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 April 2017 crew.
Mollie Cox Bryan
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Cooking, Food & Wine
Author's Blog: Mollie Cox Bryan
Website: Mollie Cox Bryan
Twitter: @molliecoxbryan
E-Mail: molliebryan@comcast.net
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Author Description:
Mollie Cox Bryan writes cozy mysteries with edge and romances with slow, sweet burn. She wrote the Agatha-award nominated Cumberland Creek Mysteries. Several of the books in that series where short-listed for the Virginia Library People's Choice Award.
The first book in her new mystery series, "Cora Crafts Mysteries." is DEATH AMONG THE DOILIES, which was selected as "Fresh Fiction Not to Miss" title. She's also penned a historical fiction: MEMORY OF LIGHT: AN AFTERMATH OF GETTYSBURG, the Kindle World's bestselling romance novella, THE BEEKEEPER'S BRIDE, A ST. HELENA VINEYARD KINDLE WORLD novella, and the soon-to be released, EVERY FIBER OF YOU, A ST. HELENA VINEYARD KINDLE WORLD novella.
She makes her home at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Interview Excerpt
Next: The next book in the series is "Macrame Murder." It comes out August 29. Cora, Jane, and Ruby, are guest teachers at a beach resort.
Social media: You know, it's hard to measure this kind of thing. But my cookbooks came out before social media was a big thing and it seems to me that social media has made a big difference for me, in terms of building community. It's a great way to reach readers.
Personal appearances: On May 6, I’ll be at the Waynesboro Public Library Author Fest.
On May 21, My launch party will be held at Stitch Amore in Waynesboro, Va
The best way to keep up with me is social media--Facebook and Twitter.
Novellas: If you're talking about the novellas in my scrapbooking series, it was a way to keep connected with my readers between books. I write faster than the publisher can publish books. And readers expect more these days, so it was a win-win for everybody.
I think it's hard to measure how much impact they've had on the sale of my books. I think that it helped to keep my readers in the loop and maintain that importan connection with them.
Reader list: I have a newsletter and ask readers there if they are interested in receiving ARCs. I also have a reader group on FB where I check in almost daily while I'm writing, giving them hints on my project, process, and so on. Now, we also chat about what we are reading. There's no promo in that group. I save the promo for my newsletters, and my author page. the reader group is much more intimate and active than an author page.
Author's Book List
No Charm Intended
Death Among the Doilies
Memory of Light
Tempting Will McGlashen
Scrapbook of the Dead
A Crafty Christmas
Death of an Irish Diva
Scrapped
Scrapbook of Secrets
Scrappy Summer
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K.M. Hodge
Author Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
Author's Blog: The Land of Hodge - Author K.M. Hodge
Website: The Land of Hodge
Twitter: @KMHodgeAuthor
E-Mail: kmhodgeauthor@gmail.com
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K.M. Hodge grew up in Detroit, where she spent most of her free time weaving wild tales to spook her friends and family. These days, she lives in Texas with her husband and two energetic boys and once again enjoys writing tales of suspense and intrigue that keep her readers up all night. Her stories, which focus on women's issues, friendship, addiction, regrets and second chances, will stay with you long after you finish them. When she isn't writing or being an agent of social change, she reads Independent graphic novels, watches old X-files episodes, streams Detroit Tigers games and binges on Netflix with her husband. She enjoys hearing from her readers, so don't be shy about dropping her a line.
* K.M. Hodge was awarded the winter of 2016 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for her Red on the Run.
Interview Excerpt
Next: True Blue Son is the third book in the Syndicate-Born Trilogy and will be launching on April 24th. It’s by far the most thrilling of the three books.
Social media addiction is real! I spend a lot of time on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. I built up my following slowly by engaging with people who like the same things I do and of course people who are interested in reading suspenseful stories
Personal appearances: I do regular interviews on-line and have links to them all on my website. I also do in person readings at a local feminist bookstore in Austin called, Book Woman. They and another book store called, Half-Priced Books carry my paperbacks.
Covers: The majority of my covers are done by Mallory Rock. She is AMAZING. She and I talk about the basic concepts of the book and she does her thing. I don’t ask for reader feedback because I trust Mallory to know what readers want and to stay in touch with what is in vogue for my genre.
