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 Alyssa Richards!   Writes:  Suspense! I began writing in a different genre several years ago, but realized that mystery and suspense were my favorite elements of any story.  I absolutely love a twisty, cerebral, Hitchcockian-style mystery that keeps me engaged until the very end. Actually, beyond the end. Because one of the hallmarks of a great book, I think, is a story that stays with you long after The End.  These days it’s unusual find a true suspense novel that can engage your heart as well as your intellect. But those are the stories I strive to write.   About:  USA TODAY Best-Selling Author seeks readers who love getting lost in a great mystery.  Looking for readers who enjoy classic, well-done suspense with lots of intrigue, characters who are real and smart and complex and who follow harrowing journeys.   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:   Loves characters who do not disappoint. Loves intense suspense that builds with every page….

Fresh Fiction Senior Reviewer Miranda Owen loves a contemporary gothic story! The atmosphere, the moody settings, and the thought-provoking plotlines… The de Vincent estate was one of the most haunted locations in the entire state of Louisiana. –MOONLIGHT SCANDALS by Jennifer L. Armentrout I have been fascinated by gothic tales of romance and danger since I read my first Dorothy Daniels book in junior high. It had a predictably historical setting, with a dash of the paranormal, and a hint of romance. For a long time, I only connected gothics with a historical setting, and never imagined that there were such things as contemporary gothics. I recently discovered Jennifer L. Armentrout’s spectacular “de Vincent” series and was immediately sucked into her world of danger, mystery, and eroticism with a decidedly gothic edge. All of the authors discussed in this article utilize a few classic elements of a gothic novel but throw them in a story with a contemporary setting. She felt…God, this sounded insane, she felt watched. Obviously, she wasn’t being watched unless it was by a ghost. There were no windows and no one else was in here. –MOONLIGHT SINS by Jennifer L. Armentrout Location is everything. Authors who…