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Interview: Zanna Mackenzie author of If You Only Knew @ZannaMacKenzie #RLFblog #contemporary
If You Only Knew Genre: chicklit / contemporary romanceAuthor: Zanna MackenzieBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PGInterview with Zanna Mackenzie
Why did you write this
book?The characters popped into my head and wouldn’t shut up! I had
lots of ideas and scenes in my head for If You Only Knew and I knew I just had to
tell the story.What is your favorite
genre to read?I would say it is mostly chicklit / contemporary romance though
I have read some thrillers.What is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own characters)?I loved Becky Bloomwood from Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series
and also Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice. In some ways I think they’re
similar – they both have a mischievous side which endears me to them.Do you enjoy films and/or
TV shows? Which are your favorites?Yes, I love films and TV and have quite varied tastes. My favourite
film is probably The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, it’s a fantasy,
thriller, romance and I think the chemistry between the two main characters really
fizzes. With TV programmes I like all sorts, from period dramas to science and nature
programmes. I’m very keen on series like Hart of Dixie, Nashville, Parenthood, Gilmore Girls and Once
Upon A Time.What are you working on
at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?My next book (my third novel) is launched on February 7th
and is called If You Only Knew. I have another two books planned and partly written
so I’m loving working on those again. They’re both in the chicklit/contemporary
romance genre. One looks at the downsides of dating someone famous and the other
has a mystery feel to it when the main female character finds herself having to
investigate her family history to find answers to questions about her future.Please tell us about your
latest book.Would you have the courage to feel the fear and fall in love
anyway…?Faith owns The Coffee Pot in the outdoor adventure sports mecca
of Derbyshire’s Peak District. She hasn’t had a man in her life for a while, as
she has been too busy serving cakes to weary rock climbers and mountain bikers to
find time for the complications of a relationship with the male of the species.Then Zane and Matt arrive on the scene as the new owners of the
Carrdale Adventure Sports Centre.Dating Zane, she soon discovers he’s not the Mr Perfect she thought
he was; and why is he so reluctant to talk about his past?As for Matt – well, to Faith he isn’t Matt at all because he
was a completely different person when he broke her heart all those years ago.With her new boyfriend and her first love running Carrdale as
business partners – Matt out to cause trouble and Zane keeping secrets – Faith struggles
to keep the peace between them whilst trying to figure out how she feels about the
two men in her life…Excerpt
This couldn’t be happening.Zane had said his business partner
was called Matt. She was sure of it. Yes, he’d definitely just introduced him as
Matt. But the man standing before her wasn’t Matt.It was Aaron.Faith wiped her hands on a tea–towel.
She wanted to speak, but couldn’t get her brain into gear enough to make her mouth
form the words.She’d thought Aaron was gone from
her life.It looked as though she was wrong.She took a step back, wrapping her
arms around herself. Suddenly she felt cold and shaky. Aaron was back? This was
impossible.Yet here he was, standing in her kitchen.
She felt dizzy and light-headed.How should she react? Should she admit
they knew each other? Why had Aaron changed his name to Matt anyway? Would he prefer
it if the fact they knew each other was kept quiet?But she knew she couldn’t keep something
like that from Zane.As she debated what to say and do
next, the room remained awkwardly silent. Zane was looking at her questioningly.What should she say?Come on, think, woman. Think.Too late. Aaron spoke first.“Faith, it’s amazing to see you
again after all these years.”OK. So he didn’t want to keep it a
secret that they already knew each other.“Aaron,” she managed to
say. “This is a bit of a shock.”“That’s an understatement,”
Matt said, stepping forward to pull her into a hug.“Hang on a second,” Zane
said, pushing into the room. “Aaron? That’s your proper name isn’t it?”
