The Tucson Festival of Books is held every spring on the University of Arizona campus. A group of outstanding authors gather along with many readers, prospects and families. This was the eighth annual festival with another record attendance for the two day event.

Like previous festivals, my goal was to talk to as many authors as I could, take some pictures and to observe how the authors were trying to market their books and themselves. Along the way I tried to pick the best marketing materials and organization.

This Year's Top Author Booth

The booths were organized better this year with the numbering finally making sense. My booth pick this year had lots of outstanding authors (about 15 at one sitting). Congrats to Kris Tualla for putting together such a great group of authors. Dreams Convention.com booth

The following is a list of the authors that were in the booth when I visited plus their pictures and the book they displayed.

Deep Cover

Duty & Honor Book Three

Author: Leslie Jones

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On a secret assignment for MI-5, British SAS soldier Trevor Carswell is deep undercover with The Philosophy of Bedlam, a home-grown anarchist group responsible for several museum bombings. He's on the brink of unearthing their motives when Scotland Yard foils their latest attack. Desperate to escape, the Bedlamites take civilian hostages—among them, a woman Trevor never expected to see again.

American political analyst Shelby Gibson is stunned when she recognizes Trevor, her one-time lover, brandishing a shotgun in the lobby of the August Museum of Modern Art. He's the last man she'd ever trust, but Trevor is no criminal, and he may be her only hope of getting out of the building alive.

With the woman he once loved in serious danger, Trevor will risk everything to get Shelby to safety, even if it means blowing his cover. As they search for the truth behind the bombings, Shelby and Trevor expose the powerful, desperate man pulling the anarchists' strings...and the half-century-old secret he'll kill to keep quiet.

Author: Leslie Jones

Author Genre: Military

Website: Leslie Jones
Twitter: @LeslieJonesBks
E-Mail: leslie@lesliejonesbooks.com
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Leslie Jones has been an IT geek, a graphics designer, and an Army intelligence officer. She's lived in Alaska, Korea, Belgium, Germany, and other exotic locations (including New Jersey). She is a wife, mother, and full-time writer, and splits her time between Scottsdale, Arizona and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Band of Bachelors: Lucas

Band of Bachelors of the SEAL Brotherhood

Author: Sharon Hamilton

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Special Operator Lucas Shipley thought his living arrangement was temporary, since getting booted from the house by his wife. He sleeps on a couch in the apartment with four other divorced Navy SEALs, thinking he’ll get the call to come home any day. He ignores the not-so-helpful advice his buddies are giving him about marriage, women and romance. Until he gets served with divorce papers.

Realtor Marcy Gelland is hired by Lucas’ soon-to-be ex-wife to liquidate all their real estate holdings and help her orchestrate a speedy departure from Lucas’ life. Based on what the hot-headed SEAL wife has told her, Marcy understands Lucas deserves every ounce of pain coming his way.

But when Marcy and Lucas are left alone together in a remote Northern California woods, they ignite a personal bonfire that threatens to burn down the whole forest. Marcy is forced to see she is wrong about Lucas.

Amidst the backdrop of hardened bachelor SEALs with their unsolicited, anti-long-term relationship advice, and a terrorist training camp operating nearby, Lucas must do what he’s always done: be the hero and save the day. But will it be in time to save Marcy?

Author: Sharon Hamilton

Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense

Website: Sharon Hamilton
Author's Blog: Sharon Hamilton - SUNDAYS WITH SHARON
Twitter: @sharonlhamilton
E-Mail: Sharon Hamilton2001@gmail.com
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Author Description:
NY Times and four time USA/Today, Top 100 Amazon Bestselling and multiple award-winning Author, Sharon Hamilton's storytelling satisfies like a thick bar of chocolate. Sharon's romances are scorching hot, filled with suspense, adventure and adrenaline-pumping action.

Join Sharon's Newsletter for VIP updates, contests, upcoming appearances, events and news! - http://eepurl.com/saokH

Sharon and her husband live in Northern California, in the heart of the Wine Country, where most of her stories take place. When she isn't writing, she can be found getting vera vera dirty in her flower and vegetable gardens.

Rough Day

Detective Lottie King Mystery Short Stories, Vol. 1

Author: Shelley Coriell

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Lottie King has the best job in the world: catching killers. But after a series of murder investigations leave her bruised and brokenhearted, is it finally time for this legendary homicide detective to retire? Features four mystery short stories and Lottie-inspired recipes.

