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Carly Bloom began her writing career as a family humor columnist and blogger, a pursuit she abandoned when her children grew old enough to literally die from embarrassment.

To save their delicate lives, Carly turned to penning steamy, contemporary romance.

The kind with bare chests on the covers. Carly and her husband raise their mortified brood of offspring on a cattle ranch in South Texas. In fact, according to Entertainment Weekly, Carly's invented a place we want to hang up our hat and kick up our spurs anytime she's got a story to tell. 

You can find her latest book Must Love Cowboys out now.

To connect with Carly, find her at her website, Twitter, FB, Instagram, and BookBub.

Sebastien de Castell's acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series, The Greatcoats. was shortlisted for both the 2014 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy. the Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut, the Prix Imaginales for Best Foreign Work, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His YA fantasy series, Spellslinger, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and is published in more than a dozen languages.

Sebastien lives in Vancouver, Canada with his lovely wife and two belligerent cats. You can reach him at www.decastell.com

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Priscilla Oliveras, a USA Today bestselling author and 2018 RWA® RITA® double finalist, writes contemporary romance with a Latinx flavor.

Her works earned praise from O, The Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist among others.

She earned an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and teaches the online class “Romance Writing” for ed2go.

Priscilla's also a sports fan, beach lover, and Zumba aficionado, who often practices the art of napping in her backyard hammock.

Get her latest book Anchored Hearts and her upcoming release, Summer in the City, is out May 25th.

Follow her at her website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Kaira Rouda is a USA TODAY and international bestselling, multiple award-winning author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her domestic suspense novels include BEST DAY EVER and THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER. Her next novel, THE NEXT WIFE, is out in May 2021. To date, Kaira's novels have been translated into more than ten languages.

She lives in Southern California with her family and is at work on her next novel. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest: @KairaRouda; and on Facebook at Kaira Rouda Books. You can learn more at: KairaRouda.com

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Tonnisha B

Tonnisha Bolian is a Chicago native, US Army veteran, and single mother with a bachelors in Mass Media Communications. Tonnisha is an honest light succeeding in a world that has constantly stacked the odds against her. Her story is full of darkness, rising above, healing, and maintaining her spiritual ground. 

Tiffany Jackson is a veteran of the US Army, a mother, a wife, an advocate of many causes, and has been a student at both, Concordia and Aurora Universities, who calls the Windy City home. Tiffany is a chronic optimist who refuses to be defined by her struggles and works tirelessly to share her strengths. 

Tonnisha and Tiffany are The Combat Divas and you can find their podcast here.

Their debut book The Combat Diva Chronicles is out now and you can find them at their website, FB, Twitter, IG, and YouTube.

JENNIFER ANNE GORDON is a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer by day, and a curly haired neurotic writer by night. She is an actor, a traveler, a photographer, a lover of Gothic Horror, and a dog mom. She lives in the wilds of New Hampshire with her partner on and off the dance floor. Her novels include the Kindle Award for Horror 2020 Winning book, Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent, as well as the historical Gothic novel From Daylight to Madness (The Hotel #1) as well as When The Sleeping Dead Still Talk (The Hotel #2). She also has a published collection of her artwork, titled "Victoriana {mixed media art of jennifer anne gordon}. You can find out more at her website:  http://www.JenniferAnneGordon.com

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Jennifer Dupee grew up on the North Shore of Boston near the seaside communities of Manchester-by-the-Sea and Beverly Farms. She is a graduate of Brown University, where she studied under published authors Meredith Steinbach and Carole Maso, and received her honors in Creative Writing. She is an active member of the Grub Street writing community in Boston and has published in The Feminist Press. She was a semi-finalist for the 2016 James Jones First Novel Competition and a semi-finalist for the 2016 Faulkner-Wisdom competition. Jennifer lives just outside of Boston with her family. Her first published novel is The Little French Bridal Shop, and she is currently at work on her next novel. You can find out more at her website: https://www.jenniferdupee.com/

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Rich Amooi is a Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Recipient, a Holt Medallion Finalist for Best Contemporary Romance, and the Amazon Bestselling author of 17 rom-coms, including It's Not PMS, It's You; There's Something About a Cowboy, and Madam Love Actually.

A former radio personality and wedding DJ, Rich now writes romantic comedies full-time in San Diego, California.

He's happily married to a kiss monster imported from Spain and believes in public displays of affection, infinite possibilities, donuts, gratitude, laughter, and happily ever after.

Rich's latest book, Uncork my Love, is out now.

Find Rich at his website, Facebook, Instagram, BookBub, and Amazon.

Ellen Butler is a #1 International Bestselling novelist writing edgy suspense/mystery novels and sexy, sassy romance. She is the author of the award winning Love, California Style series, bestselling and award winning historical suspense, The Brass Compass, and international bestselling Karina Cardinal mystery series. Ellen holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Policy, and her history includes a long list of writing for dry, but illuminating, professional newsletters and windy papers on public policy.  She is a member of the Office of Strategic Services Society, Sisters in Crime, Virginia Writer’s Club, and International Thriller Writers.

She is an admitted chocoholic and confesses to a penchant for shoe shopping. Ellen lives with her family in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

Connect with Elllen at: http://www.ellenbutler.net/

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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International Bestselling Author Kathrin Hutson has been writing Dark Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and LGBTQ Speculative Fiction since 2000. With her wildly messed-up heroes, excruciating circumstances, impossible decisions, and Happily Never Afters, she’s a firm believer in piling on the intense action, showing a little character skin, and never skimping on violent means to bloody ends. Kathrin is an active member of SFWA and HWA and lives in Colorado with her husband, daughter, and two dogs. For updates on new releases, exclusive deals, and dark surprises you won’t find anywhere else, sign up to Kathrin’s newsletter at kathrinhutsonfiction.com/newsletter

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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