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 November 2018 crew.
Natalie Ann
Author Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author's Blog: Natalie Ann
Website: Natalie Ann
Twitter: @NatalieAnn121
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Author Description:
Sign up for my newsletter and never miss a release, special, or free book! https://natalieannbooks.com/ Just click on the bouquet of roses in the center!
Natalie Ann lives in Upstate NY with her husband and teenage son. She has always had a love for books, especially romance and happy ever after. She's written the Road Series and the All Series based in the Capital Region of New York. She is currently writing the Lake Placid Series located in the Adirondacks of New York.
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NEXT: Hot Hunks-Steamy Romance Collection. It’s called “After Hurricane Nina” and each of our books has a hero with a resolution they need to make.
Great covers: To me that is the first thing that draws a reader in. I’m very hands on with my covers. I create a theme for the covers before I even start writing the series and I try to make sure that the people on the covers are similar to how I’m describing them in the story.
My primary genre is contemporary romance.
Time management is always an issue in life in general, but I’m a list girl. I make lists of things I need to do each day, week, month. I cross them off before I move to the next.
Giveaways: I try to mark a book free for 5 days several times a year. My goal is to get new readers to try one of my books and hopefully get hitched to it and buy the other books in the series.
Reader list: I’ve got a newsletter list and I try to send out 2 newsletters a month promoting my books, what is coming up, what projects I’m working on, and promoting books from other authors.
Great blog: My goal is to keep my readers coming back for more. To give them teasers of the books to come. I’m not quite sure how I find time to do it all. I guess I just love writing so much, that I make the time!
My objective of my newsletter is to keep my readers informed on what books are coming out, when there is a sale, or what new projects might be in the works.
Love, Christmas 2: My main objective with working with other authors is increasing my exposure and theirs. If we all help each other and promote, I’m put in front of their readers and they are put in front of mine.
Author's Book List
Fierce-Cade
Fierce-Mason
Fierce - Aiden
Fierce - Brody
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Christmas Love
Autumn Love
Intense Love
Beach Love
Finding Love
True Love
Secret Love
Last Chance
Deserve A Chance
Take A Chance
Our Chance
Give Me A Chance
Second Chance
All About You
All My Love
All I Want
All The Way
All of Me
All or Nothing
Road to Reason
Road to Reality
Road to Redemption
Road To Recovery
All for Love - Prequel
How Gavin Stole Christmas
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Ev Bishop
Author Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit
Website: Ev Bishop
Twitter: @Ev_Bishop
E-Mail: ev_bishop@yahoo.com
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Author Description:
Ev Bishop lives and writes in a remote small town in wildly beautiful British Columbia, Canada--a place that inspires the setting for her cozy sweet contemporary romance series, RIVER'S SIGH B & B.
Ev also writes under the pen name Toni Sheridan (The Present, and Drummer Boy, White Rose Publishing).
In addition to writing novels--her favorite form of storytelling!--Ev is a long-time columnist with the Terrace Standard and a prolific scribbler of articles, essays, short stories and poems. To see her ever growing body of work, please visit www.evbishop.com.
When Ev's nose isn't in a book or her fingers aren't on her keyboard, you'll find her hanging out with her family and dogs, or playing outside with friends, usually at the lake or in some garden somewhere. . . .
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NEXT: I’m busily working on THE CATCH, River’s Sigh B & B, Book 7–and I’m totally caught up in it. If a reader is familiar with the series, pretty much all I have to say as a tease is . . . It’s Aisha’s story!
Social media: I have a love-hate relationship with social media and the Internet, in general. I love that Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc. allow me to connect with kindred spirits all over the world and share my stories—and I am very grateful.
Covers: I love my covers too and can’t rave enough about—or express enough appreciation for—their designer, the fabulous Kim Killion and her amazing team at The Killion Group.
Audio books: WEDDING BANDS, River’s Sigh B & B, Book 1 was (is!) my first foray into the world of audio books—or, I should say, since I’m a long-time audio book addict, it’s my first foray into the world of having my books presented in audio. It was an exciting milestone.
Novellas: One to Keep was super fun to write and seems popular with readers, too. For some reason, Amazon resists showing that it belongs with the River’s Sigh B & B series... I definitely feel it generates sales for the rest of the series, much the same way any of the full-length books do.
Primary genre: I primarily write small-town contemporary romances these days—and the more I work in the genre, the more deeply I fall in love with it.
Giveaways: Not every book is for every person and sometimes a book you least expect to like turns out to be one you totally love, love, LOVE. And all that is just my long-winded way of saying I’m super happy to have Wedding Bands, Book 1 in River’s Sigh B & B as a perma-free introduction to the series.
Love, Christmas 2: I love author bundles too, for a variety of reasons. As a reader, they’re a fantastic way to discover new-to-me authors and possibly find brand-new favorites. As an author, it’s lovely to work on a group project with people who are enthusiastic, geeky and nerdy about the same things I am.
Author's Book List
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Reeling
Silver Bells
Hook, Line & Sinker
Spoons
New Year's Resolution: One To Keep
Hooked
Wedding Bands
Bigger Things
A Sharla Brown Christmas
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Melinda De Ross
Author Genre: Suspense, Romance, Humor and Comedy
Author's Blog: Melinda De Ross
Website: Melinda De Ross
Twitter: @melinda_de_ross
E-Mail: contact@melindadeross.com
Facebook: Check Out Facebook
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Author Description:
Melinda De Ross is an international author of Romanian origin. She writes in two languages, and her books combine the elegance specific to the European style with the modern appeal of the American culture. She has a Law degree and has been a professional target shooter for over a decade. Her favorite genre to read and write in is Romance, and anytime she prefers to watch a classic movie instead of going to a noisy club.
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NEXT: my current project is another box set, Unforgettable Thrills, which will be released on November 15th and is available on Amazon for pre-order. t’s a suspense romance collection by nine authors…
Social media is certainly important to authors, but at the end of the day it’s not a marketing tool per se, but a way to interact with readers. However, it gave me the chance to connect with other authors and build valuable friendships, improve my craft and learn countless tips on writing, marketing, and the publishing industry.
Great covers: I am a professional graphic designer and I always make my own covers. Sometimes it’s a curse, because I want to tell the story in one image and that’s why I’ve changed them countless times…
My primary genre has been romance, but I am working on my first thriller as we speak, and it will be the first of a series.
I have a list of readers, which I’m pleased to say is growing every month. I am active on social media and I have a website where readers can subscribe to my newsletter.
Time: To be honest, I never feel I have enough time, or that I do enough. I suppose I set too-high goals for myself sometimes, in order to be able to make a compromise. But truth be told, it’s very hard to juggle my writing and design careers and to feel I do enough of each one at the end of the day. It’s a constant struggle.
International author: USA is by far my biggest audience, and at this moment online marketing is my main tool. After more than five years in publishing, it’s still an ongoing learning curve, and I’m sure it will be always. All authors – indie or traditionally published – need to do their own marketing and have to keep up with the trends. Marketing my books is a full time job.
