honorable, and sexy!   What’s something you learned while writing this book? I researched and learned about herbs and medicine in the Middle East during the early 1800’s since my heroine is a healer. I also researched early inventions during the Regency period since my hero is an inventor.   Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit as I…

Hi romance lovers! I’m Heather McCollum, USA Today best-selling author of Scottish Historical Romance. I’m excited to announce the release of my newest book about a brawny, tortured hero with a golden heart and a feisty heroine who is desperately trying to save her sister. He’s an executioner, and she’s a midwife. Can two people on opposite ends of life come together? HIGHLAND BEAST– Raised to be the Horseman of Death, Bàs Sinclair is tasked to kill the lass (Shana) who gave him his very first kiss. Refusing means war. Following through means death to his own soul. H is for Highlands, my favorite setting, which is full of raw beauty and rich history. I is for Ilsa & Iona, Bàs’s Highland Coos who get washed downstream. G is for Gorgeous Glutes! H is for Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Bàs and his three brothers were raised to play the parts by their mad father. L is for Lies that are told against Shana and her sister, deadly lies. A is for Attraction, which ignites to burn out of control between Shana and Bàs. N is for Now. When Shana and Bàs come together, they only focus on the Now instead…

I’m Sheila Roberts, and this spring I am going back to the beach (Moonlight Harbor to be exact), for my seventh novel in my Moonlight Harbor series. I love this beach town and I love the people who live there. I especially love The Mermaids – the band made up of Bonnie Brinks, her mother Loretta, and Bonnie’s daughter Avril, three generations of women who know how to sell a song. Now, if they can just sort out their love lives and make their dreams come true, they’ll really be rockin’!   M is for Mermaids, and I hope you’ll love these three! E reminds us that everyone swims into dangerous waters once in a while. But our heroines are proof that you can find your way to a safe harbor eventually. R stands for romance … times three. M is for the men who are giving our poor Mermaids grief and the good ones who are there for them, no matter what. A is for Avril, young and ambitious – too young to go face the dangers lurking in Nashville. At least that’s how her mom sees it. I … Hmmm. How about I hope you’ll enjoy spending time…

1–What is the title of your latest release? MURDER ON BEDFORD STREET, a Gaslight Mystery 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, try to help a woman whose husband has wrongly locked her away in an asylum, they discover nothing is what it seems in the Longly family, and they must stop a killer before more lives are lost. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Finding a location for the Gaslight Mysteries is so important because that is the title as well. I was looking for what was a nice residential neighborhood in 1901 and Bedford Street was and still is. Recently, a producer expressed interest in turning the Gaslight Mysteries into a TV series and she has been shopping it around.  She dearly loves the series, and she happens to live on Bedford Street, so I gave her a little nod for all her hard work. 4–Would you hang out with your sleuth in real life? I would love to hang out with Frank and Sarah in real life. I created them to be people I would like and gave them characteristics…

1–What is the title of your latest release? BEAR WITH ME NOW, out April 25 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A man in the middle of a nervous breakdown hires the wannabe park ranger who saved him from a bear attack as his sober companion—even though he doesn’t drink. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The first trip I took after the pandemic started was driving through Ted Turner’s Flying D Ranch in Big Sky, Montana with my sister, and it felt like the world was opening up for me. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I’d want to go on maybe the first three miles of a hike with Darcy! After that she’d have to carry me. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Sweet earnest liar 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Wolves were extirpated from Yellowstone National Park by 1926 and only reintroduced in 1995. But after wolves lost their federal protections, the states around Yellowstone authorized increasing numbers of wolf kills, and in 2022 hunters baited, trapped, and shot 20% of Yellowstone’s wolves. Darcy, the book’s heroine, is a conservationist…