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#WOTR19 #AuthorSpotlights – CM Steele

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C.M. Steele

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

I’m CM Steele and I’m a huge introvert who loves to write romance. With three kids and a hubby, I’m crazy busy but I live to write every day.

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

My personal chair with a handful of Swedish fish and my Brita pitcher of water.

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

I love meeting the readers who come to specifically to see me. It makes my day, week, year for it. Well I love getting to meet new readers as well and hanging with authors.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

Lynda Chance

What author would you love to write with?

I wouldn’t co-author a book.

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

The first time I hit Amazon’s top 100 list. It’s a rare occurrence for me and such an honor.

What are your social links?

www.cmsteele.com,

facebook.com/cmsteele2014,

Instagram: @c.m._steele

What are your buy links?

https://www.amazon.com/C.M.-Steele/e/B00MQ9FPZS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

 

 

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#WOTR19 #AuthorSpotlights -J. Leigh Bailey

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J. Leigh Bailey

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

j. leigh bailey–writer of quirky gay shapeshifters who fall in love.

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

]The majority of my books are written at Panera Bread…and I tend to always get the same thing–cream of chicken and wild rice soup, plus a never-ending supply of Diet Pepsi (a must!)

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

I love being surrounded by people who enjoy reading and books as much as I do. Everyone in my family reads, but none read romance, so to find a tribe of readers who not only read romance books, but who also understand my enthusiasm for them is priceless.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

Nora Roberts. I had a chance once. We were in the same bathroom at an RWA event, but I refused to be the person who corners someone in the restroom. Also, I tend to do my extreme fan-girling from a distance.

What author would you love to write with?

TJ Klune–I want to know how he manages to get extreme humor and extreme angst in the same book.

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

A French blogger/reader came to a signing event with a coffee table sized autograph book, professionally printed, hard-covered, with glossy pages that had several book covers in it–including mine! The fact that someone enjoyed my book that much–and that my autograph was important enough to be part of something so impressive–blew my mind.

What are your social links?

https://twitter.com/JenniWrites

https://www.facebook.com/JLeighBailey

https://www.instagram.com/j.leigh.bailey_author/

What are your buy links?

https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/the-night-owl-and-the-insomniac-by-j-leigh-bailey-9681-b?preview=1

https://www.amazon.com/Night-Insomniac-Dreamspun-Beyond-Book-ebook/dp/B07DYJB8D1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530304797&sr=8-1&keywords=night+owl+and+the+insomniach

https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Thunderbird-Dreamspun-Beyond-Book-ebook/dp/B078ZNVP5Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1516046501&sr=8-4&keywords=j+leigh+bailey

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https://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Buffalo-Bill-Leigh-Bailey/dp/1635337534/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487966&sr=8-8&keywords=j.+leigh+bailey

https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/guyliner-by-j-leigh-bailey-7639-b

https://www.amazon.com/Guyliner-bailey-j-leigh-ebook/dp/B01M0LLQEJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1475246119&sr=8-2&keywords=guyliner

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#WOTR19 #NewRelease #MCRomance – Queen by Kerri Ann

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Title: Queen
Series: Restless Souls MC #1
Author: Kerri Ann
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: February 7, 2019
The Queen, is a woman not to be toyed with. She takes what was owed, keeping it until the debt is paid. I was a debt to be paid. I’d understood my lot in life early, knowing my life was forfeit. Until the day he arrived. 

 

Dragged across the scrub, laid in the stone house, I watched and listened. I saw who he was. A kindred soul that was now a debt like me.
The Queen was playing her game and he was just a new piece on the board. His strength, his fury won’t help against her cunning, and deciding to help him could be my death.
Following the story of the Broken Bows MC, the Restless Souls MC continues the battle with the vindictive wicked cartel Queen.
Tick tock. A chiming bell.
I’m your little slice of hell.
The King of cream. You made him fall.
A Queen. The heart. I’ll stand tall.
The pieces set. The places dealt.
There’s nowhere left to run.
I’ve set the board. I’ve set the trap.
Now it’s your time come.
Down and down, until I win.
Your downfall is my sin.
The Knights will fail. One by one.
Until all the King’s men fall.
Their power wains, I’m ready to maim.
They’ll reap what they have wrought.
The victory is mine.
Brought out by their design.
Tick Tock. Tick Tock.
Time’s up.
The Queen will win.
The Queen is a standalone, but is best read after King and Pawn from the Broken Bows MC. Recommended to read Christmas at the Clubhouse Anthology.

 


                
Mother of two insanely (well trained) sarcastic men, wife to a dangerously smolder inducing grumble bunny (fireman), and friend to some amazing ladies (you know who you are). Thanks for reading, thanks for being a friend, and I look forward to meeting you in the future for drinks, danger and laughs.
 
