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Interview with Skye Warren, author of The King

What can you tell us about your new release, The King?

THE KING is my new book about a girl gambled away by her father to the man he owes. It’s sexy and emotional and hopefully compelling! It features a character from my USA Today bestselling Endgame trilogy, Damon Scott. He’s the one who “wins” the heroine. It’s not just random luck. They have a secret history and even more secret feelings. Delving deep into their story while writing has been an incredible journey.

What's on your top five list for best books you've ever read?

Oh my gosh, I need to stop and fangirl for a moment. The list might change a little very time I say it, but definitely To Have and To Hold by Patricia Gaffney would be there. One of the best dark romances ever written. Other historicals would be His at Night by Sherry Thomas and Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer.

On the contemporary side, I love everything that Carolyn Crane/Annika Martin writes. My favorite of hers is probably Off the Edge. I think I only have one book left? Eek!

I’m going with Wait for It by M O’Keefe. Brilliant writing, stunning emotions.

Who are your literary heroes working today? Why do you admire them?

I love the authors who write on the darker edge of romance, like Kitty Thomas, Anna Zaires, and Pam Godwin. I can always rely on them to take me somewhere new and daring.

And I love finding new authors to adore. I’ve recently developed a complete author crush on Eve Dangerfield. I’ve read all her books, but I think the standout is Taunt. Completely original.

What's your favorite thing about writing?

My favorite thing is the way the story unfolds for me. When I start writing I don’t know all the twists and turns the book will take. Only by following the characters can I uncover it. Kind of like with reading, but more personal. It’s not just discovering a book, but my book.

What's a typical day like for you?

A great day for me is spent at a coffee shop, my headphones playing Lana Del Rey songs I’ve heard a million times while my fingers spin out a new scene. After that I go home and unwind by cuddling with my dogs, often outside on the patio. Wine might be involved in that part.

If you could invent anything what would it be?

An invisibility cloak. Not so that I can spy on people, but so that I can’t be found. It’s the introvert in me

What scene in The King was your favorite to write?

I fell in love while writing the scene where she’s actually gambled away… but going into details about it would be a spoiler. So instead I’ll talk about the scene at the very beginning, where the hero and heroine meet for the first time.

She’s only a child, precocious and uncertain at the same time. He’s a surly teenager. Both of them are so reluctant to trust—everything they’ve learned about grown ups is temporary and unstable and sometimes even violent. But they recognize in each other kids lost to the same system, short refuge in their family’s different storms.

A lot happens before they reconnect as adults, and then come together as a couple, but that moment was pivotal in both their lives even early on.

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

I have this quote on my office wall: "It always seems impossible until it's done." – Nelson Mandela

Every single book feels like an act of faith, where I don’t see how it can possibly work, where I doubt that it will even be finished, and then somehow by the time it’s done it seems inevitable that it would have been. There’s some magic there, a little apart from the real world, that I invest in as an author.

Of course the quote applies to broader things than writing. When things seem impossible with my family, with the world, I remember that it always does seem that way, until it’s done.

Skye Warren is the author of the new book The King.

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Books To Read If You Like Shayla Black

Shayla Black is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of over 50 romance novels. For almost 20 years, she has been writing across a variety romance genres including contemporary, historical, erotic and paranormal. Some of her bestselling series include The Perfect Gentleman and the Wicked Lovers Series. She also just released the second book in a new series called More Than Words. If you are on the lookout for a new sizzling romance to fall in love with, then check out these books to read if you like Shayla Black!

Books To Read If You Like Shayla Black

The King

Skye Warren

Release Date: June 27, 2017

The first book in the new Masterpiece duet, which is a spin-off from the USA Today bestselling Endgame trilogy. Her father is addicted to gambling, but this time he has hit rock bottom and places a new bet: his daughter. A trailer park princess and the son of a criminal king. They don't belong together, but she is now caught in a twisted game. When he puts down his cards she might lose more than just her body.

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Adam

Monique DeVere

Release Date: June 2, 2017

After a painful experience taught Lacey Sanders to never date a co-worker again, she is doing her best to deny the attraction between her and fellow helicopter pilot, Adam Swank. But when they team up to close a business deal on a private island, she finds it hard to resist. Can Adam persuade Lacey to accept his deal and take a chance on an office romance?

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Ruthless Love

Demi Damson

Release Date: June 16, 2017

Jordan Lovett is the city's most eligible CEO but to Charlotte, he's just a way to get revenge. Charlotte's father's company was stolen by Jordan's billionaire tycoon father and she'll do whatever it takes to see them ruined. Jordan is just a spoiled playboy, and she's happy to use him as a way in, even if that means pretending to be his date for the weekend.

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Unforgiven

Willow Winters

Release Date: June 19, 2017

Mason Thatcher gave me chills when I first laid eyes on him. The good kind. The kind that makes your body ache and your heart hammer. What’s better is that he looked at me the same way. It’s not fair that his touch eased my pain. That his lips on mine made my worries vanish. That his love gave me a reason to breathe again. With him, I felt complete. Then I learned the truth: the sins and secrets of what really brought us together. That he was the reason my world crumbled.