He raised enquiring eyebrows at Matt. “What’s going on? You two already know
each other?”Buy This Book
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/You-Only-Knew-Zanna-Mackenzie-ebook/dp/B00I72RU9WAmazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Only-Knew-Zanna-Mackenzie-ebook/dp/B00I72RU9W/Author Bio
Zanna Mackenzie lives on the Derbyshire/Leicestershire border
with her husband, 4 dogs, a vegetable patch that’s home to far too many weeds and
an ever expanding library of books waiting to be read. Being a freelance writer
and editor of business publications is her ‘day job’ but, at every opportunity,
she can be found scribbling down notes on scenes for whatever novel she’s working
on.She loves it when the characters in her novels take on minds
of their own and start deviating from the original plot!If You Only Knew is Zanna’s third novel; her previous books,
The Love Programme, and How Do You Spell Love? were both published in 2013.Author Social Media
Website http://zannamackenzie.co.ukTwitter: http://twitter.com/ZannaMacKenzieFacebook: http://facebook.com/zanna.mackenzieAmazon Author Page – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zanna-Mackenzie/e/B00BKY1A18/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 -
Author Interview: Berengaria Brown – Summer Job, Summer Love @BerengariaBrown #RLFblog #erotic
Summer Job, Summer Love Title Summer Job, Summer LoveGenre MMF ménage, contemporaryAuthor Berengaria BrownBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RBronwyn needs a summer job and thinks being a life guard would
be fun. In class she’s surprised to find there are twelve men and only three women.
She’s even more surprised when Ross and Jake monopolize her attention and want to
date her. But this is only a summer romance. It can’t possibly last longer than
the ten life guard lessons. Can it?Buy This Book
Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/summer-job-summer-love-by-berengaria-brown/ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-summerjobsummerlove-1395395-149.htmlSmashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/397968Interview with Berengaria Brown
Why did you write this book?I was at my local swimming pool one day, and saw a group of lifeguards
doing their training. I looked at them with their luscious bare chests and manly
muscles and thought to myself, what if…What is your favorite genre to read?Anything. Everything from sweet to kinky.What is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own characters)?James Bond.Do you enjoy films and/or TV shows? Which are your favorites?I love action movies with a lot of special effects, car chases,
explosions, and drama.What are you working on at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?I’d like to write another book in “The Wolf Masters”
series. That world grabs me.Please tell us about your
latest book.Bronwyn needs a summer job and thinks being a life guard would
be fun. In class she’s surprised to find there are twelve men and only three women.
She’s even more surprised when Ross and Jake monopolize her attention and want to
date her. But this is only a summer romance. It can’t possibly last longer than
the ten life guard lessons. Can it?Author Bio
Berengaria is a multi-published author of erotic romance: contemporary,
paranormal (magic, ghosts, vampires, fairies, dragons, and werewolves), futuristic,
medieval, and Regency-set historical. She loves to read all different kinds of romance
so that is what she writes: one man/one woman; two women; two men; two men/one woman;
three men, two women/one man, three men/one woman…. Whatever the characters need
for their very hot happily-ever-after, Berengaria makes sure they get it.Author Social Media
Website http://berengariabrown.com/Bookstrand http://www.bookstrand.com/berengaria-brownAmazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Berengaria-Brown/e/B00541R3YQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1392094184&sr=8-1
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Author Interview: AJ Nuest @AJNuest Rowena’s Key #RLFblog #Fantasy
Rowena’s Key Rowena’s Key, Book I, The Golden Key ChroniclesGenre Fantasy RomanceAuthor Name AJ NuestBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RThe key would unlock his future and the safety of his kingdom,
but he never imagined the sorceress would unlock his heart…Antiques restorer, Rowena Lindstrom, finds herself the owner
of an ancestral armoire containing a hidden key and a magic mirror leading to another
realm. But the handsome warrior prince waiting on the other side is truly the final
straw. This must be an elaborate joke, right?As she struggles to discover the truth, Rowena learns Prince
Caedmon Austiere needs the key to save his kingdom. In the end, she cannot deny
him anything. Including her heart.Buy This Book
Publisher Harper Impulse UK http://www.harperimpulseromance.com/authors/a-j-nuestAmazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FVE4RPY/Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rowenas-key-aj-nuest/1117135322?ean=9780007550562ARe http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.htmlInterview with AJ Nuest
Why did you write this
book?Well, I’ve always been in love with the fantasy romance genre,
and knew I would eventually take the plunge into trying to craft my very own fantasy
romance. So, one day, I just sat down and started writing. I guess you could say
I’d finally reached the place in my career where I just knew I was ready. A month
later, the first novella was completed and I had officially caught the fantasy bug.
A year after that, I’d turned the first installment into a four book series, and
now a spin-off is rumored to be in the works. ;-)What is your favorite
genre to read?Definitely fantasy with strong romantic elements. I just have
a thing for princes, I guess…or any swashbuckling hero that charges in to save
the day. I love the world building of fantasy romance, the complex plots and that
persistent element of “Oh no! How’re they going to get out of this fix?”
