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 Melody Carlson!   Writes: A new Christmas novella every year—for more than 20 years!   About:   Melody lives in a charming mountain town in beautiful Central Oregon. She enjoys gardening and camping and riding her new electric bike. She recently moved into a new house that she designed and helped to build. She also writes novels totally unrelated to Christmas! And some of her novels are becoming TV movies. Her newest one, The Happy Camper, will premiere on UP-TV in October.   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: I seek out readers who care about good healthy wholesome relationships. Readers who enjoy getting to know flawed characters with realistic problems as well as plausible resolutions. I look for readers who understand that most people’s holidays are not always filled with goodness and joy, but still hope for a bit of sweetness and light. I seek out voracious readers who are seeking more out of life.   What to expect if we’re…

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 Lee Tobin McClain!   Writes: Heartwarming, emotional love stories, often featuring kids and dogs. The Forever Farmhouse is the first book in a trilogy set on an island in the Chesapeake Bay. It features a geeky scientist hero, a girl-next-door heroine, a precocious little boy, and a big secret.   About: Book lover looking forward to the next chapter… Hi, I’m Lee! I’m the proud mom of a wonderful college student, a goofy goldendoodle, and an aptly named cat, Trouble. Friends describe me as creative, a bit quirky, and quietly funny. I cry at emotional commercials and YouTube videos. I’m content to sit on the porch and read all day. Faith, family, and friends are all important in my life.   My ideal reader: Likes to settle in for an emotional story with characters who have overcome challenges Isn’t looking for explicit love scenes, but does appreciate the slow build to an amazing kiss Likes the fun and drama that kids—from toddlers to teens—can…

1–What is the title of your latest release? LOVE ON THE BRAIN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A neuroscientist has the opportunity of a lifetime when she’s tasked to lead a prestigious NASA project – and then finds out that her grad school nemesis will be leading the engineering part of the project. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I really wanted to write about NASA, because NASA is super cool, and the Johnson Space Center seemed like a really good choice! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I would harass her into being my BFF. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Reserved, determined, simpy (that’s a word, right?) 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? All sorts of things about expressing cats’ anal glands. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? So, my process is usually divided in two parts: first, I write the first few chapters, in which the tone of the book and the main personalities of the characters are set, and I edit them compulsively. I need to be pretty happy about the shape…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SCANDALIZED 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When her connecting flight home is canceled until morning, an investigative journalist is reunited with her childhood crush for an unexpected night of passion. But when she discovers his relationship to the dangerous story she’s researching, they’ll have to be careful to keep their budding love affair from blowing up into an international scandal. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wrote this in fever during 2020, at the peak of the pandemic. It was an escape for me in every way, and all I knew when I started was that the hero, Alec, lived in London and the heroine, Gigi, lived in Los Angeles. Opening the book in a place where neither of them lived—Seattle—seemed like the best way to get them out of their normal circumstances and willing to ignore the rules for what they both think is just one night. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. Gigi is ambitious, loyal, and genuine. She’s my kind of friend. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Sexy, skilled, sincere. 6–What’s…

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…

Do you enjoy humor in romance? I know I do. I’m not talking about an all-out slapstick comedy. Some readers love slapstick, which is great, but it’s not my thing (although a surprise slapstick-esque scene can be fun). And I’m not specifically referring to “rom-coms” either, since that definition has become a bit fuzzy over the past few years. Not every romance with funny scenes is a rom-com. But I do enjoy having a good chuckle while reading…and while writing. As an author, I have a choice to make. Do I want the scene to be funny for the reader, as someone observing what’s happening? Or do I want the scene to be funny for the characters, with the reader in on the joke? A great example of funny for the reader, while not funny (at least not at the time) for the character, is the “Wibblet” scene from Lucy Parker’s Headliners—a lovely enemies-to-lovers romance about two morning TV hosts. In this scene, a guest brings on a popular robotic toy called a Wibblet, and the thing goes crazy—terrifying the heroine, cursing and running amok—causing a scene on live television. It was so well-written that I had to set my…

1–What is the title of your latest release? WYOMING PROMISE, The Blackwells of Eagle Springs, Book 1 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? N/A 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? As we knew this was a western series and we’d already used Montana extensively, we opted for something close in both setting and proximity. We almost went with Texas but chose Wyoming because it was a little bit different. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely! Corliss is a hoot! Especially if you want to learn about horses, ranch life, or family devotion. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Devoted. Patient. Honorable. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I had no idea that quarter horse training was a thing! I’m not all that up on the cowboy world, so every Blackwell book I write is always an education. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit as I write so by the time I get to the end it’s a pretty polished draft and clean enough I can turn around and send to my editor. 8–What’s your…

Hello Fresh Fiction fans!   My name is Nadine Gonzalez. I’m happy to share my latest release, a Texas Cattleman’s Club novel. RIVALRY AT PLAY is the fourth of a nine book series, Ranchers and Rivals. Alexa and Jackson are former high school rivals. What begins with a low-stakes chess tournament will span over years. Reunited ten years later, they realize the true nature of their feelings and find creative ways to make up for lost time. Here are some hints on what you’ll find.   Title Challenge: R is for Rivalry I is for Intimacy Issues V is for Vacation A is for “Alexandra The First” L is for Little Sister R is for Reminiscing Y is for Young Love   A is for “AJAX” T is for Tournament P isfor Pool Party L is for Longing A is for Anniversary Y is for Yearning RIVALRY AT PLAY by Nadine Gonzalez Texas Cattleman’s Club: Ranchers and Rivals # 4 A flirty rivals to lovers romance   Attorney Alexandra Lattimore doesn’t play games, but entrepreneur Jackson Strom brings out her competitive side. Her former high school rival is all grown up—oozing class, challenging her and tempting her in equal measure….

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE PRINCESS AND THE SINGLE DAD 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Parent Trap meets Roman Holiday – an overworked princess swaps places with her half-sister for the summer. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? This book is the second half of a duo and so the setting – Cornwall in England and a fictional European country – were already set. I like fictional countries for royal romances because it gives me the opportunity to create the traditions and history! As for Cornwall, it’s one of my favorite places and I love to spend time there through writing! 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? She’s a princess so it seems unlikely! But she’s warm and open with those she trusts. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Guarded, ambitious, gorgeous. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That I really, really want to visit the Scilly Isles – and that I am very glad I’m not royal. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Both, I tend to go back and…

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 Maisey Yates!   Writes: A baby is found abandoned on a covered bridge two days before Christmas, and twenty-two years later she’s searching for answers that will unravel the fabric of her small town and the people who live there.   About: Maisey Yates (36) hails from rural Oregon. Maisey spends her days writing and believes that nothing is better than a good romance. Whether she’s writing romance or women’s fiction, she tries to inject heart, heat, and intense emotion into every single book. THE LOST AND FOUND GIRL is her very first book with mystery elements. When she isn’t writing, Maisey loves to knit, drink coffee and bake.   The ideal reader for THE LOST AND FOUND GIRL: Is interested in the dark side of seemingly cheery small towns Likes a complicated, forbidden romance loves to see a long-time unrequited crush become requited Wants some mystery mixed in with their stories Enjoys reading about the close, and sometimes challenging relationships in families Is…