HBS Author's Spotlight – Class of July 2016
by C. Michael Bennis | Aug 1, 2016 | Commentary | 0 comments
This month we have a group of interesting writers with worlds of knowledge and expertise. The author interviews are a MUST read.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 July 2016 crew.
Tamara Ferguson
Author Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
Author's Blog: Tamara's Blog "Tammys Dragonfly"
Website: Tamara Ferguson – Kissed by Fate
Twitter: @KissedByFate2
E-Mail: Tammysdragonfly@gmail.com
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Author Description:
A member of the Romance Writers of America, Tamara Ferguson is the #1 best-selling, multi-award winning author of the Tales of the Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series, the Kissed By Fate Series, and the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series.
Her latest wounded warrior romance novella, Two Hearts Unspoken, is included in the top-ten bestselling Holiday Anthology, Mother's Day Magic…With Love, which was also #1 in Wounded Warrior Fiction. Since being released independently, Two Hearts Unspoken has just become a #1 Best Seller at Amazon as well as a #1 Hot New Release in both Ebooks and books. It's also been #1 in 8 Wounded Warrior categories.
The wounded warrior romance, Two Hearts Surrendered, was originally published in the bestselling Magical Weddings anthology, which included stories by fifteen USA Today, best-selling, and award-winning authors.Two Hearts Surrendered independently earned 3-5 star reviews from Readers' Favorite, and has just become a double #1 Best Seller at Amazon. Two Hearts Surrendered was also a New Adult Finalist in the Romance Reviews 2016 Reader's Choice Awards.
Two Hearts Undone (Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance #3) was released in May of 2016 by AA Publishing and was #1 in 8 Wounded Warrior categories at Amazon. This short story is also included in theAnnie Acorn 2016 Romance Anthology.
That Unforgettable Kiss (Kissed by Fate Book 1) was a top ten Amazon bestseller in Kindle Saga Fiction, earned 3-5 star editorial reviews from Readers' Favorite, and was the 2015 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Award in New Adult Romance.
That Unforgettable Kiss is currently featured in the #1 bestselling A Touch of Passion, 8 full-length novels by USA Today, New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning authors. This anthology is a #1 Holiday Romance (and more), and has just WON the 2016 Romance Reviews Reader's Choice Award in Anthology Romance.
Tales of the Dragonfly In Tandem was a romance finalist at the 2013 Indie Excellence Awards, while Tales of the Dragonfly In Flight was a 2014 WINNER at the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards. In Flight is currently being rereleased by Blue Harvest Creative.
Since she remains a full-time caregiver for an autistic son, you can usually find Tammy working at home, where she spends a lot of time not completing her numerous home improvement projects, because she's writing or helping other author friends promote their books on twitter.
Interview Excerpt
Next: Emergence is my third Tales of the Dragonfly Novel. This is the story of Lucy Callahan, who was kidnapped and assaulted in In Tandem. The members of the human trafficking ring who were responsible for capturing her have remained at-large. It's nearly a year later, and Lucy's still having troubles recovering from her ordeal, when she realizes she's being stalked by the man who raped her…
Social media has made a HUGE impact on my life. I'm beginning to use Facebook a lot more now, but I spend a lot of time at twitter. Two and a half years ago, after spending a few months there, I didn't particularly see how it would be helpful. By then I had a decent following, and spent most of my time chatting with authors and friends I'd made.
But I really wasn't selling many books. One day I just decided to switch up my tweeting entirely and began doing shout outs for authors and organizations, by encouraging participation. It's a little different now…
Great covers: I've actually been working with three different cover designers. But my go to person has always been Adriana Hanganu of AdipixDesign.com. Not only is she a lovely person to work with, but she's become a good friend.
Short story: I'd NEVER written a novella or short story before I wrote Two Hearts Surrendered for the Magical Weddings Anthology! (not counting high school and college, of course) Kind of crazy-isn't it, considering all the opportunities writing this one story has created for me: Two Hearts Unspoken, for Mother's Day Magic, and Two Hearts Undone, for Annie Acorn's 2016 Romance Anthology, as well as being asked to write two other novellas for anthologies which will be coming out next year.