Author bundles: I was invited by the marketing person for the Wedding Dreams box set to be a part of the collection. The goal of the project is to make the USA Today Best Seller list. The ladies in the group are super talented and a lot of fun to work with. I wrote Save the Date, my 9/11 wedding romance, specifically for this set and I am really pleased with how it turned out.
Giving away free books is one of many different roads to take to increase readership. I do giveaway my first in series to all of my subscribers. An e-mail address is a valuable thing and I want my readers to feel like they are getting something in exchange for allowing me into their inbox on a regular basis
Reader list: I maintain a list of about 8k readers right now. I acquired them through various avenues: Instafreebie, sign-up links on the back of my book, promotion events, and my website. I have also shared my sign-up with other authors on their lists and vice versa. This way we grow our list with minimal cost.
Published in Portuguese: We were lucky to have a reader who was able to help us with this. We currently aren’t making much headway with that edition, but are always looking for ways to grow that audience. We even have two Brazillian characters in the Book Cellar Series.
Indie Authors Care March Fundraiser and the Graham’s Foundation: I started off my career as a social worker and fundraiser so I am always up for helping support a good cause. The Indie Author Care event for March benefited the Graham Foundation and the Global Autism Project and raised over $800. My oldest child was diagnosed with Autism so it’s an issue that’s close to heart. As part of the event I promoted my Syndicate-Born Trilogy and gave away copies of the first book in my Book Cellar Mystery Series as an incentive for readers to sign-up for my mailing list.
Author's Book List
True Blue Son
Save the Date
Black and White Truth
Red on the Run
Texas and Tiaras
Walker Texas Wife
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Dan Taylor
Author Genre: Comedy thriller
Author's Blog: JAKE HANCOCK BLOG
Twitter: @DanTaylorAuthor
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Dan Taylor is the comedy thriller author of the Jake Hancock P.I. series. He has lived in Oslo, Norway, awhile and speaks the language fluently, though it's hit-and-miss whether he can understand what you're saying. Oh, and he still hasn't learned to ski yet.
Interview Excerpt
Next: I have three works I’ll be releasing hopefully before autumn. The sixth book in my Jake Hancock comedic mystery series is with my editor, I’m currently working on the seventh book, and I’ve written a novel about a hitman who exists in the same universe as Hancock, which I’ve finished editing.
Social media: I used Twitter a lot in the beginning, and definitely gained some readers. But I’ve been lazy with it as of late. I guess I expected faster results, which led to me being less engaged with it and spamming.
Covers: I design them myself, having watched YouTube videos. I’m working on rebranding my books, changing the titles slightly, and using more classy-looking vector-based cover art. As for branding, my books aren’t serious works of fiction. They’re light, silly, and fun, and it’s important to brand them as such, so that I don’t attract readers who are expecting something else.
Giveaways: For a while, the first book in my Jake Hancock series was perma-free. Outside of that, I’ve run free promotions on all but two of my books. But I don’t think it’s as effective as discounting books for a short period of time. I read somewhere that around only ten percent of Kindle books that are downloaded for free are read.
Blogging: Writing an author blog is tricky. You have two demographics to write for: fellow indie authors, which are far more easily targeted via social media, and fans of your books. To satisfy both demographics, I write advice for fellow indie authors with a lot of humor, to make the peeks behind the curtain at the writing process, from a reader’s perspective, less dry and, hopefully, laugh-out-loud funny. My primary goal in writing my blog is to sell my personality…
Newsletter objective: I have a mailing list, and it’s slowly growing. The only method I’ve been using is to ask readers to sign up for it at the end of my books, so that they can receive a discount on new releases. I plan on writing exclusive content for mailing list subscribers, to grow it faster. I think an incentive is important for motivating readers to hand over their email addresses.
Reviews: The best reviews are ones that are seemingly written by a reader who’s intelligent, honest, and discerning, and ones that give readers a good understanding of the type of book they’ll get if they purchase it. Good reviews attract the right readers, and should, in theory, keep the wrong readers away.
