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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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1–What is the title of your latest release? SINCERELY, THE DUKE   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Duke of Stonerick’s mother never misses an opportunity to nip at his heels that he needs an heir. Until recently, that never bothered him. During a bout of a recurring fever, Rick’s mother gives him a list of the young ladies making their debut. Without thinking, he closes his eyes, runs his finger down the...

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Book Title: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE AUNTIES Character Name: Meddy Chan   How would you describe your family or your childhood? Bizarre. I basically had four mom figures, each one vying for power and attention.   What was your greatest talent? Navigating a path to peace among my constantly bickering mother and aunts.   Significant other? Nathan Chan, my luscious, long-suffering husband.   Biggest challenge in relationships? Probably the...

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Hey, everyone! I’m so glad to be back with you guys today with a brand-new historical suspense, SET IN STONE. Set during the time of the Bone Wars—a very unique time period in our US history—this is the second book in my Treasures of the Earth Series. These books feature women in paleontology, digging for dinosaurs, and some pretty creepy villains.   S – is for secrets. Several characters in this story have deep, dark secrets E – i...

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Five signs that you are reading a crazy good book You lose track of time and space. Have you been reading for five minutes or five hours? And where are you? When you look up, you see other people…and you have no idea how long they have been in the room with you. You dramatically gasp or sigh, depending on the scene. Was that a tear you just wiped away? Or did you just laugh out loud? Whoops. If you’re reading a physical book, you can’t turn...

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Sizzling in July
Romance , Sensual / July 13, 2011

The weather is hot. . . and reading one of these erotic tales could make it even hotter. WOLF TALES 10, Kate Douglas (Aphrodisia, July 2011 $14.00) Aphrodisia’s bestselling author does it again, with another sizzling, no-holds-barred installment in the unstoppable Wolf Tales series. NEED ME, Shelli Stevens (Aphrodisia, July 2011, $14.00) From the author of Take Me comes a sexy new futuristic romance that pits seductive soldier on a mi...

Fresh Pick | THE UNOFFICIAL HARRY POTTER COOKBOOK by Dinah Bucholz
Fresh Pick / July 13, 2011

September 2010 On Sale: September 18, 2010 256 pages ISBN: 1440503257 EAN: 9781440503252 Hardcover $19.95  Add to Wish List Cookbooks Buy at Amazon.com Pick something particularly tasty. Maybe, say, a pumpkin pastie The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Wizards and Non-Wizards Alike Bangers and mash with Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Hogwarts dining hall. A proper cuppa tea and ro...

Julie Crabtree | Who Do You Think You Are?
Author Guest / July 13, 2011

I went on a mini-book tour last month, visiting middle school classrooms to talk about my new book, being an author, and writing as a hobby and career.  Sure, I am there to promote my books, but more importantly, at least to me as an author of middle grade fiction, I get to hear their stories.  I find that strange, wonderful, awkward, exciting time of life I call tweenagehood endlessly fascinating and inevitably complicated.  Middle ...

Paranormal Bites | Break Away to the Extraordinary in July
ParaNormal Bites / July 12, 2011

Take a vacation from the everyday, with one of these new paranormal titles coming out this month. NIGHT VEIL, Yasmine Galenorn (Berkley, July 2011, $7.99, Indigo Court) Cicely Waters had always thought she was simply one of the magic-born- a witch who can control the wind. Recently she’s also discovered she’s also one of the shifting Fae. Now she must perfect her gift. Cicely and her friends may have escaped from Myst and her Shadow...

Kat Martin | An Old-fashioned Bodice Ripper
Author Guest / July 12, 2011

Twenty five years ago I started my first novel, MAGNIFICENT PASSAGE, a sexy western romance set in the eighteen-sixties.  Today the book would be considered an old-fashioned Bodice Ripper–a name derived from the sensuous covers revealing the heroine’s, half-exposed heaving bosoms. In the eighties and before, the romance genre was wide open.  There were no taboos, nothing was considered politically incorrect.  The hero was all...

Leigh Michaels | Trading Places
Author Guest / July 11, 2011

I’m delighted to be here at Fresh Fiction today – thank you for inviting me! If you could trade places with any of your characters in JUST ONE SEASON IN LONDON, which would it be – and why? What a fun question to think about! I’ve had quite a tough time answering it, because all of my characters are like me in one way or another – they all have pieces of me in their makeup. But telling you the ways that my ...

Em Petrova | Beyond Looks…Defining Sexy
Author Guest / July 9, 2011

Recently, I was involved in a discussion with a group of romance authors about what we think is sexy. For instance, would you find a celebrity who wouldn’t make People Magazine’s top 100 list, but whose humor and confidence are a “ten” to be hot? You can imagine the responses some of these word mavens came up with. It was the equivalent of sitting around with a group of BFFs, tossing back margaritas and watching ...

Fresh Pick | ADRENALINE by Jeff Abbott
Fresh Pick / July 8, 2011

July 2011 On Sale: July 1, 2011 416 pages ISBN: 0446575178 EAN: 9780446575171 Hardcover $24.99  Add to Wish List Thriller Buy at Amazon.com Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott Sam Capra – brilliant CIA agent, loving husband, expectant father – loses everything that matters to him in a horrifying moment in London. An unknown enemy has set him up as a traitor. But that enemy has targeted the wrong man. Escaping from the CIA, Sam go...

Leanne Banks | Screaming Babies and THE DOCTOR TAKES A PRINCESS
Author Guest / July 8, 2011

I’m excited about my new Special Edition because it features a heroine who’s not a baby person.  She’s more of a “call the nanny person”.  Unfortunately, the nanny isn’t always available, which means Princess Bridget Devereaux has to deal with twin baby boys on her own.  (Muffled dirty laughter) I can laugh because I’ve been through the challenge of dealing with cranky babies.  MY OWN!  I didn’t have twins.�...

History ReFreshed | Meet The Borgias
History / July 7, 2011

HISTORY REFRESHED…What’s New in Historical Fiction “Over a decade in the making, the Showtime Original Series The Borgias is the sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and legendary families in history.” So goes the tagline for the latest historical drama dominating the airwaves. If you’re one of the viewers fascinated by the series, you’ll be happy to learn that the Borgias inspired not just Borgia se...