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1–What is the title of your latest release? FORGETTING TO REMEMBER 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Forgetting to Remember—richly embroidered with historical detail and heartbreaking conflict—is  time travel novel that takes place in London in both 1947 and 1867. It’s a story of art, magic, and survival, wrapped in a love that defies time. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place?...

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1–What is the title of your latest release? MONSTERS WE HAVE MADE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Suspenseful and thoughtful, Monsters We Have Made explores the aftermath of a terrible, mysterious crime, examines the way that dreams and fictions shape our lives, and affirms the enduring power of even the most complicated familial bonds. Come for the monsters, stay for the love story! 3–How did you decide w...

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Hello! My name is Whitney Overland, and I’d love to show you around my hometown of Covington, Wisconsin. As you can see, our quaint town is nestled on the shore of Lake Covington among the tall pines and white birch trees of the Northwoods. Tourists from all over the place visit our little hamlet for the many year-round outdoor activities and our eclectic shops and eateries. All around the lake, there are family-owned resorts with cabins and co...

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Pirates are having a pop culture moment, 300 years after the Golden Age of Pirates. My debut historical novel, IF THE TIDE TURNS—a true forbidden love story between real-life pirate Sam Bellamy and a suspected witch named Maria—inspired a surprising fusion with another pop culture sensation: Taylor Swift.   May I present, If the Tide Turns (Taylor’s Version)   Song 1: “ . . . Ready For It” by Taylor Swift The prologue of If the Ti...

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Maire Hennessy squinted against the bright October sun as she drove down the quiet Iowa county road. The fields were filled with the stubbled remains of the fall harvest and stripped bare by heavy-billed grackles and beady-eyed blackbirds eating their fill before the cold weather set in. It made her a little sad. Winter would be coming soon, unrelenting and unforgiving. That morning, she had packed up her girls and Kryngle, their four-year-old Sh...

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Book Title:  THE EARL’S CINDERELLA COUNTESS Character Name:  Eleanor (Ella) St. Aubin   How would you describe your family or your childhood?  Hello! I am so pleased to be invited there today.  My childhood was lovely—until my darling mother died.  My father was the vicar of a small village, next to the Earl of Fleetwood’s grand estate, and my mother was the heart of everything.  She ran our home and made it beautiful, was belove...

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1–What is the title of your latest release? HUNTED HOTSHOT HERO 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Hotshot firefighter Rory VanDam is in danger and not just from the saboteur targeting his hotshot team but also from an ambitious reporter determined to uncover the truth about him.  Brittney Townsend finds more than a story with Rory; she finds danger and passion. 3–How did you decide where your book was going...

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Cedar River, Texas is a boring little town on the outskirts of Austin where nothing ever happens. Well, there was that big bank robbery back in the fifties, but that was before my time. It’s just far enough away from civilization to be surrounded by bucolic ranches and, of course, the Garza’s dairy farm (they have the best ice cream in the county) but is close enough that any day now it might be gobbled up by the “Big City,” as folks from...

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1–What is the title of your latest release? Angus Brodie and Mikaela Forsythe Murder Mystery Book 7 – A DEADLY DECEPTION 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Two people in a most unusual relationship.  Parliament, the heart of British law and authority.  A deadly plot.  Hundreds of people will die unless it can be stopped. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? A DEADLY DECEPTION  �...

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1–What is the title of your latest release? MAYA’S LAWS OF LOVE! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A young woman who has always been unlucky in love may have finally met the love of her life… while on the way to her own wedding. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I visited Pakistan in 2020 for the first time after 15 years, and while being there it fed my diaspora soul in ways ...

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Abby Niles | FIGHTING LOVE
Author Guest / December 16, 2013

Let me introduce a character type—an independent, strong-willed woman, who has her life together. She owns a successful business, bought a home and is living a comfortable lifestyle thanks to all her hard work and dedication she has put into her career. When it comes to her business, she is a logical, savvy woman who knows what she wants and will bust major butt to obtain it. When it comes to matters of the heart, well, logic seems to...

