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 Toni Shiloh!   Writes: I write Christian contemporary romance that gives you all the feels, has lighthearted banter, and is soulfully romantic.   About: I’m a hopeless romantic who looks for romance in every story. And when I’m not asking people how they met their significant others, I’m watching sports. I know it seems like a different spectrum but there’s love in rooting for your favorite team. Mine just happens to be the Dallas Cowboys and I can dress head to toe, yell/cheer at the TV at remarkable decimals, while reading a romance book during the commercials. If I’m not reading or watching sports, then I’m playing video games with my teens and/or husband. This is living life to the fullest!   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Do you anticipate the firsts like meet-cute, kiss, declaration of love? Then I’m your writer. Do you want a story that gives you a guaranteed Happily Ever After (HEA)? Then I’m your author….

One thing I love to do before I start writing the first draft of any book is create a playlist. These are songs that I choose because they fit the setting, theme, or characters. Sometimes, they’re added later after I’ve written a pivotal scene and happened to find a song I believed to be perfect for it. Here are five songs that I played often while writing A RUN AT LOVE:   Kentucky by The Osborne Brothers: This song screamed Kentucky to me. It started my playlist and immediately put my mind right into the heart of A RUN AT LOVE. Seeing how the book is all about romance along the road to the Kentucky Derby, it was a no brainer to have a song about the state.   When Did You Fall by Chris Rice: This book has the tried-and-true trope of friends-to-lovers. Piper and Tuck have been friends since childhood, and each is carrying a torch for the other. I love the tone of Chris Rice’s voice as he sings about missing the signs of the other person falling in love with him. I feel like this is so Tuck and Piper as they work on the journey…

Every time I sit down to write a book, I ask myself how I can make an old idea fresh? In THE LOVE SCRIPT, I paired the fake dating trope with a celebrity romance set in Hollywood. On the surface, this idea isn’t fresh; however, what makes it new—because believe me, there are plenty of fake dating, celebrity romances—is that my heroine and hero agree to date for real. Both have strong convictions and are uncomfortable with the lying aspect fake dating brings. They want to be able to go to sleep at night, knowing they weren’t doing something wrong. Yet even though they agree to date for real, the world at large has no idea this is their first interaction. Even the parents of my heroine, Nevaeh, think the relationship is genuine and has already been going on for some time. You see a paparazzi photo was snapped then shared on media outlets suggesting their relationship contradicts the faith my hero, Lamont, boldly shares. In a world where you can be cancelled for perceived wrong, Nevaeh and Lamont are trying to change the narrative to save Lamont’s reputation. Despite the heavy topic that ensues, The Love Script is laced…