The Author-Reader Match is a fun “dating-style” profile to introduce readers to authors and their books. Below is the template for the post, along with some links to examples.  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 Maggie Shayne Writes: My latest is The Portal Series: Three epic paranormal romance novels and one novella, in which three sisters, slaves in a Babylonian king’s harem, were executed for practicing witchcraft, and for falling in love. Indira fell for a young priest-in-training, Lilia, for the king’s most trusted soldier, and Magdalena for his son, the prince. Enraged at their death sentence, Lilia’s beloved soldier killed the king, but the execution went on all the same, and he was sentenced to far worse. His soul was stripped by the high priest, and he was pitched into a dark, eternal void. Now, thirty-five centuries later, the sisters have reincarnated, destined to right this ancient wrong. They must find each other again, restore the tormented-one’s soul, reunite with their lost loves, and deliver justice that’s long past…

R is for respect, something heartbroken Ivy Thorn doesn’t think Dasha Avramov is capable of giving her. I is for inventive… which Dasha and Ivy will have to be, in order to get to the bottom of the otherworldly threat to Thistle Grove. S is for spectacle, like the five unforgettably magical festivities the witch families will throw to celebrate the Cavalcade, a festival honoring the historic founding of the town. E is for eating, the unlikely way Dasha exorcises stubborn interlopers from the nether realms.   A is for amnesia, which afflicts Maya, the mysterious newcomer to Thistle Grove whom Dasha stumbles upon on the shores of Lady’s Lake. N is for nightmare, the kind of strange, portentous dreams Dasha has been having lately… could they be messages? D is demons, those infernal nemeses that Dasha, an Avramov devil-eater, is uniquely equipped to handle.   D is also for departure, because we may be saying goodbye to a very special someone in this story. I is for intimate, like the *very* steamy scenes between Dasha and Ivy on their path toward reconciliation. V is for the veil, the supernatural boundary separating this world from the one that lies on…

1–What is the title of your latest release? BRIDE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Vampyre girl, Alpha Were, arranged marriage! 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was in the process of moving to the southwest of the US, and I decided to set the book in the southwest of the US. It just felt right! 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I doubt Misery would want to hang out with me (or anyone else except like, three people). 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Loyal, sneaky, single-minded. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That wolves can only have just a couple of eye colors. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit forward, so I don’t go back to edit something that I’ve decided to change while I’m drafting, but I write the rest of the book while keeping that change in mind. (A tip I picked up from the amazing Jesse Sutanto, btw). 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? I’ve been obsessed with Nutella Biscuits lately. 9–Describe your writing space/office! It’s currently a mess, because…

Katy Chavos refilled coffee cups and made her way around the small diner in Broken Butte, New Mexico, heading for that last table at the far corner, placed before two plate glass windows that looked out on the lower end of the main street and the sheriff’s office. There were rumors that one of the occupants took that table for the sole purpose of catching sight of the sheriff’s wife. But what man would do that while flirting with only her and no one else consistently for three years? Over the years, he’d nearly kissed her several times and she’d known that had been his intention before he’d pulled back from her. He usually came in during the late shifts she worked and spent several hours talking to her. His gaze always seemed to caress her, and he’d touch her hand, her arm. But he always ended up pulling back then as well. Dane Vanderale sat facing the window and his bodyguard, Ryan Desalvo, or Rhys, as Dane often called him, sat with his back to it, and the sheriff’s office. Which could be one of the reasons the gossip was so nasty about why he always took the same…

I love Halloween – the costumes, the sweets, the thrills. One of my favorite things is to have mini marathons of my favorite scary movies. As a romance reader, I also like discovering new spooky romances. Over the past few months, I’ve showcased monster themed romances that range from fun and sweet to stories with more of an edge. For those interested, there are romance novels and erotica with a strong element of danger. I’ve read a few novellas like that with shadow figures as male protagonists and multiple demon lovers, but the stories I will talk about here are more fun or thrilling rather than too dark. In this article, I will discuss a few monster romances that have some kind of Halloween monster or spooky vide. CREEPY COURT is a fab multi-author paranormal romance anthology with all the stories taking place in the 1980s at a mall manned primarily by monsters. The authors do a phenomenal job of getting the romance while also nailing the vibe of some of my favorite 80s horror films. Two of my favorite stories are in the anthology are The Monster of Darkspell Comics by SJ Sanders and Dreadful Things by Maeve Black….

