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#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor- Judith Lynne

Judith    Lynne

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Judith Lynne – Romance books are one of my longest obsessions! They’re still here after other obsessions have come and gone – houseplants (still have too many), baking, flowers, linguistics, quilting, networking protocols. 🙂

How did you hear about this event?

An author friend mentioned it to me as a great signing event pretty much in my area – and it is!

How many years have you attended?

This will be my 2nd year.

What genres do you write?

I write historical romance as Judith Lynne (and MM romantasy under another pen name).

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

The Caped Countess. She’s a Regency-era Batman, people. All her toys are heavily researched and real. What more could you want?

What is one fun fact about you?

I was a very serious perfume collector for many years. (See obsessions above…)

What are your social links?

https://www.instagram.com/judithlynnebooks/

https://x.com/judithlynnepub

https://www.facebook.com/judithlynnebooks

What are you buy links?

Everything is at judithlynne.com; I sell at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Google Play, and Apple, as well as direct from my own store.

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#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor #EventSponsor – Melissa Haag/MJ Haag/Sage Adler/Melissa Nicole

Melissa Haag

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Melissa Haag – My books are way more interesting than I am. I’m a middle-aged (ouch!) mid-western married mom of three who loves laughing and food. I started writing seriously in 2011 and published my first book in 2013. Before that, I just dabbled when I ran out of book money.
I’ve always loved romance and haven’t deviated.
I found one of my mom’s “savage” bodice rippers (you know the kind) back when I was 13. She took it away from me when she found out I was reading it, but don’t worry, I snuck it again and finished. After that, I was hooked.
Much later in life, I discovered a manuscript that my mom wrote and submitted to an agent in the 80s. Recently, I learned her mother also wrote and attempted to publish. So, I have a generational imagination, and I’m grateful for it.

How did you hear about this event?

My memory is both a blessing and a curse. I can barely remember what I did last week, never mind how I found out about WOTR three years ago. But thanks to my memory, I’m the BEST secret keeper, and a person can retell stories to me at least twice before they stick. I also don’t hold grudges. HAHA

How many years have you attended?

This will be my third year.

What genres do you write?

Anything romance! So far, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy Romance, Fantasy Romance, and SciFi Romance. All under different names, of course.

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

Dealing with Demons. Readers always say they want stand-alone books, but I’ve found my series are more popular than the one and only stand-alone that I wrote.

What is one fun fact about you?

One? I have so many! I suffer from some gnarly migraines. They can be vomit-inducing, and I’ve been known to ask my husband to cut my head off in a fit of tears. In recent years, I’ve learned a few tricks that help me avoid/minimize them, so decapitation requests have fallen away.

The second fun thing is that I used to work in IT, and I loved SQL scripting.

What are your social links?

Melissa Haag
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelissaHaag
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author.melissahaag/
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melissa-haag
Website: Https://melissahaag.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/author.MelissaHaag/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6908249.Melissa_Haag

M.J. Haag
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorMJHaag
Website: Https://mjhaag.melissahaag.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MJHaag.author/
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/m-j-haag
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14001187.M_J_Haag

What are you buy links?

Melissa Haag
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Melissa-Haag/author/B00B93ID4C
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/author/melissa-haag/id625063753
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Melissa%20Haag%22?
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/info/name/Melissa_Haag?id=11l6j57zzd
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=melissa+haag&fclanguages=en

MJ Haag
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/M.J.-Haag/author/B00XPW6KP4
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/author/m-j-haag/id1002571968
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22M.%20J.%20Haag%22?
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/info/name/M_J_Haag?id=11b6c51x18
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=mj+haag&fclanguages=en

Melissa Nicole
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Melissa-Nicole/author/B0CD8T2H8J

Sage Alder
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sage-Alder/author/B0C156PQGJ

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#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor- Mellanie Szereto

Mellanie Szereto

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Hi, I’m Mellanie Szereto! I write contemporary romance and romcoms that feature main characters in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. That next decade is on my to-do list! When I’m not writing, I enjoy hiking, gardening, and cooking/baking. My husband and I live in Indiana in an old farmhouse in the country and recently celebrated 38 years of marriage.

