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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.



Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.


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Jen's Jewels

Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: THE SUMMER WE RAN by Audrey Ingram

In this week’s Jen’s Jewels, I’m thrilled to welcome Audrey Ingram, author of the captivating new novel Read More...

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RaeAnne Thayne | A lost manuscript, family secrets, and the true meaning of sisterhood

1--What is the title of your latest release?

THE Read More...

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Katia Lief  | A literary thriller that examines the complexities and responsibilities of female friendship

1--What is the title of your latest release?
WOMEN LIKE US


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Laura R. Samotin | Author-Reader Match: THE LURE OF THEIR GRAVES

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors Read More...

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Julie Conrad | A thriller that focuses on the impact that change, deceit and betrayal have upon three women

1--What is the title of your latest release?

TO Read More...

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Jayne Castle | There’s a licensed, emotional support dust bunny in the story. Her name is Roxy.

1--What is the title of your latest release?

IT Read More...

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Roselle Lim | A hot-headed noodle chef joins a legendary cooking competition to feed the gods

1--What is the title of your latest release?

CELESTIAL BANQUET

2--What’s the Read More...

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Annie Mare | Exclusive Excerpt: COSMIC LOVE AT THE MULTIVERSE HAIR SALON

Excerpted from COSMIC LOVE AT THE MULTIVERSE HAIR SALON:

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Playlist | BEACH HOUSE RULES by Kristy Woodson Harvey

What’s more fun than getting a new book in your hands? Listening to a curated playlist while you’re reading! I’m so Read More...

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Depression Era Songbook | THE PALACE AT THE END OF THE SEA by Simon Tolkien

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

My father introduced me to this heartbreaking song when I was a boy. It was Read More...

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Shirley Russak Wachtel | Lena is forced to confront the truth about her parents and herself

What is the title of your latest release?

THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES

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Scott Alexander Hess | A queer novel with a dual narrative set on a Kentucky farm

1--What is the title of your latest release?

DROUGHT

2--What’s the &ldquo Read More...

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Mark Stevens | A retired serial killer coaxes a disgraced journalist into finding the imposter trading on his name

1--What is the title of your latest release?

NO LIE LASTS FOREVER

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Kit Conway | Title Challenge: CAT FIGHT

Hello,

I’m Kit Conway and I’m excited to tell you more about my debut novel, CAT FIGHT.

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Playlist | THE FRIENDSHIP FLING by Georgia Stone

Music has played a huge role in my life, and in an extremely roundabout way that I probably don’t have Read More...

Cozy Corner

Kym Roberts | Cozy Corner Interview: NIGHT OF THE LIVING BREAD by Mary Lee Ashford

Every reader is drawn to a genre or a book for a different reason. The titles, the covers, the blurbs the endorsement of anther author they adore Read More...

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Ali Brady | You’ve Got Mail meets The Hating Game 

 

1--What is the title of your latest release?

 

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Michelle Griep | Author-Reader Match: OF SILVER AND SECRETS

 

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce Read More...

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Shelley Shepard Gray | An Amish girl witnesses a gang shooting

1--What is the title of your latest release?

UNSHAKEN Read More...

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Mary Jo Burke | Siblings, like diamonds, are forever

Many romance novels use sibling tropes. The most famous is PRIDE AND PREJUDICE’s Bennet sisters. They must please their mother by marrying well and soon Read More...

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Mary Lee Ashford | Sugar & Spice Mysteries | Welcome to St. Ignatius, Iowa

St. Ignatius, Iowa was established in 1849 and is the Jameson County seat. It boasts 6,000 people, none of them famous, and is mostly known for Read More...

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Brett Battles | Author-Reader Match: STUART WOODS' FINDERS KEEPERS

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors Read More...

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Victoria Helen Stone | Exclusive Excerpt: BALD-FACED LIAR

Excerpt of BALD-FACED LIAR by Victoria Helen Stone

 

There was another round of mai tais Read More...

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Smashwords Hotlist Top 10 Preorders Releasing June 3 – June 10, 2025

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Marie Bostwick | An Interview with Rebecca Rosenberg

This month’s guest in the Fresh Fiction Women’s Fiction column is Rebecca Read More...

