Be sure to check out what they have coming next for their readers. I try to pick authors who are interesting studies and ask them unique questions for our Q/A section.
Check out the Showcase feature of the HBS Author's Spotlight. I have included those authors in this class. Also, we have added the Author Bundles we have posted this month.
Thanks to the following outstanding authors for a great month. Here is a summary of our December 2015 crew.
D.V. Berkom
Author Genre: Crime, Suspense, Thriller
Author's Blog: DV Berkom Books
Website: DV Berkom
Twitter: @dvberkom
E-Mail: dvb (at) dvberkom (dot) com
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Author Description:
DV Berkom is a slave to the voices in her head. As the bestselling author of two award-winning thriller series (Leine Basso and Kate Jones), her love of creating resilient, kick-ass women characters stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, mysteries, and thrillers, and longing to find the female equivalent within those pages.
Raised in the Midwest, she earned a BA in political science from the University of Minnesota and promptly moved to Mexico to live on a sailboat. Several cross-country moves later, she now lives just outside of Seattle, Washington with the love of her life, Mark, a chef-turned-contractor, and several imaginary characters who love to tell her what to do. Her most recent books include Cargo, The Body Market, Bad Traffick, A One Way Ticket to Dead, and Yucatán Dead.
Interview Excerpt
Congratulations on your book: Cargo. Next: Working on the currently untitled prequel to the series. After that… I’ll be writing the next book in my other thriller series featuring Kate Jones.
Social media is key to building a solid reader base, and is a great way to connect to other authors. I’ve also met some great book bloggers/reviewers, many of whom have become friends.
I’m available on all the usual suspects like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, et al, and LOVE to hear from readers. I also have an event page on both my website and blog, so readers can go there and check out whether I’ll be in their area in the future.
Great covers: When I first started publishing, I designed my own covers, but since then have used a couple of different designers. I recently re-branded the Leine Basso series using Deranged Doctor Designs.
Audio books: I love audio books, and was stoked to be able to offer that version to readers. The audio book segment of the reading public has exploded in recent years and I’ve certainly added new readers because of it
Novellas: My first published book was Bad Spirits, a novella and the first installment in the Kate Jones thriller series. I wrote it specifically for an online publisher who had read Touring for Death (now the fourth book in the series) and requested I write the back story for the character, Kate, to publish as a serial.
Bundling: I like to make things easy for readers—box sets make it easy for folks to find and read all of the books in the series, and allows for a seamless reading experience. Also, I usually price them lower than if they bought them all individually. The sets do tend to cannibalize sales of the separate books a bit but I’d rather give readers more choice.
Giveaways: To paraphrase the saying, “Free has been very, very good to me.” Back in the old days of eBooks (ca. 2010-2012), as an unknown author with a small budget I didn’t have a lot of options for readers to discover my work. Giving away free copies worked really well. I doubt I’d be able to write full time if I hadn’t been able to take advantage of all the avenues…
Reader list: I find a reader list to be one of the most valuable ways to really connect with readers who enjoy my work. As I mentioned in the answer above, I offer free books to all new subscribers, and I’ll do giveaways and special, subscriber-only offers for the list throughout the year.
Virtual Audio Book Halloween party: Author/artist Uvi Poznansky put the party together with the goal of introducing new readers to our audio books… We had a great turnout, and there were some fabulous audio books on offer! It was fun and I got to meet so many new readers and authors. I’ll make sure to tell Uvi you enjoyed the cover presentation—she created all of the promotional material—basically all we had to do was show up and post excerpts.
Author's Book List
Cargo
The Body Market
A One Way Ticket to Dead
Yucatan Dead
Bad Traffick
Cruising for Death
Serial Date
Touring for Death
Death Rites
Dead of Winter
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Linton Robinson
Author Genre: Drugs, Weapons and Loose Women God bless 'em all
Website: Linton Robinson
Twitter: @LintonRobinson
E-Mail: linrobinson [at] mexipost [dot] com
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Born in Occupied Japan, schooled in Asia, now a 20 year resident of Latin America, Linton Robinson's status as a born outsider is reflected in his books.