Love, Christmas 2: Our main goal was to reach the USA Today bestsellers list – which we did. I’m extremely proud and happy to say I am officially the first Romanian in history to become a USA Today bestselling author. In fact, this goal was the main thing that brought me into the Authors’ Billboard group.
Author's Book List
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
CELEBRITY
THE DIARY
THE JOB BLOWER
THE PLOT
A Touch Of Poetry
Boyfriend Wanted for Christmas
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Dani Haviland
Author Genre: Time Travel, Romance
Author's Blog: Dani Haviland
Website: Dani Haviland
Twitter: @dani_haviland
E-Mail: dani@danihaviland.com
Facebook: Check Out Facebook
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Author Description:
USA Today best-selling author Dani Haviland semi-retired and moved from her beloved Alaska to Oregon to spend more time growing (and photographing) flowering plants and stunning trees, splitting her time between the organic and electronic, growing plants and cyber folks. Sharing is part of her personality, so creating books and photos to share all over the world makes her happy.
Her tenacious and perky attitude is reflected in many of her cyber children, whether they be a British lord stuck in 18th century North Carolina or a 6'7" time traveling 'fairy' who is out to champion anyone who is having a rough time dealing with difficult life situations.
Several series (The Fairies Saga; Arlie Undercover; Benji, the Early Years) and a few solo titles have evolved from her compulsion to write down the stories in her head that wouldn't stop growing.
Kick back and enjoy the diversity!
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NEXT: I just put together a rudimentary timeline for new book releases for 2019. I currently have six stories that are in different stages of completion. I decided to release them up as separate novellas rather than have them in one long book. This way, readers can have them sooner. I’m hoping the first two novellas will pop up in January and February of 2019.
Social media: I can see a direct relationship between sales and KENP (Amazon pages read on Kindle Unlimited) and how active I’ve been with Twitter and posting to Facebook groups.
Covers: My first covers were by Kim Killion. She asks authors to answer a questionnaire about theme, heat of story, tag lines, and has you submit an image or describe what you want on the cover. Many of the later novellas were done by Michele Hauf, the creator of the covers for the Sweet and Sassy box sets. She does a great job, too.
Novellas definitely help the sales of the full-length novels. Thanks, readers! My first novella was written for the Summer Heat box set. I
Primary genre: I started by writing historical fiction with time travel. I’m still very driven to write stories from the 1780s. I resisted being labeled as a romance writer until I realized that most of my stories did carry a romantic theme.
Giveaways: Whenever I run a free book promotion, sales increase for those books for at least a week afterwards. Also, other books in the series rise in sales, too. There is power in numbers and organization. Group giveaways is a great way to bring in new followers for newsletters…
Great blog: I want people to read, love, and share their appreciation of my stories with other folks. I can’t seem to convey to readers how dear and precious their reviews are. Even critical ones help.
The newsletter is to let the readers (and potential readers) know I’m a real person, help them find insight on some of my new releases, and also to find new authors. I can’t write enough to keep every reader busy all the time!
Love, Christmas 2: We love to find crossover readers! Someone who is an absolute fan of Mimi Barbour or Patricia Rosemoor might read one of the box sets we’re both in and discover they like my writing, too. Each author in the set had at least one newsletter that featured her novella
Author's Book List
How to Fix a Broken Life
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
One Arctic Summer
Three Are One
Time in a Little Blue Bottle
Be My Angel
Always a Bigger Fish
The Biggest Heart Ever
A Stingray Christmas
Luke the Unexpected
Chasing Christmas
Kit Kringle
Never Too Young
Pool Boy Wanted
Little Drummer Boy
Little Bear and the Ladies
Naked in the Winter Wind
Ha'penny Jenny
Aye, I am a Fairy
The Great Big Fairy
Dances Naked
The Polar Xpress
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Joan Reeves
Author Genre: Romance, Chick Lit, Nonfiction
Author's Blog: Joan Reeves - Sling Words
Website: Joan Reeves
Twitter: @JoanReeves
E-Mail: Joan@JoanReeves.com
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Author Description:
Joan Reeves is a New York Times and a USA Today bestselling author of Contemporary Romance. Her novels have been published in a half dozen languages, and her ebooks are available at most ebook sellers with audio book and print editions also available. Several of her books are available in French editions through her publisher in France.
When not writing romance--or nonfiction to share what she has learned in life--Joan divides her time between the hustle and bustle of Houston and a house in the Texas Hill Country. At their country house, Joan and her hero, her husband, attempt to grow wine grapes and fruit trees--all while fighting hordes of marauding gophers, skunks, deer, fox, and the occasional copperhead snake.
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NEXT: I realized I was creating a series of stories revolving around holidays plus each story introduced characters that then became the "stars" of their own story. I decided to formalize these short stories into a series with the thought of publishing all of them as a collection when I completed the 13 stories--Book 1 starts at Christmas and Book 13 ends the series and is also at Christmas. I'm working on making all of this not only make sense but also seem organic.
Social media: I love my Twitter followers. I used to name each new follower in a Friday tweet, but it grew so fast I couldn't keep up with it! I came to social media late. I don't know if social media presence has much effect on anyone's real success. I mean it's lovely to communicate with online friends, but I've never seen any hard evidence that this translates into very many sales.
Personal appearances: I do online interviews and speak at local writers' workshops and meetings. For years, I contributed to several RWA chapter newsletters. I blog nearly every day at SlingWords along with blogging once a month at Smart Girls Read Romance, Gems in the Attic, and Authors Billboard. I publish a subscription newsletter where readers can always find out what's going on in my life plus learn about Giveaways.
Covers: I'm definitely hands-on but only because I can afford to be. My daughter who is the chronic pain patient is a former high school art teacher with a degree in Graphic Design. She does all my book covers. In writing each book, I know the emotion and/or tone I want the reader to feel so I look for something that will visually convey that same emotion.
Audio books have been one of the best things about publishing because I adore audio books… I have plans to put the rest of my books on audio in 2019 as well as to finally get print editions of all of them available. Audio sales were huge! Like print or ebooks, they're largest when they first debut and fall off over time.
Primary genre: Contemporary Romance. Some of my books are romantic comedy, and some are romantic thrillers.
Giveaways: I usually give away a book each month to my mailing list subscribers. In 2019, I think I'm going to give away to my subscribers a chapter each month of a "big book" that my agent never could place several years ago. I do giveaways with my author friends for promotion purposes like at FB parties
Great blog: That's very kind of you, but SlingWords, my blog, is really my daily chat with visitors. It's not specifically aimed at writers because that's a small contingent of my readership. My only goal is to pass along information I've learned, and what I learn is usually from what's going on in my lif
Love, Christmas 2: I'll be honest, I haven't done as much as usual for Love, Christmas 2, just due to all the family emergencies. I created the video for this collection (view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v33btCbSn7k ).