Author bundles: The romance bundle for A Touch of Passion is comprised with full-length novels. When my dear friend Uvi Poznansky invited me into the group, I immediately said yes. She is the most amazing organizer I've ever met when it comes to putting together an anthology, and setting up promotions and Facebook events, and she's very talented graphic designer as well.
Free books: Actually, I've only given away one of my own books for free, and that was two and a half years ago. That Unforgettable Kiss did make it into the top ten for Saga Fiction, which was great, since it's a huge category. My books began to sell regularly afterward.
Author's Book List
Two Hearts Undone
TWO HEARTS UNSPOKEN
TWO HEARTS SURRENDERED
That Unforgettable Kiss
Tales of the Dragonfly Book I: In Tandem
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HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Featured Book: Ralph's Place
Ralph's Place: A Magical Experience Jun 13, 2016
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense
Author's Blog: C. Michael Bennis
Website: C. Michael Bennis
Twitter: @CMBennis
E-Mail: C.MichaelBennis@gmail.com
C. Michael Bennis is bilingual and lives in Tucson, Arizona as a former advertising and toy industry executive. He is the author of three best selling novels: Dangerous and Desirable (Oct.19, 2013), Signs of Destiny (2012) and Rules of Engagement (2009), and he is currently editing his fourth novel between speaking engagements.
The glistening razor like actions of this narrative cut across unexpected consequences. Julio's exploits are legendary. It is almost as if this former champion boxer can draw and fire his weapon before an adversary's brain registers the movement. He has one weakness: he cannot refuse helping vulnerable, innocuous victims. It is a carry over from when his survivor Jewish parents were killed in a train accident and he left the orphanage to live on the streets of Buenos Aires, an eight-year old with a dog for his only friend. Ironically, his combat skills draw the attention of an ambitious female war correspondent that seeks to discover his true identity. The hunter becomes the hunted when her article is published in a revealing expose. She believes Julio Navarro's true identity will win her international recognition, but in fact it might only make her dead as Julio Navarro goes on the lam and Ziv fears the worst for this incredible man. Suspense Romance. Setting: New York City, Madrid, Culiacán, and Mazatlán, Mexico.
Ralph's Place
Dangerous and Desirable
For the rest of the story…View C. Michael Bennis – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Featured Book: Meet Me at the Beach
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Author's Blog: Suzanne Jenkins
Website: Suzanne Jenkins
Twitter: @suzannejenkins3
E-Mail: suzannejenkinswriter@gmail.com
Suzanne's Gift to You! DOWNLOAD FREE and Bargain EBOOKS Start the first installment of Suzanne's bestselling series, Pam of Babylon FREE! Download Today – The Greeks of Beaubien Street 99 Cents (Greektown Detroit Detective Stories) Also free, Atlas of Women, a compilation of the novella, Mademoiselle and four short stories, and Burn District: The Prequel.
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 divides her time between the west Michigan lakeshore, the Brandywine River Valley, and the mountains of Southern California, traveling across country with her husband, Jim and dog Oscar in an RV, to visit their children and grandchilden on different coasts.
Meet Me at the Beach
South Shore Romance
Beach Spirits
I'll Always Love You
The Tao of Pam
Prayers for the Dying
Dream Lover
Pam of Babylon
A Greektown Wedding
Christmas in Greektown
The Princess of Greektown
The Greeks of Beaubien Street
Perfect for Him
Gracefully, Like a Living Thing
Burn District 1
The Liberation of Ravenna Morton
Alice's Summertime Adventure
The Savant of Chelsea
For the rest of the story…View Suzanne Jenkins – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Faith Mortimer
Featured Book: A Very Distant Affair
Author Genre: Crime, Suspense, Romance & Action
Website: Faith Mortimer-author of crime, suspense, romance & action
Twitter: @FaithMortimer
E-Mail: faith@vouni.sent
Amazon Top #14 author rank for mystery, #27 mystery, thriller & suspense, #55 literature & fiction #5 bestselling author on Nook Books. Faith's books have made the Kindle Top 100 Paid List numerous times.