How did you hear about this event?

I first heard about Writers On The River from Jillian Jacobs the year she and the rest of the Healing with Words crew started this event.

How many years have you attended?

This my fifth year as an attending author.

What genres do you write?

I write almost exclusively contemporary romance and romcoms, but I have a new paranormal series in the works.

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

I’d love more readers to check out Comma Kaze. It’s a very emotional book with characters who work hard to achieve their happily-ever-after. All the feels and guaranteed to make you cry.

What is one fun fact about you?

I usually share that the spelling of my first name is a typo by the hospital on my birth certificate, but I’m going to change it up this year! I have a food sensitivity to fresh pineapple (tingly mouth) and I broke my ankle a few weeks before WOTR23 by stepping in a critter hole in my yard. Who remembers seeing me hobble around in my walking boot that year?

What are your social links?

Website: https://www.mellanieszereto.com
Newsletter: subscribepage.io/mellanieszereto
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authormellanieszereto
Facebook reader group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/worththewaitseasonedromancereaders
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mellanie-szereto
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/mellanie_szereto
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mellanieszereto

What are you buy links?

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/mellanieszereto
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/mellanie-szereto/id540431015
Audible: https://www.audible.com/author/Mellanie-Szereto/B00GYKKZ7I
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Mellanie Szereto
Eden Books: https://edenbooks.com/author/mellanieszereto/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=Mellanie+Szereto
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/author/mellanie-szereto

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#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor #EventSponsor- Michel Prince

Michel Prince

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Michel Prince, crazy Minnesotan that loves the cold, gets easily distracted by crafts and occasionally writes about strong women and the men who love them.

How did you hear about this event?

Facebook first, then people gushing about it.

How many years have you attended?

This will be my 8th year.

What genres do you write?

Romance in contemporary, paranormal, in multiple sub-genres, mysteries, and YA fantasy adventure.

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

Amara Acquired.

What is one fun fact about you?

Shorts and t-shirt weather starts around 20 degrees for me.

What are your social links?

www.facebook.com/micheprincebooks

www.tiktok.com/michelprincebooks

What are you buy links?

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#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor – Ginny Sterling

Ginny Sterling

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Ginny Sterling – avid writer, coffee addict, Star Wars freak.

How did you hear about this event?

Jennifer Laslie

How many years have you attended?

This will be my first year

What genres do you write?

Contemporary, Military, Historical, Small town, RomCom (I write a lot)

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

Forever Faithful

What is one fun fact about you?

I know wayyyy too much about cars

What are your social links?

https://linktr.ee/ginny_sterling

What are you buy links?

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#WOTR25 #Paranormal #Audio #Zombie – Demon Ember, Resurrection Chronicles book 1 by MJ Haag and Becca Vincenza

MJ Haag is our attending author.

Mya’s world is falling apart. After a series of earthquakes, deadly animals with glowing red eyes begin attacking people and start the spread of a zombie-like plague. Safety is just a memory as she tries to make her way home. When a different creature attacks the people helping her reach Oklahoma City, Mya is sure she’ll never see the light of another day.

Despite his eerie yellow eyes and very sharp teeth, the grey-skinned creature is more intelligent and humanlike than he first appears. He’s determined to keep Mya by his side and protect her from the new world’s dangers. When his path starts taking her further away from home, she must choose between safety and her family.

**Recommended for mature readers
***Part 1 of 3

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Review by Twinsie Angie

I purchased this audio book.

I am stumped as to how I feel about this book.  I will say the narration was decent.  I thought she did a great job varying the voices for each character.