Robinson worked as journalist for years, winning awards and placing articles in top American magazine and newspaper markets. This was followed by a brief career as a photographer, also with credits in top markets. He then moved into mail order catalogs, with noted success, before switching to newspapers in Mexico and Guatemala. His syndicated columns "Flesh Wounds" and "Weekend Warrior" were cult favorites in the nineties.
He is currently working on novels and screenplays and doing videos.
Interview Excerpt
Next: …one answer is clear: series. Probably the biggest concept in successful book marketing/discovery and I was too dumb to realize that years ago. I will be extending the series started with “Mary of Angels”… an easy pick since it began life as a television series proposal.
eBooks changed EVERYTHING, created worlds. For me even more so than others. I wish they had come along when I was in my twenties. There are so many advantages; like correctability, pricing, accommodation of different lengths.
Covers: . I’m mostly happy with them… though some of the early ones like “Sweet Spot” are kind of embarrassing now. I have no art talent and no training. I think a lot of writers can do covers if they take a little time to figure out what the elements of covers are all about. I ran a series on how to make your own covers on the Indies Unlimited blog.
Book trailers: I made all my book “trailer” videos myself. Again, with no training, skills or particular talent. I caught the “video bug” for a while and was cranking them out. Even more than covers, I see videos as something the average writer is very capable of producing.., and very possibly do more effectively than professionals.
Short stories: I have done a lot of short work, but very little in traditional “short story” form. Much of it walks an odd line between fiction and reporting. I’m not sure how much crossover or “sell up” there is from shorts to novels. But shorts material is excellent grist for the promo mill when given away as samples or “lead bait” or whatever.
Giveaways: I’m a huge believer in the judicious use of freebies to build “discovery”, and argue adamantly against those who think their work is so wonderful they need to overprice it for the market and not deign to offer free or discounted “loss leaders”.
Reader list: Mailing lists are a huge concern of mine, especially recently. I have been building lists and mailing to them (I got used to regarding a 4 percent open rate as successful during my brief career in direct mail marketing back in the pre-email days). I build lists any way I can think of. Including offering wonderfully helpful documents for free to get contacts… as you’ve already noticed.
Author's Book List
Mexico: Sunlight & Shadows
Flesh Wounds
Vote of Confidence
Mary Of Angels
Tijuana Nocturnes
It's Only Words
Mexican Humor 201
Short Cuts
For Your Damned Love
Pirate This Book
GUYStuff
Properties Of Light
Engines of Desire
Bailin'
Sky Seeds
Boneyard 11
Afro-Cuban Boogie-Woogie
Mexican Slang 101
Sweet Spot
The Way Of The WEEKEND WARRIOR
Mayan Calendar Girls
Imaginary Lines
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Jenna Bennett
Featured Book: Adverse Possession
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Romance
Author's Blog: Jenna Bennett
Website: Jenna Bennett - Jennie Bentley
Twitter: @Bennett_Jenna
E-Mail: jennie@jenniebentley.com
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USA Today bestselling author Jenna Bennett is best known for the Cutthroat Business mysteries, featuring Realtor and recovering Southern Belle Savannah Martin, who stumbles over dead bodies in Nashville, Tennessee.
As Jennie Bentley, she writes the New York Times bestselling Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation mysteries from Penguin/Berkley Prime Crime, about Avery Baker, a textile designer, and Avery's boyfriend Derek Ellis, a handyman, who renovate houses in fictitious Waterfield, Maine.
In addition to other mysteries, she's also the author of the award-winning Soldiers of Fortune series of science fiction romances, along with assorted other romance-type books, about FBI agents, Greek gods, and rich businessmen, among other things.
If you'd like to sign up for Jenna's email newsletter, and be the first to learn about new releases, sales, exclusive newsletter reads, and other exciting things, you can do that here http://eepurl.com/xzlRP or on Jenna's website, www.JennaBennett.com.
