Author Interviews

Interviews with authors

  • Author Marketing

    Happy MFRW Founding Day #MFRWauthor #Authors

    Kayelle Allen here. Back in 2006, I was a busy author with four books. I was promoting,

    learning more about promoting, and asking friends about promoting. All the ins and outs of book marketing were starting to gel and I felt like I was beginning to understand the overall concept. That said, I had a constant list of questions. Facebook was two years old. Twitter had been founded that year. Pinterest and Instagram were four years away. I had friends who had similar questions, and we would email each other and ask. Often, I’d get the same question several times in a row. I found myself going back to my “sent” file to copy an answer and resend it. Not that I wasn’t asking questions myself, but I think because I’d take the time to go find an answer if someone asked something I didn’t know – I started getting more and more questions.

    It was Halloween, and I was busy with all sorts of details of writing, and I got the same question from two different people. I remember thinking that there had to be an easier way to handle this. I needed a way to let everyone know what I’d discovered at the same time, and if I had a question, get an answer from someone who knew. Yahoo Groups was established and well-used, so I decided to create one that all of my friends and I could use together. We could post a question there, and anyone who knew the answer could reply.
    I set it up as Marketing for Romance Writers because that’s what all of us were at the time. Looking back, I’ve often wished I’d named it Marketing for Every Writer. Of course, then the initials would have been MEW vs MFRW and our symbol might have been a black cat!
    Then, we had 12 members. Ten years later, there are 2420 there now, plus 6230 on Facebook, 3411  on Twitter, and 1400+ on Pinterest with 71 boards and over 1000 pins.

    About MFRW

    Marketing for Romance Writers is a peer-oriented mentoring group open to the entire literary community. Ask your marketing-related questions, or request help, advice, or opinions. You can learn how to create a professional image and use it effectively, as well as ask for opportunities to join other authors in promotional efforts. You can learn the business aspects of writing.
    News about pitch sessions and calls for submission are posted on the Yahoo group. As a member, you can attend exclusive, member-only pitch events with publishers. Members can attend free, online workshops and seminars.
    Marketing for Romance Writers promotes for its members on most social media. Get your book cover pinned on one of the MFRW Pinterest boards, and show off your cover models. Share your tweets with the MFRW street team and get them shared on Twitter. The hashtags #MFRWorg #MFRWauthor and #MFRWhop promote for you. You can get interviewed on BlogTalkRadio. Link your blog to a community hop via a unique software “ribbon” with exciting themes, and draw readers to your site.

    Find and Join MFRW

    Marketing for Romance Writers Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarketingForRomanceWriters/
    Marketing for Romance Writers Website http://marketingforromancewriters.org
    Marketing for Romance Writers News page https://www.facebook.com/mfrworg
    Marketing for Romance Writers Promo page https://www.facebook.com/groups/mfrwauthors/

    Free Promotion for MFRW Members

    Follow us – we follow back.
    Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/mfrworg/
    Goodreads http://is.gd/mfrwgoodreads
    Google+ http://bit.ly/mfrworg-gplus
    LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/company/marketing-for-romance-writers-organization/
    Twitter http://twitter.com/MFRW_ORG our hashtags are #MFRWauthor #MFRWorg #MFRWhooks

    MFRW Volunteer Staff

    Button is sized for blogs

    Kayelle Allen, Founder https://kayelleallen.com

    Emerald, Facebook Coordinator and Editor http://www.TheGreenLightDistrict.org
    Mona Karel, Moderator, Blog Hop Coordinator http://mona-karel.com
    Paloma Beck, Blog Director http://www.romancebeckons.net/index.html
    Rochelle Weber, Newsletter Publisher http://www.rochelleweber.com
    Barbara Donlon Bradley, Newsletter Editor http://www.barbaradonlonbradley.com
    Michelle Davis, Newsletter Editor https://twitter.com/michelle40768
    Libby McKinmer, Newsletter Editor http://libbymckinmer.com
    Mari Anne Christie, Newsletter Editor http://marichristie.info/
    Reet Singh, Goodreads Coordinator http://www.reetsingh.in
    Zeenat Mahal, Goodreads Coordinator http://www.zeenatmahal.com/
    Tina Gayle, Twitter Promo Coordinator http://www.tinagayle.net/home.html
    Carmen Stefanescu, Blog Coordinator http://shadowspastmystery.blogspot.com/
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    If you have questions about marketing your books, or you want to share an opportunity such as being a guest on your blog, join us. It’s okay to ask for guest spots too. The MFRW motto is “seek, teach, share, learn, succeed.” Services and membership are free. Are you part of the Marketing for Romance Writers success story? Please share in the comments.
  • Cancer Awareness