Author's Book List
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Second Chance Bride
April Fool Bride
Dead Heat
Blame It On Chocolate
LuvU4Ever
Last Christmas
Heat Lightning
Cinderella Blue
Nobody's Cinderella
Little Book of Sunshine
SCENTS and SENSUALITY
OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER
Romeo and Judy Anne
Just One Look
JANE I'm-Still-Single JONES
Still The One
The Trouble With Love
Brianna’s Season For Miracles
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Jen Talty
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense
Author's Blog: CRAFTY WORD SLINGERS BLOG
Website: Jen Talty
Twitter: @JenTalty
E-Mail: jen@jentalty.com
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Author Description:
Jen Talty is a USA Today Bestseller author of Romantic Suspense. Dark Water hit #10 in Barnes and Noble and her books have been in the top 50 on Amazon. Jennifer grew up in Rochester, New York. She recently retired from being a full-time hockey mom as her children hung up their skates. She and her husband still live in Rochester while her children travel globe. Jen was the co-founder of Cool Gus Publishing with NY Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer.
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NEXT: I really love writing in the Brotherhood Protector series. Suspense is generally my go to genre, however, in early 2019 I have a Cozy Mystery novel coming out. Pre-Order should be up in by the end of the month and we are looking at an early February release. The title is: Trouble’s Bridal Caper.
Social media has changed drastically over the years. I jumped on twitter early, before it was the place to be, and for a long time, I really enjoyed it. Now it I often find it overwhelming at times. The biggest impact social media has had is given me a direct connection with my readers. I have a private Facebook group called The Talty Crew.
Great covers: I do ask for input from my readers and a few trusted authors. I try never to change the font of my name, though it is different with Trouble’s Bridal Caper since it was not independently published. I generally write the blurb for my book before I do anything.
Audio books: I just got a deal from Audible for the last five of my NY State Trooper series and I’m hoping that helps me crack that market. I’m still working on it!
Novellas: Yes. They have definitely increased the sales of my novels. And that works the other way. If a readers checks me out for the first time, and they really liked me, they are apt to go searching for my backlist titles. A novella is one of my writing styles.
Primary genre: My primary has been Romantic Suspense and Contemporary. However one of my bestselling series has been a fantasy/paranormal…
I have a newsletter. I constantly put the link up on social media. Anyone who joins my Newsletter gets a free book. Here sign up and download The Lighthouse! I don’t send out a lot of newsletters, but I will when I have a new release, something exciting to announce, or I will often promote another author.
Great blog: I’m also an empter nester with a husband who travels a lot for work. That allows me to work seven days a week. But it’s not all work to me. I love writing, so that part comes easy. I MAKE myself do the other stuff. I also have a huge support group.
Love, Christmas 2: This has been an exceptional experience. The authors in Love, Christmas 2 are amazing. I’m humbled by their talent and professionalism. Discoverability is the hardest thing for an author today. We can be talented, have lots of books, and great reviews, but if readers don’t find us, we don’t sell. Doing a collective work helps give authors discoverability.
Author's Book List
Rough Around The Edges
Rough Justice
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Summer's Gone
Spring Fling
The Blind Date
The Lost Soldier
The Lost Sister
All That Sass
Lady Sass
The Return Home
The Last Flight
Her Last Hope
The Lighthouse
Burning Bed
Burning Heart
Burning Lies
Burning Skies
Burning Kiss
Burning Desire
The Butterfly Murders
When A Stranger Calls
Deadly Seduction
To Protect His Own
Murder in Paradise Bay
Deadly Secrets
Dark Water
In Two Weeks
Jane Doe's Return
Rekindled
The Christmas Getaway
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Jacquie Biggar
Featured Book: Mistletoe Inn
A grieving man finds the greatest gift is love in this heartwarming holiday romance.
Molly McCarty is in need of a new beginning after a disastrous divorce. When the opportunity to invest in a bed and breakfast appears online in Christmas, Michigan she's intrigued.
A snow storm derails her travels and leaves her at the mercy of a grim stranger- who turns out to be her new partner!
Noah Kincaid loses his parents in a tragic fire that leaves him scarred inside and out. He's raised by a great-aunt and is devastated when cancer takes her life. But vowing never to care about anyone again is hampered by his troublesome new partner and her son.
Will a Christmas miracle bring three lonely hearts the gift of love?
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Website: Jacquie Biggar - Romance Suspense Writer w/Attitude
Twitter: @JacqBiggar
E-Mail: jbiggar@telusplanet.net
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Author Description:
My name is Jacquie Biggar and when I'm not being a total klutz I am a wife, mother of one, grandmother, and a butler to my dog and cat.
I'm also a hopeless romantic and the biggest The Voice fan ever! I can be found every Monday night in my armchair plastered to the television laughing at Blake and Adam's shenanigans.
I also enjoy my grandson's hockey and lacrosse games, hanging at the beach with DH (darling hubby), taking pictures, and reading (what else?) romance novels.
I have a slight Tim Hortons obsession, love gardening, everything pink... and did I mention I love my husband?
JACQUIE BIGGAR is a USA Today bestselling author of Romantic Suspense who loves to write about tough, alpha males and strong, contemporary women willing to show their men that true power comes from love.
Jacquie lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and loves to hear from readers all over the world!
Author's Book List
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Sweetheart Cove
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Valentine
Maggie's Revenge
Tempted by Mr. Wrong
Hold 'Em
The Lady Said No
The Beast Within
Silver Bells
Summer Lovin'
The Guardian
Twilight's Encore
The Rebel's Redemption
The Sheriff Meets His Match
Tidal Falls
Mistletoe Inn
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Stacy Eaton
Featured Book: Finding Love on Christmas Vacation
Lucy dreads spending Christmas at her father’s cabin, especially since this is the first year he won’t be there. When she shows up and finds a window broken, and forest critters inhabiting the cabin, she’s forced to stay with Maverick in a nearby cabin.
Maverick arrives earlier than usual this year with the hopes of finally meeting his longtime friend’s daughter, Lucy. What he didn’t expect was to find his friend had passed earlier in the year.
Maverick and Lucy hit it off instantly, but will her father’s final wish push them apart instead of bringing them closer?
Author Genre: Crime, Thriller and Mystery
Author's Blog: Stacy Eaton, Author
Website: Stacy Eaton
Twitter: @StacySEaton
E-Mail: authorstacyeaton@gmail.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 third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is a competitive cheerleader on an All-Star Team. Stacy also has a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy and a new grandson.
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
Mended
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Revived
Cured
Orchids & Hurricane Kisses
Roses & Champagne Kisses
Love Torn
Love Lorn
Velvet & Vows
Blessings & Beans
Masquerading at Midnight
Working with Wheels
Flirting with Fireworks
Raffles to Rattles
Sparklers or Spankings
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
Finding Love on Christmas Vacation
The Celebration Series
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Tamara Ferguson
Featured Book: Two Hearts Home for Christmas
At eighteen years old, both Nancy Caldwell and John Ehrlich are planning on enlisting in different branches of the military. After they were each stood up for the Christmas dance when their dates, formerly a couple, decided to get back together, Nancy and John have become good friends. Realizing there was something special developing between them, they say goodbye while making a somewhat serious commitment—they would meet at Dragonfly Pointe ten years later if they weren’t involved in another serious relationship. Will a long ago promise of love bring these two lonely wounded warriors home for Christmas?
