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 Jennie Marts!   Writes: Hi! I’m Jennie Marts, an award-winning author who writes small town stories with humor and heart. In my books, you’ll usually find at least one adorable dog, a sassy old lady who loves to dispense worldly and often hilarious advice, a swoon-worthy hero, and a heroine who can hold her own against anything the world throws at her. And often, an ornery goat shows up to cause trouble as well. Like in my newest book, NEVER ENOUGH COWBOY, where Otis, the resident ornery goat of the Heaven Can Wait Horse Rescue ranch, traps the feisty librarian, Jillian Bennett, in the loft of the barn after having wrestled her maple syrup-scented wrap skirt from her body. As luck would have it, Deputy Ethan Rayburn, the guy she’s been crushing on, is the one to come to her rescue, except she wasn’t prepared for him to catch her wearing only superhero undies and a sheepish grin. As a single mom, Jillian barely…

Hi! I’m Denise Williams, author of THE SWEETEST CONNECTION, an airport-based friends to lovers novella. I’m excited to to tell you all about the story. Teagan dreams of traveling the world, but currently works in an airport. Silas works in airport customer service and is holding onto secret feelings for his best friend. Teagan and Silas have one week to solve the mystery of an uncovered love letter before time runs out. Along the way, they might stumble on sweet truth about how they feel about each other! The Sweetest Connection is the third novella in the Love and Other Flight Delays collection that also includes THE LOVE CONNECTION and THE MISSED CONNECTION. Flight delays have never had so much romantic potential!   T is for Teagan, the book’s heroine, who works in an airport candy shop. H is for Her best friend, Silas, who she’s known since college. He works in customer service at the airport. E is for Every joke they’ve shared over the last seven years.   S is for Something has changed, and Silas finds it hard to fight his feelings for Teagan. W is for When they find a love letter written by a colleague….

1–What is the title of your latest release? A WEDDING AT SANDY COVE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Imagine ‘Bridesmaids’ meets ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ with a sprinkle of ‘Suits’. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? A seaside location for a wedding sounded perfect so I chose the Norfolk coast as it’s somewhere I love to visit. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? I definitely would hang out with Ella somewhere chilled for a natter but I think Lucy and I would have a whale of a time. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Hot, Caring and Troubled 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That there’s a lot more to altering wedding dresses than just turning up a hem. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I write a full first draft and then I self-edit before it goes to my agent and then to my editor. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Biscuits. I always have emergency biscuits. 9–Describe your writing space/office! It’s our spare bedroom where I have a corkboard, a desk called Duncan…

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 Anna Alkire!   Writes: Fun adventurous Romantic Comedy, with all the feels and lots of laughs.   About: Anna Alkire has been a long-term college student, a business owner, and a world traveler. Now “settled”—with a sigh and a cup of decaf—Anna lives in Washington state, where she splits her time between a husband who thinks the North Pole would be a great place to live, chasing her hurricane of a son, learning new handicrafts, and creating worlds full of the kind of romance and fun she most wants to read. Find more about her (and grab a freebie or two) at her website. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Appreciates well-crafted writing, that has been professionally edited, and enjoys humor that doesn’t take itself too seriously… What to expect if we’re compatible: ● Free Short story for newsletter signup! Story is called, “Just Eat The Frog,” and is about characters from BUCK UP, BUTTERCUP. Other freebies in the future. ●…