    Meet a survivor, champion, and fighter @pmnp #cancer #pinktober

    Dee Owens from Personalized
    Marketing Inc is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate Cancer
    Awareness Week 2016. Dee handles the websites for Kayelle Allen, The Author’sSecret, Marketing for Romance Writers, and several others. Her new design for the
    new Romance Lives Forever Blog will encore in
    2017.

    Hello Everyone,
    My name is Dee Owens, single mother, grandmother, cancer survivor and
    supporter
    for Cancer Awareness. I have had several family members, friends,
    coworkers face different types of cancer. I myself have had my own dealings
    with breast cancer. Cancer does not care what color we are, where we grew up,
    how rich or poor we are. No one deserves to have to deal with cancer and no one
    ever asks for it. Over the decades we have become more aware of what cancer is,
    where it comes from and ways to detect it. Many do not realize that Cancer is
    GENETIC, this means that if someone in your family has had it your chances of
    getting it have increased. If we think about it, it makes sense that it can be
    passed genetically, allergies, eye color, hair color, body types, diabetes are
    all genetically passed from one generation to the next.
    Cancer does not just affect the person who has it but also those that
    take care of them. Fighting cancer is more than going and getting treatments,
    eating differently, or trying to live heathier, it is also about the emotional
    and financial drain it can have on you and your loved ones. Cancer treatments
    are often covered by medical insurance but not always and never 100% cost. When
    you think about how much it cost to just drive to the store, then imagine
    having to drive that 2-3 times a week, every week for an extended period of
    time. Or think about the additional equipment that is added to homes or the
    missed ballgame because of treatment or just feeling bad. These are all tolls
    that hit a family hard. That’s why I decided to help support those fighting
    cancer and their loved ones by donating my time, finances, effort and skills.
    My company provides free domain name, hosting and maintenance for an online
    Cancer Awareness Community, http://Keep-HOPE-Alive.com
    We also do yearly donations to local charities or organizations that
    help others. Plus, we take time to show support of others by simply letting
    people know they aren’t alone. Which in our opinion is probably one of the
    single most important things we can do in the Fight Against Cancer.
    I am also the Owner/CEO/Founder of Personalized Marketing Inc, also
    known as Personalized Marketing and Promotions. Being a single mother and
    needing a way to support my family but also be a stay-at-home mother, meant I
    needed a change. I began my journey in 2005 when I published my first novel,
    got a basic website and wanted to learn more. Personalized Marketing Inc opened
    in August of 2008 when a friend needing videos wondered why I didn’t offer them
    as a service. We have the same Mission Statement today as when we opened, “Personalized
    Services tailored to you”. We continually strive for 110% effort to bring
    you the best services we can provide.
    Personalized Marketing Inc now offers all your online web presence
    needs under one company. We offer Domain Names, Hosting, Emails, Network,
    Social Site Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, SSL, Artwork, Website
    Development and Ghostwriting. At Personalized Marketing Inc the first thing we
    do is get to know you, we want to understand the efforts you have put in and
    what areas you want help with. There have been times that we also suggest
    additional items but never just “bloat” your services. If you would
    like to get to know more about Personalized Marketing Inc or myself, please
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    Thank You

    As a special
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    Social Media

    Excerpts and
    Promotions Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Excerpts.and.Promotions/
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/deeowens
    Blogger Author
    Dee Owens http://authordeeowens.blogspot.com/?zx=7eea969ce5056515

