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 Jenni L. Walsh!   Writes: Jenni L. Walsh writes edge-of-your-seat historical novels. She loves the “inspired by” and the “based on” stories that bring history to life. Depression-era outlaws, Wild West rule-breakers, spies, war heroines, and daring motorcycle dispatch riders are some of the strong women you’ll get to know in her novels. In her most recent, UNSINKABLE, you’ll find two unsinkable females: a Titanic survivor and a WWII spy.   About: Ten-time novelist seeks eager readers. I love writing banter and characters who make jokes when they’re nervous. Sometimes I put my characters through the wringer, but I try to give them a happily ever after in the end. I’m a homebody, content to curl up with a book. My friends say my own books are “a must read” (Noelle Salazar), “an absolute treat for historical fiction lovers” (Fiona Davis), and “compulsively readable” (Chanel Cleeton).   What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Drawn to stories inspired by real life Loves…

Jennifer Vido: What inspired your new release, THE MITFORD AFFAIR? Marie Benedict: I’ve been fascinated by the rarified, mesmerizing, often strange world of the Mitfords since college when a dear friend and I backpacked across Europe after a semester abroad and I brought along one of Nancy Mitford semi-autobiographical novels to read during our train travels. But when I came across the Mitfords again as I did research about their cousins the Churchills while writing another novel, LADY CLEMENTINE, I learned about the shocking ways in which these sisters were at the epicenter of World War II — and I knew I had to write this timely tale.   Jen: Who are the Mitford sisters? Marie: The six Mitford sisters were the aristocratic “it” girls of the 1920s and 1930s in Great Britain. Each sister was more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next, and they appeared in the headlines so often their mother publicly stated that anytime she saw the phrase “peer’s daughter” in the newspapers, it was about her daughters. The sisters found themselves in the cross-hairs of the lead-up to World War II.   Jen: What happens in Diana’s life that causes discord among the sisters? Marie:…

Hello there, wonderful reader! My name is Suzette and I’m the author of MY NAME IS ONA JUDGE, a dual timeline novel based on the life of a vibrant young enslaved woman who dared to escape the most powerful man in the United States: George Washington, the nation’s first president! This dual timeline tells the story of Ona, her early life and eventual escape juxtaposed with our contemporary character, Tessa Scott – an interior decorator in an abusive relationship that proves its own form of bondage. It is a heart wrenching, heartwarming tale of two women who manage to find joy, love, and freedom. I invite you to indulge in My Name is Ona Judge. You may laugh, cry, or feel righteous indignation. But you’ll never forget Ona’s story, or her name. M is for Martha – as in Washington as in the first First Lady of the United States for whom Ona was a lady’s maid Y is for Young – Ona was only 10 years young when she became a maid to the first First lady N is for New Hampshire – the state to which Ona eventually escaped A is for Andrew Judge – the English indentured…

1–What is the title of your latest release? A DRESS OF VIOLET TAFFETA: the story of the real-life Lucy Duff Gordon, between the years of 1893 to 1913, who designed exquisite dresses under her label Lucile Ltd.   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Lucy Wallace has been abandoned by her spendthrift alcoholic husband—again. Now a single mother with a five-year-old daughter to support the only marketable talent Lucy has is her ability to make doll’s clothes which are the envy of her little girl’s playmates. With very little money, and completely untaught, Lucy starts a dressmaking business that will grow to become a fashion empire in London, New York, and Paris. Her success is remarkable for a single woman in the early 1900s in an industry dominated by male designers. Then one bitterly cold night in 1912 a catastrophe occurs that will once again change the course of Lucy’s life—and once again failure is not an option!   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted to write about the part of Lucy Duff Gordon’s life from 1893 to 1913 when she not only built a fashion empire from scratch but…

1–What is the title of your latest release? BEYOND THE DESERT SANDS by Tracie Peterson 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? It’s impossible to have a future romance when the past is holding the heart captive. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I had previously studied several locations in New Mexico and saw that this area would have all the important geological necessities, as well as be placed along the Santa Fe railroad. There were a lot of little towns in this area of New Mexico that are now long gone, but still interesting for what they offered. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Probably not at the start. She’s spoiled and opinionated and thinks she’s got all the answers. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Loyal, determined, and Godly. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I always learn something, whether it’s some tidbit about how banking in a silver mine company town often enslaved people to a point they could never hope to leave. Or a lesson develops where God is trying to show me something regarding my own faith. 7–Do you edit…

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 M.B. Henry!   Writes: Military Historical Fiction. I like to teach people about history and the horrors of war by putting a human face on such a vast concept and creating characters on both sides of the battle lines that readers can relate with. Thorough and detailed research brings the battlefield right into your reading chair, along with the hard (and sometimes heartbreaking) lessons that we all must learn from it. Within this genre, I also enjoy shining a spotlight on spunky, courageous, and often times forgotten female characters. My D-Day-themed debut ALL THE LIGHTS ABOVE US has five such characters, and they can’t wait for you to get to know them as they struggle to survive the Normandy Invasion and the hardest twenty-four hours of their lives.   About: M.B. Henry has been obsessed with history since her Ancient Egypt phase in the sixth grade. While she enjoys history in all its many and diverse forms, World War II and the US Civil…