Living in Northern Ontario, Canada, Kerri loves to read, travel and find new reasons to write you fantastic love stories. Remember, not all love is clean. Dark, light, angsty, sexually charged and twisted—that’s her genre.
 
It’s heart wrenching stories where the muse directs her. As the instrument of their lives, the stories are told piece by piece with emotion, that has the story read like a movie. You can hope for the good guy to win, but it won’t always happen. She can’t guarantee an HEA (happily ever after) or HFN (happy for now), because life doesn’t always have those. 
Enjoy the OMG’s and tears. Tear your hair out, toss a book or two, because I want you to feel their pain too. As they live it, absorb it on the pages.
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#WOTR19 #AuthorSpotlights – Aly Grady

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Aly Grady

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Aly Grady – Author, Wife, Mother to two humans and one fur kid

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

I love relaxing on my couch to write, but my most productive spot is at my desk. A cup of tea is never far from my side.

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

I love seeing readers who I’ve gotten to know over the years. It’s catching up with old friends.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

I’d love to meet Janet Evanovich. I’ve read all those crazy Stephanie Plum books.

What author would you love to write with?

I’d love to collaborate with TC Winters. I’ve a few cozy mystery ideas floating around in my head and she has a fantastically twisted way to weave her own stories.

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

My favorite memory as an author would have to be when I received the proof for the cover for The Racer’s Widow. In the moment, my writing career became real.

What are your social links?

website – www.AlyGradybooks.com.

FB – www.facebook.com/AlyGrady2012

Twitter – www.twitter.com/AlyGrady.

Instagram – www.instagram.com/AlyGrady

What are your buy links?

Author shop page –http://bit.ly/2B2grVh
Amazon –https://amzn.to/2FEsuMV
Kobo –http://bit.ly/2R2wyb2
Apple –https://apple.co/2ATrXCM
Barnes & Noble –http://bit.ly/2Mn2AOe

Twinsie Angie’s Review of A Girlfriend for Christmas HERE

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#WOTR19 #authorspotlights – Teresa Gabelman

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Teresa Gabelman

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Hello! I’m Teresa Gabelman. I love to read when I have time, spending time with my family fishing or doing whatever. I’m a diet Pepsi freak that needs to quit and writing is not only my passion, but my life. Love every single minute of it.

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

I pretty much write anywhere. I don’t have a favorite place…yet. If I lived close to the beach then that would be the favorite place. LOL! Chocolate with Diet Pepsi is a must.

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

Reconnecting with readers and seeing friends I’ve made as well as making new friends.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

Sherrilyn Kenyon

What author would you love to write with?

I’ve wrote with Victoria Danann and that was a blast. Kym Grosso and Theresa Hissong definitely, as well as so many more possibilities.

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

There are so many, but my favorite thing about being an author is meeting the readers through amazing signings such as WOTR!

What are your social links?

Author Page – https://www.facebook.com/teresagabelman/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TGabelman
AllAuthor: https://allauthor.com/profile/jared1840/
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/teresa-gabelman
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5356562.Teresa_Gabelman

What are your buy links?

 https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Gabelman/e/B006G35PEG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1546388387&sr=1-2-ent

 

Twinsie Angie’s Review of Damon, The Protectors Book #1

I received this book from the author for an honest review.

I met this awesome author at the IRC book convention in October. I was super stoked when she reached out after the convention and asked me to review this book. My Co-Founder and I are HUGE Paranormal readers. We are vamp girls for sure!! Well I got so busy with life that this book kinda sat on my bookshelf for a few weeks. When I finally was able to muddle out of the craziness, I couldn’t put this book down!!! I loved the worlds that Teresa has built. I opened this book and had it read in one day!!! Seriously!! her vamps are hot, caring and dangerous…perfect mix if you ask me…well since you are reading my review you must wanna know right???

Ok so this book is about Nicole who is a social worker. The world knows that vamps exists. There are bad vamps and humans who use the blood of young children. So her job is to make sure that BOTH races of children are protected. Well, they government has teamed up with the Vampire Council and sent a few Warriors to help train the pathetic humans. The minute Nicole walks in the room she sees Damon and he sees her. The chemistry is amazing. Their “side kicks” (Jared and Pam) make for great comedy and as good sounding boards for the other when they are being stupid and stubborn about their feelings for one another. So Nicole and Damon try being “friends with benefits” but both knowing it is going to destroy them when its over. Nicole wants MORE and Damon wants nothing to do with MORE..typical male!!!

Well Nicole soons finds out that the bad people are kiiinnndda not happy with her because she keeps saving all the kids they are draining. So a plot ensues to take her out. Damon does his typical brooding alpha male nonsense and tries to push Nicole away even when she bares her heart to him.

