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 Tiana Warner!   Writes: YA Fantasy and sapphic romance. My new book, THE VALKYRIE’S DAUGHTER, will take you through the nine Norse worlds and all the way down to Helheim! I love to write stories that dive into relatable feelings on an epic backdrop, which is why YA Fantasy is so perfect—Sigrid wants more than anything to be a Valkyrie, and on a journey to fulfill her purpose, she gets to explore her feelings and learn about who she is.   About: I’m an author from BC, Canada, who loves to explore nature with my hyperactive rescue mutt, Joey. I’ve had horses my whole life, which you’ll probably notice when you read about the horses in THE VALKYRIE’S DAUGHTER.   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: My ideal reader match for THE VALKYRIE’S DAUGHTER is into… Norse mythology. The story is full of mythological Norse places, people, and creatures. Underdog stories. Sigrid was never meant to be a Valkyrie, and she…

1–What is the title of your latest release? TUTUS, FRIES & DEAD GUYS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When ghost whisperer Gianna Mancini finds a dead dance teacher, she strikes out to discover the murderer to save her niece, but the teacher’s ghost has more fun scaring people in mirrors then helping, and the killer will stop at nothing to get Gianna out of the way. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? South Shore Beach is the fictional version of the town I grew up in, Long Beach on Long Island, NY. I haven’t lived there in decades, but I have fond memories of the town. No other place I’ve lived since has been anything like it. 4–Would you hang out with your sleuth in real life? Absolutely! Gianna would be a great friend, and she loves to eat. We’d get along well. 5–What are three words that describe your sleuth? Loyal, determined, brave 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I researched dance terms and competition locations in the real towns based around my fictional one. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?…

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 Anne Gracie! Writes: Regency-era romances that will make you laugh and cry and leave you smiling. Stories that will sweep you away from the gloom and doom of today, into a world where you’ll meet spirited heroines in gorgeous long dresses and handsome heroes in tight buckskin breeches and high, shiny boots. You’ll meet rakes and wallflowers; heroes in need of a life lesson and heroines who really deserve and need to be loved. You’ll meet cunning and eccentric old ladies, nosy neighbors, scandalous chaperones and one or two outright villains. In Anne Gracie’s Regency world, lonely people and orphans come together and form families. Most of all, it’s a world where love always triumphs.   About: Anne Gracie started her first novel writing by hand in notebooks while backpacking solo around the world. Published by Berkley, her award-winning books have been translated into many languages, including Japanese manga editions, which she thinks is very cool. Anne will eat carrot sticks and celery but would trade them…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE GUNSLINGER’S GUIDE TO AVOIDING MATRIMONY   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?  A gunslinger on the run stumbles across a criminal retirement community and breaks his most cardinal rule by accidentally marrying the first woman he meets.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place?  It’s book 2 in the series so the location was a given – we’re back in Desolation, Colorado!   4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?  Absolutely! Nora’s a hoot. She’s a towering tall, strong, independent, sassy woman who secretly just really wants a hug and I love her to death.   5–What are three words that describe your hero? Unlucky, overthinker, loyal (once you’ve earned it)   6–What’s something you learned while writing this book?  Hmmm, I did a lot of research on the marriage laws and rules about licenses in nineteenth century Colorado   7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? A bit of both. I try to wait to the end, but I tend to edit my first several chapters as I go. I can skip around…

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 Maisey Yates!   Writes: A baby is found abandoned on a covered bridge two days before Christmas, and twenty-two years later she’s searching for answers that will unravel the fabric of her small town and the people who live there.   About: Maisey Yates (36) hails from rural Oregon. Maisey spends her days writing and believes that nothing is better than a good romance. Whether she’s writing romance or women’s fiction, she tries to inject heart, heat, and intense emotion into every single book. THE LOST AND FOUND GIRL is her very first book with mystery elements. When she isn’t writing, Maisey loves to knit, drink coffee and bake.   The ideal reader for THE LOST AND FOUND GIRL: Is interested in the dark side of seemingly cheery small towns Likes a complicated, forbidden romance loves to see a long-time unrequited crush become requited Wants some mystery mixed in with their stories Enjoys reading about the close, and sometimes challenging relationships in families Is…

