1–What is the title of your latest release? VILLAINS BY NECESSITY 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An obsession fueled group of magi are coming for her client speaking words of love. Good thing she’s bad at listening. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Villains is the second book in a series. I actually wrote book 1 and 3 before I wrote Villains, which fits between them. So it was mostly to do with the “missing untold story”. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Maybe, if she’d sit still for long enough and wasn’t covered in blood. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Headstrong, tough, and vulnerable. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? To really home in on where the action starts and stops during fight scenes. This book is high action, and sometimes the conflict rolls into more conflict. Keeping that pace up is exhausting to read, though, so I needed to identify the core elements of the conflict, so it was digestible. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? Sort of both. When I sit down…

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 Elisse Hay!   Writes: Romantic fantasy that highlights healthy relationships and real struggles in a fantastical, and lighthearted, way is my jam. Something Wicked is my urban fantasy series. It’s one dash righteous indignation, half a cup of grudging trust and a pinch of goodness, heated over a high flame to boiling point and stirred by mystery. Serve with sighs.   About: Hailing from Australia, I’m found most often with a coffee in one hand and a book in the other. It’s my firm belief that interacting with humour and kindness is a life skill—and so is knowing when to unleash the snark. My favourite things are hanging out with my humans and playing the nerdiest games possible, ideally at the same time. I’m looking for readers who enjoy: First person perspective fantasy Frequent, unapologetic sass and spice Loving, healthy relationships, both romantic and platonic Authentic, relatable characters Humour that punches up   Readers who have: Big hearts Shiny spines   What to expect…