Author Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
Author's Blog: Newsletter Sign Up
Website: Tamara Ferguson - Kissed by Fate
Twitter: @Tammysdragonfly
E-Mail: Tammysdragonfly@gmail.com
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Author Description:
Writing steamy yet sweet compassionate stories of fate that are wonderfully romantic, Tamara Ferguson is the multi-award winning, USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR of the Tales of the Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series, the Kissed By Fate Series, the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series, the Daydreams & Dragonflies Sweet Romance Series and the Tales From Dragonfly Pointe Short Story Series.
Despite their serious subject matter, the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior stories are all about hope, with happily-ever-after endings. This #1 bestselling series has won 16 awards cumulatively since the release of Two Hearts Surrendered, Book 1 in the series, including the Readers' Favorite BRONZE (2018), SILVER (2016) and GOLD (2018) MEDALS in Military Fiction.
Author's Book List
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
TWO HEARTS IN ACCORD
That Unexpected Kiss
TWO HEARTS UNBROKEN
TWO HEARTS FIND CHRISTMAS
A KISS UPON A STAR
TWO HEARTS' CHRISTMAS WISH
Two Hearts Undone
TWO HEARTS UNSPOKEN
TWO HEARTS SURRENDERED
That Unforgettable Kiss
In Flight
In Tandem
Two Hearts Under Fire
LOVE UNDER FIRE
Two Hearts Home for Christmas
Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series
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Dianne Harman
Featured Book: Murder at the Church
A troubled woman. A prayer. A murder in a church. An orphaned daughter.
When she moved back to Cottonwood Springs after a divorce and the publishing company she was working for went bankrupt, Brigid never thought she’d have a ready-made teen-age daughter, a huge Newfoundland dog, and a hunky neighbor who wants to get to know her better, a lot better.
But first she has to solve Maggie’s murder. When a woman has stolen money and someone else’s husband, finding her murderer is not everyone’s top priority.
Dianne Harman
Featured Book: Murder and the Museum
All Camille wanted to do was build a museum in the desert. Too bad someone didn't agree, and she was murdered. But was it for the land or her millions?
That property was prime desert land. A lot of people wanted it. The Tortoise Lady, the Mafia investors, and the Indian tribe. Camille's son and daughter-in-law wanted her millions. Makes for a lot of motives and suspects.
Detective Jeff's busy with two other murders, and definitely needs his wife's help. Good thing Marty has a psychic sister and a psychic dog to help!
Author Genre: Romance and Literary Fiction
Author's Blog: Dianne Harman Author
Website: Dianne Harman Author
Twitter: @DianneDHarman
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Author Description:
USA TODAY bestselling author and seven time Amazon All Star Author, Dianne Harman, draws her stories and characters from a diverse business and personal background. She owned a national antique and art appraisal business for many years, left that industry, and opened two yoga centers where she taught and certified yoga instructors. She's traveled extensively throughout the world and loves nothing more than cooking, playing backgammon with her husband, Tom, and throwing the ball for their dog, Kelly.
Being a dog lover and having attended numerous cooking schools, she couldn't resist writing about food and dogs. Dianne is the author of several cozy mystery series: Cedar Bay, Liz Lucas, High Desert, Midwest, Jack Trout, and the Northwest. Each of these books contains recipes from her travels. Alexis, the first book in the Midlife Journey Series was also recently published. She's the author of the award-winning suspenseful Coyote Series.
Murder in the Pearl District was chosen by Amazon to be one of their Mystery books in their October, 2016 homage of great writing by independent authors and several of her books have been chosen by them as PRIME books!
Author's Book List
Murder at the Church
Murder and the Museum
Murder in Cottonwood Springs
Black Dots - Book Three
Murdered by News
Black Dots - Book Two
Murder and Food Porn
Black Dots - Book One
The Professor's Predicament
Red Zero Book Three
RED ZERO Book Two
Red Zero Book One
Murdered by Superstition
Murder at the Gearhart
Murder at the Waterfront
Murder and Mega Millions
Murder at the Gallery
Murdered at the Courthouse
Murder at Le Bijou Bistro
Murder in San Francisco
Murder After Midnight
Murdered By Wine
Murder in Seattle
Murdered By Plastic Surgery
Murder in Whistler
Murder & The Movie Star
Murder on Bainbridge Island
Murder in Calistoga
Trouble at the Animal Shelter
ALEXIS
Murder at the Polo Club
Murder at the Clinic
Murder on the East Coast
Murdered in Argentina
High Desert Cozy Mysteries #1
Murder at the Big T Lodge
Murdered by Country Music
Murdered by Words
Trouble at the Kennel
The Blue Butterfly
Murder in Cuba
Murder & the Secret Cave
Murder At The Bed & Breakfast
Murder & The Monkey Band
Murder at the Cooking School
The Death Card
Murder in Calico Gold
Murder and Brandy Boy
Murder in the Pearl District
Murder in Cottage #6
Marriage and Murder
White Cloud Retreat
Murder at Jade Cove
Kelly's Koffee Shop
COYOTE SERIES
CORNERED COYOTE
Coyote in Provence
Blue Coyote Motel
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Libby Fischer Hellmann
Featured Book: High Crimes
How do you solve a murder when there are 42,000 suspects? That’s the task facing Chicago PI Georgia Davis, hired to hunt down those behind the assassination of Resistance leader Dena Baldwin at a demonstration fourteen months after the 2016 election. The gunman, on a nearby hotel rooftop, dies within minutes of the shooting. As Georgia sifts through Dena’s 42,000 Facebook followers, she discovers that unknown enemies hiding behind fake profiles have infiltrated the group. She finds others who will do whatever it takes—including murder—to shield right-wing, wealthy elites. Threats and bruises have never frightened Georgia, but she’s side-swiped by the sudden reappearance of her mother, who abandoned her when she was a child. Can she survive a family crisis at the same time she pursues killers whose only goal is to protect themselves?
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
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Libby Fischer Hellmann is a critically acclaimed crime writer loved by readers the world over for her compulsively readable thrillers and strong female characters. Her fast-paced crime fiction spans 14 novels and over 20 short stories. She has also edited a popular crime fiction anthology called Chicago Blues. Her newest work, "War, Spies, and Bobby Sox: Stories About World War Two At Home" was released in March, 2017, and promptly won the IPPY Silver Medal in the war/military category.
With critics describing her work as "masterful" and "meticulously researched", it's not hard to see why Libby's thrilling and richly varied crime novels have won numerous awards. Libby is exceptionally committed to her work, and in 2005-2006 she was the National President of Sisters in Crime, a 3,400+ member organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of female mystery writers.
Libby started out in broadcast news, beginning her career as an assistant film editor for NBC News in New York before moving back to DC to work with Robin MacNeil and Jim Lehrer at N-PACT, the public affairs production arm of PBS. Retrained as an assistant director when Watergate broke, Libby helped produce PBS's night-time broadcast of the hearings. She went on to work for public relations firm Burson-Marsteller in Chicago in 1978, where she stayed until she left to found Fischer Hellmann Communications in 1985.
Originally from Washington, D.C.--where, she says, "When you're sitting around the dinner table gossiping about the neighbors, you're talking politics"-- Libby earned a Masters Degree in Film Production from New York University and a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to writing, Libby writes and produces videos, and conducts speaker training programs in platform speaking, presentation skills, media training and crisis communications.