Author's Book List
The Mystery of the Abandoned Observation Station
The Mystery of the Phone Calls
The Mystery of the Secret Parents
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Abby L. Vandiver
Author Genre: Mystery
Author's Blog: INK AND QUILL
Website: Abby Vandiver
Twitter: @AbbyVandiver
E-Mail: abbylvandiver@aol.com
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Through her various occupations, Abby discovered her love of writing. She'd always been told she had a gift for telling stories, combining the two, she became an author.
Her debut novel, the mystery/sci-fi, In the Beginning, Book I in the Mars Origin "I" Series was an Amazon #1 bestseller. It was written on a whim, packed away, and rediscovered some twelve years later. After publishing it in 2013, Abby decided to make writing a full-time endeavor. She's penned a slew of novels since then and has even more in her head. Although she writes mostly mystery, she's written a historical/women's fiction novel. It was co-written with author and friend, Kathryn Dionne under the pen name Kathryn Longino.
Currently she is working on her first cozy mystery series. There will be at least five in the series, three, Bed & Breakfast Bedlam, Coastal Cottage Calamity, and Maya Mound Mayhem have already been published and are Amazon international bestsellers.
Abby, a former lawyer and college professor, has a bachelor's degree in Economics, a master's in Public Administration, and a Juris Doctor. A lifetime resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Abby spends all of her time writing and enjoying her wonderful grandchildren.
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Next: South Seas Shenanigans will be out April 1. If you've kept up with the series, you'll remember there was a wedding in Garden Gazebo Gallivant. And you guessed it, the South Seas is where the honeymoon takes place. But of course, wherever you find Logan and Miss Vivee, you'll find murder.
Social media: I worked very hard to get Twitter followers… Growing Twitter followers is a good way to learn to network. At my age, social media and all the new technology can sometimes be daunting. But I keep at it because it is important on getting your book into the hands of readers. And it does carry over into writing.
Personal appearances: I'm currently doing a book tour that I set up. Keep up with my goings on by following me on social media and on my website www.abbyvandiver.com.
Covers: I do my own covers. I bought Adobe CS.5 a few years back when I was working on an online magazine. When I first started writing, I found that I couldn't afford the covers graphic artists were offering, so I did my own. My covers are so important to the story, in fact, I do the covers before I even start typing.
Bundling: One of my objectives in bundling novels is to impact sales. I read a marketing article once that said one way to increase sales is to have more books. But really impacted my reason to bundle is because readers asked for more.
Free books: At first I thought, I'll never give my books away for free, but then I found that it is a very useful marketing tool. I want, most of all, to give enjoyment to my readers, so it's not necessary I make a boatload of money (but wouldn't that be nice). I found I sold more books when I gave some away free.
Reviews: I've never sought paid reviews, and I used to do book swaps to get reviews. But I did find that sometimes people don't give honest reviews - they'll give a five star if you will - I didn't like that at all. Now I only ask for reviews at the end of my books.
Writing with Kathryn Dionne: I love Kathryn, she is such an awesome writer, and yes, I would love to write more books with her. We were talking on the phone one day, and she said, "What about if we wrote a book together about two friends that have never met?" I thought she was kidding - we'd never met and considered ourselves friends, so I responded, "Yeah, and we can call it "At the End of the Line." and it's just what we did! We had to make it an historical fiction because today everyone can come face-to-face, even if it's only in a virtual world.
Author's Book List
Garden Gazebo Gallivant
Food Fair Frenzy
Maya Mound Mayhem
Coastal Cottage Calamity
Bed & Breakfast Bedlam
Incarnate
Irrefutable Proof
In the Beginning
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Carolyn Arnold
Featured Book: Remnants
All that remains are whispers of the past…
When multiple body parts are recovered from the Little Ogeechee River in Savannah, Georgia, local law enforcement calls in FBI agent and profiler Brandon Fisher and his team to investigate. But with the remains pointing to three separate victims, this isn’t proving to be an open-and-shut case.
With no quick means of identifying the deceased, building a profile of this serial killer is more challenging than usual. How are these targets being selected? Why are their limbs being severed and their bodies mutilated? And what is it about them that is triggering this person to murder?
