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 Mel Tescho!   Writes: Science fiction and contemporary romance with a big dash of sizzle. My latest science fiction release: THE VIRGIN HUNT GAMES volume 4 reveals my hero and my heroine’s will to survive the Games for seven days inside a huge tower where every level has something dangerous for the twenty contestants to face. That the ten hunters and ten hunted are all vying to be the victor at the end makes them just as dangerous to each other. Luckily, sex and orgasms isn’t just stress relief. It gives them a much greater chance of winning the Games.   About: When I’m not distracted by my many foster fail cats, you’ll find me putting off housework as I immerse myself in my writing worlds. I love creating mayhem for my characters and messing with their heads, and then finally giving them the happily ever after they deserve. That it doesn’t always happen in the real world makes fictional worlds a much nicer…

1–What is the title of your latest release? DAUGHTERS OF NANTUCKET 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Three diverse women’s lives intersect in the days leading up to Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted to set it around this particular historic event, so July, 1846 on the island of Nantucket, MA had to be it! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? There are three main characters, and yes, I would hang out with them all.  Although some are nicer than others. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Eliza is stubborn, desperate, and passionate; Maria is intelligent, thoughtful, and a leader; and Meg is warm, hopeful, and driven 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That it can be really interesting to write from multiple points of view…and also quite fun to write around a looming disaster! 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit a bit as I go, although I don’t let it stop me from moving forward with new writing every day. I’m not super critical of my work…

Cynthia and Raven, two drifters searching for the secrets of their own pasts, never expected their fling to be more than a hookup. But as they’re drawn deeper into a web of magic and prophetic mystery, they can’t say no to the supernatural tie that binds them—and they don’t want to. In the fourth book of the Coven Daughters paranormal romance series, magic, danger, and romance collide in a passionate explosion.   F-Fierce Heroine A-All of the Steam L-Love L-Longing E-Embark N-Night Sky   A-Air Magic N-Netherworld G-Grimoire E-Enthrall L-Lore FALLEN ANGEL by Kat Turner Cynthia Fields, a powerful witch with a troubled past, is so close to cracking the code of the Coven Daughters prophecy. She just needs to unlock the secrets of Fire and Chaos and connect with her five coven sisters, and she’ll be set to save the world and maybe even herself. Cynthia’s search takes her on a cross-country hitchhiking trip where she meets a strange truck driver who claims to have the ability to jump into different bodies before the journey lands her in the arms of a sexy, mysterious drifter who goes by Corvus. Following what was supposed to be a one-time, steamy encounter, Corvus reveals…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE LAST BEEKEEPER 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Last Beekeeper is a near-future novel about the tenuous relationship between a beekeeper and his daughter as the world’s pollinator population collapses. It’s a story about found family, speaking truth to power, redemption, and hope in the face of global crisis. For fans of Station Eleven and Migrations. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Because The Last Beekeeper is set in the same location, but at two different time periods, under very different circumstances, I needed a setting that would feel familiar, but show the passage of time. I wanted my characters to be in close proximity to nature. And I wanted a place that felt just on the edge of being dangerous. I chose a farm that is full of promise, life, and love in one timeline – and danger tinged with hope in the second timeline. The woods surrounding the farm, however, don’t change much, providing a touchstone for my main character Sasha. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! I love Sasha’s mix of self-doubt and radical…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE LAST RUSSIAN DOLL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In 1991, a young woman returns to her homeland of Soviet Russia to solve a murder and ends up unraveling the devastating history of her family. She starts out with only a single key. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I knew this story would be set in Russia from the moment I first thought about writing it, because of my academic background in Slavonic Studies as well as my lifelong passion for Russian literature, in particular the epic love stories. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Oh yes, absolutely. But after everything I’ve guided my characters through, I might feel more like a parent than a friend or a peer! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? At the start of the novel, Tonya is curious, innocent, and lonely, while Rosie is self-absorbed, driven, and repressed. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? When you’re writing a book, it’s almost like you live in the book. In a way you end up leading two lives, one in…

1–What is the title of your latest release? The Good Luck Café (Somerset Lake series #4) 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In order to save her mom’s café, Moira goes head-to-head with small town mayor Gil Ryan, throwing her hat in the upcoming election. As the campaign heats up, secrets and sparks fly. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? All my books take place in fictional small towns in North Carolina. North Carolina is my home state and I love the setting. The Good Luck Café is book 4 in my Somerset Lake series so I pretty much knew my story would take place in my already established mountain town. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Definitely! Moira is courageous and she fights for what she believes in. She doesn’t hesitate to help others when she can. She’s deeply caring and a good friend. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Brave. Independent. Caring. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned a lot about the process of being a 911 operator, which I’ve always thought would be an interesting profession. I found myself…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE HOUSE ON MULBERRY STREET 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Free-spirited artist Elizabeth and solid, dependable Graham have been best friends for years. One problem–he’s secretly been in love with her for exactly that long. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The fictional town of Blue Cedar Falls, North Carolina, has been one of the main characters of this small-town romance series. It was the perfect setting for Elizabeth and Graham’s story of finding love and creating a home together. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Definitely! She’s fun, quirky, and creative. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Strong, grounded, underestimated 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Exactly how wide of a state North Carolina is! I lived in Charlotte for years, and loved going to both the mountains and the beach. But when it came time for Elizabeth and Graham to road trip from their mountain town in the far western part of the state to the beach on the east coast of it, I was somehow shocked by how long of a drive…

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 Jesse Q. Sutanto!   Writes: Comedic murder books with a lot of heart, humor, and hijinks.   About this book: Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would do a better job than the…

1–What is the title of your latest release? RED LONDON 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A CIA officer is tasked with flipping the British wife of a Russian oligarch in order to prevent the fall of the current world order. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’d been fascinated with the expansion of Russian oligarchs into London ever it began in 1994, when two things happened. First, the UK Prime Minister announced a new class of for foreigners willing to invest 750,000 pounds into the economy. Secondly, the Soviet Union was imploding, creating a new class of millionaire, many with dubious backgrounds. The new UK visa plan was designed to attract the oligarchs’ money but put off worrying what affect this might have on the country down the road. Fast forward to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the UK is finally forced to deal with the oligarchs—only by this time, they’re well entrenched in the country. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? As a former CIA officer, I have hung out with women like Lyndsey Duncan: sincere in their willingness to sacrifice themselves for…

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