  • Cancer Awareness

    When words are not enough–losing a friend #Cancer #Pinktober

    When words are not enough--losing a friend #Cancer #Pinktober @kayelleallen
    Kayelle and Reaghan; airport San Francisco
    I first met writer Reaghan Moore when she joined my critique group. Back then, we were all on MeetUp.com and she joined ahead of moving from California to Georgia. We saw a few posts from her before she moved, but I’ll never forget seeing her walk in the door. I recognized her at once from her pictures. There was a feeling that I’d known her for a long time, when in fact we were meeting for the first time that day.
    From the beginning, our group knew she had lung cancer and that she had moved out here to stay with her sister, because Reaghan was unable to live alone. It would save money to be with family, and she had absolute faith in her sister. I’ve gotten to know Kim, and Reaghan was right. Kim is a rock. She doesn’t think so, but she is.
    Reaghan began a drug trial and bounced back so well that the two of us made a trip to San Francisco together last year. She wanted to visit friends there (her original hometown) and I love to travel, so it was a good fit. We had a blast. We had planned another trip in late June to visit some of her friends in Arizona. The night before we were to leave, she collapsed.
    She ended up in the hospital, and the friends she had visited in other states all came to her. It was a party in her room with friends and family. The doctors encouraged her to enjoy her time, because the cancer had returned full force. There was no longer anything they could do. Her sister told us Reaghan had weeks, not months.
    I put together a Facebook group for Reaghan’s friends so we could coordinate visits with her. It also gave Kim a single place to update people and to ask if she needed help with picking up things or walking the dogs. We used the group to gather photos and another friend put them in an electronic picture frame so she could have pictures of her friends with her 24/7. Another person brought her two stuffed dogs that looked like her own Maltese and Schnauzer, Pacman and Baron. The stuffed versions of her fur-heroes stayed where she could see them every day. Her sister brought the real ones to visit her in hospice. I was sorry I missed seeing that reunion.
    When words are not enough--losing a friend #Cancer #Pinktober @kayelleallen
    Kayelle and Reaghan
    San Francisco (2015)
    Three weeks later, at the end of July, Reaghan was gone. It happened so fast. For all you think

    you’ve prepared yourself, you just can’t. I’ve been forgetting to eat (trust me — not like me!) and sleeping far more than usual. I haven’t been able to focus. I’m talking to a grief counselor, and it’s helping. I’m convinced, however, that only time will assuage the pain of missing such a dear friend.

    Reaghan entrusted me with finishing her books; a trilogy, an anthology, and two novellas. The work was over 90% done when I got it. I haven’t been able to face any of it. Just can’t. I hear her voice in the words and it breaks my heart. We had gotten close over the last couple of years. The two of us had breakfast or lunch together once a week. We had lunch with the critique group every Tuesday. We traveled. I drove her to doctor visits when she was beginning her treatment. We drove in a blizzard together (in Atlanta!) and we almost ran out of gas one time by going too far on fumes. I worried; she laughed. We were very different, but we were the best of friends. We told each other things we’d never tell anyone else. We spent time together. So the sudden cessation feels empty. Hollow.
    When I asked my critique group to write a few words about her, no one could. Not because we didn’t love her and didn’t admire her absolute tenacity and will to live. But because of those very things. One of them shared with me why she can’t, and I think it works for all of us. “You want a celebration of a life fought for. Just writing these few lines made me cry, not because of what I have said, but because of what I haven’t.”
    How do you write about someone you’ve recently lost? I’m supposed to know. I’m a writer. I’m supposed to put all of this into perspective so I can harness the emotions to write even better. I will. Eventually. Right now, I need time to grieve. I will come back. I will write about Reaghan’s amazing life. I will finish her books. It was a deathbed promise and I will honor it.
    One thing I have learned about cancer is that those who fight–live. Those who refuse to stop–keep going. But this is a powerful disease. It’s one reason I set aside a week on this blog for guest authors to come and share. We must never give in. We must never let cancer win. We must be victorious.
    Please, never stop fighting. Never stop moving forward. And never stop doing everything you can to help find a cure.

