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 Kilby Blades!   Writes: Kilby Blades writes 21st-century romance with fresh, witty characters grappling with modern problems. Cheesy dating apps? Check. Glass ceilings and drama at work? Check. A zero-tolerance policy for anything less than the real thing? Double-check.   About: Kilby Blades is a USA Today bestselling author who probably should have gone to film school. Instead, she decided to become a diplomat. After getting a plum job offer in the music industry, she abandoned that plan, but at least she got to spend her college years gallivanting through Europe and dating great kissers with fabulous accents. When she’s not writing, Kilby goes to movie matinees alone, where she eats Chocolate Pocky and Skinny Pop and smuggles in not-a-little-bit of red wine. Her perfect match is someone who is smart, loves to laugh, and prefers the finer things in life. She is a cinephile, an oenophile, a social justice fighter, and – most of all – a glutton for a good story.  …

1–What is the title of your latest release? IT TAKES A VILLA   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? An American woman with a meticulous plan for restoring the Italian villa she bought for 1 Euro is in for a rude awakening. Hot Italian architect Pietro will turn her plans—and her heart—upside down.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Folks have been pretty cooped up as a result of COVID. I wanted to write a story that would take readers to another place. I chose Italy because it’s one of my favorite places to travel and I chose the Amalfi Coast because it’s got everything: the best on land and sea.   4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Totally. We would go antiquing together, drink wine and talk about art, solve mysteries together and tell stories. Natalie is my kind of person.   5–What are three words that describe your hero? Driven, reverent, and sensual. He’s in love with architecture and history and he sees beauty all around him. His life’s work is to preserve important buildings across Italy and in his own historic town. But he’s…