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Mikki Daughtry | A super romantic, slow-burn love story about two young women

1--What is the title of your latest release?

TIME AFTER Read More...

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Melissa Holtz | Conversations in Character with Alyssa Mann

Book Title: A CHARMING TOUCH OF TAROT

Character Name: Alyssa Mann

How would you Read More...

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Smashwords Top 20 Bestselling Indie Fiction (Sales Period: May 18 – May 24, 2025)

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Jen's Jewels

Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: BEACH HOUSE RULES by Kristy Woodson Harvey

If there’s one author who never fails to capture the heart and soul of the South, it’s Kristy Woodson Harvey. As a longtime Read More...

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Brooklyn Ann | 10 Angel Romance Recommendations

I love all supernatural romances, but I haven’t covered angels yet. Here are some worth checking out.

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Erin Dunn | Exclusive Excerpt: HE'S TO DIE FOR

Excerpt from HE'S TO DIE FOR, by Erin Dunn. Copyright © 2025 by the author, and reprinted with permission of St. Martin’s Read More...

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A. A. Vacharat | Mirona’s Miracles

Ten miles outside of Baltimore, Maryland, the Marley Station Mall has been turned into the Marley Station Experience Center. It’s still a mall, sort of Read More...

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Jane Darby | Devastating secrets simmering beneath the surface of a marriage

1--What is the title of your latest release?

ALL THAT REMAINS

2--What’s Read More...

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Barbara Russell | Conversations in Character with Her Grace Eve, the Dowager Duchess of Gloucester

Book: DUCHESSES DON’T CRY - Victorian Outcasts,  Book 8

Character Name: Her Grace Eve, the Read More...

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Susan Walter | A search for the truth forces Jane to confront deeply held secrets from her own past

1--What is the title of your latest release?

LETTERS FROM STRANGERS

2--What’s Read More...

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Martha Jean Johnson | Conversations in Character with Madge Shelton

Book: THE QUEEN’S MUSICIAN

Character Name: Madge Shelton

 

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Martha Hall Kelly | Two sisters get through WWII on Martha’s Vineyard by starting a book club

1--What is the title of your latest release?

THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD BEACH AND BOOK CLUB

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Virginie Marconato | Exclusive Excerpt: A SECOND CHANCE FOR CARYS

Excerpt from A SECOND CHANCE FOR CARYS by Virginie Marconato

 

 

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Lexi Blake | An enemies-to-lovers set in an HGTV-style setting

1--What is the title of your latest release?

BUILT TO LAST

2--What’s Read More...

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Alexis Daria | Exclusive Excerpt: ALONG CAME AMOR

From ALONG CAME AMOR by Alexis Daria. Copyright © 2025 by Alexis Daria. Reprinted by permission of Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Smashwords Hotlist Top 10 Preorders Releasing May 27 – June 03, 2025

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Carolyn Haines | The Hounds of the Haineskervilles

Yes, I love Sherlock Holmes…and dogs! A large percentage of my day, every single day, has gone to the dogs—for most of my Read More...

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Elizabeth Penney | Exclusive Excerpt: BODIES AND BATTLEMENTS

om Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney. Copyright © 2025 by the author and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Publishing Group.Read More...

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Freya Sampson | A dysfunctional book club's members become amateur detectives

1--What is the title of your latest release?

THE Read More...

Jen's Jewels

Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: THEY WILL TELL YOU THE WORLD IS YOURS by Anna Mitchael

In this week’s Jen’s Jewels, I share a beautiful conversation with Anna Mitchael, a superbly talented writer whose new book is Read More...

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Julia Justiss | The Gilded Age

As May arrives with early summer sun to gild the emerging roses, we’ll look this month at novels highlighting the Gilded Age, where fabulous, as Read More...

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Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse | Title Challenge: AN UNEXPECTED GRACE

We (Tracie and Kimberley) can’t wait for you to read book three in the Jewels of Kalispell series. It’s our hope that Parker Read More...

