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Bianca D'Arc started her professional life running a laboratory. After grad school, she started to climb the corporate ladder in the shark-infested streets of lower Manhattan. She now writes full time and loves it more than anything, though she'll always miss her first love... her laboratory. You can find out more on her website: https://www.biancadarc.com/

Anna Lowe loves putting the "hero" back into heroine and letting location ignite a passionate romance. If she's not hunched over her laptop, working on her latest story, you'll find her hiking in the mountains or biking country roads. Either way, the day will end with a chunk of dark chocolate and a good read. Find out more at http://www.annalowebooks.com

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

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan joins us to talk about her paperback release of Dark Illusion and her upcoming Dark Song. We'll talk all things Dark!

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN has won five Agatha Awards, in addition to the Anthony, Macavity, Daphne du Maurier, and Mary Higgins Clark Award for her bestselling mystery novels. As an investigative reporter, her work has resulted in new laws, criminals sent to prison, homes saved from foreclosure, and millions of dollars in restitution for victims and consumers. Along with her 36 Emmys and 14 Edward R. Murrow awards, Hank has received dozens of other honors for her ground-breaking journalism. A former president of Sisters in Crime and founder of MWA University, she lives in Boston with her husband, a nationally renowned civil rights and criminal defense attorney. She is the author of acclaimed psychological thriller Trust Me and the Jane Ryland series, which begins with The Other Woman.

Visit Hank online at HankPhillippiRyan.com, on Twitter @HankPRyan, on Instagram @hankpryan and Facebook at HankPhillippiRyanAuthor.

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

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Katie Golding is a racing fan with a writing problem.

The recovering cheerleader lives in a small town outside of Austin, Texas, mom to a future philanthropist, and wife to a superman.

Her writing playlists range from 80s love songs, 90s grunge, 00s punk, to new age underground in less time than it takes her to burn dinner, and she is currently at work on her next romance novel—unless she’s tweeting about it.

You can find her latest book, Fearless, is out now. 

Reach out to Katie on her website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and BookBub.

Eric is a former bookseller, cellist, and comic seller currently living in Saint Louis, Missouri. A lifelong enthusiast of books, music, toys, and games, he discovered a love for the written word after being dragged to the library by his parents at a young age. When he is not writing, you can usually find him reading, gaming, or buried beneath a small avalanche of Transformers. You can learn more and sign up for his newsletter here: https://www.ericrasher.com/

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

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Makenna Lee is an award-winning romance author living in the Texas Hill Country with her real-life hero and their two children.

Her oldest son has Down syndrome and taught her to appreciate the little things, and he inspired one of her novels.

As a child, she played in the woods, looked for fairies under toadstools, and daydreamed.

Her writing journey began when she mentioned all her story ideas, and her husband asked why she wasn’t writing them down. The next day she bought a laptop, started her first book, and knew she’d found her passion.

Now, Makenna is often drinking coffee while writing, reading, or plotting a new story. Her wish is to write books that touch your heart, making you feel, think, and dream.

She enjoys renaissance festivals, nature photography, studying herbal medicine, and usually listens to Celtic music while writing.

She writes for Harlequin and Entangled Publishing and believes everyone deserves a happy ending.

Her debut novel, Her Second Chance Cowboy, is out now. Her first book from Harlequin, A Sherrif's Star, will be out in November 2020. 

You can find Makenna Lee at her website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and BookBub.

Ann Charles is a USA Today Best-Selling author who writes award-winning mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance, and whatever else sounds fun. Ann has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Western Writers of America. She is currently toiling away on her next book, wishing she was on a Mexican beach with an ice-cold Corona in one hand and a book in the other. When she is not dabbling in fiction, she is arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing with her sassy cat. Most nights, you can find her hanging out over at www.anncharles.com, on Facebook as Ann Charles, or as AnnWCharles on Twitter.

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

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LM Gonzalez's first love was romance books. After she read “Sweet Savage Love” by Rosemary Rogers one summer, it encourage her to write her first story. 

Ever since, she's written and in 2006 after submitting a story for an antholgy to the Wild Rose Press, she got that email that every writer waits for. A request, but not for her short story. 

No, they wanted her to expand her short three chapter story to a full sized novel. 

As she worked in the medical field, she continued to write and is now up to book five, A Well-Structured Life, due out July 22nd. 

Her future project include a series set in a small town that was inspired by her own hometown.

Her characters may be looking for a second chance at love and they’ll encounter love in the most unlikely places – sometimes even in their own backyards – and at the least expected time.

You can find LM Gonzalez on her website and Facebook.

Suzy Vadori is a Book Coach, Editor, Public Speaker and the Calgary Bestselling Author of The Fountain Series (The Fountain, The West Woods, Wall of Wishes). This fantastical Young Adult Series has received two Aurora Nominations for Best Young Adult Novel, as well as Five Stars and a bronze medallion from Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. She is represented by Naomi Davis of Bookends Literary Agency.

Suzy lives in Calgary, Canada with her husband and three children and is an involved member in the writing community. She is a Program Manager for Calgary’s When Words Collide (WWC), teaches writing at Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society, and is a touring member of the Young Alberta Book Society. Suzy is also the founder of WriteIt! creative writing programs in schools.

You can learn more at her website: https://suzyvadori.wordpress.com/

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

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Nan Reinhardt is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet and sexy romance novels for older women. 

Writing is my first and most enduring passion. She wrote her first romance novel at the age of ten. It involved a love story between the most sophisticated person I knew at the time, my older sister (who was in high school!), and a member of Herman’s Hermits.

If you know who they are, you are her audience!

She's writing romance, but this time from the viewpoint of a wiser, slightly rumpled, menopausal woman instead of a starry-eyed preteen.

Her newest series, Four Irish Brothers Winery, from Tule Publishing includes A Small Town Christmas, Meant to Be, and Christmas with You, are out now.

Book four, The Baby Contract, releases July 16, 2020 and is currently available for pre-order from all book retailers.

Contact me at nan at her website,Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.