Now the book…..ok this is gonna ramble.  LOL

The beginning of the story was awesome.  It was fast paced and full of action….. zombies and hell hounds attacking all over the world at the same time.  I was totally invested.  Then when we meet Drav, who is a Demon?????  Alien???? And he takes particular interested in our main character Mya after killing all the people she is with…like why did she survive?

That is when the story’s breaks hit …hard.  The story slows to a crawl….like crawl crawl.

Drav is learning the language and Mya is being ridiculious. Drav is doing all to protect her and Mya isn’t listening to him.  Drav and his caveman speech got a bit old.

Yet, I still wanted to know why….why did all of this happen???  Why is Drav protecting Mya.  Why did he punch his fellow Demon/Alien friend???  I understand the obsession with boobs and her lady bits toward the end of the story but hearing BOOBS all the time got redundant.

So I think I am going to sit on this and see if I want to continue.  The series has like 10 books but Mya and Drav are just 3 books.  I dunno.  I am not sure.  Like I wanna know but the slowness of the story made it difficult.  But I am wondering if Drav listened to some naughty audio books when she gave him an iPod to listen to books to increase his language???  LOL  I mean that could get interesting.

MJ Haag is the bestselling author of the Beastly Tales and the Resurrection Chronicles. Writing as both MJ Haag and Melissa Haag, she has sold more than three hundred thousand copies worldwide and authored several other series, including the Judgement of the Six and Of Fates and Furies.

She thinks bios written in third person are hilariously pretentious and doesn’t take much in life seriously, including her author photo.

She lives in Wisconsin with her three children and husband.

#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor #MajorEventSponsor – Kate Hawthorne

Kate Hawthorne

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Hi! I’m Kate Hawthorne and I’m your favorite authors favorite author. I write kinky gay romance as Kate Hawthorne and kinky sapphic romance as Nikki Markham. I’ve been publishing for almost seven years and I’m showing no signs of slowing down. I live in Louisville with my husband, daughter, and pets, and when I’m not busy writing, I’m reading or talking about books. I love coffee, wine, and a good bloody mary.

How did you hear about this event?

I was trolling the internet for ways to amuse myself and meet new readers, then covid happened, and here we are.

How many years have you attended?

2020 was supposed to be my first year, but covid, so this will be my 6th year, which is wild!

What genres do you write?

kinky and contemporary LGBT romance, and if all goes well, I’m venturing into the world of dark academia in 2025

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

Unfettered is a fan favorite book that I don’t think gets enough love, so it’s one I always recommend, but also Humbled because it’s a good segue into my a series with some of my favorite characters.

What is one fun fact about you?

I believe in ghosts!

What are your social links?

http://facebook.com/authorkatehawthorne

http://threads.net/kate.hawthorne

http://instagram.com/kate.hawthorne

www.katehawthornebooks.com

http://tikotok.com/@katehawthornebooks

What are you buy links?

http://author.to/katehawthorne

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#WOTR25 #newrelease #teacherstudent #agegap #paranormal #shifter #witch – Stone Crest, Rise of Raven book 1 by S.J. Chaynie

Stone Crest : Rise of a Raven

A chance encounter.
A blue-eyed Raven.
A single curse.
She’s not supposed to be mine. Not just because I’m her professor, or she’s my student, but because of what I am. A man with a mask. A shifter with a curse. But I can’t stay away. Not when I know the beauty of her heart, and not when her life is in danger. Truths are revealed, secrets unveiled, and when my wolf decides she’s ours, there’s no turning back. I’ve always protected Stone Crest, but now, I’ll spend the rest of my life protecting her.

Stone Crest: Rise of a Raven is a standalone professor/student shifter romance with no cheating and a HEA.

Goodreads

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Review by Twinsie Angie

I received a copy of this book for an honest review.

When I was told that the author was writing a paranormal story I was over the moon.  Paranormal was mu jam.  Knowing how great of a writer she is, I knew she would nail the story and boy was I right.

