Your world building and character development are phenomenal! All the various relationships and past histories of Faerie are so complex and yet you spell it out so easily for the reader to follow without us having to draw a family tree or genogram. How do you keep track of your various worlds and the characters while you are writing? I set up private wikis, which I then keep on thumb drives so I can travel with them if I’m going to be away from home while I’m working on one of the larger continuities!   I love the irony of a changeling who was turned into a fish for 14 years later being married to one of the Cait Sidhe. Was this planned from the beginning with a long-term plot or do your characters lead you into sometimes unexpected directions? I honestly believed, in the beginning, that Toby was going to get together with Connor and be happy.  I also started building this world when I was nineteen and had a much simpler view of some of the ways the world worked.  Tybalt was a wonderful surprise for me.   And to go along with the prior question, where did…

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 Anna Lee Huber! Writes: Anna Lee Huber writes novels that explore the mysteries of the past and the secrets of the heart. Her award-winning historical mystery series are intricately researched, beautifully written, and filled with twists and turns; but a rich and nuanced portrayal of human relationships lies at the heart of the stories. Her Verity Kent series takes place after the Great War and features a former British intelligence agent and her dashing war-hero husband, Sidney, who are working to rebuild their marriage after four years of separation and the heartbreak of a world war. Unfortunately, the intrigue doesn’t end with the armistice, and they find themselves ever drawn into murderous inquiries that not only threaten their friends and allies, but also the world’s fragile peace. About: USA Today bestselling author, Anna Lee Huber, was born and raised, and currently resides in the Great Lakes. She is a mother, a musician, a children’s choir director, a cat-lover, and a chaos organizer. She enjoys…

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 Alyssa Richards!   Writes:  Suspense! I began writing in a different genre several years ago, but realized that mystery and suspense were my favorite elements of any story.  I absolutely love a twisty, cerebral, Hitchcockian-style mystery that keeps me engaged until the very end. Actually, beyond the end. Because one of the hallmarks of a great book, I think, is a story that stays with you long after The End.  These days it’s unusual find a true suspense novel that can engage your heart as well as your intellect. But those are the stories I strive to write.   About:  USA TODAY Best-Selling Author seeks readers who love getting lost in a great mystery.  Looking for readers who enjoy classic, well-done suspense with lots of intrigue, characters who are real and smart and complex and who follow harrowing journeys.   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:   Loves characters who do not disappoint. Loves intense suspense that builds with every page….

1–What is the title of your latest release? LOVE ON THE BRAIN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A neuroscientist has the opportunity of a lifetime when she’s tasked to lead a prestigious NASA project – and then finds out that her grad school nemesis will be leading the engineering part of the project. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I really wanted to write about NASA, because NASA is super cool, and the Johnson Space Center seemed like a really good choice! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I would harass her into being my BFF. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Reserved, determined, simpy (that’s a word, right?) 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? All sorts of things about expressing cats’ anal glands. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? So, my process is usually divided in two parts: first, I write the first few chapters, in which the tone of the book and the main personalities of the characters are set, and I edit them compulsively. I need to be pretty happy about the shape…

“So, what genre is your novel?”   An editor asked me that question and it stopped me in my tracks. I had written a manuscript—about 90,000 words—and I knew it needed fresh eyes to help it grow and get better. The problem was, I didn’t know the answer to her question.   When I started writing Stone Heart, I wanted it to be about love and relationships, but also about regrets, unfinished business, and coming to terms with the past. Sounds like the perfect recipe for a romance novel, doesn’t it? The problem was, when I really thought about it, that wasn’t what I wanted.   Don’t get me wrong. I love a good romance novel with a happily-ever-after ending, and one of these days, maybe there will be a romance novel in my future. But that still left me in a bit of a predicament trying to figure out what I’d written. In Stone Heart there is a very important romantic entanglement between my main character, Lauren, and an ex she’s never quite gotten over. But the romance is a frame for the story, not the story itself.   Figuring out my genre was my first challenge…   What…

