#AmReading - Titanic Deception by John & Toni Rakestraw @John_Rakestraw

Titanic Deception by John & Toni Rakestraw Amazon With stars in her eyes, Alice Clarke boards the Titanic, heading to a new life. On board, she falls in love, only to lose him in the disaster. He leaves her with a pocketwatch, which holds more secrets than she realizes.Her great-grandson, Michael...

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Peter Simmons and the Vessel of Time by Ramz Artso @RamzArtso

Peter Chapter 4 Portland, Oregon October 22nd Afternoon Hours I sauntered out of the school building with my friends in tow and pulled on a thickly woven hat to cover my fluffy flaxen hair, which was bound to be frolic even in the mildest of breezes. I took a deep breath and scrutinized my immediate...

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Author Interview – Moira Katson @moirakatson

What is your greatest strength as a writer? Creating characters that the reader can empathize with; even with antagonists, I want their motives to be clear and reasonable. There is always room for improvement, of course – but I think that is my greatest strength right now. Why did you choose to write...

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Author Interview – Sebastiana Randone @sebasti29567440

What motivates you to write? A desire to see how things will unfold in the story as the work progresses, the more familiar I become with my characters, the more I look forward to visiting their world. What writing are you most proud of? (Add a link if you like) There is a scene in The House,...

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Author Interview – Kelly Jackson @MidlifeGals

How did you come up with the title? A Texan Goes to Nirvana. Back when I first decided to write my book, there were few ‘doubting Thomases.’  Yoga was the rage, but you didn’t question the supposed spiritual interpretation of each different style of yoga. Some of it was Hinduism, but some...

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#Bargain Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love by Sebastian Cole @sebastiancole3

Beverly Hills Book Award winner, USA Best Book Award finalist, ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award bronze winner, International Book Award finalist, ForeWord Firsts debut literary competition finalist. The story opens with Noah Hartman, eighty years old, lying on his deathbed recounting his...

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Birth of an Assassin by Rik Stone @stone_rik

* Jez was already fit, an excellent shot, and he could fight – or at least that’s what he’d thought. But after more than six months of intensive training with Spetsnaz, he realized he’d only been scratching the surface. He’d not long been back from an exercise in Northern Siberia and he was tired,...

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Gringa – A Love Story (Complete Series books 1-4) by Eve Rabi @EveRabi1

At 6 PM I step outside the house for some air and look straight into Diablo’s hideous face. As in my nightmares my scream lodges in my throat and as in my nightmares he towers menacingly over me. Déjà vu all around. He has a posse – about twenty hairy, tattooed men and two women, all on horseback all...

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Author Interview – Deidre D Havrelock @deidrehavrelock

If you could have any superpower what would you choose? Those dreams where you can fly, those are the best. So I pick flying. I don’t want to be stretchy—that’s too weird. And I don’t want to be anything where I’m naked, like the invisible woman. I don’t like being cold. What is your favorite flavor...

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Indiestructible: Inspiring Stories from the Publishing Jungle @MsBessieBell

Tackling the Time Factor by Jessica Bell The biggest problem I had with deciding to go indie was the time factor. With a stressful full-time job as a project manager for the Academic Research & Development department at Education First, it was difficult for me to see how I could possibly work, write,...

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Author Interview – Kristen James @writerkristenj

What was the hardest part about writing this book? I learned so much while writing this book, but it wasn’t hard. I wrote the first draft in two months. It just flowed, and then I went through and added in more ideas and details. Did you learn anything from writing this book and what was it? I went...

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#AmReading - Twisted Vine by Toby Neal @tobywneal

Twisted Vine by Toby Neal Amazon The island of Oahu is skyscrapers and rainforests, beaches and boutiques—but Special Agent Lei Texeira is drawn into a shadow world connected by death and the Internet. Mysterious suicides draw Lei and her team, including tech specialist Sophie Ang, to hunt a criminal...

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Breathing for Two by Wolf Pascoe @WolfPascoe

ONE BREATHING LESSONS IN the freshman year of my anesthesia residency, I was given a lesson in breathing by a patient whom I’ll call Otto. Anesthesia residencies come replete with breathing lessons, but Otto was also teaching humility that day, a subject absent from the formal anesthesia curriculum....

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#AmReading - The Waking Moon by T.J. McGuinn @TJMcGuinn

The Waking Moon by T.J. McGuinn Amazon Paulette’s life is in shambles. Her sister is dead, her mother is a drunk, and she’s been forced to transfer into a chaotic public school full of bullies. Things go from bad to worse when, one night while driving them home from dinner, her intoxicated mother hits...

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AFN Clarke – The Thrills And Spills Of Writing A Book Series @AFNClarke

The Thrills And Spills Of Writing A Book Series. We asked AFN Clarke, the best-selling author of CONTACT and the new Thomas Gunn thrillers, what it’s like to take on the challenge of writing a book series. In the last 6 months I have published the first two books of my new Thomas Gunn thriller series,...

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#AmReading - Buying In by Laura Hemphill @HemphillLaura

Buying In by Laura Hemphill Amazon Bright, ambitious Sophie Landgraf has landed a job as a Wall Street analyst. The small-town girl finally has her ticket to the American elite, but she doesn’t realize the toll it will take—on her boyfriend, on her family, and on her. It isn’t long before Sophie is...

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The Howling Heart by April Bostic

* * * * Three days after my father’s funeral, I landed at the airport in Denver. I rented a Jeep Wrangler, because I needed a four-wheel-drive vehicle to get up the mountain. The July weather was mild, so I wore khaki shorts, a plain white tee, and beige Vans sneakers. One of the odd things about finding...

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Author Interview – Robert Davies @ahundredstories

Who is your favorite author? Can I have two? The books that have had the most inspiring and lasting impression on me were written by Mark Helprin and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. They both write so colourfully. Their styles are very different but they both have a tendency to spiral off along some wild...

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Joyfully Yours by Amy Lamont @Amy_Lamont

A fun and heartwarming holiday romance. When fate keeps throwing a handsome good Samaritan in her path, musician Faith Leary needs a little holiday magic to help her see he’s perfect for her. A musician and a priest walk into a grocery store—singer Faith Leary thinks this is a better opening for an...

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Sunspots by Karen S. Bell @KarenSueBell

On the evening of my third and last day, I began my closing ceremonies—punching on voicemail, putting away the sign-in book, and clearing off crumbs from the daily muffin I picked up from the fabulous shop at street level. Unusual for these assignments, it had been a very pleasant three days. People...

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