Faith is a British author dividing her time between Hampshire, UK & Cyprus. Since 2005 she turned her hobby of writing into a career. During childhood, she dreamed of writing novels which readers would love, & spent many hours writing short stories which she read to her sisters. Born in Manchester & educated in Singapore, Malaya & Hampshire, England.
*Please note: all books are written in British English. Spellings and grammatical conventions are conversant with the UK and appropriate for the setting.
Top selling novels include the Diana Rivers Mystery Suspense Series: The Assassins' Village (#1 Harpers Collins/Authonomy), Children of the Plantation, The Surgeon's Blade, Camera Action Murder, Childhunt! & A Deadly Learning. A Brutal Trade
The Green Room, On Devil's Brae & Behind a Twisted Smile (Dark Minds Psychological Thriller series)
Faith also write Romance: A Very French Affair (#1 in France), A Very English Affair, The Seeds of Times, Harvest, On Christmas Hill & Not Just For Christmas. (The Affair Series)
A Very Distant Affair
Behind A Twisted Smile
ON DEVIL'S BRAE
On Christmas Hill
A Very English Affair
A Very French Affair
A Brutal Trade
A Deadly Learning
CHILDHUNT
Camera…Action…Murder!
The Surgeon's Blade
Children of the Plantation
The Assassins' Village
The Seeds of Time
For the rest of the story…View Faith Mortimer – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
James Moushon
Featured Book: The Cajun Ghost
Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
Author's Blog: eBook Author's Corner
Website: James Moushon – Mystery Writer
Twitter: @jimhbs
E-Mail: james.moushon@gmail.com
James Moushon is a Mystery writer and an Author Advocate.
Starting over 15 years ago, he helped lead the startup of the electronic forms industry in the creation, conversion and usage of electronic forms by supplying that industry with a continuing source of published literature, software products and training seminars.
In 2003, Moushon changed his focus to ebooks and their development.
He is the author of the Jonathon Stone Mystery Novels. He has published three books: 'Black Mountain Secrets', 'Game of Fire', 'The Cajun Ghost' and 'Operation Alpha Dog', a collection of short stories all featuring Jonathon Stone, CIA undercover agent.
He is currently wearing two Hats. He is a mystery writer and a book publishing blogger. You can find his blogs at:
HBS Author's Spotlight
The blog's purpose is to help authors get exposure in the book publishing industry. He has interviewed and showcased over 450 authors to date.
HBS Mystery Reader's Circle
The HBS Mystery Reader's Circle provides information about the latest novels and what is coming next from a collection of Bestselling and Outstanding Authors in the Mystery, Thrillers, Historical Fiction and Crime genre.
eBook Author's Corner
The Corner is a collection of Author advice and studies including Marketing, Social Media and other major topics created to help writers in today's ever changing world of book publishing.
He has spent the majority of his adult life developing computer systems and thinking about writing mysteries.
Operation Alpha Dog
Game of Fire
Black Mountain Secrets
The Cajun Ghost
For the rest of the story…View James Moushon – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Mohana Rajakumar
Featured Book: No Place for Women
Author Genre: Essays & non-fiction projects with young adults
Author's Blog: YouTube Channel – Mohana Rajakumar
Website: Mohadoha – Modern Mother, Writer, Scholar
Twitter: @moha_doha
Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar's award winning books have focused on various aspects of life in the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar. From Dunes to Dior is a collection of essays related to her experiences as a female South Asian American living in the Arabian Gulf and named as Indie Book of the Day in 2013. Love Comes Later is a literary romance set in Qatar and London and was the winner of the Best Indie Book Award for Romance in 2013, short listed for the New Talent award by the Festival of Romance, and Best Novel Finalist in eFestival of Words, 2013. She currently lives with her family in Qatar, where she teaches writing and literature courses at American universities.
After she joined the e-book revolution, Mohana dreams in plotlines.
No Place for Women
The Migrant Report
Love Comes Later
AN UNLIKELY GODDESS
The Dohmestics
From Dunes to Dior
Saving Peace
Mommy but Still Me
So You Want to Sell a Million Copies?