I will say that at one point I had tears when Nicole bares her soul and Damon walks away…JACKASS!!! I loved the book and was pretty excited about how everything ends up and the final scene was pretty amusing!!

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#WOTR19 #AuthorSpotlight – Kyleigh Castronaro

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Kyleigh Castronaro

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Kyleigh Castronaro. I am a Paranormal Romance Writer. I have been called a real life unicorn. I always stop for dogs. And I think I’m a Witch.

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

Ooh I can’t eat and write, I’m a messy eater. My fave food is pizza though! And I write best at Starbucks.

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

Meeting fans! It’s really surreal when people tell me they came just to meet me.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

Probably Heather Lyons. I love her Collectors Society series. I wish I’d written it! So awesome.

What author would you love to write with?

Miranda Lynn… Oh wait 😉

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

A fan telling me that they came just to meet me. It was the craziest moment of my author life. I was pretty sure it was a prank and or she was pulling my leg. I was wrong!

What are your social links?

http://facebook.com/authorkyleighcastronaro http://facebook.com/theeverafter http://instagram.com/kcastronaro

What are your buy links?

https://books2read.com/u/bMQeBA https://books2read.com/u/mqZ6jv https://books2read.com/u/31xZpw https://books2read.com/u/47ZnKR https://books2read.com/u/bWzMXz https://books2read.com/u/mVBkLl

Twinsie Angie’s Review of Desecrated Beauty, Twisted Tales Book 1 HERE

 

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#WOTR19 #AuthorSpotlights – Mary Martel

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Mary Martel

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Hi! My name is Mary Martel. I’m an author who writes about witches with lots of boyfriends, big kitty cats, outlaw bikers, and a badass bitch who knows how to use a gun. In my free time I like to read, play around with makeup while pretending I don’t suck at it, and watching horror movies with my crazy beautiful family.

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

I have a bench that’s outside that is my favorite place to write. But only in the summer because I live in North Dakota and it is currently a frozen tundra outside.

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

Meeting new people and getting to see the one’s I’ve been lucky enough to meet before.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

I get to meet Brandy Slaven this year at WOTR and I am so excited about it because she’s one of my favorite people ever. But Laurell K. Hamilton would be my Unicorn.

What author would you love to write with?

Brandy Slaven. She just gets me.

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

Receiving fan art from one of my readers that’s of their favorite character in one of my books. I framed it and have it up in my office.

What are your social links?

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Mary-Martel-Author-1541741189392060/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MaryMartelTheDollhouse/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mary.martel/
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/mary-martel

What are your buy links?

Twinsie Angie’s Review of Brothers of the Flame, Book #1 of Ariel Kimber Series HERE

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#WOTR19 #CoverReveal #TeachingCayden #CollegeRomance #CaydenSutter #StandaloneWithinASeries #ComingSoon #OneClick #NewAdultRomance- Teaching Cayden, The Sutter Family Book 4 by H. D’Agostino

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Cover Design by Pink Ink Designs.

As the youngest member of the Sutter family, Cayden was always known as ‘the smart one’. Meeting women and playing football might have been his family’s thing, but not his. He was on track to graduate and pursue a degree in physics until he met his nemesis, math.

Addison Porter is a math genius and studies in the same spot of the library every day, that is until one day when her seat is taken. Never being one to back down, she orders the squatter to move. When he offers to share the spot instead, she reluctantly agrees. After noticing her extensive text book collection in mathematics, Cayden asks for help.

What started out as a simple request soon turns into so much more as Addison hides her identity. Not knowing anything about the woman, Cayden goes on a mission to find her, one that lasts for over a year.

What happens when he finds her? Does she have a reason to remain anonymous? Has Cayden finally met the one who will change his plan for the future?

Teaching Cayden is the fourth book in The Sutter Family Series. Join Nick, Cam, and the rest of the gang as we go back to Wilmington one final time.

Goodreads

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2TykosQ

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2HOgZob

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2GjcOhO

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2DTaRHn

iBooks: https://apple.co/2Srtvhq

B&N: https://bit.ly/2t31CxS

Kobo: https://bit.ly/2UzlJQ0

Heather D’Agostino is an avid reader turned Bestselling Author of the Contemporary Romance Series The Broken Series, The Shattered Series, The Second Chances Series, The Cook Brothers Series, and Romantic Suspense series The Witness Series.

She attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Elementary Education with a minor in Mathematics.

She currently lives in Central New York with her husband, two children, two dogs, and three cats. When she’s not writing she can usually be found at the dance studio, soccer field, or one of the many other places that she plays ‘Supermom’.

 

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#WOTR19 #AuthorSpotlights #EventHost – Jillian Jacobs

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Jillian Jacobs

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Jillian Jacobs I’m an author and co founder of HWW and WOTR. I write suspenseful paranormal and contemporary romance. I like miniature tea sets and prefer salty over sweet.

