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 Juliette Cross!   Writes: Juliette writes paranormal, fantasy, and contemporary romance across the spectrum, both light and dark. She enjoys delving deep with the broody, wounded heroes and the snarky, kickass heroines they fall for. But she also loves to write funny—and always sexy—romcoms with her favorite tropes like grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers, and opposites attract.   About: Juliette is a Louisiana native, so you’ll find most of her contemporary romance settings are right there at home in NOLA or Cajun country. She’s a mother of four and wife to her best friend. She’s a Star Wars, Marvel, LOTR nerd and a chocolate, whiskey junkie. She enjoys long nights binge-watching the latest craze on Netflix or Hulu. And if you know who Rip is and where the train station is, then you’re most probably kindred spirits. My ideal reader match for my latest Stay A Spell book, WITCHES GET STITCHES must love: Naughty limericks on New Year’s Eve A growly, pining werewolf Steamy scenes in a…

What is it about the topic of sisters that causes so much controversy? My new Regency-set historical, Mastering The Marquess, is partly a story about a pair of sisters, and the life-threatening situation they confront together. Meredith, my heroine, will do anything to keep her little sister Annabel out of harm’s way—even if it means putting her own life at risk. And she does that without blaming Annabel for their predicament, or feeling resentful that she must potentially sacrifice her own chance for happiness. Meredith’s selflessness didn’t seem odd or out of character to me, likely because I have an older sister who has always been uber-protective of her siblings. She would take on a herd of charging elephants without a second thought if it meant keeping me or my brothers safe. But to my surprise, a few readers of Mastering The Marquess expressed discomfort with Meredith’s willingness to sacrifice herself for Annabel. They thought their relationship was too perfect—that real sisters fought more, and that Meredith should, at the very least, be resentful of Annabel. That took me aback since I can count the number of times I’ve fought with my sister on one hand, with a few fingers…

Since my lucky number is three for many reasons (including I have 3 daughters), a trilogy with three sisters was a natural choice. I understood the relationships, the family order, and the mother’s reaction. (Yes, their mother, a powerful psychic is included in all three books.) A STRANGER’S TOUCH is the 2nd of the Aisling Psychic Triplets and features Tempest Storm, the middle-born. AT THE EDGE was the first and sets the trilogy in motion with Claire, the empath and gentle. FOR HER EYES ONLY 10/08 ends the trilogy with Leona, the precognitive and the most fierce. The trilogy is based on the contemporary descendents of an ancient Celtic seer and a Viking chieftain. The triplets have inherited the seer, Aisling’s gifts—and they don’t want them. They want to be like normal women. That’s understandable, isn’t it? The very gifted, haunted by senses that are not reality, images and thoughts that aren’t their own suddenly flashing in their minds could be a little disturbing. Because these adult sisters are birth and psychically connected, they cannot live close to each other. This is especially true when a sexy hunk comes into the picture, such as when Marcus Greystone re-enters Tempest’s life….