    Kayelle Allen
    https://kayelleallen.com
  • Cancer Awareness,  Romantic Comedy

    Sometimes #Cancer Keeps Giving @vickibatman #pinktober

    Vicki Batman is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate Cancer Awareness Week 2016.

    Sometimes #Cancer Keeps Giving @vickibatman #pinktober

    • 150 stitches and staples
    • Right fibula, tissue and vessels removed and transplanted to jaw
    • Skin graft from right thigh to calf
    • Left chest muscle removed and grafted to jaw
    • One titanium plate
    • Five drains
    • Trach tube
    • Nasal feeding tube
    • Three oral surgeries
    • 58 hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments

    No one knows how Handsome got cancer. He had an occasional cigar. Worked out. Ate great. Lots of stress. Yet ten years ago, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. The doctors discovered it had spread from base of tongue to lymph nodes in his neck. He had chemo and was nuked–literally.

    What we didn’t know at the beginning of this year was the radiation caused bone decay in his left jaw because of poor circulation. Dentists couldn’t diagnose the shadow on the x-ray until we met an oral surgeon who instantly recognized the problem and recommended hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments. It was just like what you think-Handsome was put in a tube and dived for three hours every day. The tissue improved, but not the bone.

    The oral surgeon removed two back teeth. But ultimately the jawbone crumbled in a thin spot. Surgery became the only recourse and would take ten hours. His fibula, surrounding tissue and vessels were transplanted to the jaw. A graft from his thigh would replace this area. The doc was optimistic; however, the transplant didn’t work as the blood supply failed-the culprit: radiation. So back to surgery the next day and a chest muscle replaced the rejected bone.

    Out of surgery, he had five drains, a cut from ear to ear. He couldn’t eat because of infection to his mouth; so he had a feeding tube through his nose. A tracheotomy because of the swelling. He stayed in the hospital for eight days.

    Being a strong guy going in, he started to walk, sat up, learned how to talk with the trach which was removed when he was discharged. For twenty hours a day, he was tethered to a feeding system until the tube developed a kink two days before scheduled removal and was extracted in the emergency room at the hospital.

    Since, he has had a swallowing test and therapy to improve his swallowing. He lost thirty pounds and through a high calorie diet, has regained fifteen. There’s a slight limp in his right leg. And a wicked scar on his chest.

    I won’t lie to you-this has not been easy.

    After surgery, I said to my sons how I didn’t want Handsome to undergo anything like this again. But we don’t know what life will bring. Seventy percent of all cancers are random mutations. My hope for you is to take care of your body. Don’t smoke. Eat well. Lessen your stress. And exercise.

    For more information https://www.cancer.gov/types/head-and-neck/hp/oropharyngeal-treatment-pdq

    Temporarily Insane

    Temporarily Insane, a romantic comedy mystery: Bad job. Wrong love. And Murder. Hattie Cooks is still searching for her dream job and one might be available…in the Big Apple, far from friends, family, and Allan Wellborn, the man who still makes her heart race. In the meantime, she finds temporary employment at an accounting firm where two auditor friends turn up dead.

    Detective Allan Wellborn dropped Hattie for Blonde Bimbo who, coincidentally, is employed at NLB where fishy things are taking place. When Allan interviews Hattie, he must determine why all signs point to her as a suspect.

    Can Hattie discover why Allan dumped her and who is murdering auditors before death strikes again?

    Buy This Book

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Temporarily-Insane-Hattie-Cooks-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01JBSHE0K/
    Amazon print https://www.amazon.com/Temporarily-Insane-Vicki-Batman/dp/1509209158/
    The Wild Rose Press http://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/all-titles/4520-temporarily-insane.html
    The Wild Rose Press print http://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/paperback-books/4576-temporarily-insane-paperback.html

    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/temporarily-insane-vicki-batman/1124273024?ean=2940157032470

    Author Social Media

    Website http://vickibatman.blogspot.com/p/more-about-me.html
    Twitter https://twitter.com/VickiBatman/
    Facebook http://bit.ly/293iZIz
    Pinterest http://pinterest.com/vickibatman/
    Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4814608.Vicki_Batman/
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/author/vickibatman
    LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=116288777&trk=hb_tab_pro_top/