1–What is the title of your latest release? A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An exquisitely beautiful prince and his stoic, beefy bodyguard investigate a coin counterfeiting plot as their initial mutual dislike transforms slowly into respect, devoted loyalty, and love. Also, a scene where they wash each other’s hair and talk about the ethics of fealty.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The kingdom of Arasht is one nation in the broader world of Mithalgeard, the setting for all of my fantasy books. Ever since an off-hand mention of “the merchant-princes of Arasht” in my first book, A Conspiracy of Truths, I’ve been really excited to explore this part of the world in more detail. A nation with a vast trade empire and an ability to magically identify the composition of metals meant that they were a compelling setting for a plot involving coin counterfeiting.   4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON has two male leads, so I’ll assume this question is about the more “main character” of the two: Kadou, the exquisitely…

Our Civil War novel, THE THREAD COLLECTORS, began in the most unlikely of places – Las Vegas.  Standing off to the side at a lawyer’s conference, we bonded over standing out in a sea of dark-suited men and our mutual love of books. Shaunna J. Edwards: As an avid reader, I admitted to Alyson that I had always aspired to put pen to paper.  Saying that to an established bestselling author was intimidating to say the least. Alyson Richman: I assured Shaunna that as a Harvard Literature major, she undoubtedly had a book in her! Over time – and over wine – we began to muse about writing something together. However, it took ten years and a global pandemic for our dream to become a reality. While the world stopped, we began to mine the depths of our family histories and heritage to create The Thread Collectors. We wanted to explore the Civil War experience through two underrepresented lenses and illuminate not just the tragedies and injustices of this era, but also, on a more positive note, how music and creative enterprise can spark and sustain a friendship in the most challenging of times. In The Thread Collectors, you will…

1–What is the title of your latest release? CATCH HER IN A LIE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Two agents on the trail of a serial killer. A mother and daughter on the trip of a lifetime. Fates converge in paradise in a chilling short story by an Amazon Charts bestselling author. 3–How did you decide where your short story was going to take place? My editor at Thomas & Mercer, who publishes my thrillers, asked if I’d write a short story for an upcoming collection. The theme is “getaways,” and all the short stories must take place at a vacation location. I was planning a six-week getaway in Costa Rica, so it made sense to set it there. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes! She’s flawed and funny and 100% original. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Brilliant, unstable, and loyal 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I’d never before visited Costa Rica, so writing this story there required me to not only soak in the beautiful environment but also research the plants and animals of Costa Rica. I learned I do *not* like sloths. An unpopular…

I initially assumed that your new book TO TEMPT A SORCERER was part of your Brides of Prophecy series. When I looked it up on Amazon, it said that it is the first book in the Blood Prophecy series. Is this a spinoff series? If so, how is it connected? In book 7, RECLAIMING THE MAGIC, the hero and heroine reunite with their long-lost daughter, who ended up with a grumpy high sorcerer who’s had appearances in the series since book 3. The daughter’s story HAD to be told, but it doesn’t fit in the timeline in the main series, so a spinoff was the way to go. There are other interesting characters and places I also wish to explore in this spinoff, so every book will be a fun standalone.   How would you describe these “prophecy” books to readers unfamiliar with them? Mephistopheles, an evil being who thinks he’s a god has been creating his world by stealing parts of other worlds for thousands of years. The magical beings and human mages escaped to another world called Aisthanesthai. The remaining Earth humans with magic were persecuted until they were virtually wiped out. Then, Mephistopheles created vampires. But they…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SCANDALIZED 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When her connecting flight home is canceled until morning, an investigative journalist is reunited with her childhood crush for an unexpected night of passion. But when she discovers his relationship to the dangerous story she’s researching, they’ll have to be careful to keep their budding love affair from blowing up into an international scandal. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wrote this in fever during 2020, at the peak of the pandemic. It was an escape for me in every way, and all I knew when I started was that the hero, Alec, lived in London and the heroine, Gigi, lived in Los Angeles. Opening the book in a place where neither of them lived—Seattle—seemed like the best way to get them out of their normal circumstances and willing to ignore the rules for what they both think is just one night. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. Gigi is ambitious, loyal, and genuine. She’s my kind of friend. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Sexy, skilled, sincere. 6–What’s…