Coloured and Other Stories
Qatari Voices
For the rest of the story…View Mohana Rajakumar – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Laurel A. Rockefeller
Featured Book: Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd: The Warrior Princess of Deheubart
Author Genre: Biographical Historian
Author's Blog: Barnes and Noble Author Page
Website: USA Amazon Author Page
Twitter: @laurelworlds
E-Mail: peersofbeinan@gmail.com
Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, author-historian Laurel A. Rockefeller has published over twenty book titles since August 2012. Best known for the Legendary Women of World History biography Series, she is a tireless history educator and advocate for social justice.
The science fiction series Princess Anyu Returns was released this past winter. This completes the series and I focus now entirely on the biographies.
Laurel is very active on social media, especially when working from her home office. Please like her on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/laurelarockefellerbooks, follow her on pinterest athttps://www.pinterest.com/peersofbeinan/, or follow her on Twitter: @laurelworlds.
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
For the rest of the story…View Laurel A. Rockefeller – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Jonas Saul
Featured Book: The Pact
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, Literature & Fiction
Website: Author Jonas Saul
Twitter: @jonassaul
E-Mail: jonassaul@icloud.com
Meet Jonas Saul, an international bestselling thriller author.
Jonas Saul is from Toronto, Canada. He lives in Leavenworth, Washington. He is always writing the next novel. The Sarah Roberts Series are his best selling novels with the highest reviews.
The Sarah Roberts Series are his best selling novels with the highest reviews. The Mafia Trilogy is fast becoming the next series to rival Sarah Roberts.
Jonas wrote his first short story when he was ten-years old and went on to win Writer's Digest Short Story awards for his writing.
Losing Sarah
The Abandoned
The Unlucky
The Redeemed
The Antagonist
Killing Sarah
The Rogue
The Hostage
Dark Visions
A Murder in Time: A Novel
The Specter: A Novel
The Threat: A Novel
The Scythe
The Kill
For the rest of the story…View Jonas Saul – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Featured Book: Blue Moon
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Contemporary
Author's Blog: Wendy Corsi Staub
Website: Wendy Corsi Staub
Twitter: @WendyCorsiStaub
New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than eighty novels, best known for the single title psychological suspense novels she writes under her own name. Those novels and the women's fiction she writes under the pseudonym Wendy Markham also frequently appear on the USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookscan bestseller lists.
In 2015, Wendy will publish three new novels: THE BLACK WIDOW (on sale in February), which concludes her cyber predator suspense trilogy for HarperCollins; BLOOD RED (on sale in September), which launches Mundy's Landing, a new psychological suspense trilogy for HarperCollins; and NINE LIVES (on sale in October), which launches Lily Dale, a new cozy mystery series for Crooked Lane Books. Her Wendy Markham novel HELLO, IT'S ME, originally published in 2005, will air as a television movie starring Kellie Martin and Kavan Smith on the Hallmark Channel in September.
A two-time finalist for the prestigious Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, she's won the 2008 RT Award for Career Achievement in Suspense, the 2007 RWA-NYC Golden Apple Award for Lifetime Achievement, an RWA Rita award, and five WLA Washington Irving Prizes for Fiction.
She previously published a dozen adult suspense novels with Kensington Books as well as the acclaimed young adult series Lily Dale with Walker/Bloomsbury. Earlier in her career, she published in a broad range of genres under her own name and various pseudonyms, and has co-authored and ghostwritten for a number of celebrities.
Wendy grew up in Dunkirk, New York, a small town near Buffalo and graduated from SUNY Fredonia. She moved to Manhattan and became an editor before selling her first novel in 1992. She now lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband and sons. A vocal and active supporter of Relay for Life, Support Connection, and the American Cancer Society, she was a 2012 Ovarian Cancer Awareness month national spokesperson for the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation. As an animal rights advocate, she fosters for various rescue organizations.