Author's Book List
Adverse Possession
Unfinished Business
Fortune's Honor
Finding You
Fortune's Hero
Ditching David
Dirty Deeds
Past Due
Kickout Clause
Change of Heart
A Done Deal
Close to Home
Contract Pending
Hot Property
A Cutthroat Business
Home For the Homicide
Wall-to-Wall Dead
Flipped Out
Mortar and Murder
Plaster and Poison
Spackled and Spooked
Fatal Fixer-Upper
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Alison Bruce
Featured Book: DEADLY SEASON
Author Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical Western Romance
Author's Blog: alison bruce, have laptop - will travel
Website: Alison Bruce
Twitter: @alisonebruce
E-Mail: abruce@alisonbruce.ca
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Author Description:
Alison Bruce writes mysteries, romantic suspense and historical western romance. Her protagonists are marked by their strength of character, sense of humor and the ability to adapt (sooner or later) to new situations. Three of her novels have been finalists for genre awards.
Alison has an honors degree in history and philosophy, which has nothing to do with any regular job she's held since. A liberal arts education did prepare her to be a writer, however. She penned her first novel during lectures while pretending to take notes.
Copywriter and editor since 1992, Alison has also been a comic book store manager, small press publisher and web designer. In addition to writing, she is the Publication Manager of Crime Writers of Canada, Arthur Ellis Awards Administrator, and part-time tech guru to the technologically challenged.
Author's Book List
Deadly Season
A Bodyguard to Remember
Deadly Legacy
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Ashley Fontainne
Featured Book: Night Court
Author Genre: Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
Author's Blog: The Movie: Foreseen based on her novel The Lie
Website: Ashley Fontainne
Twitter: @ashleyfontainne
E-Mail: ashleyfontainne@gmail.com
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International bestselling author Ashley Fontainne is an avid reader of mostly the classics. Ashley became a fan of the written word in her youth, starting with the Nancy Drew mystery series. Stories that immerse the reader deep into the human psyche and the monsters that lurk within us are her favorite reads.
Her muse for penning the EVISCERATING THE SNAKE series was The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Ashley's love for this book is what sparked her desire to write her debut novel, Accountable to None, the first book in the trilogy. With a modern setting to the tale, Ashley delves into just what lengths a person is willing to go when they seek personal justice for heinous acts perpetrated upon them. The second novel in the series, Zero Balance focuses on the cost and reciprocal cycle that obtaining revenge has on the seeker. For once the cycle starts, where does it end? How far will the tendrils of revenge expand? Adjusting Journal Entries answered that question: far and wide.
Her short thriller entitled Number Seventy-Five, touches upon the sometimes dangerous world of online dating. Number Seventy-Five took home the BRONZE medal in fiction/suspense at the 2013 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards contest and is currently in production for a feature film.
Her paranormal thriller entitled The Lie, won the GOLD medal in the 2013 Illumination Book Awards for fiction/suspense and is also in production for a feature film entitled Foreseen.
Author's Book List
Night Court
Whispered Pain
Blood Ties
Growl
Empty Shell
The Lie
Number Seventy-Five
Zero Balance
Adjusting Journal Entries
Accountable to None
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Sharon Skinner
Featured Book: The Matriarch's Devise
Author Genre: Children's Books,Fantasy
Author's Blog: Livejournal
Website: SharonSkinner.com
Twitter: @sharonskinner56
E-Mail: Sharon@BrickCaveBooks.com
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Sharon holds a GPC, a BA in English, an MA in Creative Writing, and a poetic license. Her work has been published in a number of local, national and international publications. She previously served for eight years as the Executive Editor of Anthology magazine, a small press literary magazine published in Mesa, Arizona. Sharon is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI AZ.