Libby's best-selling novels have won widespread acclaim, with her first novel, An Eye for Murder, nominated for several awards and described by Publisher's Weekly as "a masterful blend of politics, history, and suspense."
An Eye for Murder introduced Ellie Foreman, a video producer and single mother who went on to star in five more novels in a series described by Libby as "a cross between Desperate Housewives and 24." Libby's second series followed the Chicago PI Georgia Davis, a no-nonsense detective who has been featured in four books so far. In addition to her hugely popular series, Libby has also written four standalone thrillers in diverse settings and historical periods Through her "Revolution Trilogy," (Set the Night on Fire, A Bitter Veil, and Havana Lost) we meet young activists during the late Sixties, a young American woman who marries and moves to Tehran, and a female Mafia boss who chases power at the expense of love.
Author's Book List
High Crimes
Jump Cut
Nobody's Child
ToxiCity
Doubleback
Easy Innocence
The Last Page
A Shot To Die For
An Image of Death
A Picture of Guilt
An Eye For Murder
The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared
Havana Lost
A Bitter Veil
Set the Night on Fire
The Murder of Katie Boyle
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
Featured Book: Cleopatra VII: Egypt's Last Pharaoh
The exciting true story of Egypt's most famous queen!
Cleopatra Thea Philopator refused to do what she was told. In an age where patriarchy denied full citizenship to even the most elite of Roman women, Cleopatra ruled her Egypt determined to keep it independent and free from Roman control -- at any price necessary. Demonized as a simple seductress by Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (the future Caesar Augustus) and his political allies, Cleopatra VII proved herself the equal to three of the most powerful men of the Roman world: Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, and Octavian Caesar.
Includes a detailed timeline, suggested reading list/bibliography, and a special Easter egg for science fiction fans.
Author Genre: Biographical Historian
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Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller is author of over twenty books published and self-published since August, 2012 and in languages ranging from Welsh to Spanish to Chinese and everything in between. A dedicated scholar and biographical historian, Ms. Rockefeller is passionate about education and improving history literacy worldwide.
With her lyrical writing style, Laurel's books are as beautiful to read as they are informative.
In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, attending living history activities, travelling to historic places in both the United States and United Kingdom, and watching classic motion pictures and classic television series.
Author's Book List
Cleopatra VII: Egypt's Last Pharaoh
Hypatia of Alexandria
Empress Matilda of England
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd: The Warrior Princess of Deheubart
Empress Wu Zetian
Renaissance Queens
Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana
Mary Queen of the Scots
Catherine de Valois
The Poisoned Ground
Boudicca: Britain's Queen of the Iceni
The Lost Tales of the Anlei's Legacy Trilogy
The Ghosts of the Past
The Great Succession Crisis
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Rebecca York
Featured Book: Can She Get Home for Christmas?
Desperate to get home for Christmas, Samantha Donovan doesn’t realize she’s in terrible danger as she drives through a blinding snowstorm. Only Jax Warden’s psychic powers can save her. But Sam is suspicious of the explanation Jax gives her for why he showed up at just the right time. Can she trust him enough to accept his help?
Author Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Cooking, Food & Wine
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A master of paranormal romantic suspense, Rebecca York is the author of over 150 books. A New York Times and USA Today best-seller, she has written paranormal romantic thrillers for Berkley and romantic thrillers for Harlequin Intrigue. Her romantic-suspense series, Decorah Security, is set at a detective agency where agents have paranormal powers or work paranormal cases. She also writes an Off-World series where each story is a science fiction romance taking place on a distant planet in the far future.
The first of her Berkley Sensation paranormal romantic suspense novels, KILLING MOON, was a launch book for the imprint.
She also wrote the popular 43 Light Street series for Harlequin Intrigue. In addition, as Ruth Glick, she has authored or co-authored 15 cookbooks.
Rebecca's many awards include two Rita finalist books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery. NOWHERE MAN was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book was selected as one of their Reviewers' "all-time favorite 400 romances." In addition, she received the 1998 Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, also for NOWHERE MAN. Ruth's book, KILLING MOON, won the 2003 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for best Paranormal. AMANDA'S CHILD won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary and was nominated for Best Intrigue of 2000 by Romantic Times. She is one of a small group of authors to have won the Romance Writers of America Centennial Award.
Ruth and her husband travel frequently to research settings for novels and taste new dishes for cookbooks. Her many unique experiences are apt to end up in her books--like the time she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle or took a flight in a glider plane.
Author's Book List
Can She Get Home for Christmas?
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love
Bedroom Therapy
Hollow Moon
Zachary
Luke
Jordan
Wyatt
Christmas Spirit
Boxed In
Preying Game
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Found Missing
Outlaw Justice
Terror Mansion
CHRISTMAS CAPTIVE
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Author: K.M. Hodge
Author Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
Website: The Land of Hodge
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USA Today Bestselling author, 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: Uvi Poznansky
Author Genre: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Poetry
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Uvi Poznansky is a bestselling, award-winning author, poet and artist. “I paint with my pen,” she says, “and write with my paintbrush.” Her romance boxed set, A Touch of Passion, is the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.
Education and work:
Uvi earned her B. A. in Architecture and Town Planning from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and practiced with an innovative Architectural firm, taking a major part in the large-scale project, called Home for the Soldier.
Having moved to Troy, N.Y. with her husband and two children, Uvi received a Fellowship grant and a Teaching Assistantship from the Architecture department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There, she guided teams in a variety of design projects and earned her M.A. in Architecture. Then, taking a sharp turn in her education, she earned her M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
She worked first as an architect, and later as a software engineer, software team leader, software manager and a software consultant (with an emphasis on user interface for medical instruments devices.) All the while, she wrote and painted constantly, and exhibited in Israel and California. In addition, she taught art appreciation classes. Her versatile body of work includes bronze and ceramic sculptures, oil and watercolor paintings, charcoal, pen and pencil drawings, and mixed media.
Books and Genres:
Her two series won great acclaim. Still Life with Memories is a family saga series with touches of romance. It includes Apart From Love, My Own Voice, The White Piano, The Music of Us, and Dancing with Air. The David Chronicles is a historical fiction series. It includes Rise to Power, A Peek at Bathsheba, and The Edge of Revolt.
Her poetry book, Home, is in tribute to her father. Her collection of dark tales, Twisted, and her Historical Fiction book, A Favorite Son, are both new age, biblically inspired books. In addition, Uvi wrote and illustrated two children books, Jess and Wiggle and Now I Am Paper. For each one of these books, she created an animation video (find them on YouTube and on her Goodreads page.)
Author: Suzanne Jenkins
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Website: Suzanne Jenkins
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E-Mail: suzannejenkinswriter@gmail.com
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Her anthology of romance titles with eleven other authors, A TOUCH OF PASSION, has just become the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.
Suzanne writes page-turning contemporary romance, mystery, and women's fiction with passionately gripping characters that stay with readers long after they turn the last page. The Detroit Detective Stories, beginning with The Greeks of Beaubien Street are a reflection of American fantasy with historical reality. Pam of Babylon books consistently rank in the Top 100 Best Sellers in American Drama with over 500,000 downloads.