The Black Widow
The Perfect Stranger
Cold Hearted
The Good Sister
She Loves Me Not
Shadowkiller
Lullaby and Goodnight
NIGHTWATCHER
Mike, Mike & Me
Slightly Single
For the rest of the story…View Wendy Corsi Staub – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
Mike Wells
Featured Book: Blood Diamonds
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult, Romance
Author's Blog: Mike Wells Books
Website: Mike Wells Books
Twitter: @MikeWellsAuthor
Mike Wells is an American bestselling author of over 20 "unputdownable" thriller and suspense novels, including Lust, Money & Murder and Passion, Power & Sin. He is also known for his young adult books, such as The Mysterious Disappearance of Kurt Kramer, The Wrong Side of the Tracks, and Wild Child, which are used by English teachers in high schools and colleges worldwide. Formerly a screenwriter, Wells has a fast-paced, cinematic writing style. His work is often compared to that of the late Sidney Sheldon, with strong and inspiring female heroes, tightly-written scenes, engaging action/dialogue, and numerous plot twists. He currently lives in Europe and teaches part-time in the Creative Writing program at the University of Oxford.
Blood Diamonds
Forbidden, Book 3
The Drive-By Wife, Books 1, 2 & 3
Passion, Power & Sin – Book 5
The Extraction
On Russian Soil
Cattoretti's Return
Lust, Money & Murder – Book 3
The Wrong Side of the Tracks – Book 1
The Mysterious Disappearance of Kurt Kramer – Book 1 & 2
Secrets of the Elusive Lover – Book 1 & 2
Baby Talk – Books 1 & 2
Wild Child, Book 3
Wild Child, Book 2 – Lilith
For the rest of the story…View Mike Wells – HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase
HBS Bundles and Co-Authored Showcase
Featured Set: A Touch of Passion
Boxed set – Romance bundle
KOBO Store
Lose yourself in a touch of passion. Whether it's the beauty in a song or the magic of a kiss, the agony of heartbreak or the hunger of yearning, explore ecstasy and desire in these captivating full-length, award winning novels. Written by eight bestselling, USA Today and NY Times authors, this boxed set has it all: Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance, New Adult Romance, Victorian Romance, Western Romance, Romantic Suspense, Wounded Warrior Romance, Military Romance, and Literary Fiction. These sensual tales of love with a strong female lead will leave you with a smile on your lips and music in your heart.
Thanks to the readers who love the romance novels in this anthology, A Touch of Passion has just become the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.
The Music of Us by Uvi Poznansky (Bestselling Author)
Lenny goes as far back as the moment he met Natasha during WWII, when he was a soldier and she—a star. Natasha was a riddle to him then, and with all the changes she has gone through, she still is.
Love Me Tender by Mimi Barbour (NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author)
How could Anne return to Texas knowing that her son would be meeting a father who didn't know he existed? And how could she go back to face the only man she'd ever truly loved?
That Unforgettable Kiss by Tamara Ferguson (Top-10 Bestselling Author, Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Award Winner-New Adult)
Since Kate Callahan will be running the family construction business someday, she doesn't have time for love. Until fate steps in by way of an unforgettable kiss from architectural intern Michael Murphy.
Concealed in My Heart by Regina Puckett (Bestselling Author, Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner)
Charity Fields is married to her childhood sweetheart and has the job of her dreams—until a terrible lie and a heartbreaking betrayal turns her life upside down.
Perfect for Him by Suzanne Jenkins (Bestselling Author)
As they danced, Jason whispered words of love to Harley, while her oncologist's terrifying diagnosis kept ricocheting in her skull. To ensure he'd be okay after she was gone, Harley would take matters of love into her own hands.
Nellie by Cynthia Woolf (Bestselling Author)
Saloon owner Blake Malone is a bachelor and likes it that way. Nellie Wallace, a widow, needs a husband but never expected a man like him. Can Nellie and Blake make a marriage out of mutual need, without love being involved?
Ambrosia by the Sea by Traci Hall (USA Today Bestselling Author)
After a bitter betrayal by her late husband, self-taught chef Celia Langdon moved to the sea, where dive shop owner Dax Smith dared her to heal from the heart.
The Single Daddy Club: Derrick by Donna Fasano (USA Today Bestselling Author)
Ex-military man Derrick is solitary and satisfied—until Timmy's dropped into his lap and Derrick must become a daddy. Fate has denied Anna a family of her own, but she has plenty of love to give, if only someone would notice.
Title: The Music of Us
Author: Uvi Poznansky
Author Genre: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Poetry
Author's Blog: Uvi Poznansky
Twitter: @UviPoznansky
Goodreads: Check Out Goodreads
Uvi Poznansky is a bestseller, award-winning author, poet and artist. Her boxed set, A TOUCH OF PASSION, has just become the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.