  • Cancer Awareness,  Paranormal

    #Cancer one day at a time @liviaquinn #pinktober

    Livia Quinn is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate
    Cancer Awareness Week 2016.
    Much has changed in the last twenty-five years since my
    father died of lung cancer. Less than a month after he passed away it was
    discovered that my mother had ovarian cancer. Here are some of the words from
    the doctor when she came out of surgery…”It’s really too bad, she’s a
    beautiful lady. It was everywhere. We couldn’t get it all. I give her a 30%
    chance of living two years WITH chemo.” He patted her on the hand and
    said, “You’re going to be okay with a little chemotherapy.” She
    smiled.
    To say I was berserk knowing the truth and having to pretend
    like everything was going to be okay while she went around relieved is an
    understatement. But I don’t even know if he’d told her the truth if he could
    have kept her positive attitude at bay. She told me years later she just kept
    pretending it was happening to someone else and just took each step as
    something she had to do. She never ever gave a thought to giving up. She lived
    seven and a half years after her diagnosis, giving our family many extra years
    of chances to heal relationships and prepare. I’m so so grateful for that.
    I admire the strength and determination and denial it takes
    to get through a big C diagnosis and treatment and everything that comes with
    it. But people I know who have been through it often tell me that now they see
    it as just another of life’s challenges. I hope I get to see the cure in my
    lifetime, don’t you?
    I believe we’re close.

    About the Book

    My character Jack Lang has gone through a series of
    challenges right up to this latest one in Take These Broken Wings.
    Title Take These Broken Wings, Destiny Paramortals, Book 5
    Genre Paranormal Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Destiny. Is it Mayberry or Middle Earth?
    Jack Lang knows first hand about Destiny’s secrets. Turns
    out he was one of them. On Mardi Gras Eve he and his unlikely band of heroes
    defeated some particularly nasty creatures intent on taking advantage of the
    Paramortals’ vulnerability during the Chaos. They called it Chaos because the
    word “Armageddon” was already taken. Destiny survived with the help
    of their dragon and some special friends, then Jack received the biggest shocks
    of his life. And that was saying a lot.
    He’d chosen this town the year before for the normalcy and
    safety it could provide his teenager after a life of upheaval with his ex. He’d
    been looking for Mayberry. Instead he’d found, not a town, but a world full of
    magical beings, odd occurrences, and scary creatures. There’d been one shock
    after another and yet, instead of leaving and taking Jordie somewhere “safe”…
    he’d stayed.
    He suspects he felt the pull of this special place long
    before he’d known it existed. But that hadn’t been the only reason. It had all
    begun the first time he’d seen Tempest Pomeroy. That was when his world had
    turned upside down—along with half the town. He’d surprised himself with his
    acceptance of the supernatural. He’d even almost accepted this latest blow, but
    that had been before he found out he no longer belonged anywhere. Not with
    humans, and not among supernaturals. Something had gone haywire in his family
    DNA.
    Now he’s abandoned the women in his life, his
    responsibilities–everything except for the need to quench the gnawing hunger
    in his gut and this compulsion to jump off the highest levees in the parish. He
    was just sorry there were no mountains in Louisiana.

    About the Author

    Livia Quinn is a DC native who’s lived on the bayou in
    Louisiana for thirty years. After experiencing weather disasters in the South,
    it was only natural that they would play a part in her Storm Lake world, a
    place where supernaturals and mere-mortals co-exist (but on different ends of
    the lake. That’s one of the rules. Never let mortals see you use your
    magic.).

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Campbell Hill Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GK2MOB4
    Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1163902107
    Nook http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940153209159
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/take-these-broken-wings-2

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  • Cancer Awareness,  Vampire

    Sucker Punch @jordankrose #cancer #pinktober

    Jordan K Rose is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate Cancer Awareness Week 2016.

    I’d like to start by thanking Kayelle for inviting me to participate. Having the opportunity to talk about my experience will hopefully help others who find themselves in the terrifying position of receiving an ovarian cancer diagnosis.