Rough Day -- Colorado Springs homicide detective Lottie King investigates the murder of a long-time friend and founder of a domestic violence shelter and finds herself frantically hunting down someone besides her friend's killer.

Locked Room -- Determined to spend more time with the grands, homicide detective Lottie King volunteers with her granddaughter's Girl Power troop and teaches the girls how to solve the perfect murder, a homicide in a locked room where the killer had no plausible way out.

Old Flame -- The twelve-year-old grandson of an old high school crush hires Detective Lottie King to find out what happened to his grandfather who is missing and probably dead, but no one believes him.

Smooth Sailing -- On the eve of her retirement, Detective Lottie King investigates one last case for Colorado Springs Police, an accidental drowning that turns out to be murder. But all is not smooth sailing...with the investigation or Lottie's retirement.

The complete Detective Lottie King Mystery Short Stories

Author: Shelley Coriell

Author Genre: Romance

Website: Shelley Coriell
Twitter: @ShelleyCoriell
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Shelley Coriell is an award-winning author of romantic suspense and novels for teens. Her debut romantic thriller, The Broken, was named one of the Best Romances of Summer 2014 by Publishers Weekly and a Top Pick/4.5 Stars by Romantic Times Book Reviews. An avid foodie and former restaurant reviewer, Shelley lives in Arizona with her family and the world's neediest rescue weimaraner.

Star People Legacy

Author: T.L. Smith

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The day Captain Beth Castle put on the U.S. Marine Corps uniform, she made a vow to protect her country and its citizens. It was a vow she knew she’d uphold for life, but nothing prepared her for what she faced in the Tinajas Mountains east of Yuma, Arizona.

While inspecting Aid Relief Stations along the Arizona/Mexico border, an ancient myth she’d learned growing up on the Navajo Reservation comes to life. A hostile encounter with a strange group of men triggers a change in her body and Spirit.

When she goes to her family for help, Beth discovers the horrible truth -- the myths she's been told about are real...real aliens. Now Beth's involved in an epic battle between good and evil --a battle that could cost her everything she holds dear, including her family and the man she loves.

Author: T.L. Smith

Author Genre: Romance, Suspense

Website: T.L. Smith
Author's Blog: T.L. Smith
Twitter: @tlsmithbooks
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Author Description:
T.L Smith Lover of chocolate, books, but mostly words.

T.L Smith loves to travel, loves to shop for books, sometimes shoes ;-)

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7 Sykos

Author: Marsheila Rockwell/Jeffrey J. Mariotte

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Detached from the world, how are seven psychopaths going to save it?

Phoenix is one of the most populated cities in America…but not for long. With a mysterious sickness spreading through the streets, two things are becoming very clear: there’s no cure, and it doesn’t necessarily kill you.

Instead, the so-called “Infecteds” have become a living plague, killing and eating everyone they come into contact with. Chaos is spreading, and no one is safe.

No one, that is, except for a group of psychos.

Somehow unaffected by the disease—and with promises of clemency for their monstrous pasts—a group of seven is sent downtown to hopefully find the cause of the disease…and therefore a cure. But when the asylum is the size of a city, it no longer matters who is running things.

Not when everyone is running for their lives.

Author: Marsheila Rockwell

Author Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Crime

Website: Marsheila Rockwell
Twitter: @MarcyRockwell
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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell was born [redacted] years ago in America's Last, Best Place. A descendant of kings, pilgrims, Ojibwe hunters and possibly a witch or two, she spent the first few years of her life frolicking gleefully in a large backyard that is now part of one of the nation's largest Superfund sites. Perhaps that explains her early penchant for fantasy and horror - the first book she ever read (at the tender age of three) was Frank L. Baum's "Ozma of Oz."

Marcy sold her first short story to Marion Zimmer Bradley while in college and her first novel to Wizards of the Coast in 2005. She now lives in the desert in the shadow of an improbably green mountain surrounded by her children, her vast collections of Wonder Woman/Girl figures, and far too many books.

Author: Jeffrey J. Mariotte

Author Genre: Thriller, Horror, Fantasy

Website: Jeff Mariotte.com
Author's Blog: Dispatches from the Flying M
Twitter: @JeffMariotte
E-Mail: jmariotte@aol.com
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Jeff Mariotte was born in Park Forest, Illinois. He moved away from there at the age of six, when his father, a civilian working for the Department of Defense, was transferred to Paris, France. Since then he's lived in Arlington and Reston, Virginia, Worms and Schriesheim, Germany, San Jose, San Diego, and Arizona.

He graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Radio/TV/Film. He has worked delivering the Washington Post, in a comic book store and a fast food restaurant, selling encyclopedias door-to-door, and as maintenance supervisor for a large regional shopping center. He was the manager of Hunter's Books, La Jolla when his first fiction was published. He has been VP of Marketing and Senior Editor for comic book publisher WildStorm Productions, Editor-in-Chief for IDW Publishing, a co-owner of independent specialty bookstore Mysterious Galaxy, and a freelance writer and editor.

He is passionate about-among other things-reading, the deserts and mountains and forests of the American West, modern and historical, politics, photography, independent bookstores, and whatever else strikes his fancy at any given moment.

Larry Goes To Space

Author: Alan Black

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Larry enjoyed raising cattle on his Kansas farm, until the aliens arrived. He couldn’t help himself; he was going for a ride with aliens from outer space!

The aliens wouldn’t tell him where he was going, how long he would be gone, or if he was ever coming back, but a space trip sounded like more fun than beer and burgers at Benny’s Been There and Done That Bar and Grill. He had to go.

Author: Alan Black

Author Genre: Science Fiction, Christian, Humor And Comedy

Website: Alan Black Author
Twitter: @alblack77
E-Mail: Alblack77@cox.net
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Author Description:
Alan Black has been writing novels since 1996. His writing tastes are as eclectic as his reading preferences. He is a #1 Amazon best selling author for Metal Boxes, a young adult, science fiction, military, action adventure. Black is an indie multi-genre writer who has never met a good story he didn't want to tell.

Alan Black's vision statement: "I want my readers amazed they missed sleep because they could not put down one of my books. I want my readers amazed I made them laugh on one page and cry on the next. I want to give my readers a pleasurable respite from the cares of the world for a few hours.

I want to offer stories I would want to read."

The Three Fates of Ryan Love

Beyond

Author: Erin Quinn

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Ryan Love’s life is about to go up in flames—literally—when a mystical being named Sabelle appears, claiming to be from the Beyond—the realm of heaven, hell, and mysteries both awesome and terrifying. As Ryan’s family business and home are destroyed in a freak explosion, Sabelle saves him just in time. So why does Ryan feel like she’s the one who needs saving? He wants to resist this dangerous attraction, but how can he fight a fate this tempting?

Sabelle is a powerful oracle who has broken the laws of the Beyond to save Ryan’s life, but once she meets Ryan, everything changes. Ryan steals her heart and awakens her passions, making her long to be human. But corruption is seeping out of the Beyond and Sabelle must choose between saving the fate of mankind and following her heart. Is she Ryan’s fate or the destiny he won’t survive?

Author: Erin Quinn

Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Literature & Fiction

Website: Erin Quinn
Author's Blog: Quinn's Essentials
Twitter: @ErinQuinnAuthor
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New York Times Bestselling author Erin Quinn writes romance for the thinking reader. Her books have been called "riveting," "brilliantly plotted" and "beautifully written" and have won, placed or showed in the Booksellers Best, WILLA Award for Historical fiction, the Orange Rose, Readers Crown, Golden Quill, Best Books, and Award of Excellence.

Relic

Brethren Series Book 2

Author: Deena Remiel

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Raphael, a Brethren Savior, an angel with a forgotten past, has lost his power to heal and is on a self-imposed guilt trip to get it back. If he can’t, his tour of eternal duty as Brethren Savior will be revoked. On his journey, he winds up enmeshed in a web of attempted murder and resurrection, all thanks to a woman he’s only seen in a photograph and by chance on an Arizona desert hiking trail.

Serena Sikes is a wanted woman. Desired by “undesirables” for a gift her brother gave her—a stolen relic with suspected healing powers. Hunted down in the Arizona desert and left for dead, she is found by none other than the angel who cannot heal.

Raphael and Serena are inexorably bound together, for locked deep within the relic’s heart had lived the soul of his long lost wife. Now, it resides inside Serena. Evil lurks around every corner as Raphael tries to keep both Serena and his dead wife’s soul alive and lustful temptation at bay.

Three souls bound together by an ancient relic, a timeless gift, and a love that is eternal.