Author's Book List
The Matriarch's Devise
Mirabella & the Faded Phantom
The Nelig Stones
The Healer's Legacy
In Case You Didn't Hear Me The First Time
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Featured Set: Dragoneer Saga - Books, 4, 5, and 6
The Royalty Cycle Boxed Set
M.R. Mathias
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Books four, five, and six of the Award Winning, Locus Poll nominated, Dragoneer Saga, from international bestselling author, M. R. Mathias. This set includes: The Emereald Rider - Dragoneer Saga Book Four, Rise of the Dragon King - Dragoneer Saga Book Five, and Winner of the 2015 Readers Favorite Award: Blood and Royalty - Dragoneer Saga Book Six.
This set brings an end to the Saga of Jenka, Zahrellion, Aikira, Marcherion, Clover, and Rikky, and their dragons in a gripping finale so intense you might have to close your eyes while you read! No matter what you do, Hold on to your dragon, for this series just might be the ride of your life.
Title: The Emerald Rider
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Featured Set: Sloane Monroe Series Boxed Set: Books 1-6
Cheryl Bradshaw
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This set includes six full novels:
#1 Black Diamond Death On the slopes of Park City, Utah's newest ski resort a woman is found dead. At first glance, it has all the makings of an accident. But what if wasn't? What if she was murdered?
#2 Murder in Mind Private Investigator Sloane Monroe has solved every case that's come across her desk with the exception of one--the brutal murder of her sister Gabrielle. Three years have passed without a trace of the killer until today, when a young woman's body is discovered in front of the local supermarket, the killer's trademark "S" slashed into her wrist. Now Sloane is faced with the most difficult challenge of her life--finding a man who's a master at concealing his identity before he goes back into hiding again.
#3 I Have a Secret No one knows the value of keeping a secret more than former high school prom king Doug Ward. But after washing the past twenty years down with a smooth glass of whisky, Doug's steely resolve has started to crack. And he doesn't want to keep quiet--not anymore.
#4 Stranger in Town Six-year-old Olivia Hathaway tiptoes down the center aisle of Maybelle's Market, stopping once to glance over her shoulder at her mother who is too preoccupied to notice her daughter has slipped away. Minutes later, a frantic Mrs. Hathaway dashes up and down the aisles, desperately searching for her missing daughter.
But it's too late. Olivia is already gone.
#5 Bed of Bones Sometimes even the deepest, darkest secrets find their way to the surface. Summer 1956: Thirteen-year-old Willie Compton and his younger brother Leonard stumble upon a mine shaft while hiking the hills of Park City, Utah. The shaft is unsealed, abandoned. A Slinky in Leonard's hands slithers through his fingers, tumbling toward the mouth of the shaft. Leonard bolts forward, but he slips, then he falls.
#6 Hush Now Baby On a crisp, fall night, Serena Westwood wakes to the faint stirs of her crying baby. Bottle in hand, she tiptoes to the other side of the house, sneaks up to the crib, looks in. A wave of panic grips her as her real nightmare begins. Inside the crib, there is no baby.
Title: Black Diamond Death
Author: Cheryl Bradshaw
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Featured Set: Renaissance Queens
The Legendary Women of World History
Laurel A. Rockefeller
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Now at last three Legendary Women of World History biographies in a single boxed set volume.
Joined together by more than just blood, French Princess Catherine de Valois (queen consort to King Henry V of England) and her descendants Queen Elizabeth Tudor of England and Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland dramatically changed the world as we know it, daring to do the extraordinary and risking everything in a time when women held few legal rights as individuals.
Begin the journey with “Catherine de Valois.” As King Henry V of England invades France in his bloodthirsty war of conquest and terror, Princess Catherine is forced by her father’s paranoid schizophrenia and a civil war at home with the Burgundians into marriage with one man she hates most. Yet hope is not lost for the reluctant queen of England as Owain Ap Tudor, son of a Welsh freedom fighter, earns a key position in the royal household thanks to his valour on the field of Agincourt. Their meeting changed the world forever in this fascinating story of love, loss, and war.
Next, discover the reign of Queen Mary Stuart in “Mary Queen of the Scots.” Most people focus on how Queen Mary died, but in truth Mary was the glittering “people’s princess” of the 16th century whose mark on Scottish culture and Edinburgh in particular shines brightly to this day. Contending with the violent Scottish reformation (literally conducted at the point of swords), Queen Mary’s beauty, compassion, and glittering court won the hearts and minds of the common people in defiance of the rich and powerful exploiting the poor. Meet the real Queen Mary and celebrate her life!