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Playlist | SONGS OF SUMMER by Jane L. Rosen

Each of the fifty-two chapters in my latest novel, SONGS OF SUMMER, begins with a song title, so curating a companion playlist for the Read More...

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Linwood Barclay | A supernatural chiller that will do for toy trains what Chucky did for dolls

1--What is the title of your latest release?

WHISTLE Read More...

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Dete Meserve | What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past?

1--What is the title of your latest release?

THE MEMORY Read More...

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Jenny Morris | Conversations in Character with Thea Greaves

Book Title: AN ETHICAL GUIDE TO MURDER

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Gabrielle Meyer | A race against time to stop a killer

1--What is the title of your latest release?

EVERY HOUR UNTIL THEN

2--What&rsquo Read More...

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Mimi Matthews | Great Expectations meets Peaky Blinders, with a dark academia vibe

1--What is the title of your latest release?

RULES Read More...

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Playlist | RIDE WITH ME by Simone Soltani

Creating a playlist for each book I write is a key part of my process. Honestly, I don’t think I could write without music driving Read More...

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Meg Napier | So many books, so little time

You’ve heard it before, but let me scream it again: “So many books … so little time!” And I’m yelling not Read More...

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Jane Kirkpatrick | Exploring Crying Sands Beach

Good morning!  It’s early because that’s when I saddle my horse Jake, and ready myself to deliver the mail across the rugged Read More...

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Tasha Coryell | LOVE LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER

1--What is the title of your latest release?

LOVE LETTERS Read More...

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Liz Johnson | Life on the road can’t provide true friendship and love

1--What is the title of your latest release?

SOMETIMES Read More...

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Mary Dixie Carter | A glamorous garden designer, a widower, and the beautiful young gardener

1--What is the title of your latest release?

MARGUERITE Read More...

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Jen Turano | Miss Drusilla Merriweather's privileged life has been upended

1--What is the title of your latest release?

A LESSON IN PROPRIETY

2--What&rsquo Read More...

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Playlist | SLIPSTREAM by Madge Maril

Although SLIPSTREAM is a book about a documentarian and the Formula 1 driver starring in her film, music is a pretty big part of the book, too Read More...

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Anna Markland | Two very different people who fall in love in spite of themselves

1--What is the title of your latest release?

THE HEART’S CHOICE, Book One of the Cotton Cops Read More...

Jen's Jewels

Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: MARBLE HALL MURDERS by Anthony Horowtz

Step into the tantalizing world of Anthony Horowitz’s MARBLE HALL MURDERS, where literary estates guard deadly secrets and past sins refuse to stay buried. In Read More...

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Smashwords Hotlist Top 10 Preorders Releasing May 20 – May 27, 2025

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M.P. Woodward | Everything is going the villains’ way until Jack Ryan Jr. sniffs it out

1--What is the title of your latest release?

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Leslie Langtry | Quirky Cozies

I like unusual cozies – mysteries that push the boundaries of the normal canon of the genre, while still being cozy. I was at Cozy Con (a Read More...

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Elizabeth Rose | Conversations in Character with Lady Vivienne Harlowe

Book Title: MURDER AT MABLETHORPE CASTLE, Book 1, A Harlowe & Fitch Read More...

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Smashwords Top 20 Bestselling Indie Fiction Sales Period: May 4 – May 10, 2025

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Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE AT THIS WEDDING by Catherine Mack 

This week on Jen’s Jewels, I’m thrilled to welcome Catherine Read More...

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G.R. Macallister | Author-Reader Match: SESTIA

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors Read More...

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Barbara Linn Probst | From Dung Beetles to Egyptian Gods

Here’s a secret that readers may not know: coming up with the perfect title can be more agonizing for an author than writing the entire Read More...

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Playlist | SOLACE BY FIRE by J.L. Delavega

Play With Fire - Valerie Broussard (Cover)

This one is easily the book trailer song, the opening scenes of the train running Read More...

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A.N. Sage | Exclusive Excerpt: FAIRY IN THE MOURNING

Exclusive Excerpt

 

I tapped the edge of the teacup and reached for the tablet Rosemary held Read More...

