Lynne M. Smelser, author of In Our Veins

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In Our Veins by Lynne M. Smelser

In Our Veins by Lynne M. Smelser

With his child's life hanging in the balance, scientist WESTON  ANDERSON  races to contain the spread of a deadly flu virus accidentally unleashed on the American public. However, his efforts to contain this vicious killer are thwarted by a major U.S. drug company and government operatives hoping to use it as a tool for biological warfare.

But before he can save the world, he must first save his daughter, Reilly. 

Exposed to the virus and now in the hands of kidnappers trying to create a cover-up, Reilly’s life slips further out of Weston’s hands with every passing moment.  Can Weston save the world and his daughter? Or must he make the ultimate sacrifice?

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Author Quiz interviews Lynne M. Smelser...

Where did the inspiration for In Our Veins come from?
My novel began from stories my grandmother told me about losing both a husband and two small children during the flu epidemic of 1936.  I included a character in my novel based on my grandmother and when I was writing the chapter where this character tells the horror of losing a husband and two children, I found myself crying uncontrollably.

Evelyn Cole, author of The Underbelly

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The Underbelly by Evelyn Cole

The Underbelly by Evelyn Cole

Sub-titled Dr. Jacquelyn and Mrs. Hyde: Trishita MacCabe struggles to escape the slums of Worcester, MA by moving into an upper class home as live-in maid. An auto-didact, she yearns for a college education. Dr. Jacquelyn Hyde, assistant superintendant of a large suburban school district, has a secret obsession to destroy other people’s frivolous collections. She hires Trishita; their stories collide.

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Evelyn Cole is the author of five and a half novels that explore the power of the subconscious mind as contributor to problems. Her novels include several moments of humor and more unromantic sex than murder or villainy.

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Author Quiz interviews Evelyn Cole...

Where did the inspiration for The Underbelly come from?
Inspiration for The Underbelly came from two sources: one was the fact of social class in America does not equate what we say about it. Who announces his class upon meeting others by saying, “I’m from the top half of the lower class. How about you?” The other came from interest in why people have huge collections of things.

Nephylim, author of Fallen Angel

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They searched for answers and found truth
they never expected in their wildest dreams

Nephylim's Fallen Angel

Isobel is a were panther. She believes she shares her body with the soul of a big cat. She belongs to a group who all believe themselves to be Otherkin, beings that are not entirely human. She absolutely believes it. At least she thinks she does until she meets Arran who turns out to be a ‘real’ vampire.

Arran mocks her, teases her and embarrasses her in front of her friends, and yet…

When she starts having flashbacks to another time, a time when she belonged in Arran’s arms, Isobel’s feelings for Arran change and for brief moments she believes he feels the same, but still he treats her coldly.

Against her better judgment, Isobel follows Arran on a dangerous quest for a mysterious object that holds a great truth about vampires.

When she discovers the reason Arran has been pushing her away Isobel gives herself to him completely and they re-forge a bond that was broken eons ago.

In a desperate race against time, Isobel and Arran search for the mythical object in the hope it might save Arran’s life. However, what they find at the end of their journey is something so huge, so unbelievable powerful, it must be destroyed. But where does that leave Arran?

As Isobel holds him and watches his life slip away, she has an idea. But will it work?

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Author Quiz interviews Nephylim...

Is there anything about you or your writing that makes you unique from other authors?
There are a lot of things about me that are unique. For one thing I'm a family lawyer with pink hair (at the moment. It was purple last week and I'm thinking of going green again.)

A.M. Day, author of The Throne of Olympus

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The Throne Of Olympus by A.M Day

The Throne of Olympus by A.M. Day

What if helping a stranger throws you into the lives of two ominous families, claiming to be the descendants of Greek gods? One night, in an instant, the life of twenty-two-year-old Lena Wilcox is forever changed after helping a stranger. She finds herself caught in between the feud of two mortal families with a blood bond to the Greek gods--the Andros family and the Anastogus family. Both claim superiority, both vie for the Throne of Olympus. The God of Gods banished Zeus and the other Olympus gods long ago, choosing descendants to rule on the throne in their place. This was meant to right the wrongs carried out against the first demigod Argus and the other hybrid offspring of the gods. The destiny of the throne has yet to be fulfilled.

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Author Quiz interviews A.M. Day...

What is it you love most about writing?
There are so many things that come to mind, but it's mostly being able to create an alternate place in the world or a fantasy realm to slip in and out of when the real world gets a little wonky.

What are you working on now and what projects and ideas do you have lined up next?
I'm finishing up book two from The Throne of Olympus series and working on a YA spin-off series featuring the teens from The Throne of Olympus.

David D. D'Aguanno, author of the Brett Cornell Mysteries series

Poolside With Brett is the first book in the Brett Cornell series of novels by David D. D'Aguanno, and is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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Poolside with Brett by David D. D'Aguanno

Poolside With Brett by David D. D'Aguanno

Private detective Brett Cornell believes that he's never had it so good.