Author: Deena Remiel

Author Genre: Romance

Website: Deena Remiel - Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
Twitter: @deenaremiel
E-Mail: deenaremiel@yahoo.com
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Author Description:
AAD DEBUT AUTHOR OF THE YEAR NOMINEE...

My name is Deena Remiel, and I am an author of paranormal romance, urban and dark fantasy, and romantic suspense. I also teach language arts to middle schoolers. I belong to RWA national and the Desert Rose Chapter of RWA, where there are outstanding people writing fabulous stories.

I grew up in Philadelphia, home of the most amazing cheese steaks, soft pretzels, oh and the Liberty Bell. My husband and I began our own family in New Jersey, and just a few years ago, Arizona called to my spirit and tempted my husband with much better weather! We moved our family, and the rest is history, or the present, as the case may be!

These are a few of my favorite things: writing and reading of course, chocolate, music with lyrics or melodies that speak to me, soaking baths, singing in the shower, dancing with my buds, romantic dancing with my hubbie, scrapbooking, watching my girls enjoy what they love to do, and laughing at jokes. Visit my website for the latest news and available books: www.deenaremiel.com.

Out of Left Field

Deadlines & Diamonds, #3

Author: Morgan Kearns

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Strike One

Xavier is a jerk with a capital A.S.S. and he offers no apologies. If a woman is willing to give, he’ll gladly take, walking away without a backward glance. He’s not looking for commitment and the only diamond he’s interested in has three bases and a home plate.

Strike Two

Dr. Frances Holden knows all about fixing broken bones and taming arrogant athletes. As the Team Doctor for the Las Vegas Rockets she deals with stubborn ballplayers every day. But nobody is more stubborn than Left Fielder Matthias Xavier III.

Strike Three

When a shoulder injury takes Xavier out of the game, it’s Frankie’s job to get him back on the diamond. His rehab turns out to be more than either of them bargained for, and when she promises to help him face his scarred past, neither of them are prepared for the fireworks that come Out of Left Field and threaten to scorch them both.

Author: Morgan Kearns

Author Genre: Romance

Website: Morgan Kearns.com
Twitter: @MorganKearns
E-Mail: morgan@morgankearns.com
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Author Description:
Morgan Kearns is an Emmy-Nominated Journalist turned Bestselling Contemporary Romance Author with readers cheering for her Deadlines & Diamonds series. Some of her favorite people include those who step out of her thoughts asking for their stories to be told. Grab a book and meet them today!

She is the Director of Buildin' the Dream, Authors Helping Authors Conference. May 29th-31th, 2015 www.BuildinTheDream.com

If not glued to her laptop, Morgan can be found with her nose stuck in a book or cheering for her own little athletes. She lives in Northern Arizona with her amazing family and her English Bulldog, Gus.

Deadlines & Diamonds series: Fade to Black, In It To Win It, High Pressure (coming Summer 2014), Out of Left Field, Lucky 13, Hard Break, When at First (coming Summer 2014).

Bound by a Touch series: Heart Ache

Gossip of Mysterious Lane series: The Seduction of Damian, and His Destiny is Karma.

Wisdom

Author: Patrick Tylee

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She is ageless, boundless... ruthless.

Wisdom takes you on a journey across the Orion Arm of our galaxy and into the dreams, fears, and frailties of four distinctly different beings.

When the gas-condenser vessel of the brutal Prawl-Tang mistakenly arrives in the Sol system, the Knowers of Jupiter are in danger. Ambassador to their planet, Moyab-4 of the Manufactured Flesh and SynThinker Union, convinces his brother clones to create a Savior Class artificial person whose assignment is to prevent the annihilation of the enormous cephalopod Knowers at any cost.

Using the tools at his disposal, the newly awakened Jove pilots the Equus into the hydrogen clouds, accompanied by two virtual entities: Knowledgebase and Wisdom, as well as his own biting sarcasm, quirky intellect, and the humor that so inadequately hides his self doubt.

Surprised by the audacity of the childlike Jovians and the business-minded Prawl-Tang, Jove finds himself on Earth, central to a plan that includes the death of every human - including the ones who have befriended him, like the innocent orphan Elmyrah.

Influenced by the humans' own knowledge of Good and Evil, Jove bends the will of entire worlds to see that everyone gets what they deserve. Wisdom, however, has plans of her own. She knows what's best for all. They just need to be made to listen.