Fantasy authors always keep me guessing and I love that. There’s also a lot of external
conflict in fantasy romance (i.e. the characters are kept apart by circumstances
beyond their control) and I love that angsty-goodness.What is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own characters)?Jacqueline Carey wrote a two book series called The Sundering
– Godslayer is Book One and Banewreaker is Book Two. The stories feature a hero
by the name of General Tanaros. He is not a good man. He is extremely conflicted
throughout the series, is deeply tortured, and lives with the bitter realization
that he’s made terrible mistakes in his life – even though he has good reason behind
these mistakes and continues on the same destructive path during the stories. There
is just something about his character that I completely fell in love with. To me,
he represents a intrinsic part of human nature. How maybe we would all go back in
time and do things differently if we had the chance. He represents our regrets…how
we wish things or circumstances would be different all while knowing we are powerless
to change them. It’s a brilliant, brilliant series I would highly recommend to everyone.
Read it. You will never be the same.Do you enjoy films and/or
TV shows? Which are your favorites?I love both films and television shows, but I don’t really watch
much TV. I just don’t have the time. If I’m going to sit and watch, I usually rent
a movie or catch up on the programs I’ve recorded on the DVR. That being said, I’m
a huge Marvel fan and race to the theatre the minute any of those movies come out.
Bring on anything sci-fi as well…Transformers, Star Trek, etc. For television
I love Sleepy Hollow and Once Upon a Time in Neverland. Oh and I’m a HUGE Big Bang
Theory fan.What are you working on
at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?I just finished the final installment of my fantasy romance series
for HarperImpulse entitled The Golden Key Chronicles. Rowena’s Key is the first
of four continuing novellas under this title. Right now, I’m working on a free read
that will be offered with the collection release on April 3rd. I also have two other
fantasy series clamoring for attention in my head. One is a three book fantasy under
the working title Branches of the Willow Tree, which was just contracted by Harper
this past week, and the other is a spin-off of The Golden Key Chronicles. I really
hadn’t planned on writing more in that series but, after receiving so many requests
from readers to continue, I folded. LOLPlease tell us about your
latest book.Rowena’s Key is a time travel fantasy romance set in both modern
day Chicago and a 14th century realm based loosely
on Kent.
Rowena is an antiques restorer who finds herself drawn to purchase an ancestral
armoire in order to retain a connection to her past, only to find her decision an
epic failure. The first evening the armoire is delivered to her condo, she discovers
a key inside a hidden compartment, and from there things go from strange to outright
bizarre. Not only are her initials stamped on the side of the key, later that night
the door opens and she finds herself face to face with a man who claims to be a
prince from another realm. While she’s very suspicious of Prince Caedmon—and, in
fact, believes the whole thing to be a set up conceived by her best friend, Oliver—as
Rowena learns more about Caedmon and his life, she finds she holds more than just
the secret to saving his kingdom. She is the answer behind a prophecy, and the key
to unlocking his heart.Excerpt
This scene is taken from when Rowena and Caedmon first meet,
each of them standing on opposites of what she believes to be a computer monitor…What was with this guy, with his sable,
shoulder-length hair and closely trimmed beard? His white shirt was best described
as puffy, with ballooning sleeves and wide, ruffled cuffs. The front hung open,
exposing the muscled contours of his beveled chest, the roughly stitched tails skimming
the thighs of his fitted, leather…breeches?Oh, God. She chuckled and shook her
head. He had to be one of Ollie’s theater friends. Bravo for his stunning portrayal
of a swashbuckling swashbuckler. Too bad that also meant he was gay.He lifted the sword in both hands
and turned a broad shoulder toward the mirror, the taut planes of his stomach easing
in and out with each controlled breath. A trail of dark hair arrowed down inside
the waistband of his pants, where his perfectly cupped manhood bulged for her inspection.
Oh yes, too bad indeed.“If you scheme to divert me with
your alluring attire and guileless stare, I’ll have you know an abundance of courtesans
await my nightly dalliance. I am not so easily swayed.”Rowena inched a slow perusal of the
delectable landscape back up to his face. His dark eyes glittered in the candlelight,
and she mirrored his arched eyebrow. “Oh, really?”Perhaps she’d pegged him wrong. Wouldn’t
that be a treat?She glanced down at her gauzy nightgown,
the flickering fire doing little to cover her rosy nipples, pert in the chilly air.
But he invaded her space with this theatrical exploit of his. What else did he expect
her to be wearing, showing up like this in the middle of the night?“You’d better be careful.”