Emily Greenwood | Gentlemen Prefer Mischief
Author Guest / December 13, 2013

Thanks so much for having me at Fresh Fiction! My December release is GENTLEMEN PREFER MISCHIEF. As you might guess from the title, it’s a Regency-era story, and it’s a little playful. I love a story that can make me laugh while also touching my heart, and I hope that’s the kind of experience readers have with this book. I thought it would be fun to do a little character interview with my hero, Hal, Viscount Roxham. Te...

Susanna Ives | Confessions
Author Guest / December 13, 2013

Hello, my name is Susanna, and I’m a writer. Years ago, my friend, the amazingly talented writer Tina Whittle, and I decided to go on a writing retreat at a horse ranch where we didn’t ride a single horse, but rambled about the grounds, drank wine, ate chocolate and talked about writing. We are great at chatting about writing, whereas actually putting words on paper is a different matter. She was about to get published by a ...

Annie Seaton | Sweet or Sexy…
Author Guest / December 10, 2013

I’m excited to be back at Fresh Fiction talking about…finding my sweet voice. Especially in the week my latest sweet romance, TANGLING WITH THE CEO has been released. In high school, Annie Seaton, author of The Affairs Series and DANGEROUS DESIRE had two goals. First, I always wanted to be the sweet girl. You know, a bit like Sandy in Grease … or like Samantha in Sixteen Candles. But nah … I was always the academ...

Karen Doornebos | UNDRESSING MR. DARCY – Or: what is an educational “striptease” anyway?
Author Guest / December 8, 2013

Hello from the Guild Hall in Bath! As an ice-breaker to each leg of my Blog Tour for UNDRESSING MR. DARCY, I’m taking you along for a ride to England, where I traveled during the summer of 2012 to do some research for the book. Said research, however, did not include seeing Mr. Darcy do an educational striptease act (which I will explain in a second). Where am I on this stop? I attended the Summer Ball hosted by the Jane Austen Ce...

Hot Highlanders, Spirited Heroines, Sizzling Passion, Irresistible Romance
Author Spotlight / December 8, 2013

That about sums up all my books right there, especially in my latest release, THE HIGHLANDER’S SIN. Duncan MacKay is one Highlander on fire… *tssss ßfinger sizzle* He stole her away… But she set him free… They called him The Priest. Maybe because of his billowing black robes and the steel crucifix that hung around his neck. Or perhaps it was because those who met him were compelled to pray. But Duncan Mackay was...

Cecilia Dominic | Why I write – and read – urban fantasy
Author Guest / December 7, 2013

In a blog interview recently, someone asked me why I write fantasy. My answer was that I always wanted the world to be more interesting than it really is. For example, one autumn morning when I was a child, I looked out to see a leaf that looked like a little fairy perched on a wind-tossed tree branch. I imagined it was a tiny gnome hanging on for a wild ride. When I got older and discovered the genre of urban fantasy, where magical ele...

Welcoming a New Etopia Press!
Author Guest / December 6, 2013

Everyone at Etopia Press is excited and, well, practically crazy over the changes happening this month! We have a brand new website going up on December 6th, with all new imprints—something for every reader. We’re really happy to announce this here, at Fresh Fiction, and invite all the readers in to celebrate with us! Here’s the basics of our new lines: Introducing Deadly Desires! Deadly Desires is Etopia Press’s rom...

Isabel Cooper | Legend of the Highland Dragon
Author Guest / December 5, 2013

When I was growing up, secretaries didn’t get much air time. There was Janine from Ghostbusters—she was cool—but even she was a side character, around to make smart comments, have a crush on Egon, and maybe have an adventure or two in the cartoons. (Of course I watched the cartoons. Child of the eighties, here.) It wasn’t a job that really lent itself to main-character status. Except it should have. I realized that when ...

Kathryne Kennedy | What Type of Shapeshifter Would You Fall For?
Author Guest / December 5, 2013

Hello to all the readers here at Fresh Fiction! It’s wonderful to be back here again! In my brand new fourth book in the Relics of Merlin series, EVERLASTING ENCHANTMENT, readers again enter my magical Victorian London where titles are determined by the level of magical power inherited down through the ages from the old sorcerer of legend, Merlin. At the lowest level of the aristocracy are the baronets—shape-shifters who are imm...