He's been on a winning streak playing poker in private games being held in the back room of one of his favorite night spots. He's recently been "discovered" by an exotic-looking beauty who specializes in home-made adult films. In addition, he's been hired to track down a certain missing husband and bring him back home to his anxious wife.

His life, however, takes a sudden turn for the worse when he opens the trunk of his car one evening and finds the missing husband's murdered corpse stashed away inside of it. A set-up for a murder rap?

Set in the late 1980s, "Poolside with Brett" is the first in a series of novels featuring the tough and crass "unscrupulous bastard" himself -- a rude, wise-cracking private detective who happens to be a hugely successful ladies' man, thanks largely to what he immodestly refers to as his "Adonis-like features."

In a tale involving murder, blackmail, an unexpected suicide, and other assorted acts of violence and deceit, Brett learns the hard way that there's a steep price to be paid for being such an unscrupulous bastard -- and readers may very well feel that he gets exactly what he deserves, and more!

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Author Quiz interviews David D.D'Aguanno...

Is there anything about you or your writing that makes you unique from other authors?
A unique aspect of my writing, I would say, is my featuring an anti-hero as the main character of my series of comedy-mysteries. In other words, if Brett Cornell were a real person, I doubt that anyone would want to have anything to do with him, especially since he is a self-proclaimed unscrupulous bastard and even prides himself on being so. Of course, throughout the course of the series, sharp readers will notice various "chinks in his armor" as I hope to have his character gradually evolve to a certain extent.

Sophia Gill, author of 101 Distractions from Depression, Self-Harm (and other Soul-Destroyers)

101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm (and other Soul-destroyers) by Sophia Gill is available for Kindle and the Kindle app from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk:
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101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm
(and other Soul-destroyers) by Sophia Gill

101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm (and other Soul-destroyers) by Sophia Gill

101 Distractions from Depression, Self-harm (and other Soul-destroyers) is a non-conventional self-help book designed to offer friendly, important advice during those moments when it is impossible to see through that oppressive fog of depression. Combining simple, often overlooked ideas with the all-important chance to understand exactly how each distraction has helped the author, think of this book as your springboard to recovery. The snippets of Sophia’s life in each page could be just what you need to feel as though you aren’t alone, or it could be the insight you are after in order to understand how to help yourself or someone close to you.

50% of profits from all book sales are donated to the mental health charity SANE

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Author Quiz interviews Sophia Gill...

Do you ever feel yourself becoming quite emotional when writing and is there a specific passage in particular where this was the case?
As I write about depression and self-harm, I find myself becoming emotional all of the time! When I think about just how many people suffer from mental illness, and know that right now there will be millions of people feeling just as depressed as I was – it brings me to tears. I never, ever believed that I could change - but now I know that this is just one of the many 'tricks' depression plays on us. Writing makes me emotional because it gives me hope that one day, my words will help someone else understand depression and learn to cope.

Kerry Letheby, author of Mine To Avenge

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Mine to Avenge by Kerry Letheby

Mine to Avenge by Kerry Letheby

When Alcandor is blamed for the tragic death of his friend’s sister in Greece in 1940, little does he know of the repercussions this will have for him and his family for the next seventy years. Unable to forgive himself, and wanting to give his young family a new start, Alcandor leaves Greece and brings his family to settle in the Riverland of South Australia in 1948. Although Greece and his past are far behind him, Alcandor harbours a terrible secret and he remains a fearful man.

Alcandor subdues his fear, and he and his family adapt to an idyllic life of freedom and opportunity. However, eighteen years after leaving Greece, Alcandor learns that his past has caught up with him. His family needs to know the truth, but circumstances tragically intervene before he can warn them.

Years later, Alcandor’s sons show signs of odd behaviour hinting at possible mental instability, before disappearing without a trace. And in the next generation, Alcandor’s grandson exhibits the same strange behaviour not long before he is killed in the tragedy of September 11, 2001. It is not until 2010 that Alcandor’s great- granddaughter, Alethea, discovers that there is far more behind her family’s tragic history than mental illness, and little does she know that the threat against her family is much closer than she realises, and very far from over.

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Author Quiz interviews Kerry Letheby...

Do you ever feel yourself becoming quite emotional when writing a particularly intense scene and is there a specific passage in particular where this was the case?
There is a specific passage in Mine to Avenge that affects me this way, though it didn’t at the very beginning when I first wrote it. The emotional response was triggered further on in the process, once I had read and re-read the story so many times through the editing process. I believe that as time passed and I read the story frequently, my characters were becoming real to me. I always get a lump in my throat now when reading this scene towards the end of the story when a particular character is reunited with family he hasn’t seen for many years. At this point in time, I haven’t heard of any readers having such a response to that scene, but I would be very pleased to learn if they had.