1–What is the title of your latest release? BOND CRUSHED 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A five-hundred-year-old vampire finally finds her mate—a disappointing human musician who falls short of her exacting social standards. Can she overcome her prejudice and save them both from the vampire hunters who stalk their every move? And can he forgive her for abandoning him before it’s too late? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted to see the characters interact in locations where one was at home and the other was very much out of their comfort zone. Cote d’Azur and Ocean City offered coastal settings that clash spectacularly. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely not! But I would respect her. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Hard, calculating, ruthless. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? The protagonist is obsessed with moths and regularly recites information about them, so I learned a lot of interesting moth facts. Did you know a male moth can smell a female moth from more than seven miles away? 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally…

For many readers who are now fans of paranormal romance or fantasy, they – like my husband and sister-in-law – were fans of the cartoon show Gargoyles. I admit that I never watched it. As I got older, I did read one or two books with gargoyle characters and was intrigued. I will discuss romances featuring gargoyle heroes that range from rom-com, suspense, sweet, spicy, and everything in between. For readers looking for a paranormal rom-com vibe with a side of gargoyles, Ava Ross and Honey Phillips have books that might hit the spot. EXTRA VIRGIN GARGOYLE by Honey Phillips is part of the Monster Between the Sheets series that takes place in Screaming Woods – a town populated with people who were transformed into a variety of monsters. Angie is a normal human transplanted to Screaming Woods because of an inherited bookstore. She initially feels a slight chill because the townspeople are somewhat cautious about an outsider in their midst. Books are the thing that led to a side job working for a gargoyle named Alastair. He is instantly smitten, and their unexpected courtship has a definite Disney Beauty and the Beast vibe. The biggest hurdle to overcome is…

I should preface this piece by saying I have always had a bug phobia. When the first book in Tiffany Roberts’ Spider’s Mate series came out, I thought – “yeah, right”. Who would find a romance with a half-man, half-spider hero appealing. Apparently, me – after a few intrepid forays into reading monster themed romances. I know, I know! Bugs – ick. Your mind might be going to Jeff Goldblum’s character in The Fly which is all kinds of gross. But hear me out. The buggy heroes I’ll be discussing here are human enough so that it’s not The Fly level ick, and they are a complex group of strong, heroic, devoted, patient, caring, and – as C.M. Nascosta describes one of her mothman heroes – “adorkable”. One day I was browsing Amazon and where Scifi and monster romance intersect, I found Susan Trombley’s Iriduan Test Subjects series and some other books that are connected to that series. As I usually do, I started backwards and read MY CHAMELEON MATE, and then MY ANT MONSTER MATE. Those two books led me down a rabbit hole and I started devouring the other books in the series. Again, I cannot stress enough how bug phobic I am. Something about…

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 Tori Anne Martin!   Writes: Tori writes queer witchy paranormal romance. In This Spells Disaster, fake dating gets a magical twist when a witch fears she accidentally gave her famous crush a love potion, and to break the spell, she’ll have to prove how incompatible they are—all while falling ever harder herself.   About: Tori moved from Philadelphia to New Hampshire for grad school and somehow never left. Before writing This Spells Disaster, she wrote and published urban fantasy and contemporary romance. When she’s not writing, she loves hiking, playing D&D, and dreaming about reorganizing her bookshelves (although she never does it because it feels too much like work). She’s fueled by coffee, dark chocolate, and a dash of spite.   For THIS SPELLS DISASTER, my ideal reading match must love: bisexual witches lots of magic in their romance sapphic pining fake dating messy main characters who are still learning to get themselves together   What to expect if we’re compatible: practice kissing competitive…

1–What is the title of your latest release? ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A handsome stranger shows up in plus-sized witch Jessica’s clothing boutique to tell her that she’s the Chosen One, and only she can save her small town from destruction by an evil force. But is he telling the truth? And how is he so cute?   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I like to write books set in places I’ve actually been so I can get all the details right—unless of course it’s a made-up country like Genovia. This time around, I chose Connecticut. I’ve spent a lot of time in the Fairfield area—which West Harbor, where my heroine lives, is modeled on!   4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! As the owner of a clothing boutique possessing the magical power to pick out the perfect outfit for anyone, Jessica, my heroine, would be an invaluable friend to anyone!   5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Smart, quirky, kind   6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I had no idea the first people…