1–What is the title of your latest release? MORNINGS AT RIVER’S END RANCH 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Back when Wyatt Buchanan and Nola Parkman were high school sweethearts, an unplanned pregnancy pulled them apart. Seventeen years later, the haunting decision to place the baby for adoption finds them unlucky in love, yet still drawn to each other like moths to a flame. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Texas will always be home for me so it’s where I set my stories. I especially love Texas small towns. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I would! She’s a blown glass artist, and I’ve always been fascinated by that. Plus, she’s got a wonderful sense of humor. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Hot. honorable, tough 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned a lot about blowing glass and actually did a zoom tutorial with a glass artist. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I wait until I’m done, and then I go back through the book several times. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? A…

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 Kevin G. Chapman!   Writes: I’m a mystery/thriller author, but all my stories involve relationships and some romance. My new novel, Dead Winner, is all about the romance – but there’s still a mystery with some thrills involved. Dead Winner is about a man, Rory, who has always regretted not telling Monica the way he felt about her. Instead, his best friend, Tom, asked her out and ended up marrying her. Eight years later, Rory, now a successful trust & estates lawyer, finds himself in a position way outside his comfort zone. Monica needs him to be her protector, her criminal defense lawyer, and her private investigator. Along the way, their relationship heats up well beyond attorney and client. Rory must solve the mystery, protect the woman of his dreams, and be the hero he always imagined himself to be inside the video games he frequently plays. The question is, does he have what it takes to be a real-life hero?   About: I’m…

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 Mary Shotwell!   Writes: Hey there! I write small-town contemporary romances for every season. Not only do I love setting my stories during holidays, I also try to incorporate my love for the water in them. My latest, CHRISTMAS ISLAND has all the gingerbread warmth and peppermint feels. Opposites attract when two people are persuaded to organize a local fundraiser for autism in Waverly Lake, North Carolina. The heroine Laura, fresh off of heartbreak, has no intentions of starting a relationship. Steve, the local attorney, has searched for what feels like forever to find the right woman. Neither likes the other, but their yuletide shenanigans pull them together in a magical way only Christmas can. There’s sailing, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, hot cocoa – All my favorite ingredients!   About: I grew up in the Ohio snow belt and have forever managed to find a school and work in the south. Currently residing in Tennessee, I LOVE baking. As in, I bake over one…

1–What is the title of your latest release? TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Opposites become allies to fool their matchmaking friends in this swoony reimagining of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I knew the energy of a vibrant, big city, sort of a NYC analogue, was the world for this artsy, creative, entrepreneurial group of people who make up the series’ primary and secondary characters. In setting the book in an unspecified city, I allowed myself scope to create an atmosphere and places that suit the story world, rather than be restricted to a real-life city’s geography and logistics. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. Bea and I both love cozy nights in and the occasional fun night out with our core group of friends. I could see having an order-in food and hang out night while I wrote and she drew, and I could also see us going bowling with the friend group and having a blast. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Thoughtful, witty, generous. 6–What’s something you learned…

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 Maggie Kelley!   Writes: Sexy, playful, contemporary romance. I love romantic comedies from While You Were Sleeping to Silver Linings Playbook, so naturally, when I started reading and writing romance, I developed a small, Jennifer Crusie obsession. I even named the Tribeca bar featured in my debut, Breaking the Bachelor, after my favorite Crusie novel, Welcome to Temptation. My stories are fast-paced and modern, focused on smart, funny women and sexy, big-hearted guys who can’t help but fall for one another. So, if you’re like me, and you love romantic comedies, you are sure to enjoy No Rescue Required, my Jerry Maguire meets Plane, Trains, and Automobiles road trip romance full of heart, humor, and the holidays.   About: After ten years of working in Hollywood as an actress, I traded the west coast for the east where I live happily-ever-after with my longtime sweetie and two occasionally punky teens. When not traveling to a soccer tournament or carpooling to basketball practice, I am…

