1–What is the title of your latest release? THE SCOT WHO LOVED HER, book 4 in my Scots of Honor series.   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? After a brutal fight to secure a vital military secret, Scottish lord Malcolm Gordon, codename Raven, races from Edinburgh to deliver the news to his commanding officer in London. But before he arrives, he crosses paths with a lady’s bullet…   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I absolutely love Scotland, and one of my favorite cities is Edinburgh. I also feel at home in London. When I decided to write a Regency series, it was natural for me to choose Scotland as a home base – Edinburgh and the countryside specifically, and then also London, because what Regency is complete without a visit to Almacks?   4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Oh yes! In fact, I’d probably hand her the punch she’s so famous for tossing on the rude blokes who think they can get away with being insulting to her. She is fun and quirky and a definite rebel in society. She’s also got a great sense…

First, I just want to say that I love the covers for your books. Thank you! I’ve been incredibly lucky with the team at Berkley. Vikki Chu is the cover designer and Rita Frangie the art director. The books burst with such color—pure sunshine in paper form. I love how striking all three covers are, and yet how the design is so cohesive across the collection. I think the illustrations capture the whimsy contained in each novel.   What inspired you to write SOPHIE GO’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB? This book was a love letter to my grandparents and to my city, Toronto. I was close to my grandparents. I wanted to show how spunky and sassy they were, and how they were so full of life and joy. I remember my Amah holding a Heineken within each hand while playing a wicked game of Mahjong! Seniors are often ignored and deemed disposable by society. Writing this book was my way of trying to change that line of thinking.   How much of you is in this story? Places, characters, and experiences from your own life? Much of my childhood haunts, and some kernels of my life, are woven into Sophie’s…

1–What is the title of your latest release? Our newest release is a sparkly new print edition of ADDICTED TO YOU, published by Berkley and coming August 16th! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Two best friends pretend to be in a relationship to hide their addictions from their families. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The Addicted series follows elite wealthy families on the East Coast, and we decided on Philadelphia, which has become the birthplace of the fictional soda company Fizzle. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely! Lily Calloway is a lover of all things fandom, especially X-Men. As are we! We would gush with her all day, every day. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Sarcastic. Sharp-edged. Redeemable. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Not judging people too quickly—everyone has demons and issues that weigh under the surface that not everyone can see. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Since there are two of us, we edit as we draft. We don’t split chapters between the two of us. Instead, one of us…

1–What is the title of your latest release? LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Phoebe Walsh is a PhD candidate studying true crime, which is why she can’t help but view the world through that lens. She can’t help but be suspicious of her nice, hot neighbor . . . but she soon realizes that the only thing in danger is her heart. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The boring answer is that I just set it where I live, in Central Florida. But I think Florida works really well as a setting because of its reputation for being kind of weird, but how interesting and dynamic a setting it can be when you get past the touristy stuff. Its summers are also SO humid, which is an atmosphere that worked well in the book. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! We could watch Forensic Files together. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Prickly, wry, vulnerable. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? As weird as this may sound, I feel like I learned that I…

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 Lisa Childs!   Writes: Hi, I write everything.  My current release is a Harlequin Romantic Suspense called HOTSHOT HERO ON THE EDGE.  It’s sexy and suspenseful. I also write sweet and wholesome family stories like my Bachelor Cowboy series for Harlequin Heartwarming.  Then there’s my super sinister suspenseful Bane Island series with Kensington about an exclusive resort on a remote island off the coast of Maine where guests and some of the hired help keep turning up dead. About: I’m a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author with nearly 100 books published. I like fast-paced plots with a lot of action in my romantic suspense with some friends and family sprinkled in to support the central romance.  And the central romance is always the most important element of the story for me.  I am a “hopeful” romantic. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Someone who likes a variety Someone who likes to live and read fast Someone who likes…

