As a fan of your books, I particularly love your multifaceted characters and dialogue. As a writer, what part of building a story is your favorite? Exploring the characters, writing the dialogue, or something else? Oh man, I kind of want to say all the above? I love writing dialogue in particular because I think a lot of characterization comes through in the way characters talk and the way they interact with each other. There’s something so satisfying about figuring out how they’re going to reveal something, how they might flirt, how they might respond in a way that’s opposite from the way they truly feel. It’s really fun! How would you describe your two main characters in THE ART OF CATCHING FEELINGS to readers? Daphne Brink is caring and funny and sweet but has a hang-up about not being particularly special – her ex-husband took her for granted, her freelance writer job doesn’t fulfill her, even her fledgling bookstagram account gets no traction. She has a hard time seeing that generous heart is part of what does make her special. Chris Kepler is a hard worker and a good teammate – he’s devoted his life to putting his head…

I know, I know. It’s hard to think about Christmas when we’re in the dead of summer. But Christmas in July is a thing for a reason, right? Dreaming of those sugarplums and hanging metaphorical stockings as a way to anticipate the magic of that season? If you’re already thinking ahead about what you’d like to see under the tree, consider adding these five upcoming Christmas romances to your wish list!   FAKING CHRISTMAS by Kerry Winfrey (Berkley, 9/26/23) – In order to land a magazine job, Laurel Grant has been pretending to have a second life as a farm-wife-turned-influencer, complete with a full-fledged family and a much more nuanced knowledge of goats than she actually has. When her recently devastated boss invites himself to Christmas Eve dinner at the family farm, Laurel has to scramble to build out her fictional life or risk losing her job. And when she ends up snowed in with her long-time nemesis and new fake husband, Max Bennett, well . . . it might start to get hard to separate what’s real from what’s not.   WRAPPED WITH A BEAU by Lillie Vale (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 9/26/23) – Fifty years ago, Elisha Rowe’s hometown…

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…