Finally, go behind the curtain of Queen Elizabeth Tudor in “Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana.” Told through the lens of her relationship with Robert Dudley you will go beyond the glamour of her court to meet the bright, sensitive, and passionate woman she really was.
Each book in this boxed set includes period music, timelines, and comprehensive bibliographies so you can keep learning.
Title: Catherine de Valois
Author: Laurel Rockefeller
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Author: Laurel A. Rockefeller
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Title: Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana
Author: Laurel A. Rockefeller
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Featured Set: Spicy Christmas Kisses
11 Romances to Heat Up Your Holidays
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HO! HO! HO! Santa’s bringing love this Christmas…and a little spice. From hauntings to bad boys to matchmaking dogs, SPICY CHRISTMAS KISSES delivers the joy and warmth of the season. But be careful–some of these ELEVEN romances are HOT HOT HOT!
This collection of spicy holiday stories is on sale for a limited time only. So grab your copy today!
Christmas Flirt - Rachelle Ayala Naughty girl Lacy Reed gets more than she bargained for when her naked selfies turn up on her boss’s phone. What will it take for her Christmas wish to come true?
Cole For Christmas - Kelly Collins When Interior Designer Chloe Craig thought of Christmas, her mind overflowed with trees trimmed in twinkling lights and doorways adorned with mistletoe. Using her infectious joy, she attempted to soften the heart of her new employer, but was it possible to turn a Scrooge into Kris Kringle?
Not-So-Blue Christmas - Bonnie Edwards Kirk Fontaine has lived in the dark for months, unable to bear living or even talking to people, until one small mutt forces him to see the sun. Miranda Bailey’s hoping for one more Christmas miracle, but can’t believe a grouch like Kirk could be it.
Naughty and Nice (A Rough and Tumble Novella) - Crystal Green Reclusive, gruff army veteran Jesse Navarro could deal with a Secret Santa who only wrote to him online. But when she shows up at the Rough & Tumble Saloon in the flesh, she has something even naughtier than a regular gift exchange in mind—and it's perfectly suited for some wicked nights in Sin City…
Tangled in Tinsel - Stacy Eaton Casey Lowe is new in town and her next-door neighbor Thad Wagner is the kind of guy you want to have around, especially when something breaks. Thad is easy on the eyes and great with his hands, but will he be able to mend her broken heart?
Haunted - Jade Kerrion Holly Langford has given up on love but the Christmas season unexpectedly ignites her bleak and solitary life with three men who represent her past, her present, and her future. Which man offers the gift of true love and happily ever after?
The King and the Pawn - Lyssa Layne Frankie has concocted the perfect plan to get her father to release her trust fund early—a fake boyfriend he'll hate. The only problem is, the more time Frankie spends with her fake boyfriend, the harder it will be to let him go.
Christmas Choices- Sharon Coady Kellen Slade is a bad boy builder who rides a Harley almost as hot as he is. Rhian St. Clair is a rich girl who wants out of Savanah and out from under her father’s rules to follow her passion as a painter.
8 Hounds a-Howling - Marcia James Celebrity photographer "Jax" Jackson volunteers to shoot the Klein's K-9s' dog-themed "12 Days of Christmas" fundraising calendar. His hidden agenda: Convince past love and calendar coordinator Amy Walters to give him a second chance.
Tinsel, Tidings, and Temptations - Kimmie Easley After a nasty divorce and a life of isolation, Naomi Compton rents a luxury cabin in the woods for her first Christmas alone. The property just so happens to come with its own hunky groundskeeper, Henner Willliams, who’s more than happy to show Naomi what she's been missing out on all these years.