She wagged a finger at him. “Or I’m apt to get busy with some serious despoiling
all up in here.”“Enough, Sorceress!” He
lunged forward, the blade of his sword slicing the air when he aimed the silver
pommel straight at the screen. “Let us be done with this trickery. Name your
demands before I smash the glass and ensnare your bewitching guise for an eternity.”A low laugh tickled the back of her
throat. Talk about living a role. Sheesh, take the drama down a notch. She stepped
close and ran a hand around the edge of the frame. The signal had to be streaming
live, what with his ability to interact with her, but there wasn’t a wire or a microphone,
heck, not even a screw in sight.She stood back and crossed her arms,
shifting her weight onto one hip. Okay, she would bite, as long as Ollie promised
this whole escapade wouldn’t end up on YouTube.“Fine. You’re extremely gorgeous
and very talented. Seriously, you’ve got the whole English accent down perfect.
And while I appreciate all the work that went into this little program, it’s about
two in morning and I have to get up early for work. Tell Ollie I said good show,
props to the production crew and I’m nominating the wardrobe guy for an Oscar.”There. That should call the evening
a wrap. She grabbed the edge of the door and swung it closed.“You wear Rowena’s Key.”She froze…and then tentatively eased
the door back open.Author Bio
I am a multi-published, award-winning author who lives in the
middle of a cornfield in NW Indiana. My loving husband, two beautiful children and
a bevy of spoiled pets have agreed to stay and, in exchange for three rations per
day and laundry service, tolerate my lunacy. While I spend most days happily ensconced
in crafting romance across a multitude of genres, an underground coup has been percolating.
The dogs just informed me the cat is secretly vying for dictatorship.Author Social Media
Website – http://ajnuest.comBlog – http://ajbooks.blogspot.comTwitter – https://twitter.com/AJNuestFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/amyjo.nuestFacebook Author Page
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Author Interview @MarilynBaron – Homecoming Homicides #RLFblog #Suspense
Homecoming Homicides Genre Psycho Meets Miss Congeniality—Dark Romantic Suspense with
a Humorous TwistAuthor Marilyn BaronBook heat level: PG13Professional crisis manager Philippa Tannenbaum is spokesperson
for the law enforcement task force charged with solving a high-profile case. She
never dreams her position as Homecoming Pageant Director and her second-place finish
in the previous year’s competition has placed her on a serial killer’s hit list.
Always a runner-up in life, she wants to finally come in first at finding the killer
targeting the current crop of beauties.Her friend Luke Slaughter, a Graysville city cop, shows up at
Philippa’s office, assigned to partner with her in solving the case and to protect
her 24/7 for the duration. Unfortunately, he’s also the man she hooked up with for
a one-night stand when she broke up with her fiancé. Working with her is going to
be less than easy, for a number of reasons…Buy This Book
Publisher The Wild Rose PressAmazon http://amzn.com/B00I27AS2I.
After the exclusive Kindle release, the worldwide release date will be May 9, 2014.Interview with Marilyn Baron
Why did you write this
book?Some years ago, my daughter was a contestant in the Homecoming
Pageant at the University
of Florida. At the end of
the pageant, a seemingly innocent man—he was more of a big hulk of a boy—approached
each girl to get her autograph on his pageant booklet. That sparked my imagination
and was the inspiration for this story. I wondered what would have happened if he
were a serial killer? I went to college at the University
of Florida in Gainesville and I named my fictional town Graysville,
so I was very familiar with the setting.What is your favorite
genre to read?Romance and thriller/espionage novels.What is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own characters)?In romance, Roarke from J.D. Robb’s In Death series or Jamie
Fraser in the Outlander series. In spy novels, Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon.Do you enjoy films and/or
TV shows? Which are your favorites?In addition to reading (I’m in two book clubs) I go to a lot
of movies and watch a lot of TV for relaxation. My all-time favorite movie is Casablanca. The TV shows I
watch include Downton Abbey, The Good Wife, NCIS, Blue Bloods,The Big Bang Theory,
Two Broke Girls and I’m looking forward to watching the next season of The Americans.What are you working on
at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?I’m working on Book Three of The Psychic Crystal Mystery series