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 Maya Tyler!   Writes: Maya Tyler writes paranormal romance with a twist. Her latest release, DESIGNED BY DESTINY, is a story about Bethany Clark, an architect intern, who swore off love to focus on her career, and her playboy boss Nicholas Grey who needs a stable personal life to keep his job. Add in a fairy godmother, Faye Delmore, who just happens to love playing matchmaker, and you get a future designed by destiny. Designed by Destiny is more contemporary than her previous titles with just the right amount of magic.   About: Fairytale-loving, coffee addict-seeking bookworms who love romance. Maya Tyler’s favorite fairy tale is Cinderella. She enjoys a good cup of coffee which keeps her going until her next cup of coffee. And she’ll never turn down a grande caramel macchiato from Starbucks. She has a sweet tooth—loves most desserts, especially cake—and has a secret stash of Reese’s Pieces in her desk drawer… for emergencies. When she’s not reading or writing, she…

Hi all! A. Poland here, author of TRIPWRECKED, a grump/sunshine, found family, sort-of-ridiculous romcom set in the Sunshine Coast of Australia.   Tim Tams – a delicious Australian snack, and the namesake of an equally delicious lesbian bff Running – halfway across the world from an ex Ice cream – you can’t have a romcom in Australia without a ‘Golden Gaytime’ Pals – what our two lovebirds keep insisting that they are Wondering – if our protagonist wants to be more than buddies-who-bone, chums-who-come, friends-who-fuck Rental – the Airbnb where all the magic began. Eight – age of the daughter the protagonist can’t impress Canlaroy – the idyllic little town where this tale is set Kissing – wow there’s a lot of it Evenings – walking along sandy beaches, hand in hand, humming the Bee Gees Diving – scuba and emotionally head first into love (and that D) TRIPWRECKED by A. Poland Aiden Cole isn’t exactly running away. He’s just taking a month-long vacation halfway round the world. Spontaneously. He may be ditching his job, his disastrous love life, family, and everything else, but nope, he’s just on vacation. Four weeks in a tiny little blip of an Australian town…

1–What is the title of your latest release? AN ARTFUL COMPROMISE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Helena Littledean secretly acquired a painting of Adam in the Garden of Eden. She has kept it hidden for Adam lacks even a fig leaf! Then she meets the Earl of Norwalk. Her heart catches in her throat. It’s her Adam…the embodiment of her closely held dreams. But he is an aristocrat, and she comes from trade. There is no way she can admit she owns a nude painting of an Earl! 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I knew the heroine’s family were potters, so that led to Staffordshire, the hub of English pottery. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes. I love the arts and she is an artist. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Troubled, Loyal, Determined 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? About clay and the clay mines of Devon and Cornwall with their tools and methods. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? A bit of both. When I get about ½ through, I start to…

1–What is the title of your latest release? NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF PRINCE WERE ALIVE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When an incoming hurricane disrupts a busy mom’s life and (spoiler alert, marriage), she’s got to beat the storm without losing her marbles. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I live in Savannah, Georgia. It is a beautiful coastal city full of creative, hilarious, and passionate people. For many years, we were lucky that major storms scooted by us and then we got walloped by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, which inspired the action of the book. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. I would buy her beer and tell her she’s a great mom. Also, I would tell her it was rude to say those things about Taylor Swift and she should listen to Midnights so we can discuss it. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Plucky, vibrant, seething. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Rejection makes me a better writer and human. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit in…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE LINDBERGH NANNY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The most famous kidnapping in American history as told by one of its key protagonists. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The crime took place in New Jersey, so the setting was decided for me. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely, although she strikes me as someone who would be a bit guarded at first. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Sharp witted. Loving. Emotionally bruised. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I knew the bare facts of the Lindbergh kidnapping, but I had no idea the staff of both the Lindbergh and Morrow houses came under intense suspicion. One committed suicide, another was institutionalized, another died young, and a fourth just disappeared. The Lindberghs, of course, were primarily affected, but this crime ruined a lot of lives. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I try to get to 100 pages and then I start writing one new page a day and revising two. With certain projects, I run…