Raven is being forced to go to an college by her overbearing, rich, “important” father.  He doesn’t want her to ruin the good family name after what she recently did!!

Raven meets her roomie Prestley (who I love so much and cannot wait for what is in store for her and Dec) that forces her to come out of her room to hang out.  When she is hangin’ with her one night she runs into a tall drink of water.  After a one night stand she strolls into her class to find he is her teacher!!!  WHOOOOP.

Locke is stunned stupid when he sees the woman he met on the side of the road who has captures his heart and mind is a STUDENT!!  WOOF he broke meg rules.

The story is amazing.  Raven and Locke are fighting their attraction while we are also finding out all of their backstory which is amazing.  Raven has secrets.  Loche has secrets.  Dec has something happening that I need to know forbook 2.  The rest of Loche’s team are having issues as well.

This story was not long enough.  The story has so much happening that I couldn’t put the story down.  I am also very excited the future stories in the series because its going to be

S.J. Chaynie is a small-town Texas girl who has found a love for writing. She enjoys writing romance, with a sprinkle of suspense, and a little humor. If she is not busy writing her newest ideas, she is spending time with her husband and two beautiful daughters. She believes a good book and a lot of laughs is the best medicine. She brings suspense, love, angst, and sometimes the occasional heartbreak to her stories. Always a HEA, but every character and story she holds close to her heart and hopes they touch yours as well.

#WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor – Jade Waltz/Tera Nova

Jade Waltz

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

I’m a mother of two boys and a pair of cats – plus about a hundred or so succulents. lol I love musicals, video games, and knitting when I’m not reading or writing. My favorite color is green, and if I’m reborn, I would love to be a housecat… or a dragon. 6.^

How did you hear about this event?

I’m a local author, but I heard about the event from an editor of mine.

How many years have you attended?

This is my 4th year!

What genres do you write?

Sci-fi Romance, Alien Romance, OV Romance, Monster Romance, Reverse Harem / PolyAm Romance, LGBT+ Romance

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

“Project: Adapt – Found” if you enjoy reverse harem, and “Across the Stars” if you enjoy dragons, dragon riders, and slow burn alien romances.

What is one fun fact about you?

I write marching band drill (those pictures marching bands make on the football field when they play their music).

What are your social links?

Jade Waltz:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/authorjadewaltz
Tiktok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@authorjadewaltz
Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jade-waltz
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJadeWaltz
Website – Newsletter Sign-Up:
www.jadewaltz.com

Tera Nova:
Website – Newsletter Sign-Up:
www.authorteranova.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/authorteranova
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/teranovaauthor/
Linktree:
linktr.ee/authorteranova
Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/tera-nova

What are you buy links?

Jade Waltz:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jade-Waltz/author/B07N546FGF

Tera Nova:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tera-Nova/author/B0DBL3PQ59

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WOTR25 #AuthorSpotlight #AttendingAuthor – Elle James

Elle James

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

ELLE JAMES is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of books including military heroes, cowboys, and intrigues that keep her readers on the edges of their seats. When she’s not at her computer, she’s gardening, traveling, playing with her dogs, Bandit & Charli, and dreaming up new stories

How did you hear about this event?

I was a signing author in 2024. Great event!

How many years have you attended?

1

What genres do you write?

Romantic Suspense, Military romance, western romance, paranormal romance, billionaire and contemporary romance

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

REMY – book #1 in the Bayou Brotherhood Protectors series

What is one fun fact about you?

They called me the Snake Lady when I worked as an Interpretive Naturalist at an Arkansas State Park, doing live snake demonstrations

What are your social links?

• Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/search?search=elle+james
• Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1441344619422730/
• Amazon page: http://bit.ly/ElleJames-Amazon
• Newsletter: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/uih54u0wqg
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ellejamesauthor
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ElleJamesAuthor
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellejamesauthor/
• Website: https://ellejames.com
• Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28048.Elle_James

What are you buy links?

https://ellejames.com/shop-all/

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