called Murder on the Repositioning Cruise. I’ve just signed another contract with
The Wild Rose Press for a new women’s fiction called Stones, which finaled in the
GRW Unpublished Maggie Awards for Excellence in 2005 in the Single Title category,
formerly titled The Colonoscopy Club.Please tell us about your
latest series.Homecoming Homicides is Book Two in the Psychic Crystal Mystery
series. Book One, Sixth Sense, won the Maggie Award for Excellence in the Paranormal/Romance
category.Here’s the blurb for Sixth
Sense:Reluctant psychic Katherine Crystal, dubbed “Crystal Ball
Kate,” is thrust into the national spotlight when she accurately predicts the
death of a movie actor’s young son in a private plane crash. Besieged by requests
to use her powers to help others, she realizes why her parents had warned her never
to let anyone know of her visions.By-the-book Atlanta
police detective Jack Hale harbors a deep-seated distrust of psychics and ignores
Katherine’s warnings when she calls to report her premonition. Jack is forced to
partner with Kate, who uses her eerie sensitivity to evil to help him catch a serial
killer in Sydney, Australia, but that’s only the beginning
of the story. Jack and Kate are drawn into the investigation of a mystery surrounding
Kate’s birth and find murder and romance among a secret society of psychics in the
quaint seaside spiritualist community of Casa
Spirito, Florida.Murder on the Repositioning Cruise – Coming Soon
Former Atlanta
police detective Jack Hale and “Crystal Ball Kate” from Sixth Sense, are
back, this time with Kate’s mother, Psychic Juliette and the cocky sheriff in Homecoming
Homicides, for a suspenseful romp on the high seas.Juliette Spencer and Sheriff Will Bradley are posing as husband
and wife on a two-week transatlantic cruise to catch an art thief, investigate a
murder and calm the fears of a superstitious crew. Juliette will be fine if Sheriff
Bradley’s amorous advances in close quarters don’t cause her to jump ship or throw
him overboard.Author Bio
Marilyn is a public
relations consultant in Atlanta.
She’s a member of Marketing for Romance Writers, Romance Writers of America, and
Georgia Romance Writers (GRW) and the recipient of the GRW 2009 Chapter Service
Award. She writes humorous women’s fiction, romantic thrillers/suspense, historicals
and paranormal. She has won writing awards in Single Title, Suspense Romance and
Paranormal/Fantasy Romance. Marilyn blogs at Petit Fours and Hot Tamales http://www.petitfoursandhottamales.com/. She and her sister, Sharon
Goldman, just released a play about Alzheimer’s called Memory Lane. You can find out more about Marilyn’s
books and short stories and listen to a medley of the music from Memory Lane on her Web
site at www.marilynbaron.com or view it on YouTube at http://youtu.be/Hgi_mIdt5MA.Author Social Media
Website www.marilynbaron.comTwitter https://twitter.com/MarilynBaronAmazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Baron/e/B008PJFQPC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1 -
Contemporary: Love and Other Games @aria_kane #RLFblog #Olympics
Love and Other Games Authors: Ana Blaze, Aria Kane, Kara Leigh Miller, Melinda DozierBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): RIn the Winter Olympic Village, a powerful torch mysteriously
appears — every four years. No one knows the torch’s history or where it comes
from, but there are plenty of rumors. The one thing everyone agrees on: It’s good
luck to be in possession of it while you compete, but it’s terrible luck to have
it for more than a day.For four athletes chasing gold, this superstition is something
they can’t afford to ignore.Buy This Book
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-and-other-games-ana-blaze/1117005782Kobo http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/love-and-other-gamesInterview with Aria Kane
Why did you write this
book?Honestly? I was watching the Olympic Games and thinking about
all the gorgeous, tight-bodied people in such a small space… and as a romance writer,
took that to its natural conclusion! ;-)What is your favorite
genre to read?I really enjoy almost all genre fiction, but I do enjoy a great
urban fantasy.What is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own characters)?Gosh, this is a hard question to answer! Characters keep popping
in and out of my head. I’m going to have to go with a classic and say Sherlock Holmes.
He’s only been reimagined so many times because he’s such an interesting character!Do you enjoy films and/or
TV shows? Which are your favorites?I do! Though I wish I had more time to watch them. Some of my
all-time favorites include: Stargate, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, and Sliders.
