1–What is the title of your latest release? THE GOLDEN DOVES 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Jose and Arlette, two spies in the French underground during WWII, outsmart the Gestapo at every turn and become known as the Golden Doves. Years after they survive a Nazi concentration camp, they team up again to bring the doctor that violated them to justice. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was fascinated with how so many Nazis escaped justice by leaving Germany on the so-called ratline to South America and wanted to set a book there. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. If they’d have me. They lead very busy lives. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Both are wounded, unstoppable, and completely devoted to each other. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That the Catholic Church helped Nazi fugitives escape justice. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit as I draft. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Jumbo shrimp. I’m obsessed. 9–Describe your writing space/office! I have a great space on the second floor of our…

The devastation of war tests the human spirit to its limits, as individuals struggle to survive in desperate and dangerous circumstances.  With the war we’ve all been fighting the last few months against an invisible enemy, the topic is even more timely.  The following stories enthrall, astound, and invite us to look past the minor irritations and minutiae of our everyday lives and concentrate on what is truly important. This was certainly the case for the women involved in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY by Kim Izzo.  Despite the savage war being fought on the Western Front–and a warning from Germany that any ship crossing the Atlantic puts itself at-risk–New York heiresses Sydney and Brooke Sinclair stick to their plan to sail to England, where Brooke is to marry Edward Thorpe-Tracey.   While Brooke is excited to marry into the aristocracy, independent Sydney is drawn to the suffragette movement. Full of confidence in the future, the girls and Edward board the Lusitania for the seven-day voyage.  Meanwhile in England, Isabel Nelson, after escaping a scandal in Oxford, is grateful to have landed a secretary’s job at the British Admiralty’s mysterious Room 40.  Recognizing her skill at codes and cyphers, she’s soon put…