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ANN CHARLES: I WANTED TO MIX DEADWOOD’S HISTORY WITH FICTION

The award-winning author Ann Charles shined with her Deadwood series. The next part of the adventures Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood will be published on July 31. We are using the occasion to meet with our next guest and to dig a little bit into the origin of her inspiration.
Let’s say welcome to Lady Ann Charles.

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– What is your next book Meanwhile, back in Deadwood about?
Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood … the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle.
But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk the lives of those she loves most.
I’d tell you more, but I don’t want to give away any of the story or the mystery around which this book centers. I will tell you, though, that the mystery involves Ol’ Man Harvey’s ranch this time.
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GRANT MCKENZIE: SPEAK THE DEAD IS EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLER

Grant McKenzie’s next book Speak the Dead will be published on September 21. The novel was billed as another top thriller by the Scotland author, who is living in Canada. The most popular book of our next guest is No Cry For Help, which gathered almost 180 positive reviews in Amazon.
Land of Books is proud to present Mr. Grant McKenzie.

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– Grant, what is your next book Speak The Dead about?
Speak The Dead is first and foremost the type of edge-of-your-seat thriller that my readers have come to expect from me, but with a slight supernatural twist. The story begins in the past when Sally Blue is only six years old. Startled awake by the sound of a gunshot, Sally runs to her parents’ bedroom for comfort. Instead, she finds her father mysteriously missing and her mother slumped against the headboard, her nightgown shredded by a shotgun blast. Climbing on the bed, Sally cradles her mother’s head, mindless of the blood and stench of death. Yet from somewhere deep within the lifeless body, Sally hears the voice of her mother warning her: “Run, Sally! Run!” Twenty-five years later, Sally has finally stopped running. She has found a modicum of peace as a mortician’s beautician; able to take solace from the voices of the dead that trailed her for years wherever she went. Yet a grisly murder reawakens her ‘gift’, forcing Sally to turn to Jersey Castle, homicide detective by day, punk rock drummer by night, and the last person Sally might expect to help her. But what Sally doesn’t know is that someone has been hunting for her all this time. They voices of the dead are all around her, and if she is unable to silence them the next voice to join the cacophony of death will be Sally’s own.
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BARBARA CLAYPOLE WHITE: THE PERFECT SON IS A STORY ABOUT ACCEPTANCE

The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White will be officially released on July 1, but the book already made huge impression and strong numbers at Amazon Bestselling chart. The novel is standing solid in the Top 5 of Kindle list. 398-pages family saga is the third book by the England author.
The Perfect Son got decent feedback with average 4.7 Amazon stars from 270 plus reviews. Let’s welcome Barbara Claypole White at Land of Books.

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– Barbara, what is your next book The Perfect Son about?
The Perfect Son is the story of a family struggling to make peace with the challenges that are threatening to rip it apart. It’s a story about acceptance and how, in the midst of tragedy, we often find the best of ourselves. (And it’s a darkly quirky tale of Tourette syndrome, women’s heart health, undiagnosed mental illness, and psycho squirrels.)
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13 FACTS ABOUT STEPHEN KING AND FINDERS KEEPERS

The latest novel by Stephen King Finders Keepers was published on June 2. The reception of the book was decent, as expected. For two weeks time the horror story gathered almost 400 reviews with average 4.5 Amazon stars.
“Great Summer read”, “Couldn’t put it down” This is a much better read than Mr. Mercedes”, are some of readers’ notes about it.
Let’s check some thrilling facts about Finders Keepers and Mr. King

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LORETH ANNE WHITE: A DARK LURE WAS BORN OUT OF A FISHING TRIP

A Dark Lure by Loreth Anne White stayed in the top 3 of the Amazon Bestselling List in the past 15 days. The suspense thriller was accepted very well by the readers, who rated it with average 4,6 Amazon stars from 250 plus reviews. “Keeps you guessing”, “Great read” and “The story was full of surprises” are just few of the opinions about the novel.
We are proud to welcome at Land of Books our next guest Loreth Anne White.

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– Loreth, what is your next book A Dark Lure about?
A Dark Lure, at its core, is a story of survival and finding the strength to accept oneself in spite of scars both inside and out, and allowing oneself to be loved. Twelve years ago my heroine, Olivia, narrowly escaped a heinous serial killer, and it cost her marriage and child. Now, struggling with PTSD, she believes she’s finally found sanctuary living under a new name on a ranch where she works as a fishing guide. But when a fresh victim is found gutted and hanging from a tree, bearing startling similarities to the old Watt Lake slaughters, Olivia must face the impossible—could the Watt Lake Killer be back, this time to finish the job?
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RICHARD ROBERTS: I WEAR BLACK ALL THE TIME, AND I SMILE ALMOST AS OFTEN

Richard Roberts is the author with one of the funniest book titles around. Behind the nice covers and attractive headlines the readers receive thrilling adventures. The Machine Series‘ books were praised with huge positive feedback and a demand for more. The second part Please Don’t Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon was published in January, so we are proud to welcome the young and talented Richard Roberts at Land of Books to speak about his novels and himself.

