1–What is the title of your latest release? EVERYTHING SHE FEARED 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was looking for a place that had great wilderness setting not far from a metropolis. I had been to Seattle, which is a beautiful city, and the area around it is stunning. So, I thought that would be a good place to set the story. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes. I think Sara Harmon be a good friend. Despite her troubling life history, she is down to earth. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Honest. Loving. Haunted. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? How you can draw a character, make them real by using documents, records, transcripts. Back when I was a reporter, we learned to mine a story by going through documents. I used this technique in writing Everything She…

Book Title: SPIDER Character Name: Sophie   How would you describe your family or your childhood? I’ve been blessed with lovely parents and had a wonderful childhood. They gave my brother and I everything. My father’s a dentist and my mum used to be an air hostess before they were married. I’ve always been a daddy’s girl. He lets me get away with anything.   What was your greatest talent? I’ve always been an entertainer. As a child I used to play Happy Birthday on the recorder at parties when it was time to cut the cake. Sometimes I would even recite a poem, something by Ted Hughes or maybe a Shakespearean sonnet, but that got a bit tricky when my aunties would make me translate the whole thing into Punjabi so I stopped doing it.   Significant other? I’m married to Tariq. He’s a lawyer… I’m sorry, it’s hard for me to talk about him… I was finally happy, really and truly happy when we got married. We had a wonderful life together, but it was cut short when he disappeared. Nobody knows what happened to him.   Biggest challenge in relationships? Where do I begin? Untrustworthy partners with…

That Dog Won’t Hunt, Book 3, Birdwell, Texas Mysteries by Aimee Gilchrist The Boss’s Possession, Book 4, Crave and Claimed series by Sam Crescent New Star Rising by Linda K Hopkins The Helios Syndrome by Vivian Shaw Pride High: Book 2 – Orange by Jay Bell Spring of the Cursed Fae, Book 2, Land of the Fae series by L.P. Dover Frontier Cinderella, Book 3, Frontier Matches series, by Regina Scott Unseen Past: A Hidden Wolves Prequel by Kaje Harper House Perilous, Book 2 Sparks and Philtres series by Tansy Rayner Roberts All His Touches by West Greene     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 Friday for…

I created the first military romantic suspense in March 1989 with the publishing of CAPTIVE OF FATE, Silhouette Special Edition (SSE).  Since I’d served in the US Navy in the 1960’s, and was a meteorologist (AG3), I wanted to write about what I knew and loved.  As a vet, I wanted to have a “niche” romance like many other types already had one, but none were focused on military people and veterans and their stories.  With the above book, so many military families and vets loved it, and the military romantic suspense niche was born. Being in the Romance Industry for forty-one years now, I had wanted to write a lot more books than any publisher could keep up with my creative speed.  To date, I have roughly 225 fiction books published, 95% of them through the known New York City publishers, and 5% from my own small publishing company, Blue Turtle Publishing.   I have twenty-three military romantic suspense books in print/ebook in my DELOS SERIES. Now, in 2023, I have now created my next one:  SHADOW TEAM SERIES, a gritty, fast-moving military romantic suspense, has just been published.  So far, I’m in the process of writing seven books for…

Echo, Book 6, The Alpha Elite series, by Sybil Bartel Temptation, Book 1, One Scorching Summer series, by Lori Wilde The Girl in the Woods by Kristen Ashley Redeeming 6, Book 4, Boys of Tommen series by Chloe Walsh Mace, Book 8, Royal Bastards MC series by Winter Travers Break the Ice, Book 1, Lakeshore U series by L. A. Cotton Ford, Book 2, Shadow Ops Team series by Makenna Jameison The Billionaire Collection, Romance in NYC: The Billionaires series by Angel Devlin The Salt Mine Boxed Set 1-3 by Joseph Browning The Score, Book 3, Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy A Sister’s Blessing, Book 10, A Katama Bay series by Katie Winters Omega’s Choice, Book 5, Alpha Security Company series by Mina Carter Bad Romance: a Romance Box Set by Shanna Bell A Time to Seek by Tracy Higley The Wolf and the Witch, Book 3, Witch Walker series, by Charissa Weaks Michigan Millionaires Collection One: Books 1-3 by Kimmy Loth An Act of Misfortune, Book 1, Acts Of Misfortune series, by Stephen John Soldier Cowboy, Book 6, The Men of Stone Ridge series by Heatherly Bell Endings and Empathy, Book 7, Amplifier series by Meghan Ciana Doidge The…