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April Asher | Become Fated in Fates Haven, Colorado

Population: 8,584 Living

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Christine Feehan | Exclusive Excerpt: THUNDER GAME

Excerpt from THUNDER GAME by Christine Feehan

Leila became aware of sound first. Insects droning. She registered that was a good Read More...

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Hannah Orenstein | Welcome to Fox Hill, Maine

Fox Hill, Maine as described by Lucy Webster

Fox Hill, Maine is the perfect summer vacation spot. The lake sparkles. I swear the Read More...

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Nick Roberts, Leigh Kenny, and Dan Franklin | Tales of Terror

1--What is the title of your latest release?

DARK TIDE 20 - URBAN LEGENDS: THREE NEW TALES OF TERROR by Nick Read More...

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Debra Parmley | Tales From the Trailer: May Brings Flowers and Shimmy Mob

There’s something joyful about blooming flowers which always lifts my heart. May, here in the US, brings an abundance of color as flowers bloom and Read More...

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R. Laham | Brown queer people overthrow a fascist ruler and stop a genocide

1--What is the title of your latest release?

MANZAKAR Read More...

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Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: DYING TO MEET YOU by Sarina Bowen

This week on Jen’s Jewels, I’m thrilled to welcome bestselling author Sarina Bowen to talk about her suspenseful new novel, DYING Read More...

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Sue Hincenbergs | Husbands, Wives, and Hitmen

1--What is the title of your latest release?

THE Read More...

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Helene Matheson | Conversations in Character with Nashford Xavier Harding, 8th Duke of Ross

Book Title: THE RUINED DUCHESS, The Scandalous Sisters Book 1

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K.M. Huber | Conversations in Character with Yantu

Book Title: CALL OF THE OWL WOMAN – A Novel of Ancient Peru Read More...

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Alison Goodman | Exclusive Excerpt: THE LADIES ROAD GUIDE TO UTTER RUIN

Excerpt from THE LADIES ROAD GUIDE TO UTTER RUIN

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Anthony Horowitz | Conversations in Character with Susan Ryeland

Book Title: MARBLE HALL MURDERS

Character Name: Read More...

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Robert Bailey | A Grisham meets Yellowstone conspiracy/political thriller

1--What is the title of your latest release?  

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Misty Simon | April showers bring May Flowers of mystery

We got a lot of April showers here in Central Pennsylvania, so I’m all about them bringing May flowers. I love the pops of flowers Read More...

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Kari Lee Townsend | Welcome to Clearview, Connecticut

Welcome to Clearview, Connecticut … According to the Greek Mamas
By the Matriarchs of Mayhem: Ophelia Ballas, Aunt Tasoula Ballas, and Chloe Pagonis Read More...

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Smashwords Hotlist Top 10 Preorders Releasing May 13 – May 20, 2025

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Jennifer Vido | Jen's Jewels Interview: ALL THE SIGNS by Jessie Rosen

In this week’s Jen’s Jewels, I had the pleasure of catching up with bestselling author Read More...

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Susan Sizer Bogue | A volcano erupts with epic power, and a life is upended irreversibly

1--What is the title of your latest release?

DEEP Read More...

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Joy Callaway | Exclusive Excerpt: THE STAR OF CAMP GREENE

 

Chapter 1

 

 

 

May 3, 1918

 

Camp Greene Army Training Camp Read More...

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Mary Jo Burke | Pure Gold

For two couples, my aunt and uncle and my brother and sister-in-law, this is a milestone year. Both will be celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversaries Read More...

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CJ Holmes | Broken But Beautiful: Exploring Trauma and Healing in Paranormal Romance

Fantasy and paranormal romance have always been escapist genres, taking readers to worlds of magic, danger, and epic stakes. But in recent years, these genres have also Read More...

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Aimee Phan | Conversations in Character with Jolie

Book Title: THE LOST QUEEN

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Susan Wands | The Character Most Likely...

Most Likely to….

Surprise everyone: Pamela Colman Smith, the central character in the Arcana Oracle Series, (MAGICIAN AND Read More...

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Melissa Poett | Author-Reader Match: THE ENEMY’S DAUGHTER

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors Read More...

 

 

 

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