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– What is your book Please Don’t Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon about?
– This book is the second of the Inscrutable Machine series, and it’s about a thirteen year old girl who’s a supervillain. At the start of the second book she’s gotten a little too used to being a supervillain, and decides to play hooky – in a big, big way, by flying to Jupiter. Out there she finds that no matter where she goes, the same kinds of problems follow, including being unable to escape her role as a villain!
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CARA MCKENNA: ROMANCE AND EROTICA GENRE PICKED ME

Give it All by Cara McKenna is the second part of Desert Dogs series. The novel was released in February. “Can’t wait for the next book”, “Thrilling and emotional romantic suspense” and “This was an excellent follow up to the first book” are just few of the opinions from readers. We’ve got a great pleasure to welcome Cara McKenna as our next guest at Land of Books.

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– Cara What is your last book Give it All about?
Give It All is the second book in my Desert Dogs romantic suspense series with Signet Eclipse—the books all follow characters who are childhood friends from a rough town called Fortuity, in northern Nevada, which is besieged by corruption and violence when a large casino begins development there. The books are all full of sex and motorcycles and cussing and intrigue. Give It All is centered on the romance between Raina, the wayward owner of Fortuity’s dive bar, and Duncan, an uptight, entitled employee of the developers.
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RACHEL MARKS: I WROTE DARKNESS BRUTAL WHILE WAS RECOVERING FROM CHEMO

Rachel Marks debuted among the Amazon bestselling list early in June with the first part of her trilogy Dark Cycle – Darkness Brutal. For the second week in a row the novel is pat of Top 10 and engaged a lot of fans of YA genre. The story already gathered a fine amount of positive feedback with average 4.4 Amazon stars. Land of Books is proud to welcome lady Rachel Marks as our next guest.

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– What is your book Darkness Brutal about?
DARKNESS BRUTAL is my debut novel and it’s about a teen boy named, Aidan, who is trying to save his sister, Ava, from the demons trying to hurt her. He has a few very unique abilities and he’s hoping they’ll help him protect her. But they’re journey takes an interesting turn when Aidan ends up under the wing of an enigmatic con artist who runs a paranormal detective agency.
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LISA MONDELLO: ALL MY BOOKS ARE FILLED WITH A LOT OF EMOTION

Western and Romance combination gave amazing result in Texas Hearts series by Lisa Mondello. Our next guest is NY Times and USA Today bestselling author. She is very productive writer who also presented to the genre fans another series – Dakota Hearts, Fate with a Helping Hand and Summer House. Let’s welcome Lisa Mondello at Land of Books.

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– Lisa, what the readers will find in your Texas Hearts series?
– I write stories on all sensuality levels. I’ve written Christian Romance for Harlequin Steeple Hill, traditional/sweet romances for Avalon Books and steamier books through self- publishing. Texas Hearts was originally published by hardcover/library publisher Avalon Books. When the rights to the books reverted to me, I self-published them and chose to keep the books traditional. Since Avalon Books published romances meant for family entertainment, much like movies on the Hallmark Channel, there is no sex in any of the Texas Hearts books. But that doesn’t mean they are short on story. All my books are filled with a lot of emotion, lots of struggles between the hero and heroine, and a satisfying happy ending. I don’t make that happy ending easy for the hero and heroine to get! Read the rest of this entry

HEATHER WARDELL: KEEPING TRACK OF PEOPLE IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN SERIES

Heather Wardell is the author behind the Toronto Collection series. She worked as software developer and computer teacher before turning to a successful writer. Her next book Fifteen Minutes of Summer was published on June 4. We’ve got a chance to speak with our next guest for her latest novels.

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– Heather, Fifty Million Reasons and Plan Overboard are your last two parts of Toronto Collection. Did you imagine at the beginning that the series will continue with success for so long?
– I definitely did not, although I’m delighted! I released the first book in the series, “Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo”, as a free download back in 2008 (it’s still free and can be picked up on my website or at any retailer) and with each new book I’ve reached more readers. “Fifty Million Reasons” is the 13th book in the series and it recently reached #22 at Amazon and #5 and Barnes and Noble, my best results yet!
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