The questions compound as the body count continues to rise, and when a torso painted blue and missing its heart is found, the case takes an even darker turn. But this is only the beginning, and these new leads draw the FBI into a creepy psychological nightmare. One thing is clear, though: The killing isn’t going to stop until they figure it all out. And they are running out of time…
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Romance
Author's Blog: Carolyn Arnold Newsletter
Website: Carolyn Arnold
Twitter: @Carolyn_Arnold
E-Mail: carolyn@carolynarnold.net
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CAROLYN ARNOLD is an international best-selling and award-winning author, as well as a speaker, teacher, and inspirational mentor. She has four continuing fiction series--Detective Madison Knight, Brandon Fisher FBI, McKinley Mysteries, and Matthew Connor Adventures--and has written nearly thirty books. Her genre diversity offers her readers everything from cozy to hard-boiled mysteries, and thrillers to action adventures.
Both her female detective and FBI profiler series have been praised by those in law enforcement as being accurate and entertaining, leading her to adopt the trademark: POLICE PROCEDURALS RESPECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT™.
Carolyn was born in a small town and enjoys spending time outdoors, but she also loves the lights of a big city. Grounded by her roots and lifted by her dreams, her overactive imagination insists that she tell her stories. Her intention is to touch the hearts of millions with her books, to entertain, inspire, and empower.
Author's Book List
Remnants
Skiing is Murder
Coffee is Murder
Valentine's Day is Murder
Christmas is Murder
Shopping is Murder
Family is Murder
Politics is Murder
Money is Murder
Vacation is Murder
The Day Job is Murder
Violated
Blue Baby
The Defenseless
Silent Graves
Eleven
IN THE LINE OF DUTY
City of Gold
Deadly Impulse
Just Cause
Found Innocent
Life Sentence
Sacrifice
Justified
Ties That Bind
Assassination of a Dignitary
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Stacy Eaton
Featured Book: Making Mom Mad
Corrine Wagner is determined to make a good life for herself and her son while hunting for the perfect man to complete her family. Unfortunately, with her crazy schedule of school and work, her patience begins to run thin with her constantly-in-trouble, five-year-old son, Tommy.
Nolan Tigues has lived across the street from Corrine his whole life—and carried a torch for her almost as long. When Nolan tries to help Corrine with Tommy, she takes it all the wrong way. She can’t believe Nolan thinks she’s a bad mom.
Can Nolan find a way to prove to Corrine that he cares about her—and about Tommy—as more than just a friend, or will Corrine push away the man who could give her everything she’s dreamed of her whole life?
Author Genre: Crime, Thriller and Mystery
Author's Blog: Stacy Eaton, Author
Website: Stacy Eaton
Twitter: @StacySEaton
E-Mail: Mybloodrunsblue@aol.com
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Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Best Selling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took an early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016, with her last three years in investigations and crime scene investigation to write full time.
Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement, and her teen daughter who is working toward her second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and on the choral and cheerleading squads at school. She also has a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy.
Stacy is very involved in Domestic Violence Awareness and served on the Board of Directors for her local Domestic Violence Center for three years.
Author's Book List
Making Mom Mad
Sweet as Sugar
Rainbows Bring Riches
Heathens to Hearts
Tears to Cheers
Tangled in Tinsel
Tempt Me Too
Second Shield II: The Return
You're Not Alone
Finding the Strength
Barbara's Plea
My Blood Runs Blue
Six Days of Memories
Distorted Loyalty
Second Shield
Liveon - No Evil
Garda – Welcome to The Realm
Blue Blood For Life
Whether I'll Live or Die
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K.M. Hodge
Featured Book: True Blue Son
The Son—born to save them all.
Dr. Zander Ride grew up a son of The Syndicate, his fate as a career criminal all but sealed. With the help of his mother, he escaped a life of crime… until the night he heard The Syndicate had shot his mother in cold blood.
Zander soon finds refuge in the hands of his mother’s hacktivist group, who want his help bringing down the notorious group once and for all. But it comes with a cost. Managed by a different leader and guided by a new deadly mission, the hacktivists force Zander to confront the truth about his parents and the sacrifices they made for the cause.
In the end, Zander must decide how far he’s willing to go and what he’s willing to sacrifice. Can a child born of The Syndicate bring it all down, or will he be another pointless sacrifice in their struggle for money and power?
