Author Interviews

Interview with Dani Pettrey (Two Seconds Too Late)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Two Seconds Too Late by Dani Pettrey is a romantic suspense novel. In this story the suspense drives the romance between the two main characters that is carefully plotted within the storyline. The plot starts off with the main female lead, Riley MacLeod, struggling after shooting dead someone who was trying to kill her. Throughout the story readers see her trying to handle the PTSD that includes vivid nightmares. After one of those nightmares, …

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Interview with Amanda Flower (I Died for Beauty and Not They Who Soar)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper I Died for Beauty by Amanda Flower is the last Emily Dickinson book of the series. Not They Who Soar is the second book of the Katharine Wright series. I Died for Beauty has Emily Dickinson and her maid Willa investigating a fire in Amherst, 1857. As Amherst families attempt to keep their homes warm, fears of fire abound because of one of the worst winters in New England’s history. In the Irish community …

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Interview with Mary Alford (Amish Country Killer)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Amish Country Killer by Mary Alford features a police chief dealing with an Amish cold case where Amish girls have disappeared. Readers will try to solve the case along with the characters as they second guess the clues. The plot opens when Diana Fisher decides to return to her childhood town in Rachel’s Crossing Kentucky, to become police chief. She is following in her father William’s footsteps who once was police chief there. Fifteen …

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Interview with Jeremy D. Baker (The Guilty Sleep) and James Donovan (Nothing but Courage)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Below is an interview with two authors who served in the military. They discussed their books, one a novel, The Guilty Sleep by Baker, and the other a non-fiction, Nothing but Courage by Donovan, as well as what Memorial Day means to them and how they incorporated their experiences into their books. The Guilty Sleep by Jeremy D. Baker is a riveting novel. Although this book reflects on Baker’s past experiences, both professional, militarily, …

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Interview with Suzanne Woods Fisher (Capture the Moment)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Capture the Moment by Suzanne Woods Fisher brings together nature, romance, and suspense. The setting of Grand Teton National Park plays an important role in the story. The mystery of the story is finding out who the poacher is that is endangering the animals as well as the wilderness. The story has Kate Cunningham given the opportunity of a lifetime. As a zoo photographer, she’s spent years photographing animals in carefully controlled environments, but …

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Interview with Pamela Fagan Hutchins (Her Burning Lies)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Her Burning Lies by Pamela Fagan Hutchins has it all: a suspenseful plot, great banter, and wonderful characters. Sheriff Deputy Delaney now has two adopted daughters. Sheriff Leo has his sister and nephew living with him. Not only do they need to deal with matters associated with their newly expanded families, but there is a wildfire nearby that they are actively fighting. Then there are dead women appearing in the fire area with swords …

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Interview with Shaina Steinberg (An Unquiet Peace)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper An Unquiet Peace by Shaina Steinberg brings back the partners Evelyn Bishop and Nick Gallagher, who are now engaged. Not only are readers treated to the cases Evelyn and Nick are working on but also see the role their wedding will play in the story. The first book, Under the Paper Moon, shows how Nick and Evelyn fell in love during the war while working together as OSS partners, only to break up over …

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Interview with Maisey Yates (Rustler Mountain)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Rustler Mountain by Maisey Yates is two stories in one novel. There is the modern western and it also takes readers back to the Wild West days. The Wild West was known for its bank robbers, stage robbers and the shootouts as well as the Gold Rush. In the town today they still believe what was told to them about outlaws’ vs lawmen. The journal entries made by the ancestors of a fictional town …

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Interview with Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson (The Shepherds series)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper Dark Rising is the fourth book by Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson in the Shepherds Series. Brian, a former submarine officer and Jeff, a former combat surgeon, use their experiences to write riveting novels, this one no different. Readers are never disappointed when they pick up one of their series, whether Sons of Valor, Tier One, Four Minutes, and the Shepherds along with the Tom Clancy series. What sets this series apart from the …

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Interview with Patrice Lewis (The Amish Bride’s Secret and Uncovering her Amish Past)

Article and Interview by Elise Cooper The Amish Bride’s Secret and Uncovering Her Amish Past by Patrice Lewis both have female leads that appear to have deceived the male lead. The Amish Bride’s Secret plot has Cara Lengacher needing to start over after a broken engagement and an out of wedlock pregnancy. She decides to accept Matthew Miller’s advertisement for a mail order bride and move to Montana. But she must navigate her pregnancy and hope it will not affect …

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