My current favorites include: Almost Human (Michael Ealy was the inspiration for
Brandon in LaOG!),
Once Upon a Time, and Doctor Who.What are you working on
at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?I am actually working on two more collaborations with the other
authors of Love and Other Games, along with a few special guests! Look out for those
in March and later this summer.Please tell us about your
latest book. (blurb up to 300 words here, plus an excerpt of up to 800 words)In the Winter Olympic Village, a powerful
torch mysteriously appears — every four years. No one knows the torch’s history
or where it comes from, but there are plenty of rumors. The one thing everyone agrees
on: It’s good luck to be in possession of it while you compete, but it’s terrible
luck to have it for more than a day.For four athletes chasing gold, this
superstition is something they can’t afford to ignore.Author Bio
Aria Kane is a recovering mechanical engineer and romance writer.
As a military brat, she grew up all over the country, but now lives in sunny Florida with a 60 lb mutt
who thinks he’s a chihuahua.Author Social Media
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Author Interview: Diana Green On the Outside #RLFblog #SciFiRomance
On The Outside On The Outside by Diana GreenBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13In a not-so-distant future, the privileged live within protective
walls, and the rest fend for themselves…on the outside.From a life of relative comfort and safety, Orla is plunged into
a struggle for survival. Her newly emerged phasing powers force her to become a
fugitive, hunted by government agents, and driven to the edges of society.In desperation Orla joins a band of smugglers. Their caravan
could offer the perfect hiding place, or it could be her undoing. Much of that depends
on Charlie, top gunslinger and ‘teeth’ of the operation. Will he prove to be a valuable
ally or just another kind of trouble?Buy This Book
Amazon http://amzn.com/B00CL3EAYQInterview with Diana Green
Why did you write this
book?I was driving along in my car, when a song came on. It was The Ghost of Tom Joad by a Celtic group,
Solas. Something about the lyrics, really gripped me. They painted a picture of
a life living under railroad bridges and struggling to find enough food.I started writing what I thought would be a short story about
a young homeless woman, but the character and setting just kept evolving, until
it grew to over a hundred pages. In the process the heroine, Orla, ended up with
teleporting powers, and the setting became a dystopian future.When I wrote about the smugglers’ caravan, the story really took
off. This setting provided such interesting characters. I had loads of fun with
it.What is your favorite
genre to read?I enjoy science fiction, fantasy, historical, romance, and combinations
of those genres.What is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own characters)?Oh dear. That is impossible to answer with only one. I’ll have
to list a few of my favorites.Tyrion Lannister from The Game of Thrones, Tehanu from the Earthsea
Series, Temmeraire and Captain Laurence from His Majesty’s Dragon, Bilbo Baggins
from the Hobbit, and Katniss from The Hunger Games.Do you enjoy films and/or
TV shows? Which are your favorites?I don’t watch much television, but I love movies. The Lord of
the Rings trilogy was excellent. I also appreciate intelligent sci-fiction films
like Moon. Good historic films like The King’s Speech are another favorite of mine.
I have a special place in my heart for uncommon westerns, such as The Gray Fox,
A Thousand Pieces of Gold, Appaloosa, The Ballad of Little Jo, and Two Mules for
Sister Sara.What are you working on
at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?I am currently writing the second book in my Dragon Clan trilogy,
for The Wild Rose Press. The first book, Dragon Wife, should be released sometime
in the first half of 2014. The series is fantasy romance and follows a clan of dragon
shifters.Tell us about your latest
book.On the Outside is set in a dystopian future where the privileged
live within walled cities, and the rest of the population struggles to survive with
limited resources and technology. Some people have inherited special abilities like
teleporting or telepathy. These individuals are hunted by the government, in order
to be used for research.The main character, Orla, is on the run because of her teleporting
ability. She ends up finding shelter with a traveling caravan, but things are far
from simple. Adjusting to life with the caravan and learning how to control her
powers provide ample challenge.To complicate matters, the caravan’s top gunslinger, Charlie,
takes an interest in her. He seems like a dangerous individual, and Orla is not
at all certain how to handle his attention. To find out what happens, you’ll need
to read the book.Author Bio
Diana Green Since her childhood, growing up in New Zealand, Diana
has been a storyteller, both with words and paintings. For years she enjoyed teaching
art and special education, while continuing to write as a hobby. After she developed
chronic fatigue syndrome, a career change was necessary, but happily this led to
her becoming a professional author.Diana’s favorite genres are fantasy, science fiction, historical,
and romance. She lives in beautiful Washington
State, where she writes for
Champagne Books and The Wild Rose Press.Author Social Media
Website http://www.dianagreenbooks.comAmazon author page http://www.amazon.com/Diana-Green/e/B00CL3EAYQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