Author Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
Author's Blog: The Land of Hodge - Author K.M. Hodge
Website: The Land of Hodge
Twitter: @KMHodgeAuthor
E-Mail: kmhodgeauthor@gmail.com
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Author Description:
K.M. Hodge grew up in Detroit, where she spent most of her free time weaving wild tales to spook her friends and family. These days, she lives in Texas with her husband and two energetic boys and once again enjoys writing tales of suspense and intrigue that keep her readers up all night. Her stories, which focus on women's issues, friendship, addiction, regrets and second chances, will stay with you long after you finish them. When she isn't writing or being an agent of social change, she reads Independent graphic novels, watches old X-files episodes, streams Detroit Tigers games and binges on Netflix with her husband. She enjoys hearing from her readers, so don't be shy about dropping her a line.
* K.M. Hodge was awarded the winter of 2016 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for her Red on the Run.
Author's Book List
True Blue Son
Save the Date
Black and White Truth
Red on the Run
Texas and Tiaras
Walker Texas Wife
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Featured Set: Behind the Love series
P.C. Zick
Announcing New and Improved - Behind the Love Contemporary Romances
I've been busy in 2017 with the revamping of the first three novels in the Behind the Love series. Behind the Altar, Behind the Bar, and Behind the Curtain all have new covers and new content. I took them from novellas to full-length novels and deepened the characters, which led me to write the newest book in the series, Behind the Door. The first three books are on a blog tour, April 24 - May 1, and Behind the Door will have its own launch beginning May 16.
To celebrate the re-launch of this series, Behind the Altar can be downloaded for only $0.99. Also, be sure to enter the rafflecopter giveaway below for a $25 Amazon gift card.
Behind the Altar – Book 1
A TATTOO ARTIST ON A HARLEY. A DO-GOODER BEAUTY. A FORBIDDEN PASSION.
Behind the Bar – Book 2
HE WANTS A BREAK. SHE WANTS A RING. LOVE STANDS ON SHAKY GROUND.
Behind the Curtain – Book 3
SHE WANTS TO BE A STAR. HE WANTS HER. ONLY A QUEST FOR STARDOM STANDS IN THE WAY.
Behind the Door – Book 4
RELEASE DATE: MAY 16, 2017 SHE IS IN LOVE. AND THIS TIME IT’S WITH A MAN WHO ISN’T IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
Author: P. C. Zick
Author Genre: Literature & Fiction
Website: P. C. Zick
Author's Blog: Living Lightly
Twitter: @PCZick
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P.C. Zick describes herself as a storyteller no matter what she writes. And she writes in a variety of genres, including romance, contemporary fiction, and nonfiction. She's won various awards for her essays, columns, editorials, articles, and fiction.
The three novels in her Florida Fiction Series contain stories of Florida and its people and environment, which she credits as giving her a rich base for her storytelling. "Florida's quirky and abundant wildlife—both human and animal—supply my fiction with tales almost too weird to be believable."
Her contemporary romances in the Behind the Love trilogy are also set in Florida. Her most recent works are set in the Smoky Mountains. All of her books are stand-alone reads, even if they appear in a series.
Her novels contain elements of romance with strong female characters, handsome heroes, and descriptive settings. She believes in living lightly upon this earth with love, laughter, and passion, and through her fiction, she imparts this philosophy in an entertaining manner with an obvious love for her characters, plot, and themes.
Title: Behind the Altar
Author: P. C. Zick
A TATTOO ARTIST ON A HARLEY. A DO-GOODER BEAUTY. A FORBIDDEN PASSION.
Leah Bryant lives a quiet life helping others. When her future mother-in-law, Geraldine, threatens her causes, she's left confused by the hypocrisy and befuddled by a stranger who roars into town on a Harley.
Dean Davis never wanted to return to his hometown. But when his father dies, he knows he must return and faced his mother, Geraldine, and his ugly past. When Leah discovers the stranger is the brother of her fiancé who she'd been told was dead, she's drawn to him and furious about the deception. Both are bowled over by an intense attraction to one another. The magnetic pull draws them into a passionate embrace within minutes of meeting.