Loving Lucy - Chantel Rhondeau Issued a challenge at the company Christmas party, reserved accountant Blake Carmichael determines to catch Lucy Brier’s interest, a woman he’s lusted after for years. Lucy’s determined to win her bet: quit flirting and stay single until next Christmas…a full year without a man, next to impossible for the audacious brunette.
Title: Christmas Flirt
Author: Rachelle Ayala
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Author: Rachelle Ayala
Author Genre: Romance Historical
Website: Rachelle Ayala
Author's Blog: When a Woman Wrongs a Man
Twitter: @AyalaRachelle
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Rachelle Ayala was a software engineer until she discovered storytelling works better in fiction than real code. She has over thirty years of writing experience and has always lived in a multi-cultural environment. The tapestry of characters in her books reflect that diversity. Rachelle is currently working on a story dealing with women and contemporary issues. She is a very happy woman and lives in California with her husband. She has three children and has taught violin and made mountain dulcimers
Title: Cole For Christmas
Author: Kelly Collins
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Author: Kelly Collins
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
Website: Kelly Collins
Twitter: @kcollinsauthor
E-Mail: Authorkcollins@gmail.com
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Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping the love alive.
Always a romantic, she is inspired by real time events mixed with a dose of fiction. She encourages her readers to reach the happily ever after but bask in the afterglow of the perfectly imperfect love.
Kelly lives in Colorado with her husband of twenty-five years. She loves hockey, shiny objects and has a new found appreciation for green smoothies.
Title: Not-So-Blue Christmas
Author: Bonnie Edwards
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Author: Bonnie Edwards
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal
Website: Bonnie Edwards
Twitter: @BonnieEdwards
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Author Description:
For someone who's come to writing erotic romance the hard way...this rollercoaster is a blast! After many years at different, boring jobs, I'm finally doing what I love best. Writing hot, writing fun, writing romance! I live in the majestic Pacific Northwest where the rain makes it easy to sit in an office and write. But, even the rain can't make me give up my long walks in the woods where I dream up storylines and fun characters. To learn more about upcoming releases, please go to my website at http://bonnieedwards.com and sign up for my newsletter. Since I feel my readers lead busy lives, I only send out notices about new books, or special deals. I hope you'll take a moment to click and stay informed!
Author: Crystal Green
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal
Website: Crystal Green
Author's Blog: Chris Marie Green/Crystal Green
Twitter: @CrystalGreenMe
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Author Description:
Crystal Green loves to write her digital first Rough and Tumble romance books and her new adult Aidan Falls series! She has two other pen names as well: 1) Chris Marie Green, who wrote THE SHE CODE, a New Adult Single Girl novel and the urban fantasy series Vampire Babylon and the Jensen Murphy, Ghost for Hire series 2) Christine Cody, who wrote the post-apocalyptic western fantasy series Bloodlands.
She loves to read, over-analyze movies and TV programs, practice yoga, and travel when she can.
Title: Tangled in Tinsel
Author: Stacy Eaton
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Author: Stacy Eaton
Author Genre: Crime, Thriller and Mystery
Website: Stacy Eaton
Author's Blog: Stacy Eaton, Author
Twitter: @StacySEaton
E-Mail: Mybloodrunsblue@aol.com
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Stacy Eaton is a police officer by profession. Currently, she is assigned as the department detective and enjoys digging into cases and putting the pieces of the puzzles together.
Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania and is the wife to a police officer and the mother of two. She is very proud of her son who is currently serving in the United States Navy and equally proud of her tween daughter who is a black belt and cheerleader.
Stacy also currently servers on the Board of Directors for her local Domestic Violence Center. When Stacy is not working her demanding job, or spending time with her family, she works on her business and volunteers with the World Literary Café. When there is time, she writes.
Title: Haunted
Author: Jade Kerrion
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Author: Jade Kerrion
Author Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Website: Jade Kerrion
Twitter: @JadeKerrion
E-Mail: jade.kerrion@gmail.com
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Jade Kerrion, an award-winning author, got her start in fan fiction. She developed a loyal reader base with her fan fiction series based on the MMORPG Guild Wars. She was accused of keeping her readers up at night, distracting them from work, housework, homework, and (far worse), from actually playing Guild Wars.