    This past July I was diagnosed with an early stage of a rare form of ovarian cancer, specifically- a granulosa cell tumor. To say the news was shocking is an understatement. We received it during a post-op visit where had anticipated hearing great results about a surgery and anticipated a routine recovery. We did not plan to hear, “We think you should have the other ovary removed and have chemo.”
    My husband described that visit as “it was like being punched in the nads.” I’d heard men say that expression before, but never had a reference point until that meeting. Apparently, ladies, the “nad-punch” experience is mind-numbingly painful and can cause you to forget any other thought.
    We’d been warned not to Google ovarian cancer and get worked up over what we read because this type of cancer was so different and so rare. Of course we Googled, but we Googled granulosa cell tumor. We narrowed our search and we searched high and low and came up with not a whole heck of a lot of data.
    Granulosa Cell Tumors make up about 4% of ovarian cancers. There is not a great deal of research to share because of this. Unfortunately, most of the data is “after the fact” sort of information because the cancer is not well known. There is not a central repository for doctors to link patients and share information on what’s happening, when it happened, types of treatments, what worked or didn’t. There’s not a standard protocol for measuring hormone levels in advance of surgery, which would be very helpful for every patient.
    This is a cancer with high probability of recurrence, though a great prognosis if detected early with women living many years past the original diagnosis. It’s a slow growing cancer with definite indicators of potential recurrence like monitoring the Inhibin and AMH levels quarterly, then every six months after the first few years.
    There are great resources for women through the Granulosa Cell Tumor Research Foundation and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. There is also a Facebook group of GCT Survivor Sisters! (you must have a diagnosis of GCT to be a member of the FB group).
    If you find yourself in the unfortunate position of receiving this diagnosis, please utilize the groups above and feel free to contact me at contactjordan@jordankrose.com. I’m more than happy to share what I’ve learned or to lend an ear and be a support to you.
    I sought a second opinion at the Dana Farber Institute in Boston. I encourage anyone receiving a cancer diagnosis to receive a second opinion before deciding on treatment.
    After all my research I decided against chemo or surgery as there was no indication any cancer remained in my body. Thus doing something drastic “just in case” made no sense. But everyone’s decision is personal and patients need to make decisions that feel right to them.
    At the Dana Farber Institute I’ve signed up to participate in a research study to allow them to better understand the genetics of this cancer, thus leading to a cure. I’m happy to participate and hope other patients will consider doing the same to help find a cure.
    Below please find the information on one of my free books, Her Vampire’s Promise, Novella One in the Romance In Central City Series. Losing myself in books has gotten me through some difficult times and I wanted to share a book that everyone can afford. As well, if you sign up for my newsletter, you’ll get the second novella in the series, The Vampire’s Partner for free.
    Wishing every cancer patient all the best in diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
    Jordan
    (reprinted from 2015)

    Her Vampire’s Promise

    Reade Hayes knows better than any vampire that nothing good ever comes out of Central City. So he isn’t surprised the beautiful blonde he meets in the dive bar is crazy. What does surprise him is how fast she moves, how hard she hits, and the fact she’s wearing a ring he last saw two decades ago on the hand of his dead friend.
    Was this the little girl he swore a blood pact to protect? Why had her uncle lied about her death? And what had he done to make her so lethal?

    Buy This Book

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    Kobo http://bit.ly/1cp6YJc

    About the Author

    Jordan loves vampires. She also loves to laugh. And if you know anything about Jordan, you know her vampires will make you laugh.
    A few years back Jordan received a copy of Twilight from her husband as part of her anniversary gift. By the end of that week she’d read the entire series and moved onto Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Eight weeks and eighteen vampire books later the idea for her first book came to her followed very quickly by Eva Prim.
    Having lived in Rhode Island for most of her life Jordan uses the state as a backdrop for all her books, though many of the cities and towns and businesses (especially the ones run by vampires) are all fictitious.
    When she’s not writing about one vampire or another Jordan enjoys spending time with her husband, Ken and their lovable Labradors, Dino and Enzo on the beautiful beaches of New England.
    For more free books join Jordan’s newsletter at http://bit.ly/1Vk2TWn

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