Author: Patrick Tylee

Author Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Children's

Website: Patrick Tylee
Author's Blog: Patrick Tylee
Twitter: @PatrickTylee
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I write about people and relationships. The people may not be from Earth, or even humans at all. The relationships may be adversely effected by multi-spacial anomalies. Sci-fi.

Seriously though, my hope is to meet the reader halfway, where their imagination and creativity can merge with the characters, locations and all the little details that bring the fictional story to life. When you get the chance to enter into one of my stories, you should enjoy yourself. Hang out with the Synthetics, take a nap upside down from a Dreamish conduit, jump into a Blackball and see what planet you end up on. Or find yourself a hormonal teenager in a family of scaly Eutherids.

My own family is made up of people and creatures that have volunteered to live our lives together. Not really sure who adopted who, but it works for us. Normal? The treadmill is covered in dust and junk mail - I guess that's normal. But the rest of it's as goofy and fun and messed up as anyone else. Wonderfully abnormal, if you please! I get irked with smartphones, and having to download a fuel-map into my motorcycle's CPU. I just want to look at the Milky Way from my back yard, read every book I can, and chase around the house with the kid and the saluki.

Thanks so much for buying one of my books. You could've spent your entertainment budget on so many other things. When I'm writing, I don't forget that.

Song of the Ancients

Ancient Magic Book 1

Author: Sandy Wright

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What would you die for?

Samantha Danroe doesn't believe in magic. Her ex-husband cured her of happily-ever-after when he cheated on her three days after saying I-do.

She doesn't believe in ghosts. Until her mother's ghost rises from a Halloween bonfire with a warning of death from beyond the grave.

And she certainly doesn't believe in witchcraft. Until she becomes the prey in an ancient war waged between good and evil. A war whose rules she must scramble to learn to stay alive.

In need of protection, Samantha turns to the mysterious Nicholas Orenda, a sixth-generation witch on the trail of a creature who is systematically killing off his family. According to his family's prophecy, three will be sacrificed to the dark. His mother and grandmother are already dead, and Nicholas doesn't have time to play by the rules.

Samantha finds herself in the center of a deadly hunt for a mysterious foe. Can she find the strength to defeat a supernatural killer and prevent the third sacrifice? Or will she be the catalyst that opens the gates to the Underworld?

Author: Sandy Wright

Author Genre: Paranormal & Urban

Website: writerSandy
Twitter: @sinazAZ
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Author Description:
Sandy Wright is an award-winning author of paranormal and romantic suspense novels, poetry and short fiction. Her newest novel is Song of the Ancients, set in the magical red rocks of Sedona, Arizona.

Sandy loves to take ordinary characters and put them in extraordinary situations that change their view of this world. A journalism major and teacher, she is also a 2nd degree Wiccan High Priestess with a coven in the Phoenix, AZ area.

Born and raised in the midwest, Sandy lives in Arizona with her husband, college-age son, and three huge black cats, including Shadow Moon, who is also a character in her first book. The most recent addition to the household is Teak, a laid-back (yeah, right) Australian Shepherd/Border Collie mix puppy. The cats despise him, of course.

Sleight of Hand

Redemption Club Book 2

Author: Anne Marie Becker

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Some skills never fade…

Raised by con artists, Emily Moore has done her share of manipulating others to make ends meet. She’s working hard to go legit and make up for her past, but she still knows how to spot an easy mark. And when to walk away from a bad situation. Emily learned life’s lessons the hard way, and now a tough exterior hides her one weakness—her love for the man who left her.

Some hurts never heal…

After a high profile murder, Detective Adam Wilde’s brother disappears, becoming both the Las Vegas Police Department’s primary suspect and the real killer’s target. Tanner has hardly been an upstanding citizen, but Adam believes he’s innocent. He suspects an underground group called the Redemption Club, which trades in dark deeds, is behind the murder, and it’s essential he finds his brother before the Club does. If anyone can think like his brother, Tanner’s childhood friend Emily can. But first, Adam will have to repair their friendship and make up for hurting her—even if his rejection was intended to protect them both.

Some gambles are worth the risk…

Their hearts are telling them to let go of the past, but trust has never been easy for either Emily or Adam. It’ll take a common purpose, and an undeniable passion, to reunite them. To find Tanner and defeat the head of Redemption Club, they’ll need each other—and they’ll need to come up with the con of their lives.