1–What is the title of your latest release? FLORA FLOWERDEW AND THE MYSTERY OF THE DUKE’S DIAMONDS!  A bit of a mouthful, but it suits this first in a new mystery series—a bit silly, a bit romantic, a bit caper-ish.  I loved writing it! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Flora Flowerdew has a secret. The former Florrie Gubbins, music hall dancer, is now Madame Flowerdew, one of London’s most renowned spirit mediums. But it’s actually her beloved Pomeranian dog, Chou-Chou, who can see the ghosts. One of her most lucrative seances, for the wealthy Petrie family whose daughter is about to marry a handsome young duke, goes chaotically awry. The duke’s late, and very irate, grandfather demands Flora and his grandson Benedict find the long-missing family diamonds—even the search becomes littered with mayhem and murder! Can Flora discover the jewels before she loses her career, her sanity—and her heart? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’ve always been a big fan of reading steampunk stories!  And even though “Flora…” isn’t steampunk (she lives in a very real Victorian London) I thought some of that foggy, gaslit atmosphere was just right 4–Would…

1–What is the title of your latest release? HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Shauna seeks refuge in the Amish country to stay alive… 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Living in Wisconsin, I knew we had several Amish communities, so I took a trip to Green Lake and found there was a group of Amish living nearby. The town itself isn’t Amish, but the proximity to the Amish community gave me the idea to set a series there. Green Lake is a small town within a large county, and there are three smaller lakes in the area, too. A beautiful place to visit! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes! The thing is, there’s a little of me in every heroine I write. I worked three jobs to get myself through nursing school, so Shauna’s working while attending classes was something I could relate to. And her can-do attitude is similar to mine, lol. Of course, one of her friends dies in the story, so there is that… 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Liam Harland – Sheriff, protector, and loner….

1–What is the title of your latest release? HAUNT ME 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Sabrina is slightly ‘life-challenged’. After being murdered by her jerk cousin, she’s been left to haunt her family’s estate. Unseen. Unheard. Ignored. But her family’s secrets have just been exposed, and the Houses that rule the world have sent ambassadors to recruit her relatives into their service. With them comes Kieran Aspen, a half-death fae, half-vampire former torturer, who can see her. And hear her. Her world gets turned upside down as a result… 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? When I was invited to participate in the Immortal Vices and Virtues shared world series by Kel Carpenter, I blithely said “I want to write a ghost romance!”. And where better to set a slightly gothic romance, than the Highlands of Scotland? 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. Although I might confiscate all the knives and pointy things first. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Haunt Me is told through dual perspectives. So, for Sabrina: sassy, funny, lonely. And Kieran: antisocial, feral, witty. 6–What’s something you learned while writing…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE AFFAIRS OF ASHMORE CASTLE 2– What is it about? It is the second volume in a family saga set in Edwardian England, concerning the lives, loves, and tribulations of the reluctant new Earl of Stainton and his family, servants, neighbors, and friends. Fans of Downton Abbey will probably feel at home at Ashmore Castle. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? There is a big house up on a hill overlooking a delightful old village that I often visit. I always wondered what it would be like to live there, so when I was asked to write this series, it seemed a good way to satisfy the itch! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? There are two heroines, old school friends, and very different from each other, but I love them both. 5—How do you describe your hero? There’s no one hero, but many male characters, all different, from the delicious, earthy blacksmith to the reserved, aesthetic earl. And with a series, there are always new people coming in. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Number plates on cars were…

1—How did you come up with the title for LUCK AND LAST RESORTS? I REALLY wanted another alliterative L title after Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships, but was told not to reuse the word “love.” Ollie’s ultimatum is a last resort to make his and Nina’s relationship real, so that part was easy. Ollie is also Irish, so that got me thinking about the “luck” element, and I wove more about luck into the book after deciding on the title.   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Luck and Last Resorts is an angsty second-chance romance between a commitment-phobic yacht stewardess and a hot-headed Irish chef who has had an on-again-off-again friends-with-benefits relationship for nearly a decade. Think Below Deck meets Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Seeing as the entire premise is about Nina and Ollie being stuck on a yacht together for four months, that part was easy!   4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. Nina can be prickly and unreasonable, but she is fun, loyal, and fierce. She’s the friend who will take you for a…