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Interview with Stephenia McGee (The Swindler’s Daughter)

May 28, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Swindler’s Daughter by Stephenia McGee is a compelling mystery mixed within a historical novel. Both the male hero and female heroine are put in dangerous situations with a villain that is multifaceted. Set in 1912 Georgia, the main character Lillian Doyle always believed that her father was dead and her mother his widow. That is until she receives notice that her father has just recently died and left her as the sole heir …

Interview with Laura Griffin (Deep Tide)

May 19, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Deep Tide by Laura Griffin is the fourth book in the Texas Murder Files series. As with the other three, readers will not be disappointed. The stories have likeable characters and intense action. The heroine Leyla Breda is the sister of two local police officers, Joel and Owen. She meets the hero, FBI Special Agent Sean Moran, at the wedding of her brother Joel. But Sean is also there as an undercover agent to …

Interview with Lori Foster (The McKenzies of Ridge Trail)

May 12, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The McKenzies of Ridge Trail trilogy by Lori Foster is a great read. The stories are intense thrillers with characters that are relatable and identifiable. There is plenty of action, some humor, and family bonds. Each book has the serious subjects of human trafficking and abuse embedded in the emotional stories. The first book in the series, No Holding Back, has the eldest son Cade McKenzie as the hero and Sterling as the heroine. …

Interview with Melinda Curtis (Forever Family in a Small Town and A Cowboy Worth Waiting For)

May 5, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Melinda Curtis is one of those special authors than can write stories within different genres. She is known for her cowboy series, romantic comedy series, and mystery series. Although there are some similarities between the plot and characters the one major difference is how the mystery is presented. What they do have in common is the fabulous banter between the characters and family closeness. The Love in Harmony Valley series also has a mystery …

Interview with Lori Foster (The Dangerous One)

April 28, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Dangerous One by Lori Foster is a spin-off of the McKenzies of Ridge Trail trilogy. The story has everything a reader would wish for: suspense, secrets, lies, power, control, manipulation, security, protection, acceptance, and love. The hero and heroine both are fighting demons of their past. Jodie Bentley was abused and is trying to overcome the terrors, while former park ranger Hunter Osborn is trying to stop the nightmares after seeing a terrible …

Interview with Lisa Childs (Hotshot Hero in Disguise and Hotshot Heroes Under Threat)

April 21, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Hotshot Heroes series by Lisa Childs is a two for one. There are two mysteries in each book. A threat against the hero and heroine involving their personal life, and an overriding arc that has someone sabotaging the team. Although the books are in a series, there is sufficient information given in each book that allows each to be read as a standalone. The novels have great banter, murder, deception, and some romance. …

Interview with Mary Alford (Amish Wilderness Survival)

April 15, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Amish Wilderness Survival by Mary Alford blends an Amish story within an intense thriller. The plot is action-packed as the hero and heroine are immediately thrust into a dangerous situation where they must run for their lives. Leora Mast is trying to find her twin brother, Tanner, who has gone missing. After losing her parents to a fire and surviving cancer she only has him left, with an unmistakable link. She travels to Montana …

Interview with Patricia Johns (Her Amish Country Valentine)

April 7, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Her Amish Country Valentine by Patricia Johns blends Englishers within an Amish community. Readers will have fun seeing how a romance can bloom from strangers to friends to falling in love. What also makes the plot interesting is how the author has set up not one, but four different relationship stories. The story opens with Jill Wickey coming to Danke Pennsylvania for her younger sister’s wedding. She is staying with her Amish great-aunt, Belinda, …

Interview with Lenora Worth (Pinecraft Refuge)

March 25, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Pinecraft Refuge by Lenora Worth allows readers to get to know the real-life community of Pinecraft, Florida. It delves into family values and how family can be a burden and a blessing. Both the hero and the heroine’s mom have a lot in common. Both wanted to cuddle and smother their children, being overprotective and overbearing. The heroine, Eva, is frail, shy, blunt, feels she is a Plain Jane with self-esteem problems. She can …

Interview with Pam Jenoff (Code Name Sapphire)

March 18, 2023

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff is the latest of her historical novels. The plot begins in 1942 and revolves around three women, each with a distinctly different personality. The story has love, resilience, complicated family relationships, betrayal, and secrets. The story begins with the Nazis attacking a couple in Germany. Hannah Martel drew satiric anti-Nazi cartoons and her fiancé, Isaac, printed them in his underground Berlin newspaper. Attacked brutally, Isaac dies in Hannah’s …