Where is your favorite place to write and what food must be present?

Favorite place to write is in absolute silence and occasionally almonds but if I’m eating I’m not typing.

What are you favorite things about attending signings?

I love when people say they’ve never been to a signing before and that WOTR is their first one. I also love when all involved are supportive of the mission.

What author would you love to meet (Who is your unicorn author)?

TJ Klune

What author would you love to write with?

Karen Marie Moning

What is your favorite memory so far as an author?

\My favorite moment was seeing my first book cover, which was for Water’s Threshold. The whole concept was real then.

Another favorite moment, was when Angie, Melinda, and Anya and I met at the hotel for the first time to plan WOTR. Oh, and finally getting Thistle Farms to visit last year, that was amazing!

What are your social links?

www.jillianjacobs.com – just go here it’s all on my website – just go here it’s all on my website

What are your buy links?

www.jillianjacobs.com

Twinsie Angie’s Review of Ember’s Center, The O-Line Book #1

I received this book from the author for an honest opinion.

This book starts and you realize VERY quickly who to like and who not to like. The opening pages we are in the mind of Xander….Ember’s best friend, her therapist, AND her sociopath friend who will do anything to make her his. He is a boat load of NUTS!!! We met Ember and are drawn to her sorrow. Her life has been awful and she is still upset over the death of her brother. At work she meets handsome, cocky, rich, football hottie Owen. He is smitten right away with her beauty and shy personality.

Owen helps Ember when her tires are slashed and begins to set a course to court this quiet beauty. Xander is none to thrilled when he learns of Embers dating another man. He then makes a claim on Ember who then is CONFUSED!! She loved Xander along time ago but now her heart wants Owen. Needless to say Crazy doesnt take it to well. After Xander is rebuffed more bad things happen to Ember and she falls in to a downward spiral. Good thing hottie football stud Owen is there to pick her up.

The begining of the book was very slow to build. We are meeting the characters and side characters. We were learning about Ember, Owen and CRAZY Xander. When the book hit about55% I was fully engrossed. I needed to know the who to some things even though we KINDA have a clue but still….The ending chapters are very fast paced and you cant put your kindle down until you read the last line of the book.

 

New Release, Paranormal, Part of a Series, Writers on the River Attending Author

#WOTR19 #NewRelease #Paranormal – Demon’s Destiny (Guardians #4) by Valerie Twombly

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Demon's Destiny (Guardians Book 4)

Famed for his cocky attitude and womanizing lifestyle, Baal likes to make his own rules. But being the most powerful demon in Hades’ army comes with a steep price. Namely, a command to mate with the human he is bound to protect. When the lord of the Underworld reveals the female’s true identity, Baal vows he will never love her. Even though she may destroy him, he soon discovers it’s a promise he might not be able to keep.

When her sibling goes missing, Ranata finds herself at the mercy of those who intend to make her Hell’s next sacrifice. With the world embraced in the wrath of a power-hungry demigod, and a sister now in his clutches, she discovers she is not fully human and now must face the biggest challenge of her life. Mating a demon is an insane idea, but she will do anything to save her sister. Falling in love with him might be even crazier.

Goodreads

I received this book from an honest review.

OH Baal!!! I have been so excited to read you and you did not let me down!!  I didn’t know why you were such a man-whore and why you refused to let love in even when Hades said he HAND PICKED you for Ranata buuuuut then when we find out……sigh……

Ranata, talk about being thrown in to chaos!!  You met Baal and thought he was a big player but had no clue about what he would end up being to you in the future and eternity.

I am loving this series.  I love how each book is woven together and how each story line has twists I so don’t even see happening.  The story of Ranata and her sister had me stunned and loving the mix of fae in the story line.

Seeing Baal, like all the other men, stunned they are given a chance at a mate and seeing the internal struggle they must deal with and conquer is great.  Ranata is just like the other mates we have met in the other books.  She is sassy and feisty and will not take it from their mate.

I love this book and am so excited for Lucas and Sabin.   Swear each book sets up more future couples that will keep me tuned into the series because I need to know what will happen and if Lowan will ever be defeated!!

Award winning and bestselling author Valerie Twombly grew up watching Dark Shadows over her mother’s shoulder, and from there her love of the fanged creatures blossomed. Today, Valerie has decided to take her darker, sensual side and put it to paper.

When she is not busy creating a world full of steamy, hot men and strong, seductive women, she juggles her time between a full-time job, hubby and her two German Shepherd dogs, in Northern IL.

Valerie is a member of Romance Writers of America and Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Romance Writers. She is also the founder of Sexy Scribblers, a group of romance writers who bring readers new and fresh stories every month.