She earned her B. A. in Architecture and Town Planning from the Technion in Haifa, Israel. During her studies and in the years immediately following her graduation, she practiced with an innovative Architectural firm, taking a major part in the large-scale project, 'Home for the Soldier'; a controversial design that sparked fierce public debate.
At the age of 25 Uvi moved to Troy, N.Y. with her husband and two children. Before long, she received a Fellowship grant and a Teaching Assistantship from the Architecture department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she guided teams in a variety of design projects; and where she 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.
During the years she spent in advancing her career–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)–she wrote and painted constantly, and exhibited in Israel and California. In addition, she taught art appreciation classes. Her versatile body of work can be seen online at uviart.com. It includes bronze and ceramic sculptures, oil and watercolor paintings, charcoal, pen and pencil drawings, and mixed media.
Uvi won great acclaim for Apart From Love (which includes two novels–My Own Voice and The White Piano–woven together) and for her romance novel, The Music of Us. 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. Rise to Power (volume I) and A Peek at Bathsheba (volume II) and The Edge of Revolt (volume III of her trilogy The David Chronicles) have been enthusiastically embraced by lovers of historical fiction. In addition, Uvi published 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.)
Title: Love Me Tender
Author: Mimi Barbour
Website: Mimi Barbour Believe
Author's Blog: Mimi Barbour Believe
Twitter: @MimiBarbour
E-Mail: mimibarbour66@gmail.com
New York Times, USA Today, Best-selling author – Mimi's been heard to say: "I'm an author who loves to write uplifting stories about romance. Add in some time travel, or maybe an angel, or even a little romantic suspense and it makes the story more fascinating because of the incredible possibilities."
Mimi is an Amazon best-selling author who's sold over 500,000 copies of her books world-wide. Her five romance series: The Vicarage Bench/ time travel at its best, Angels with Attitudes / angels love romance, Vegas / fast-paced plotting, Elvis / make a song a book and her newest, Undercover FBI / with sizzling conflicts and lots of humor.
Title: That Unforgettable Kiss
Author: Tamara Ferguson
Title: Concealed in my Heart
Author: Regina Puckett
Author Genre: Romance, Children's Books, Horror
Website: Regina Puckett's Books
Author's Blog: Regina Puckett's Books
Twitter: @ReginaPucket
Regina Puckett is a 2014 Readers' Favorite Award winning author for her sweet romance, Concealed in My Heart. Her steampunk book, I Will Breathe, and her children's picture book, Borrowed Wings, both received the Children's Literary Classic Seal of Approval. "I Will Breathe" was selected as a Science Fiction Finalist in the 2015 IAN Book of the Year Awards. Her boxed set, A TOUCH OF PASSION, is the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.
Memories, won first place in the 1st WSBR International Poetry Contest, and her collection of poetry, Fireflies, won the 2013 Turning Pages Poetry Book of the Year.
Regina Puckett has been writing for over forty-eight years, and lives in Tennessee with her husband of over forty years. She has two grown daughters and four grandchildren.
She writes sweet romances, horror, inspirational, steampunk, picture books and poetry. There are always several projects in various stages of completion and characters and stories waiting in the wings for their chance to finally get out of her head and onto paper.
Title: Perfect for Him
Author: Suzanne Jenkins
Title: Nellie
Author: Cynthia Woolf
Author Genre: Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Website: Cynthia Woolf – from Cowboys to Space Captains
Author's Blog: Cynthia Woolf blog
Twitter: @CynthiaWoolf
E-Mail: cindy@cynthiawoolf.com
Cynthia Woolf is the author of twenty-one historical western romance books with more books on the way. Cynthia loves writing and reading romance. Her first book, Tame A Wild Heart, was inspired by the story her mother told her of meeting Cynthia's father on a ranch in Creede, Colorado.
Title: Ambrosia by the Sea
Author: Traci Hall
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Young Adult
Website: Traci Hall
Twitter: @Tracihallauthor
E-Mail: Traci@TraciHall.com
With an impressive bibliography in an array of genres, USA Today bestselling author Traci Hall has garnered a notable fan base. She pens stories guaranteed to touch the heart while transporting the reader to another time and place. Her belief in happily ever after shines through, whether it's a romantic glimpse into history or a love affair for today.