Author: Anne Marie Becker

Author Genre: Romance, Thriller, Suspense

Website: Anne Marie Becker
Twitter: @annemariebecker
E-Mail: AnneMarieBecker@me.com
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An award-winning author of romantic suspense, Anne Marie has always been fascinated by people--inside and out--which led to degrees in Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, and Counseling. To date, as a tutor, waitress, personal and family counselor, and high school counselor, she has indulged her curiosity through sanctioned professions. Now, as a stay-at-home mom of three children, her passion for understanding the human race is satisfied by her roles as mother, wife, daughter, sister, and writer. She writes to reclaim her sanity.

The Minstrel's Tale

Author: Anna Questerly

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Fourteenth Century, France

Amos Questerly, a wandering minstrel takes on a mysterious young apprentice. But his new protégé, Richard, carries a deadly secret. A secret someone is willing to kill for.

To reach safety they must earn their way to England by telling exciting stories of magical swords, princesses, and dragons, while danger follows on their heels.

By the time Amos learns Richard’s secret, it’s clear even England may not be safe. The two, trapped in an adventure as thrilling as any of the minstrel’s tales, must follow a perilous path that leads straight to the royal palace.

Author: Anna Questerly

Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Twitter: @AnnaQuesterly
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Bookseller and bibliophile turned author, Anna Questerly writes medieval fiction and fairy tales for smart kids and young hearts. For adults, she writes utopian fantasy as A.J. Questerly.

Leaving Norway

Martin & Dagny - The Hansen Series Book 4

Author: Kris Tualla
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Martin Hansen left his family's home in Arendal to sail for America and follow his dreams. On the ship he meets the enigmatic Dagny, traveling with a man who calls himself her brother. Martin and Dagny become good friends ~ until passengers' stolen jewels are found in her trunk. Martin believes so strongly in Dagny's innocence that he provides her with an alibi ~ though it ruins her reputation. Now shunned by the other passengers, Martin and Dagny try to prove the identity of the true criminal, while facing unexpectedly deadly circumstances when leaving Norway.

Author: Kris Tualla

Author Genre: Romance

Website: Historical Romance & Suspense by Kris Tualla
Twitter: @kristualla
E-Mail: Kris@KrisTualla.com
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Kindle Top-100 author Kris Tualla, a dynamic award-winning and internationally published author of historical romantic suspense, writes with a fast-paced and succinct style. Her plots are full of twists, passion, and very satisfying outcomes! Kris started in 2006 with nothing but a nugget of a character in mind, and has created a dynasty with "The Hansen Series" and "The Discreet Gentleman Series."

Kris is an active member of Romance Writers of America, the Historical Novel Society, and Sisters in Crime. She is an enthusiastic speaker and teacher, and created Arizona Dreamin' - Arizona's first romance-reader event: ArizonaDreaminEvent.com - and it's author-focused companion: BuildintheDream.com

"In the Historical Romance genre, there have been literally countless kilted warrior stories told. Well, I say it's time for a new breed of heroes! Come along with me and find out why: Norway IS the new Scotland!"

Big, blond, buff and beautiful men, with eyes the colors of seawater, and the wild, untamable blood of their Viking ancestors flowing through their veins. Do you feel it? The Hansen Men of Arendal, Norway - whose stories extend from post-plague Europe in 1354 through the 1840s American western expansion - are just such heroes.

Coming Soon

ARIZONA MYSTERY CON 2016

The HBS Author's Spotlight SHOWCASES ARIZONA MYSTERY CON 2016.

Meet a group of outstanding Mystery Authors. This is Arizona's First Home Grown Reader Con for Mystery Fans. It is billed as Death and Deception in the Desert.

Starting June 3^rd 2016 at the Embassy Suites Paradise Valley/Scottsdale through June 4^th, 2016.

The Convention begins with a Friday Night Book Signing on June 3rd, 6:30pm-8:00pm.

The ARIZONA MYSTERY CON is a two day event.

Day One is Friday Night Book Signing. Meet the authors, purchase their books at the on-site bookstore, and get an autographed copy in an informal and casual atmosphere. Have a glass of wine with your favorite authors between 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. (open to the public)

Saturday, Day Two is the ARIZONA MYSTERY CON. It includes:

· Arizona's First Home Grown Reader Con for Mystery Fans

· Six Saturday sessions and panels in various genres of crime & mystery

· Free goody bags for all attendees

· Saturday lunch with featured authors

· Tickets $39

Questions

Please direct any questions you have to Kris Tualla at ktualla@gmail.com