And then she wondered why just screw up the time management skills of gamers? Why not aspire to screw everyone else up too? So here she is, writing books that aspire to keep you from doing anything else useful with your time. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with her wonderfully supportive husband and her two young sons, Saint and Angel, (no, those aren't their real names, but they are like saints and angels, except when they're not.)
Title: The King and the Pawn
Author: Lyssa Layne
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Author: Lyssa Layne
Author Genre: Romance, Chick Lit
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Lyssa Layne is first, and foremost, the proud momma to her precious daughter, AR. In addition to working full-time and being a mommy to AR, she is also an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, a runner, blogger, and an infertility survivor. Having watched one too many medical dramas and being inspired by author Rachelle Ayala, who introduced her to the world of indie writing, Lyssa decided to try her hand at writing a romance story. Her attempt turned into the Burning Lovesick series. You can find Lyssa's own interests throughout her stories although all stories are fictional.
Title: Christmas Choices
Author: Sharon Coady
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Author: Sharon Coady
Author Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Paranormal
Twitter: @srcoady
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Sharon Coady was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Rockville, Maryland. After 22 years of traveling around the world because of her husbands Career in the U.S. Army, Sharon and Ed have settled in Florida with three of their daughters and five of their ten grandchildren. Sharon is a nurse working for the Veterans Administration. She is the mother of four daughters and grandmother to three granddaughters and seven grandsons. Yesterdays Memories is her first book. Writing has always been something that she has loved to do, after years of encouragement from her mother she finally got the courage to publish her first book. She has now finished writing her second book, a young adult paranormal which will be published soon and she has started work on a new adult novel. Once the third book is finished she plans to write sequels to both of her first books.
Author: Marcia James
Author Genre: Romance
Website: Marcia James Web Site
Author's Blog: James Gang
Twitter: @Marcia_James
E-Mail: Marcia@MarciaJames.net
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Marcia James writes hot, humorous romances and finaled in eleven Romance Writers of America contests before selling her first comic romantic suspense, At Her Command. Her latest releases are Sex & the Single Therapist (a comic romantic mystery), Heating Up the Holidays (a romantic Christmas novella), and Love Unleashed (a super sexy reunion romance). In her eclectic career, she has shot submarine training videos, organized celebrity-filled nonprofit events and had her wedding covered by People Magazine. After years of dealing with such sexy topics as how to safely install traffic lights, she is enjoying "researching" and plotting her novels' steamy love scenes with her husband and hero of many years.
Title: Tinsel, Tidings, and Temptations
Author: Kimmie Easley
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Author: Kimmie Easley
Author Genre: Romance, Erotic, Fiction
Website: Kimmie Easley - Romance Author
Twitter: @KimmieAnnWrites
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Kimmie is an author who grew up traveling the country, rarely settling in one place for much longer than a minute. Being no stranger to heartache, she allows her unconventional childhood to fuel her writing. Kimmie is addicted to all things books, wine, cupcakes, and flip flops. She is a homeschool momma, southern wife, and pug wrangler. Kimmie can be found somewhere in the south writing wine worthy stories. Gutter Princess coming in 2015 from Swoon Romance.
Title: Loving Lucy
Author: Chantel Rhondeau
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Author: Chantel Rhondeau
Author Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thrillers
Website: Chantel Rhondeau - Romantic Suspense
Author's Blog: Chantel Rhondeau - Past Writing/Self-publishing Tips
Twitter: @ChantelRhondeau
E-Mail: ChantelRhondeau(at)gmail(dot)com
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I once thought a great mystery or fantasy book with strong romantic themes was the highest level of reading bliss. After reading my first romantic suspense novel, I never looked back. Before long, the need to create my own stories took over. I spend my days in the clinical profession of medical transcriptionist, but my passion is in the blissful hours spent with my characters in the evenings.
I live in the western United States, and when I'm not writing I love playing cards with my family, bowling, and snuggling with my lazy kitties.
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