Title: The Single Daddy Club: Derrick
Author: Donna Fasano
Author Genre: Sweet Romance
Website: Author Donna Fasano, In All Directions
Author's Blog: Awesome Romance Novels
Twitter: @DonnaFaz
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA FASANO is a three-time winner of the HOLT Medallion, a CataRomance Reviewers Choice Award winner for Best Single Title, a Desert Rose Golden Quill Award finalist, a Golden Heart finalist, and a two-time winner of Best Romance of the Year given by BigAl's Books & Pals Review Blog. Her books have sold 4 million copies worldwide and have been published in two dozen languages. Her novels have made the Kindle Top 100 Paid List numerous times, climbing as high as #5.
Featured Set: The Legend of Vanx Malic Books V-VIII Bundle
The Legend Grows Stronger
M.R. Mathias
This bundle contains: Trigon Daze Paragon Dracus The Far Side of Creation and The Long Journey Home All from the #1 Bestselling Kindle Action and Adventure, Fantasy, series: The Legend of Vanx Malic, written by multiple award winning author, M. R. Mathias
Author: M.R. Mathias
Author Genre: Fantasy – Magic & Wizards
Website: M.R. Mathias Fantasy Author
Author's Blog: M. R. Mathias Connection Hub
Twitter: @DahgMahn
E-Mail: mrmathiasjr@aol.com
There are few writers in the genre of fantasy that can equal the creative mind of M.R. Mathias – now acknowledged as a master in this genre of dragons and dwarves, and magic, and spells, and all aspects of fantasy.
— Top 100, Hall of Fame, Vine Voice, Book Reviewer, Grady Harp
M. R. Mathias is the multiple award winning author of the huge, #1 Bestselling, epic, The Wardstone Trilogy, as well as the #1 Bestselling Dragoneer Saga, the #1 Bestselling The Legend of Vanx Malic fantasy adventure series, and the #1 Bestselling Crimzon & Clover Short Short Series.
Visit www.mrmathias.com, or use these series hashtags on twitter to find maps, cover art, sales, giveaways, book reviews, upcoming releases, and contest information:
#Wardstone – #DragoneerSaga – #VanxMalic – #MRMathias
M.R. Mathias rose from unknown to award-winning, best-selling author at a pace most authors can only dream about. He is a prolific writer of epic fantasy novels, novellas, and short stories. Despite his busy writing, publishing, and promotional schedule Mathias continues to aid his fellow indie authors by posting about their books at Twitter and Facebook etc.
He shared his considerable knowledge of self-promotion in publishing The First Ten Steps. The book has become an important indie guide for navigating the often murky waters of using social media sites to get your eBook in front of avid readers.
Mathias has taken cross promotion to a new level in his "Indie Kindy" giveaways where he gives away a FREE Kindle Touch and or Kindle Fire loaded with independently published books. These events create a great deal of interest for the authors involved and to independently published books as a whole.
The jewel you see glowing in the ring in my old authors photo isn't really a jewel at all. It is the crystallized tear of a real dragon. In my novel "The Royal Dragoneers" you might find the moment where this wonderfully magical teardrop fell from a green dragons eye. It hardened on its way down to land in a mess of troll corpses that the dragon was laying on.
My grandfather died before I was born, but the ring was given to me by my mother, after my grandmother recently died. My grandfather had apparently won it in a poker game near the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma sometime in the early 1900's.
It has been a boon, the magic of the teardrop, for it brought you here to me didn't it? Now treat yourself to something fantastic and try out the free sample of one of my novels. I hope you enjoy the journey. It will be spectacular. Thanks M.R. Mathias
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C. Michael Bennis August 2, 2016 at 8:07 AM
Excellent selection of authors from multiple genres, which I am honored to be included in the selected cast. There's pleasure a plenty for an August sojourn with a delicious new read by a new or previously read author. Fun, Suspense,Romance a plenty and remember to lavishly pour or spray on the sunscreen. Odds are great that you'll loose track of time!
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