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 GennaRose Nethercott!   Writes: To quote my – actual – Tinder profile: “I write books about shape shifters and living houses and parties full of ghosts. I may or may not have a puppet theater stowed in the trunk of my car.” In short, I’m a fiction writer and folklorist—and all my stories are tied to the strange and the uncanny. I like to take the scraps of old stories and re-stitch them into new ones. Ghosts playing spin the bottle, or chicken legged houses from Slavic mythology hanging out in a Walgreens parking lot—that’s the kind of stuff that tickles me. When it comes to my work, you can bet on the monstrous and miraculous… but here’s the thing: I don’t care about what monster stories say about monsters. I care what monster stories say about people. My new book, FIFTY BEASTS TO BREAK YOUR HEART, is a collection of short stories in which the supernatural and the dreamy are used to examine…

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 Larissa Ione!   Writes: Dark, gritty paranormal romance with a generous helping of humor and a sprinkling of campiness. Her most recent novel, LEGACY OF TEMPTATION, is a prime example, with a hero who is the son of the Horseman of the Apocalypse known as Death, and a heroine who works for an agency dedicated to eradicating Logan’s people. Oh, and he has a pet hellhound. That’s right. A PET HELLHOUND.   About: Not surprisingly, I have a passion for reading and writing. But I’m also passionate about animals, healthy food and living, and travel. When I’m not writing, I’m working out (or playing games) on my VR headset, playing with my dogs, or traveling with my husband to wherever a plane or my RV will take me. But chances are, I’m still writing…or at least, thinking about writing.   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: The perfect reader for LEGACY OF TEMPTATION is someone who: Isn’t squeamish. Enjoys being inside…

Book Title: DISENCHANTED Character Name: Prunella Marie Upton (Except don’t ever call me that!  I loathe my first name.  I prefer to be simply Ella.   How would you describe your family or your childhood?  My early childhood was wonderful.  I lived with my mother and father in Castleton, the largest city in our kingdom of Arcady. My mama had a great imagination and invented games for me such as my battles with the ogre, Dirty Burt (my lovely mother in disguise.)  My father was more serious, but I loved sitting on his lap while he read from my favorite book, The Life and Exploits of Queen Anthea, the Magnificently Wise.  And then there was my best friend, Malcolm Hawkridge, the boy next door.  Mal and I enjoyed many adventures, playing at being river pirates or bandits, besieging my dollhouse with Mal’s toy soldiers and cannons.   Everything changed when my mother died.  My grieving father became a recluse, shutting himself away in the library.  But he provided for my upbringing by marrying again, Imelda Wendover, a woman with two small daughters of her own.  But I would not have you think this is a tale about a girl who acquired…

1–What is the title of your latest release? SANCTUARY OF THE SHADOW   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A woman hiding her identity, who works as a fortune teller at a magical circus, plots to help free a mysterious man with deadly powers and no memory of his past, when he’s brought in as an unwilling side attraction. A forbidden-yet-destined romance in a fantasy world with immortal queens and elemental magic.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I knew I wanted to create my own fantasy world for this novel. Many of the settings are inspired by real places I have visited on my travels and living in Montreal—the birthplace of Cirque du Soleil and one of the best places in the world to learn the circus arts—made me want to write a book that featured a circus. Seeing a show like Cirque du Soleil already feels like magic, so it wasn’t hard to imagine fantastical elements for the characters and their performances.   4–Would you hang out with your protagonists in real life? Definitely. After all we’ve been through together, I feel like we know each other pretty well. …

1–What is the title of your latest release? DAZZLING. You should check out that cover. It’s magnificent. Many thanks to The Overlook Press! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Two fatherless boarding schoolgirls recently become enmeshed in dealings with the supernatural world, one as protector, the other as possible destroyer, putting them on a collision course with each other, as all around them, girls their age begin to vanish. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Oh this was the easiest bit. I went to boarding school in Nigeria at nine years old and was exposed to all sorts of people, routines, dialects, foods, punishments, coursework and chores. It was a huge change. I knew the setting would be perfect for a coming-of-age and the supernatural. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes. I will feed her and give her books and just generally leave her alone. She is carrying a lot on her shoulders at the moment, bless her. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Brave, empathetic, observant. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Persistence. If it wasn’t ready or it did not sit…