Suzanne's stand alone novels include Someone Like You, the Family/LGBT themed Alice's Summertime Adventure, suspenseful The Savant of Chelsea, Slow Dancing, The Liberation of Ravenna Morton and Perfect for Him, her latest romance story. "Bring the tissues," readers say.
Burn District, Jenkins new sci/fi series, follows an American family as they flee from political insanity to save their lives in the Arizona Desert.
Her short story, Vapor appeared in Willow Review, Spring 2013.
A retired operating room nurse, Jenkins lives in Southern California.
Author: Anna Celeste Burke
Author Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Humor And Comedy
Website: Desert Cities Mystery
Author's Blog: Desert Cities Mystery
Twitter: @aburke59
E-Mail: aburkesocal@gmail.com
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Anna Celeste Burke is an award-winning, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author!
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Life is an extravaganza! figuring out how to hang tough and make the most of the wild ride is the challenge.
On my way to Oahu to join the rock musician and high school drop-out I had met in San Diego and married in Tijuana, I was nabbed by the police as a runaway. When the police let me go and the rock band broke up, my husband and I had to find another way to survive. Our next stop: Disney World where we trained to be chefs, courtesy of the Walt Disney World University. A GED for my husband and many more years of education landed us in academia at The Ohio State University. Retired now from my role as a professor in social work and behavioral science, I have picked up a long-time interest in writing fiction. I'm still married to the same sweet guy and live with him in the Palm Springs area. In addition to reading and writing fiction, I enjoy painting, hiking, hanging out with my handsome husband and tending to my Siamese kitties.
An award-winning and bestselling author I enjoy snooping into life's mysteries with fun, fiction, & food—California style! My books include the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery series set in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, the Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery series set on California’s Central Coast, and The Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery series set in Orange County, California--the OC. Coming soon: The Misadventures of Betsy Stark also set here in the Coachella Valley.
Author: Fiona Quinn
Author Genre: Suspense, Romance, Mystery
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Twitter: @FionaQuinnBooks
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USA Today bestselling author, Fiona Quinn is rooted in the Old Dominion outside of D.C. with her husband and children. There, she pops chocolates, devours books, and taps continuously on her laptop.
Author: Chris Patchell
Author Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
Website: Chris Patchell
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Chris Patchell is the bestselling author of In the Dark and the Indie Reader Discovery Award winning novel Deadly Lies. A former tech worker turned full-time author, Chris Patchell pens gritty suspense novels set in the Pacific Northwest.
Writing has been a lifelong passion for Chris. She fell in love with storytelling in the third grade when her half-page creative writing assignment turned into a five-page story on vampires. Even back then Chris had a gift for writing intricate plots that were so good her father refused to believe she didn't steal them from comic books.
Her novels have been praised by Kevin O’Brien and Robert Dugoni, and her rich complex plot lines and well-drawn characters will keep you turning pages well into the night. When she’s not writing books or watching football, Chris is hanging out with her husband, kids, and two crazy dogs.
Author: Jinx Schwartz
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult/tweens, Historical/Western, Humor, Chicklit
Website: Jinx Schwartz
Author's Blog: Jinx Schwartz's Water Writes
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E-Mail: jinxschwartz@yahoo.com
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Jinx Schwartz is the author of fourteen books, including nine in the award-winning Hetta Coffey series. Hetta is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it!
A ninth-generation Texan, Jinx has lived and worked all over the globe, and much like the protagonist in her Hetta Coffey mystery series, she's a woman with a yacht and not afraid to use it.
Author: Kathryn Knight
Author Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult
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Twitter: @k_knightbooks
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Kathryn Knight spends a great deal of time in her fictional world, where mundane chores don't exist and daily life involves steamy romance, dangerous secrets, and spooky suspense. Her novels are award-winning #1 Amazon Bestsellers and RomCon Reader-Rated picks. When she's not reading or writing, Kathryn spends her time catching up on those mundane chores, driving kids around, and teaching fitness classes. She lives on beautiful Cape Cod with her husband, their two sons, and a number of rescued pets.
Author: Tamara Ferguson
Author Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
Website: Tamara Ferguson - Kissed by Fate
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Writing steamy yet sweet compassionate stories of fate that are wonderfully romantic, Tamara Ferguson is the multi-award winning, USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR of the Tales of the Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series, the Kissed By Fate Series, the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series, the Daydreams & Dragonflies Sweet Romance Series and the Tales From Dragonfly Pointe Short Story Series.
Despite their serious subject matter, the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior stories are all about hope, with happily-ever-after endings. This #1 bestselling series has won 16 awards cumulatively since the release of Two Hearts Surrendered, Book 1 in the series, including the Readers' Favorite BRONZE (2018), SILVER (2016) and GOLD (2018) MEDALS in Military Fiction.
Author: Aaron Paul Lazar
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Romantic Suspense
Website: Aaron Paul Lazar
Author's Blog: Murder by 4
Twitter: @aplazar
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Aaron Paul Lazar is obsessed with writing. He's completed twenty-seven books to date, and has earned twenty literary book awards. He writes mysteries, suspense, love stories, and more. You'll usually find him writing his heart out in the early hours of the day - preferably in the dark, quiet hours when no one else is awake in his bustling household. Visit his website at www.lazarbooks.com to sign up for a free book and to learn about future deals.
Aaron Paul Lazar wasn't always a mystery writer. It wasn't until eight members of his family and friends died within five years that the urge to write became overwhelming. "When my father died, I lost it. I needed an outlet, and writing provided the kind of solace I couldn't find elsewhere."
Lazar created the Gus LeGarde mystery series, with the founding novel, DOUBLE FORTÉ, a chilling winter mystery set in the Genesee Valley of upstate New York. Like Lazar's father, protagonist Gus LeGarde is a classical music professor. Gus, a grandfather, gardener, chef, and nature lover, plays Chopin etudes to feed his soul and thinks of himself as a "Renaissance man caught in the 21st century." There are twelve books to date in this series.
The creation of the series lent Lazar the comfort he sought, yet in the process, a new passion was unleashed. Obsessed with his parallel universe, he now lives, breathes, and dreams about his characters, and has written TWELVE LeGarde mysteries in addition to four other series.
One day while rototilling his gardens, Lazar unearthed a green cat's eye marble, which prompted the paranormal mystery series featuring Sam Moore, retired country doctor and passionate gardener. The green marble, a powerful talisman, connects all three of the books in the series, whisking Sam back in time to uncover his brother's dreadful fate fifty years earlier. (THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BILLY MOORE, TERROR COMES KNOCKING, and FOR KEEPS)
Lazar's books feature breathless chase scenes, nasty villains, and taut suspense, but are also intensely human stories, replete with kids, dogs, horses, food, romance, and humor. The author calls them, "country mysteries," although reviewers have dubbed them "literary mysteries."