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 Jennie Marts!   Writes: Hi! I’m Jennie Marts, an award-winning author who writes small town stories with humor and heart. In my books, you’ll usually find at least one adorable dog, a sassy old lady who loves to dispense worldly and often hilarious advice, a swoon-worthy hero, and a heroine who can hold her own against anything the world throws at her. And often, an ornery goat shows up to cause trouble as well. Like in my newest book, NEVER ENOUGH COWBOY, where Otis, the resident ornery goat of the Heaven Can Wait Horse Rescue ranch, traps the feisty librarian, Jillian Bennett, in the loft of the barn after having wrestled her maple syrup-scented wrap skirt from her body. As luck would have it, Deputy Ethan Rayburn, the guy she’s been crushing on, is the one to come to her rescue, except she wasn’t prepared for him to catch her wearing only superhero undies and a sheepish grin. As a single mom, Jillian barely…

What inspires you to write mysteries, as opposed to any other type of novel? When I was young, I had grandiose ideas of writing The Great American Novel, only I hadn’t written much at that point, and I hadn’t gone through much formal training (no MFA here!). So I thought, quite naively, let me try writing a mystery novel first. Those are easy. Right. Not so much, as it turned out. My first attempt took over three years, and will never be seen, nor should it. But I learned much in the doing of it, especially as to what I needed to know in order to write. The second mystery novel involved much more research, took three and a half years to finish — and sold. I’ve stayed with mysteries primarily because I enjoy being in a world where problems can actually be solved. I’ve also written one werewolf book, and a non-genre novel that we are sending around.   Your Sparks & Bainbridge series is set in the 1940s. Why this time period? The actual marriage bureau started in 1939, but I thought the post-war period was fascinating for all of the changes that were happening in London, and…

Your book BOOKED ON A FEELING has two of my favorite romance tropes – “hidden crush” and “friends-to-lovers”. Did you use them in this story because they’re favorites of yours too? What are some of your other favorite tropes? Least favorite? I don’t usually care for “enemies-to-lovers” only because some authors have things get to toxic before things get better. Yes! I seem to keep coming back to these tropes. I love the pining involved with a hidden crush trope, and the history and closeness between the characters in a friends-to-lovers trope. Reading and writing these tropes definitely make my toes curl. I love writing forced proximity and fake relationship tropes as well. The push and pull of the will-they-won’t-they dance is so yummy. I may on occasion steeple my fingers and laugh my evil laugh when writing those tropes. I actually love reading enemies-to-lovers romance, but I can’t write it. I feel so bad making my characters be mean to each other. It makes me nervous to even think about it.   Your female protagonist, Lizzie, is described as an “Overachiever”. Is she high-strung and anxious? Or more so just the type of person commits totally when she makes…

1–What is the title of your latest release? COMPROMISED INTO A SCANDALOUS MARRIAGE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Based on a true story. When Paulina Despradel is driven out of her house in a thunderstorm and seeks refuge with her neighbor Sebastian Linares, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him—or that they would be forced to wed by her unscrupulous brother. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? For a while now, I’ve been eager to write a book set in the town of San Pedro de Macorís. It’s on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, around two hours from where I live, and I visit every once in a while, to gawk at all the lovely early 20th century architecture and have seafood in one of the restaurants at the river’s edge. Travel inland and you’ll find sprawling cane fields and sugar mills dating back to the 19th century. 4—Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I would definitely join her in a shopping expedition around town. Especially if Sebastian’s paying! 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Protective, stubborn, dependable….

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 Angela M. Sanders! Writes: I write cozy mysteries loaded with atmosphere, humor, and magic. My latest series, the Witch Way Librarian mysteries, features librarian Josie Way, who fled the Library of Congress for podunk Wilfred, Oregon. In Wilfred, not only did she find a new home in the servants’ quarters of a Victorian mansion-turned-library, but she also discovered that books talked to her—and that was only the beginning. With the help of her black cat Rodney and a cast of quirky townspeople, her newly discovered lineage as a powerful witch with a yen for justice has blossomed. About: I love vintage crime novels, 1930s movies, thunderstorms, gardenias, icy martinis, and gothic architecture. If I have a gift outside of storytelling, it’s the ability to root out good stuff at thrift stores. That and reading tarot cards. I’m still working on fulfilling my dream of becoming Nancy Drew, although my ancient Corolla falls way short of her roadster and my skill with morse code needs…