 What is the title of your latest release? THE ROMANCE RECIPE   What’s the elevator pitch for your new book? A restaurant owner hires a former TV reality star to save her struggling restaurant only to discover that the talented but sad woman seems determined to undermine her authority at every turn. When fire spreads from the kitchen to the bedroom they’re forced to confront their growing attraction before they lose everything.   How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The Romance Recipe takes place in the same universe as my debut, Hot Copy, so I was able to inherit the setting: a new restaurant in the city of Boston. I loved being able to return to that world.   Would you hang out with your heroines in real life? Definitely! Amy is tough but secretly soft and Sophie is an excellent cook (dinner dates!) and Canadian (just like me!)   What are three words to describe The Romance Recipe? Steamy. Foodies. Love.   What’s something you learned while writing this book? The Romance Recipe was my second book, and I was so scared that the first book was a fluke, but it wasn’t! It…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THEIR BARCELONA BABY BOMBSHELL 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Isabella Rivas is a free-spirited paramedic and Carlos Martinez is a nurse on a mission, determined to discover more about his late father. Barcelona brought them together, but will their pasts tear them apart? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Well, this book is actually part of a continuity, meaning four books tied together through the setting and also the characters—who are sometimes related or just work together in the same facility—so the Barcelona setting was already chosen for me when I received the brief from the editors. But don’t worry. Each book is a standalone and you can start with any of them (though we hope that once you finish one book, you’ll want to read the rest!) 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. Isabella Rivas, my heroine, is such a cool person. Strong, independent, yet caring and so concerned about the well-being of those around her. She a caretaker, grew up in that role, so she’s used to taking charge and making sure things get done right….

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 Victoria Schade!   Writes: Romance and women’s fiction for readers who appreciate happily ever afters that include four paws.   About: If you want to hang with me you’ve got to be Team Dog. (Although I’m also cat-curious, so you might say that I swing both ways.) You enjoy a little angst thrown in before you reach your happily ever after (think uncompromising heroines and family drama), and you aren’t afraid of a few f-bombs along the way.   My ideal reader match for DOG FRIENDLY appreciates: A heroine trying to find herself again A sunshine love interest who helps her see the bright side of life A foster dog that’s a sweetie in the sheets and a terror on the streets A peek at veterinary life, including the good, the bad and the messy A little sibling sparring A picture-perfect Nantucket setting A HEA that’ll hit you right in the feels   What to expect if we’re compatible: Visiting spots like the English…

by Jessica Martin Call me a nerd, but when I find myself in a writerly pretzel knot, I like to think about William Shakespeare and what he might have done to get the words flowing. Partly because I am a huge nerd and partly because for someone whose works are so well-known, the man behind them was a complete enigma. For example, there’s an ongoing debate as to whether the Bard was a dog fan. He was clearly a big proponent of canine imagery (there are over a hundred references in his plays to dogs), but these references tended to be…less than flattering.  Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, anyone? Or how about King Lear’s dog-hearted daughters? Woof. But then again, Shakespeare also seemed to recognize that dogs could be invaluable furry writing tools. In Act II, Scene 3 of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Crab—a moderately-sized, poorly behaved canine specimen—trots on stage, promptly relieves himself under a banquet table and proceeds to go down as one of the most memorable of scene-stealing, non-speaking roles in all of Shakespeare’s works. Who doesn’t love a bit with a dog? Like Crab, a pup on the page can be…

1–What is the title of your latest release? A THOUSAND MILES 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Dee and Ben, estranged best friends who haven’t spoken in a decade, reunite for the ten-year reunion road trip they promised each other back in high school that they’d take. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The story opens in Chicago. I’m from Oak Forest, which is a southwest suburb of Chicago, and I went to college in the city. This is my fourth novel. Up until now I’ve never officially set a book in Chicago. So it felt like time! As for the road trip element, the particular journey Dee and Ben take—Illinois to Colorado—is one I have driven dozens of times in my life. That certainly helped when it came to the research aspect of this book. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Absolutely. She is bold and entertaining, and I know she’d be a blast. But I wouldn’t go on her podcast. My secrets are for me and me alone! Sorry Dee! 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Charming, sensitive, sweet 6–What’s something you learned while…

1–What is the title of your latest release? ONE UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When a busy executive takes a last-minute trip to Iceland, she discovers a new life path and love interest as she helps a handsome search and rescue pilot uncover what’s threatening his town’s fishing trade. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I love to travel, so my trips often inspire book ideas. I was lucky enough to travel to Iceland in 2018 and found it absolutely magical. Between the breathtaking landscapes and the dancing Northern Lights, I thought it could be a perfect backdrop for a romance (even despite the frigid temperatures!). Even better, the way of life in a small Icelandic town seemed like a perfect “fish out of water” experience for a busy big city executive like Ava Espinosa. It forces her to pause long enough to take stock of her life and consider what she really wants. If you want to learn more about the inspiration for my setting, check out this blog I wrote about it on my author site here. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?…