"It seems as though every image ever impressed upon my brain finds its way into my work. Whether it's the light dancing through stained-glass windows in a Parisian chapel, curly slate-green lichen covering a boulder at the edge of a pond in Maine, or hoarfrost dangling from a cherry tree branch in mid-winter, these images burrow into my memory cells. In time they bubble back, persistently itching, until they are poured out on the page."
In 2009, Kodak laid him off after 28 years of service, and during the year he had off (before he landed in his job with KB America) he had time to explore and reconnect with his environment. Little did he know that several trips to the Adirondack Mountains would reawaken his passion for that part of the country. A new romantic mystery series was started entitled Tall Pines Mysteries: FOR THE BIRDS, ESSENTIALLY YOURS, SANCTUARY, and BETRAYAL.
In between all the novels, Lazar published three short writing guides based on his many years of writing advice blogs, entitled WRITE LIKE THE WIND, volumes 1-3. These are available in eBook and audio book formats.
In his twenty-first book, Lazar has jumped genre. THE SEACREST: a love story, now winner of many literary awards, is poised to capture hearts across the globe. Book 1 in the Paines Creek Beach novels (set on Cape Cod), this also launched a series, and is followed by THE SEACROFT and THE SEADOG.
When the news was filled with stories about the girls captured for ten years by that monster in Cleveland (you know who he was...), Lazar was compelled to write a book to honor the women involved. Thus was born the Bittersweet Hollow romantic suspense series, featuring award-winning DEVIL'S LAKE, DEVIL'S CREEK, and DEVIL'S SPRING.
The author lives on a ridge overlooking the Genesee Valley in upstate New York with his wife, daughter Allison, two little grandsons, two dogs, and four cats. With a total of six grandkids now, he finds grandfathering to be one of the most precious and important times of life, and spends as much time as possible with Julian, Gordon, Isabella, Christopher, Luke, and Joey.
Lazar has been featured in many magazines and newspapers and has given dozens of radio interviews over the years.
Author: Judith Lucci
Author Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Author's Blog: Judith Lucci
Twitter: @JudithLucci
E-Mail: JudithLucciWrites@gmail.com
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Judith Lucci is a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Best Selling author who writes what she knows.... Hospitals, Medicine, Crime and Art. She adds suspense along with well-constructed plots, vivid descriptions and memorable characters. Very few readers can put down her medical and crime thriller novels once they start reading them.
Ms.Lucci is a Gold Medal Winner for Best Sleuth 2017 for Dr. Dude, the first book in the Michaela McPherson Series and Best Political Thriller 2017 for Viral, the third book in the Alexandra Destephano Novels. She has contributed to five anthologies which are currently available on Amazon. She has recently claimed the prestigious status of a Wall Street Journal Best Selling author. Her Cozy Mystery series, Artzy Chicks, debuts this summer and takes place at Massanutten Resort where she and five ditzy authors solve mysteries that occur at the resort.
Dr. Lucci is the author of the Alexandra Destephano Series, true-to-life medical thrillers set in New Orleans and the Michaela McPherson crime series set in Richmond, Virginia. Lucci's thrillers are a fast-paced, riveting reads that offer readers believable drama, memorable characters and true suspense.
Judith was born and educated in Virginia where she holds graduate and doctoral degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. She is also the author of numerous academic and health-related articles and documents.
Author: Margaret A. Daly
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense, Fiction
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Twitter: @mdaly_margaret
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Having written her first paranormal fantasy book at the age of forty-three, Margaret Daly has started a wonderful trilogy. Margaret took her life's encounters and crossed a bridge to a different world with them, a world filled with untamed power and endless possibilities. Being raised in the hills of West Sparta, New York, Margaret lost her home and everything in it to fire at a young age. She dove into the dark world as a teenager and from there on spent most of her life wrapped up in unfortunate situations from bad choices. Margaret learned some things aren't what you expect; some things end up being more.
Now, with her loving husband and four children, a family full of support and love, she has managed to overcome all the oddities thrown at her. Becoming the published author she once dreamed of being as a child but lost track of during this journey we call life.
Author: Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Humor And Comedy, Non-fiction
Website: Pamela Fagan Hutchins - Holding Nothing Back
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Twitter: @PamelotH
E-Mail: pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com
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Pamela writes overly long e-mails and the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mysteries from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, TX and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, WY. Pamela is passionate about hiking with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs (and an occasional goat and donkey), riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile.
Pamela's mysteries have won a lot of awards, from the 2017 Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery WINNER (Fighting for Anna) to the 2016 and 2015 WINNERS for USA Best Books Fiction: Cross Genre (Hell to Pay, Heaven to Betsy). With downloads of nearly 2,000,000 for the What Doesn't Kill You series, readers seem to enjoy her smart, sassy female sleuths.
Author: Casi McLean
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense Time Slips, and Mystery with a sprinkle of supernatural elements...and magic
Website: Casi McLean
Author's Blog: Casi McLean
Twitter: @CasiMcLean
E-Mail: Casi@casimclean.com
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Award winning author, Casi McLean, pens novels to stir the soul with romance, suspense, and a sprinkle of magic. Her writing crosses genres from ethereal, captivating shorts with eerie twist endings to believable time slips, mystical plots, and sensual romantic suspense.
Known for enchanting stories with magical description, McLean entices readers with fascinating hooks to hold them captive in storylines they can't put down. Her romance entwines strong, believable heroines with delicious, hot heroes to tempt the deepest desires, then fans the flames, sweeping readers into their innermost romantic fantasies.
With suspenseful settings and lovable characters you'll devour, you'll see, hear, and feel the magical eeriness of one fateful night. You'll swear time travel could happen, be mystified by other worldly images, and feel the heat of romantic suspense, but most of all you'll want more.
Casi's latest series enters the realm of political thrillers with Reign Of Fire, exclusively found in the #1 bestselling, romantic suspense boxset, Love Under Fire. Watch the trailer exclusively on this page.
Her three-book, time slip, romantic suspense, Lake Lanier Mysteries, hit the stands running with book #1, Beneath The Lake, winner of the 2016 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for BEST Romantic Suspense. Watch the trailer on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvf0IC4ndBw
Beyond The Mist, book #2 in her romantic time slip treasure chest, is a stunning tribute to the victims and first responders of the 911 World Trade Center terrorist attack. Here is the trailer link: https://youtu.be/Bj6ySTh_7xI
Between The Shadows brings the saga full circle with an amazing time slip to 1865 and a search for the Confederate gold. Don't miss this trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voa2qbtqATY
Uniquely qualified to write self-help and inspiration, Casi tops the scale with her powerful memoir, Wingless Butterfly: Healing The Broken Child Within, sharing an inspirational message of courage, tenacity, and hope, displaying her unique ability to excel in nonfiction and self-help as well as fiction.
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Author: S.R. Mallery
Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery
Website: S.R. Mallery's AND HISTORY FOR ALL
Twitter: @SarahMallery1
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They say I'm as eclectic as my characters. I've been a singer, a composer, a calligrapher, a quilt artist, and an ESL/Reading teacher. But it is the world of writing historical fiction where I feel I've come "home." It's where I've received various awards and in addition, get to do my second love: Research.