Book Title: HERO’S STRENGTH, Song of Prophecy series Book 10 Character Name: Aila Ven   How would describe yourself? Me? Psht. Look at me. I’m adorable, sexy, and irresistible.   Is that it? Well, I’m also easy to get along with. Most of the time, anyway. If someone is being stupid, maybe not so much, but otherwise, I’m all sunshine and rainbows. I am also very good at killing things, if I do say so myself. Not just for the sake of it, of course, but when it’s necessary, I have the skills to defend myself and others. Did I mention how much of a pleasure I am to deal with?   What was your greatest talent? There’s my combat prowess, as I mentioned, but even more than that, my ability to think on my feet is up there high on the list. You can’t really do great things in life if all you are is a weapon. You have to be able to figure things out, outthink your opponents, be skillful in all things. So, yeah, I guess my greatest talent is being good at everything. Does that make sense?   Significant other? Please. I have men, and some…

            Pliny the Younger, a Roman writer and historian, wrote that his house in Athens was being haunted by an old man with a gray beard. Pliny’s account may be the earliest literary ghost story, but it was far from being the last. My own passion for ghost stories was conceived when I read The Haunting of Hill House as a girl. It terrified me! but I wanted more. Ghost stories fall into two categories, as I see it. The first category, obviously, is the fictional ghost story: The Turn of the Screw, The Shining, The Woman in Black, and many more. The second, and the one which prompted me to write my own ghost novel, is the first-person account of an actual extranormal experience. (I don’t love the way “paranormal” has been turned into a word that means “fake,” so . . . I made up my own.) When someone has a personal experience they can’t explain, whether it’s an apparition, a poltergeist, a presence, or some other manifestation, I think it’s a mistake to discount it. We may try to talk ourselves out of whatever we saw, or heard, or felt, but that’s invalidating our own witness. My…

1–What is the title of your latest release? LION OF FIRE, Book 1, Riley Jordan & The Fire Prophecies 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Riley Jordan, a college senior, goes from “least likely to succeed” to the world’s most dangerous wizard. After uncovering a plot to destroy humankind, Riley is plagued by dark visions of destruction involving an unsuspecting human girl he just met named Emma Clark, who he can’t get out of his head. Struggling to control his powers, Riley and his three best friends must portal-hop between magical realms to fight the darkness and discover the truth. Now, with graduation and Armageddon looming, Riley must face his own fears and learn how to protect those he loves before it’s too late. Lion of Fire will take you on your own journey of self-discovery and make you face the reality of one simple truth – we can let others define us, or we can be the hero in our own story. Riley Jordan will make you believe there is a hero in all of us. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I picked some of my favorite places from all…

1–What is the title of your latest release? A DAWN OF ONYX 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A Dawn of Onyx follows a young woman from a small, sheltered town who offers herself up to a wicked king to save her family, and is locked in his gothic keep to serve as his castle healer. While imprisoned, she makes an unsuspecting ally in a fellow prisoner, but not everything about the stranger is exactly as it seems… 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I love magical lands with unique, varying kingdoms i.e., the different courts in ACOTAR or the different nations in Avatar the last Airbender. I’ve also always loved gemstones (always my favorite exhibit in the Natural History Museum) so the idea was born from blending those two interests. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? 100%. Arwen would be the best, most thoughtful friend. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Optimistic, Altruistic, & Warm. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I will always spell barely as barley. Always. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE SPRING MAIDEN, Book One of The Cartographer’s War 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Instead of wiling away on Mount Olympus, our favorite Greek gods play residents of Faerie and powerful mages strutting about the higher echelons of proper society. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I really wanted to put these characters somewhere they haven’t had a chance to be in before. I’m mutually obsessed with fairies and Greek mythology, so why not put them together? 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Probably. A lot of Penny’s personality traits are different than mine and I’ve found the phrase “opposites attract” to not only be applicable to romance but friendship as well. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Determined, loyal, and adventurous. Penny is a girl that’s not afraid to kick butt and take names. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? How to write a book? Ha ha! This book is the second novel I’ve ever finished, and I learned that sometimes you have to take risks and force yourself to take leaps of faith…