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Stella Bixby is a native Coloradan who loves to snowboard, pluck at the guitar, and play board games with her family.

She was once a volunteer firefighter and a park ranger, but now spends most of her time making up stories and trying to figure out what to cook for dinner.

Her newest release, Bungled, will be out on March 30thm but you can pre-order it here. 

If you want to keep in touch with Stella, check out her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

USA Today and national bestselling author Anna J Stewart can't remember a time she didn't have a book in her hands or a story in her head. Early obsessions with Star Wars, Star Trek, and Wonder Woman set her on the path to creating sweet to sexy pulse-pounding romances for her independent heroines. Anna lives in Northern California where she deals with a serious Supernatural addiction and two slightly nutty cats named Rosie and Sherlock. When she’s not writing, you can find her cooking and baking, binge-watching classic TV and cooking shows, attending fan conventions, or heading to the movies. You can read more about Anna, her books, and the writing workshops she offers at www.authorannastewart.com

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

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Reese Ryan is the author of twenty published works of romantic fiction and counting. Her stories feature a cast of flawed, complex characters. She presents her characters with family and career drama, challenging love interests, and life-changing secrets while treating readers to an emotional love story with unexpected twists.

Reese, an advocate for the romance genre and diversity in fiction, is the past president of her local Romance Writers of America chapter, a panelist at the 2017 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and the 2018 Donna Hill Breakout Author.

For the latest news, a peek behind the scenes and cool contests, join her newsletter here. You can find out more at her website here: https://www.reeseryan.com/

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

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Native to New Mexico, DelSheree Gladden and her husband spent several years in Colorado for college and work before moving back home to be near family again.

There, she, her husband, and two children love have their seventeen cousins close by again. They also love having all the neighbor kids over to play, which has made DelSheree's house the unofficial summer and after school hangout spot.

When not writing, you can find her out and about with my family or sneaking a few minutes for one of her many hobbies she never seems to have time for.

For her day job… she spends time trying not to get bitten by small children at work as a dental hygienist.

With 14 different projects in print, DelSheree has a plethora of characters for all of you to read about. 

Her most recent release, a young adult retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, What Had to Be Done, is available now. 

You can find DelSheree at her website and on FB, TW, IG, PN, YouTube, and Amazon.

Jules Crisare loves writing sexy shifter romances. The growly and dominant males of Broken Peak and the Silver Sentinels are the ones bending to the strong wills of the smart heroines who cross their paths. Seriously, only strong heroines need apply to capture the hearts of these sexy alphas. 

Born and raised in the Midwest,  she hopped from one coast to the other for several years before moving back to the Midwest. If she isn’t at her laptop writing and it’s not football season (Go Pack Go!), she’s reading, knitting (she has a serious addiction to yarn), dehydrating fruit, or testing small batch bourbons for her Old Fashioneds. You can find out more and sign up for her newsletter here: https://jcrisare.com/

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

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A theatre major in college, McGarvey Black pursued an acting career for a few years.

From there she moved into sales in the magazine publishing business where I sold print advertising.

In the late 80's, she quit her job and backpacked around the world starting in Australia, on to Asia, the Middle East and then Europe.

Because of that adventure, she ended up on her next publishing job at Outside Magazine and for the next 15 years, she sold and managed sales teams for companies like Conde Nast and WebMD working at brands like GQ, Allure, Lucky and Brides. She was also on the founding team of Condé Nast’s first foray into the digital space running the ad sales team for Condénet

In 2007, with two children at home, she became a work-from-home executive recruiter for large and small internet companies for the next decade, but no matter how she earned a living, she always wrote…for me, for my friends and family.

In 2017, she left recruiting to pursue a full-time career as a writer and since, she's penned four novels all published by Bloodhound Books.

The first three were Thriller/Suspense; I Never Left (2019), The First Husband (2020) and Without Her Consent (2020) and her most recent, a romantic comedy, The Fussy Virgin (2021) will be out February 8, but you can pre-order here.

You can find McGarvey Black on her website and at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and BookBub.

Melinda Curtis is the USA Today bestselling author of light‐hearted contemporary romance. In addition to her Sunshine Valley series from Forever, she’s published independently and with Harlequin Heartwarming, including her book Dandelion Wishes, which was made into a TV movie - Love in Harmony Valley, starring Amber Marshall. She lives in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley with her husband - her basketball-playing college sweetheart. While raising three kids, the couple did the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing. Now when Melinda isn’t writing and Mr. Curtis isn’t watching college basketball, they do the DIY thing. You can find out more at: https://www.melindacurtis.net/

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

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Summer Dowell is an author of fun, feel-good chick lits and romantic comedies that will brighten your day. She lives in Southern California where she spends her days keeping her six energetic children alive and doing massive loads of laundry.

Summer loves to fit in writing during her free time where she brings to life all the sarcasm and humor that none of her family fully appreciates.

She released her first book of The Wedding Business series, If It's Perfect, in October 2020, and now she's working on her next book, It’s Just Business. The rom com series followings three friends working in the wedding industry.

You can find Summer on her website, as well as FB, IG, Pinterest, Amazon author, and BookBub.

Jason Pinter is the bestselling author of seven novels for adults—Hide Away, the first Rachel Marin Thriller, the acclaimed Henry Parker series (The Mark, The Guilty, The Stolen, The Fury, and The Darkness), and the stand-alone thriller The Castle, as well as the middle-grade adventure novel Zeke Bartholomew: SuperSpy! and the children’s book Miracle. His books have over one million copies in print worldwide. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Thriller Award, Strand Critics Award, Barry Award, and Shamus Award, and The Mark was optioned to be a feature film.

Pinter is the founder of Polis Books, an independent press, and was honored by Publishers Weekly’s Star Watch, which “recognizes young publishing professionals who have distinguished themselves as future leaders of the industry.” He has written for the New Republic, Entrepreneur, the Daily Beast, Esquire, and more. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and their two daughters. Visit him at www.JasonPinter.com, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @JasonPinter.

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

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Remi Carrington is the figment of Pamela Humphrey's imagination. She loves romance and chocolate, enjoys disappearing into a delicious book, and considers people-watching a sport. She was born in the pages of the novel Just You and then grew into an alter ego.

She writes sweet romance and sweet romantic comedies set in Texas. 

You can find her at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, BookBub, and her webpage for samples and excerpts. https://remicarrington.com/

Her newest release, Wrangled by Lilith, is out TODAY and is the first of the Stargazer Springs Ranch series.