When people talk about the news of the day, or when I listen to music, my overactive imagination likens the story to a similar kind of news in the past, which helps me conjure up scenes between characters I've yet to meet.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT S. R. MALLERY'S BOOKS:
Unexpected Gifts: "This is a book to be savored, as there is much information, as well as a captivating story about one family greatly affected by the events of their times. A thought-provoking read indeed!" -- Deborah Lloyd for Readers' Favorite
Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads This is a fascinating collection of anecdotes and historical snippets focusing on the timely art of sewing. - Emily-Jane Hills Orford for READER's FAVORITE
"Mallery is an extremely talented writer. Her style lures the reader; you actually become a part of her tapestry of expression." -- Blogger Melinda Hines, on Tales to Count On.
The Dolan Girls "was so enjoyable. At times rollicking, at times poignant, but always authentic, well researched and a beautifully told story. Highest recommendation. Five stars." -- B. Nelson, Top Amazon reviewer
Genteel Secrets "is a beautiful story which transports the reader in time. True to life historical fiction at its best, it's so much more than romance." - Riley, Top Amazon reviewer
Trouble in Glamour Town "is very historically accurate, portraying the real workings of the Hollywood sleaze, dishonesty and corruption happening at that time. S.R. Mallery is a gifted author who drew me into the story from the first word and kept me reading until the very last page... " - Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite
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Author: Stephanie Queen
Author Genre: Mystery, Romantic Comedy
Website: Stephanie Queen
Author's Blog: Quirky Quips Blog
Twitter: @StephanieQueen
E-Mail: stephanie@stephaniequeen.com
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About USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen
Stephanie Queen is the USA Today bestselling author of the romantic detective series, Beachcomber Investigations. She lives in the stunning state of New Hampshire with her family, her cat, Kitty and her fun-loving friends. Besides going to the gym sporadically, Stephanie cooks and crochets and loves chocolate covered potato chips (yes, she should go to the gym more often).
She used to be a 9 to fiver working in downtown Boston, but has thrown her stylish suits and fancy heels in a closet and now hangs out in UConn t-shirts, jeans and sneakers. "If I could come back in another life as anything I wanted, I'd be a regency era heroine." (Not surprisingly) Regency romances are her favorite secret reads.
Author: Alyssa Richards
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense
Website: Alyssa Richards
Author's Blog: Alyssa Richards
Twitter: @1AlyssaRichards
E-Mail: alyssa@paranormalromancebooks.com
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ALYSSA RICHARDS is the Amazon best selling author of The Fine Art of Deception series and The Haunting of Alcott Manor series - a contemporary gothic trilogy.
She loves living in the South with her husband and two children. She also loves good espresso, her rescue dogs, magnolias and gardenias, and, of course, reading a great book. She grew up running barefoot in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where her favorite weekly adventure was a trip to the library with her mom.
Author: Linda Watkins
Author Genre: Horror, Paranormal, Thriller
Website: Linda Watkins
Author's Blog: Linda Watkins
Twitter: @Splatland
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Linda Watkins is the author of the multi-award-winning MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES. She currently resides in Sedona, Arizona and, in another life, was a Senior Clinical Financial Analyst at Stanford University School of Medicine. In 2006, she packed her belongings and, along with her four rescue dogs, took the plunge and moved to a remote island off the coast of Maine. It was there that she wrote MATEGUAS ISLAND, which has garnered the following awards:
* 2014 Gold Medal, Supernatural Fiction, Readers Favorite International Book Award Competition
* 2014 First Place Award, Contemporary Gothic, Chanticleer Book Review, Paranormal Awards
* 2015 Outstanding Novel in Horror/Suspense, IAN Book of the Year Awards
The second novel in the series, RETURN TO MATEGUAS ISLAND, was also awarded a First Place in Contemporary Gothic Fiction in the 2015 Chanticleer Book Review's Paranormal Awards and was named 2015 Finalist in Horror by Readers Favorite International Book Award Competition, and 2016 Finalist in Horror by the IAN Book of the Year Awards.
GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS, the third novel in the series, was published in early 2016 and, in 2017, was named "Finalist in Thrillers" in the Book Excellence Awards and "Finalist in Horror/Suspense" in the IAN Book of the Year Awards.
In addition to the MATEGUAS books, in 2017, Linda published a new stand-alone novel, SUMMER GIRL, and a novella, SARAH & ZOEY, A STORY ABOUT THE POWER OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
Today, she is working on a new series of gothic fiction, THE KATE POMEROY MYSTERIES, the first installment of which she hopes to publish in late 2018. Also, on her agenda will be to write the fourth installment in THE MATEGUAS SERIES.
Serious about dog welfare and rescue, all net proceeds from sales of THE MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES are donated to Linda's charitable trust, The Raison d'Etre Fund for Dogs, Dedicated to Rescue and Research.
Linda is a member of the Horror Writers Association, The Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers, The International Association of Crime Writers (N.A.), and the Authors Guild.
To take a look at her other works or communicate with her, please visit her website (www.lindawatkins-author.com), her blog where she posts book reviews and other features (www.lindawatkins.biz) and/or her novel website, dedicated to the Mateguas Island Series (www.mateguasisland.com).
Author: Inge-Lise Goss
Author Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Mystery
Website: Inge-Lise Goss, Author
Twitter: @IngeGoss
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Inge-Lise Goss, a multi-award winning author, was born in Denmark, raised in Utah, and now lives in the foothills of Red Rock Canyon with her husband and their dog, Ted. She spends most of her time in her den writing stories. There, with her muse by her side, her imagination has no boundaries, and her dreams come alive. When she's not pounding away on the keyboard, she can be found reading, rowing, or trying to perfect her golf game, which she fears is a lost cause.
Author: Stephany Tullis
Author Genre: Christian, Contemporary, Suspense
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Twitter: @StephanyTullis
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Writing with a purpose! Plotting with a Plan!
In my world, there is no life without writing, traveling, family, music and politics. My faith, loves and interests are central to my writing. With this backdrop, regardless of when you read one of my books, expect a story that integrates these themes taking you down a winding path-. WARNING: Watch for detours.
EXPECT: Characters that you will grow to love. Or hate. A story that will touch your heart. A tale that will take you down a fascinating path of intrigue! Dialogue that rings true. Settings that remind you of home, one of your favorite vacation spots and, occasionally, somewhere you hope you will never be.
Stop by my Blog when you have a chance for a peek at my bestselling books!
Author: Valerie J. Clarizio
Author Genre: Romance
Website: Valerie J. Clarizio – Romance Author
Twitter: @Vclarizio
E-Mail: valclarizio@yahoo.com
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Valerie Clarizio lives in romantic Door County Wisconsin with her husband and two extremely spoiled cats. She loves to read, write, and spend time at her cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
She's lived her life surrounded by men, three brothers, a husband, and a male Siamese cat who required his own instruction manual. Keeping up with all the men in her life has turned her into an outdoors enthusiast, of which her favorite activity is hiking in national parks. While out on the trails, she has plenty of time to conjure up irresistible characters and unique storylines for her next romantic suspense or sweet contemporary romance novel.
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Thank you for adding me to this commendable list, James!
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