1–What is the title of your latest release? ALL THE MISSING GIRLS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In ALL THE MISSING GIRLS, crime reporter Mari Alvarez has just 48 hours to sneak into Cuba undetected and find her missing sister. With no contacts and an ice-cold trail of cryptic clues, Mari must navigate a maze of lies, deception, and sinister Brujeria to uncover the truth before it’s too late. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I met my husband while reporting a story in Cuba. I also discovered a magical town outside of Havana, Cuba full or art by one artist who lived there. It’s called Fusterlandia and it’s beautiful.  The artist opens his house for tourists to visit. I wondered what would happen if I renamed it Oshunvilla and made it a dark place where girls disappeared.  That was the seed for this book. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes, she’s a feisty reporter with a good heart looking to use her platform to do good.  I respect that. I’d loosen her up though. She’s a little serious. That’s why I gave her a funny…

by Debbie Wiley Books have been part of my life for as long as I remember. Even before I could fully read on my own, I remember my grandmother reading to me and listening to books on record albums, following along with the words in the accompanying book. Everyone knows the last two years have been tough, but for this reader, it’s been worsened by a reading slump. Instead of turning to books for comfort, I’ve watched a lot of mindless television, much to the chagrin of my husband. Fortunately, a few recent reads have really jumped out at me and tugged me into the storylines, snapping that reading slump into tiny pieces! One of the tricks often cited to break a reading slump is to reread old favorites. My twist on this is to read authors I’ve loved over the years. CURSE OF SALEM by Kay Hooper perfectly fit the bill! Not only have I loved Kay Hooper’s books dating back to the 1980s when she wrote category romances, but I’ve also faithfully followed her Bishop Special Crimes Unit series, devouring them as soon as I could get my hands on each new installment. CURSE OF SALEM returns to the town…

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-ReaderMatch” where we introduce you to authors as a reader you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present LINDA BOND! Writes: Linda Bond writes romantic thrillers because she’s a big fan of the James Bond franchise. She’s also a real-life news reporter who spends every day writing under deadline. Her series from Entangled Publishing is set in a Central Florida newsroom, where each reporter goes out on assignment, stumbles onto a mystery, and while solving the mystery, falls in love.  Her latest, Flatline, is a medical thriller: People are dying in Dr. Joshua Salvador’s ER. His medical assistant, only weeks from delivering her baby, hangs on to life by a thread. The symptoms seem horrifyingly familiar, and he begins to suspect the deaths are targeted at him. But, before he can figure things out, top TV investigator Rachel Wright is standing in the middle of his ER, convinced an outbreak, an epidemic, or even a botched flu vaccine could be the cause, and she’s going to tell the world.  About: Adrenaline junkie news reporter by day, romance writer by night, seeks…