1–What is the title of your latest release? REINCEPTION 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A corporation’s popular brain-modification technology is eradicating socially unacceptable behavior in 2126 New York City. When a college student and a government-labeled terrorist discover the truth of what’s happening inside people’s heads, they fight to preserve their free will and the future. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? In setting my book 100 years in the future, I thought carefully about what would change and what might remain the same. It was central to my story that my main character, Leandrea, be in college. I went to Barnard College/Columbia University in New York City. I liked the idea that Columbia University would endure, and I put Leandrea into places that I inhabited and explored in college and imagined what they might be like, and whether they would even exist, in 2126. In the same way that civilizations have always exploited existing infrastructures, I built future NYC on top of existing NYC. A complex city like New York is ripe for speculative futures. One imagines how things like climate change will impact a city that depends so heavily…

Excerpt from A DEAL WITH DARKNESS, Alexis L. Menard, City Owl Press © 2022 , Used by permission.   Prologue   My internal clock ticked away precious seconds. I didn’t usually give my target this much of a head start, but tonight I was feeling generous. I took a deep breath, scenting the trail of my prey in the darkness cloaking the forest. The Grimm Wood usually smelled like fresh earth and pine, but tonight the hint of copper masked the natural aroma. Nothing stirred in the trees—no sound carried on the breeze blowing east. The wind was my ally, revealing the panicked paces of the man fleeing from my attack. I could have finished him off before he escaped, but the truth was I let him go. The reaping was more gratifying when I had to work for it, more delicious when it was earned. This lowlife was a fighter, a despicable coward, and a runner. And I really liked it when they ran. I reached down next to his abandoned cot still unrolled by the fire, speckled with blood from the warning slice I made down his forearm. Snatching a half-empty bottle by the neck, I took a…

1–What is the title of your latest release? DOUBLE-BOOKED, A Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. Adventure 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The eighth book in the zany humorous horror series featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. He’s back from the dead and back on the case, with werewolves, zombies, mummies, vampires, ghosts…and any other unnatural who needs a crime solved. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? In this series, all of the resurrected monsters live in the Unnatural Quarter…like Sesame Street with ghosts and goblins. A hilarious noir version of New Orleans. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! Dan Shamble is a great guy to have a beer with, though I’d prefer to sit at the bar stool at the Goblin Tavern upwind! 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Determined, clueless …. Dead. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I write big, epic science fiction and huge doorstop fantasies. The Dan Shamble series allows me to embrace my silly side.  I have so much fun writing these books. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I’m a fast…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE STILL SMALL VOICE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Madison Moore has been estranged from her family for years, but when her dying father summons her home, she reluctantly makes the trip back to the place that still evokes heartache. Her family’s reception is lukewarm. But when her father tells her about a murder years before and that he has proof the woman in prison is not the killer, Madison finds herself in the center of a decades-old mystery. As she follows the trail of clues, Madison discovers the shocking reason her father asked her for help and how his confession relates to her own tragic past. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? My novel takes place where I lived in junior high and high school. Much of the story is also set in that time period. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I feel she would have been someone I was friends with for a very long time. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Madison is curious, strong-willed, and loyal. 6–What’s something you learned while writing…

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 as a reader you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Luna Joya!   Writes: Steamy paranormal romance with magic, mysteries, and sexy hexy times.   About: A survivor of traumatic brain injury with steel body parts, Luna lives in SoCal with her combat veteran husband and their two-pound terror of a rescue pup, #TinyEditor. She loves Disney, tacos, and wants to grow up to be a dragon shifter. She writes steamy romances that are “wickedly delightful” (Publishers Weekly). The “delightfully devious” Luna writes “action-packed paranormal romantic thrillers, singing with magical power and humming with a sensuality that will leave readers breathless.” (InD’Tale Magazine).   My ideal reader match for my latest book, WICKED MATCH, craves books with… Witch Royals Matchmaker Falling for Her Match Bad boy/Good Girl Relationships Bodyguard Romance Princess with Villainess Powers Supernatural Political Intrigue Slow Burn Steam with a Penchant for Naughty   What to expect if we’re compatible: Pics of my two-pound pup, #TinyEditor Wanting to stay up late to read just one more chapter (or two or three) Secondary characters who will…