Leah's controlled life and Dean's emotional barriers both shatter and force them to examine their lives. Leah must choose between her safe engagement to Dean's estranged brother, Jacob, and a dangerously passionate affair with Dean. And Dean must confront the demon from his childhood, his mother. Dean's fear of loving and Leah's need for security pull them together, rather than apart.
But none of it will matter if they can't stop Geraldine, an unhinged woman on a destructive course to abolish everyone who opposes her thirst for power. When Dean and Leah, along with Jacob, threaten her, she goes on a rampage to destroy them all.
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Title: Behind the Bar
Author: P. C. Zick
HE WANTS A BREAK. SHE WANTS A RING. LOVE STANDS ON SHAKY GROUND.
Susie Williams yearns for a romantic wedding with her boyfriend of five years. Reggie Barker runs from demands to marry any woman,including Susie.
After the wedding of their best friends, Reggie resists Susie's hints about marrying. He suggests they take a break. An angry and heartbroken Susie kicks him down the road and into the arms of the voluptuous Sally Jean. After Susie is mugged, she discovers Reggie's gambling debt brought the thugs to Victory to scare him into paying. With her love for Reggie in doubt, she is tempted by a rich publisher and reconsiders her options.
Meanwhile, Reggie starts to realize Susie means more to him than the tavern he owns, more than the gambling he's hidden, and more than any other woman he knows.
But it all might be too late for Susie, who begins to unravel a mystery from a night long ago when Reggie and all the other characters played a pivotal role in her life. And before Reggie can commit to marriage, he must come to terms with a father who abandoned marriage many years earlier Both Reggie and Susie must learn to trust each other before love can ever survive a second chance.
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Title: Behind the Curtain
Author: P. C. Zick
SHE WANTS TO BE A STAR. HE WANTS HER. ONLY A QUEST FOR STARDOM STANDS IN THE WAY.
Lisa Williams has discovered a way to achieve her life-long goal of becoming a famous actress by bringing a reality television show to her hometown. Tommy Jackson despises the idea of exploiting the town and hates it even more when his editor assigns him to cover the show for a Tampa newspaper.
Lisa and Tommy have known each other all their lives. Tommy even dated her baby sister, Susie back in high school. But he's not her type,and her values disturb him. Besides, when she returns to town, she comes with her boyfriend, Jet, who will also star in the television show. When Sally Jean makes an appearance on the show, the producer falls in lust with her, and Lisa worries Sally Jean will be made the star of the show. Tommy is disgusted by Lisa who seems intent on dragging her family and friends through painful memories in her pursuit of stardom.
When Tommy's mom is diagnosed with cancer, Lisa shows a different side to her character. Sitting with Mrs. Jackson during her final days gives Lisa a perspective on her own life she's never had before. Tommy and Lisa are drawn to one another through the real-life tragedy unfolding. But first they must deal with an out of control Jet and reality show producer who want to exploit the small town even more as they see the potential of showcasing some of the more famous of Victory's citizens, such as the fallen football star, the criminal publisher, and a tattoo artist turned farmer. Mrs.Jackson and Lisa's sister Susie share in the circle of life to bring this dramatic romance to a bittersweet end.
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Title: Behind the Door
Author: P.C. Zick
Sally Jean Compton is in love. And this time it's with a man who isn't in love with someone else. Dr. Brett Gorman arrives in Victory to help the veterans of Deer River with PTSD symptoms. When tragedy strikes, neither Sally Jean nor Brett are prepared for what happens next.
The shocking aftermath of the terror of PTSD untreated leaves the entire town of Victory reeling. But none are more affected than Sally Jean and Brett who must deal with their own pasts and the trauma left behind. When Sally Jean seeks out the expertise of Dr. Brett, the psychologist of the river folks, they discover an intense attraction that leads them both to learn about themselves.
But before anything happens, Sally Jean must learn she deserves to be loved, and Brett must forgive himself for the death of his friend and his sister, his wife. It's a rocky journey to love.
Behind the Curtain is the fourth novel in the Behind the Love contemporary romance series that features sizzling attractions, dramatic confrontations, and intertwined and complicated lives. Set in the fictional small town of Victory, Florida, friends fight and love and form families of their own choosing.
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