Author Interview: Lynette Eason (CHASING SECRETS) + {giveaway}

CHASING SECRETS Elite Guardians, Book 4 by Lynette Eason   Genre: Romantic Suspense / Christian Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: August 1, 2017 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for giveaway! Intensity. Skill. Tenacity. The bodyguards of Elite Guardians Agency have it all. When a photo leads investigators in West Ireland to open a twenty-five-year-oldContinue reading "Author Interview: Lynette Eason (CHASING SECRETS) + {giveaway}"

Guest Post: REJECTION DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN NO by Taylor Anne

The familiar ding sounds on your computer. You have mail. Your heart beats faster as you scroll through the messages to the unopened one. Yes, it is from the publisher! No, it is from the publisher! You swipe your sweaty palms across your pants, then click the mouse to open the email. It’s what youContinue reading "Guest Post: REJECTION DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN NO by Taylor Anne"

Interview: Kadie Scott, Contemporary Romance Author

Where did your love of books/storytelling/reading/writing/etc. come from? My mother and my father. My mother was a high school English teacher who loves literature but also loves. My father loves history. I swear we’ve stopped at every historical marker in Texas. And history, to me is a form of storytelling. Between them I developed aContinue reading "Interview: Kadie Scott, Contemporary Romance Author"

Interview: Tonya Kuper, author of the YA New Release, ENIGMA

How long have you been teaching the Writing Young Adult Literature Writer's Workshop? I’ve taught WYAWW since spring of 2016 at a local university, so it is still relatively “new.” What is your approach to teaching writing? How are your classes structured? My writer’s workshop class is a little different than most offered on ourContinue reading "Interview: Tonya Kuper, author of the YA New Release, ENIGMA"

Excerpt: GAIJIN COWGIRL: A Val Benson Thriller by Jame DiBiasio

  Working Tokyo nightclubs is easy money for beautiful and troubled American Val Benson – until a wealthy client with a dark past – reluctantly gives up a map to a stash of Japanese war loot and tempts his favourite girl into a dangerous treasure hunt. But the Congressman’s daughter is not the only oneContinue reading "Excerpt: GAIJIN COWGIRL: A Val Benson Thriller by Jame DiBiasio"

Guest Post: PULLING OFF A POLARIZING CHARACTER by Melissa Chambers

Writers want our heroes and heroines to be likable so our readers will attach to them and root for them. We can give them all sorts of characters quirks like type-A personalities, neuroticism, perpetual clumsiness, etc., all treated in a lovable and forgivable way. But every once in a while, it’s fun to challenge ourselvesContinue reading "Guest Post: PULLING OFF A POLARIZING CHARACTER by Melissa Chambers"

Review: BLOOD OATH by Melissa Lenhardt – Badlands Blog Tour

BADLANDS Sawbones, Book 3 by MELISSA LENHARDT !!NEW RELEASE!!   Genre: Historical / Western / Action-Adventure / Romance Publisher: Redhook Date of Publication: June 27, 2017 Number of Pages: 416 Outlander meets post-Civil War unrest in the conclusion to Melissa Lenhardt's fast-paced historical series. Laura's worst fears have been realized: Kindle has been taken into custodyContinue reading "Review: BLOOD OATH by Melissa Lenhardt – Badlands Blog Tour"

Guest Post: What is Noir? by Elka Ray

As an author, editor and avid reader, I'm excited to have been invited to write a guest post for The Librarian Talks. My name's Elka Ray. I write crime fiction, mystery, suspense and noir. If you're like me, up until fairly recently, I didn't actually know what noir was. So I'm going to explain itContinue reading "Guest Post: What is Noir? by Elka Ray"

Guest Post: Karen Witemeyer, author of Heart on the Line

HEART ON THE LINE Ladies of Harper's Station #2 by Karen Witemeyer   Genre: Christian / Historical / Frontier Romance Publisher: Bethany House Date of Publication: June 6, 2017 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for Giveaway!   Grace Mallory is tired of hiding. She hungers for a normal life, perhaps even a suitor like twoContinue reading "Guest Post: Karen Witemeyer, author of Heart on the Line"