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 Mindi Briar!   Writes: I write adventurous, romantic stories set in space. If you prefer your sci-fi gritty and dark with extra science, hold the feelings – then I’m sorry to disappoint! My niche is soft sci-fi and space fantasy. I strive to create an accessible, human-relationship-focused, optimistic, and queer-inclusive future that feels like a place I’d like to live in. My debut novel, ADRIFT IN STARLIGHT, follows a courtesan who’s paid to seduce an asexual woman, except their plans get derailed (and inconvenient feelings start to grow) when the two of them accidentally resurrect a fossilized alien and have to go on the run together. My new release, PETRICHOR BLOOMS, takes place in the same universe as the first book but stands alone. Find the blurb below!   About: I work in a library for my day job, which is kind of like being a kid who works in a candy shop. I’ve been obsessed with sci-fi/fantasy books since middle school and have…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SOME DUKES HAVE ALL THE LUCK 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A troubled duke in need of a wife + an awkward entomologist in need of a husband = a marriage of convenience that will not definitely NOT end in “feelings”. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I created the Isle of Synne, the fictional English seaside resort that my last series was set on, and I just couldn’t bring myself to leave its idyllic shores and quirky characters. Luckily the Isle of full of romantic misfits fairly begging for their happily-ever-afters to be told. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely! She’s quirky and awkward, and absolutely brilliant. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Troubled, supportive, delicious 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? All about the life cycle of the tansy beetle. I seriously didn’t realize they were such fascinating creatures. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Oh, I definitely edit as I go. I outline very little of my books before I write, and am very…

1–What is the title of your latest release? DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME, Book 2, Love on the Radio 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A burned-out rock star returns to his hometown and must face the woman he left behind brokenhearted a decade ago. But as passion reignites, the secrets and pain that drove them apart still wait to steal their second chance at love. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Though the books in the Love on the Radio series are standalones and feature different couples, each one takes place in the small, quaint town of Pike’s End, Washington. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Definitely! She’s someone you’d want to call your best friend. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Gifted, scarred, and redeemable 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I don’t know if I learned anything new as much as was reminded about taking care and sensitivity when writing a character’s experience that is not your own. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit as I go because once I’m done with…

1–What is the title of your latest release? A SWEET LOWCOUNTRY PROPOSAL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? It was supposed to be the happiest day of Jaslene Simmons’s life, the day she’d say “I do” to Marcus Clark. But when her sister dies in a tragic accident, everything changes-including her once-rosy future with Marcus. Jaslene instead pours all her energy into caring for her now motherless niece and running the wedding planning company she and her sister had built, wanting to honor her sister’s dream even if she must sacrifice her own. As an archivist at the Lowcountry African American Heritage Museum, Marcus shines a light on the stories of forgotten people. Researching history is better than dealing with his own heartache and the guilt he has over the role he may have inadvertently played in the death of Jaslene’s sister. Jaslene never thought she’d cross paths with Marcus again, but she ends up planning a wedding at the museum, which is faced with the threat of closure. As they work together to save it, their buried feelings slowly reignite. They soon realize there is still room in their hearts for love…if only they can overcome their…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SOME TOUCH OF MADNESS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Regency-era writer and dagger-wielding badass Miss Emmeline St. Germaine is the kind of woman you want on your side in a fight. But when her rights are stripped from her and she is sent to an asylum where murder is afoot, with enemies all around her, will she figure out whom to fight, and how? 3—Some Touch of Madness is a sequel to A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder; first, tell us a little about Book #1, and then, how did it being a sequel affect your writing of Some Touch of Madness? A GENTLEWOMAN’S GUIDE TO MURDER started with Miss Emmeline St. Germaine, who is determined to right wrongs in her Regency England society. She and her band of women – who call themselves the Crones – rescue abused scullery maids and young ladies being forced into unwanted marriages. Murder hits too close to home, and to save herself from being suspected and perhaps hanged for the crime, she needs to unearth the perpetrator. Some Touch of Madness finds Emmeline still advocating for the abused, but also in peril herself…