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Excerpted from the book THE PORCELAIN MOON by Janie Chang. Copyright © 2023 by Janie Chang. From William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission.   THE PORCELAIN MOON   There had to be a way to avoid the fate outlined for her in that letter. Her dowry was meager, her prospects equally so. She knew what sort of match to expect. She might end up a shopkeeper’s second wife, worked to death and at the mercy of a resentful first wife. Or First Wife might pair her with an elderly widower who wanted an unpaid nursemaid. But worse than anything, whatever future First Wife was arranging for her right now, it would send Pauline back to China, far away from everything she loved. She didn’t want to leave Paris. Not this apartment with its tall French doors and high ceilings, or the neighbors along the Rue de Lisbonne. Not La Pagode, the store her uncle owned and all its beautiful antiques. She hurried down to the ground floor and along the corridor that led to the back of La Pagode. The store was closed most of the time now; few wanted to buy antiques while a war…

1–What is the title of your latest release? I LOVE IT WHEN YOU LIE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Three sisters return home to the Appalachian foothills to bury their beloved Gran. They each bring a problematic man with them, and by the end of the weekend, one of those men will be in the grave with their grandmother. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I grew up in north Alabama among strong Southern women, so I knew that I wanted to write about somewhere close to home. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Ha. Love this question. I probably have hung out with my protagonist in real life. Tara is fiercely loyal to her family and willing to go to any lengths to protect them. A lot of my friends and family could be defined this way. (She’s also a pastor’s wife who is stealing money from her husband’s church, so that’s less likely.) 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Sassy, protective, fed-up 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I already knew about the tradition of Decoration Sunday, in which family members…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SORRY, BRO 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An Armenian-American woman rediscovers her roots and embraces who she really is in this queer rom-com. Nareh Bedrossian goes hunting for an Armenian husband to appease her mother, but none of the men on her mother’s list strike her fancy. Instead it’s Erebuni Minassian, a witchy Armenian woman invested in preserving Armenian identity. Erebuni helps Nar see the beauty of their shared culture and makes her feel understood in a way she never has before. But there’s one teeny problem: Nar’s not exactly out as bisexual. The clock is ticking on her double life—a major banquet is coming up and her entire extended family will be there, along with Erebuni. Her worlds will inevitably collide, but Nar is determined to be brave and to claim her happiness. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, surrounded by the Armenian diaspora community here, so I wanted to set the book in this place I know so well. I have complicated feelings about the Bay and included some of them in…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE LOVE WAGER 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Two singles team up to help each other find The One, but might just end up falling for each other, instead. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I chose Omaha because it’s where I live, and there was no reason not to set it here. (It’s a great city lol). 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. She’s sarcastic and a little foul-mouthed; my favorite kind of friend! 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Fun, sarcastic, hilarious (also hot and swoony because ROMANCE). 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I actually discovered while writing this book that I write better at 4am than 11pm. I’ve always been a burning-the-midnight-oil writer, so this has blown my mind. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Both. For the most part I wait until I’m done, but the first chapter seems to get edited every time I open the doc. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? I’m such a child regarding food (aka picky). I…

RHYS BOWEN: Last year when our first book came out I was doing an interview and the person asked, “So how did you find your co-writer?” My answer was “I made her.” Because Clare Broyles, my co-writer is also my daughter. I had put the Molly Murphy series on hiatus after seventeen books, reluctantly, but I simply could not write three books a year and the Royal Spyness series and stand alones were thriving and more important to me. Clare came to me one day and said, “I think I’d like to write the Molly Murphy books with you.” I was a little hesitant. I knew she was a good writer. I knew we had a smooth and easy relationship, but I wondered how much extra work I’d be taking on. I thought I’d have to walk her through the first books together, do a lot of re-writing and I balked at that amount of time. Also, I wondered what would happen if I found it wasn’t working out. How would it change our relationship if I had to tell her no thank you? But I gave it a go and it was pure joy from day one. Clare reread…

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1–What is the title of your latest release? ARCA, the second book in the Five Queendoms series.   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Arca returns readers to the Five Queendoms, a matriarchal world thrown into chaos when more than a decade passed without a single girl being born. As Arca begins, the Drought of Girls has ended, but the rift it broke open between the queendoms isn’t so easily healed. And powerful women across the queendoms are using every tool at their disposal—including threats, schemes, armies and spells—to end up on top.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’d created the world of the Five Queendoms for the first book in the series, Scorpica, and because this one picks up where that one left off, I knew the queendom of Arca would be where a lot of the key action took place. There were other key plotlines I wanted to follow, so a lot happens in the other queendoms as well—it’s all about following the most exciting stories in this moment.   4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? My book has several protagonists, but the one…

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 Nancy Stohlman!   Sometimes on those dating profiles they will refer to things they DON’T want in an ideal match (like trump-supporter need not apply or non-adventurous types not apply) but I don’t think you have to go that far.   Writes: Writes flash fiction, which are compressed stories that have been crystallized into nuggets, then strings those nuggets together into an epic mosaic, a story made of tiny stories that tell the surreal tale of the people who are waiting for the Rapture…and what they end up getting.   About: If I were stranded on a desert island with just two books they would be For Whom the Bell Tolls and One Hundred Years of Solitude. I love pop art, travel, classical music, carnivals, Elvis, full moons, coffee, writing by hand and sunrises on purpose. I believe the job of every artist is to be a kind of visionary—to try and see farther into the future of possibility, to feel into the tiniest…

Book Title: SCALES, Coven of Desire Character Name: Ink   How would you describe your family or your childhood? I was born, if one could call it that, when a hedonistic man took a vow of chastity and via virulent prayer tore me from his psyche. Incubi don’t have childhoods. We pop into this world fully formed and ready to debauch. What was your greatest talent? I’ve found it’s much easier to show than be accused of bragging, but alas, I am bound to my witch so you’ll have to take my word for it. Significant other? I suppose she is significant in that I am bound to her across the realms of the universe; however, incubi do not dwell in the palm-sweaty, awkward existence that is mortal dating. It is rare for us to spend more than a night with one of our prey, for rather obvious reasons. Layla is the exceptional mortal to experience my numerous skills over and over—often four or five times a night. Biggest challenge in relationships? You presume I would care about the thoughts or convoluted feelings of others, beyond the pulsing blood flow to their loins, of course. Even if she is having…