What is the title of your latest release? THE PERFUMIST OF PARIS   What’s the elevator pitch for your new book? Paris, 1974. Radha, Lakshmi’s rebellious younger sister from The Henna Artist, is now 32 and living in Paris with her husband and two daughters. With Lakshmi’s help, she’s on the cusp of realizing her career ambition as a master perfumer when she finds out the son she never told her husband about is heading to Paris to find her, upending her carefully managed world and vulnerable marriage.   How did you decide where your story was going to take place? My character decided it. In the first book of the Jaipur Trilogy, I had written the future stories of each major character. Radha decided to elope with a Frenchman who was trekking through the Himalayan foothills where she was a boarding school student. They married in Paris, where Radha found her way into the elegant world of fragrance—a natural for Radha—who used to mix the finest henna paste for her sister Lakshmi.   Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes. I would find her take on perfume fascinating.   What are three words that describe…

1–What is the title of your latest release? MADNESS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – Book 2 in the Looking Glass series. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Down the rabbit hole and back out through the looking glass with a magickal Royal Scepter and a fairy tale to sell. What if little Alice’s story was true? What if ‘Wonderland’ with all those enchanting characters was a real place? Alice’s descendant found out the hard way in book 1 …however, the story has only begun … 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I built my vision of ‘wonderland’ on how it I saw it in my head. It exists in a parallel dimension – you only have to find a portal, some of which are right there in plain sight. Of course, you have to know where to look—or look with your inner child’s eyes. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! To have a bestie like Ally who’s the descendant of the original Alice, who knows where ‘wonderland’ is and how to get there? Fabulous! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Ally surprised me in so…

1–What is the title of your latest release? WHAT THE HEX 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Perky apprentice takes on grumpy warlock. It’s a boss romance with a grumpy/sunshine, witchy twist. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? After GO HEX YOURSELF, Penny and Willem obviously needed their story told. I had to do it! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. Penny would be the best sort to hang out with. She’d have the menu memorized at the restaurant, be there 15 minutes early to snag the best seats and keep the conversation rolling. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Starchy, Snobby, and Ginger 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? The Romans had a lot of fertility deities. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I wait until I’m done! 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Iced coffee. Does that count? 9–Describe your writing space/office! A mess. It’s always a mess. 10–Who is an author you admire? I am and will always remain a Kresley Cole fangirl. 11–Is there a book that changed your life? The first one…

Book Title: AN ARTFUL LIE Character Name: Aidan Nowlton   How would you describe your family or your childhood? My father, the late Bertram Nowlton, was the Duke of Malmsby.  The Nowltons are a family of multi-talented individuals. I had four older siblings. I was an afterthought, ten years younger than my sister Catherine. As a young boy I would follow them and try to do what they did. They asked me to help them sometimes and I enjoyed that. It wasn’t long until helping the family instead of doing something unique for myself became my life. What was your greatest talent? You could say I am the black sheep in the family as I never had a talent. I helped my siblings with their talent endeavors, but never had a recognized talent. Where do you live? London, just outside of Mayfair. I have a townhouse with an Art Gallery on the ground floor. Do you have any enemies? No, though I don’t get along with Lord William Candelstone, my sister Catherine’s husband. He is a spymaster whose mantra is “For King and Country.” What do you do for a living? I own an Art Gallery. Greatest disappointment? Courting Bella….

1–What is the title of your latest release? ANA MARIA AND THE FOX 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd British politician makes for a tantalizing Victorian season. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? While researching immigration records, I came across those of Mexicans emigrating to the Europe, which sparked my interest, and I began researching historical events that would necessitate such a move. And then I remembered the French occupation of Mexico! From there, the idea for the Luna Sisters series was kindled, and I knew that the first book would start with the three sisters disembarking from the ship that carried them from their home in French occupied Mexico to safety in London. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! Ana María is charming and kind and is curious about the world around her. I would love to be her bestie! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Dutiful, protective, curious 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned so much! I knew general information about the French occupation of Mexico but not the…