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Heartstopper

Lauren Landish

Release Date: June 23, 2017

After ten months without a date, I’m eager to go to the hottest new ticket in town, Club Jasmine. I deserve a night of fun, where I can let loose. That’s when I see him. The drop-dead gorgeous Jake Stone. With his god-like physique, pure blue eyes, and chiseled jawline, he might be the hottest guy I’ve ever laid eyes on. A total heartstopper. The man’s probably a player. Then again, maybe that’s what I need—a man who knows what he’s got, knows how to use it, and knows how to make me scream to the heavens.

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Roaming Wild

Tracey Devlyn

Release Date: June 20, 2017

Special agent Deke Conrad is in big trouble. Not only does he have a thing for his friend's little sister, but what should be a routine mission is turning into a tour of temptation and survival. He fooled himself into thinking he could keep the beautiful and dynamic Evie in the dark while he tracked down a merciless wildlife trafficker. But he didn't anticipate the lure of her scent or the warmth of her smile... or the string of dead bodies along the way.

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Interview with Michael Carlon, author of All the F's I Cannot Give

What can you tell us about your new release, All the F's I Cannot Give?

This book is my return to writing comedy. My first book, Return to Casa Grande, was a satire on reality TV, the phoniness of Hollywood, and the world of marketing – it made people laugh out loud! I then started writing thrillers which, while they had some comedic elements, were written for a different audience. I actually did not intend to write this new book but last January I was unceremoniously let go from my job as a marketing consultant and decided to fuel my anger and frustration into creativity. I’ve always believed that humor is the absence of terror and my faith in that principle made it impossible to write anything but a comedy. Writing this book was a very cathartic experience and I think many people will be able to empathize with Kelly Carson, the lead character.

Name a book that you feel has impacted your life significantly. Why was it so impactful?

I have to break the rules and name two. The first is Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor who writes about his experiences as an inmate at Auschwitz and later goes on to detail his psychotherapeutic method called Logotherapy. I read this during a time of my life when I was unhappy about where my career was going and at a time when I began to question whether or not my life had any meaning (as an undergraduate, I was hell bent on becoming a therapist but I sold out and entered the business world). The book taught me that all aspects of life have meaning, even in unhappy times. It changed the way I looked at the world.

The second book I’d offer up is Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen. I’m originally from Plantation, FL and all of Hiassen’s novels take place in South Florida and I can relate to the crazy situations he brings to life in this novel. This book, and all of his subsequent masterpieces, taught me how to bring characters to life and make them memorable as well as how to structure stories that readers won’t want to put down.

You're hosting a literary dinner party. Which three writers are invited?

Well, I certainly have some questions for Steven King about IT so he’s definitely getting an invite. The aforementioned Carl Hiassen gets a nod because I feel as if we’d certainly have a lot to discuss and to round out the party I’d ask Jonathan Tropper to join since most of his books can be found on my bookshelf.

What's a typical day like for you?

This will sound cliché, but there is no typical day. In addition to writing, I run my own marketing consulting company (like Kelly Carson in All the F’s, I run focus groups for a living). The day job involves a lot of travel and no two days are alike. Also, I’m the father of teenage triplets so you can imagine the drama that unfolds having three high schoolers under one roof. However, I always make time for two things every day; running and writing. The running helps to clear my head and I often get flashes of inspiration when I hit the road. Writing wise, when I am not writing a scene in a new manuscript, I do some daily journaling or work on social media content. I often feel as if there are not enough hours in the day.

BAM. You're a superhero. What's your superpower?

When I was a kid I would have told you I wanted to be able to fly but I took a flying lesson once and realized that I am actually somewhat afraid of heights. I’d have to say I’d love the power to heal others – my parents are getting older and more prone to illness. Hell, even my dog has slowed down quite a bit. I have a hard time seeing people in pain so I’d have to say the ability to free them of that burden would be awesome.

What advice would you give your teenage self?

To not force fit yourself into what someone else wants for you. Explore your own path and follow your heart. Don’t be afraid of conflict and stand up for yourself. You actually see aspects of that in the Kelly Carson character – in many ways, his personality and mine are quite similar.

What scene in All the F's I Cannot Give was your favorite to write?

My brothers and I were big Magnum PI fans and there is a scene in the first half of the book that pays homage to the character made famous by Tom Selleck. That scene was a blast to write.

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

Maybe it's my Catholic school upbringing but I wholeheartedly believe in the golden rule, do unto others as you would have done unto you. A pretty deep thought from a guy who wrote a book with such a naughty title!

Michael Carlon is the author of the new book All the F's I Cannot Give.

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The Story Behind Fifty Frogs

One of the most frequently-asked questions of authors is, “Where do you find inspiration?” I always answer readers that my characters come to me, usually suggested by someone I’ve met or overheard, whose situation or unique aspect suggests a backstory to me. It can happen standing in line at the pharmacy, sitting at a restaurant or passing people in the grocery store. Sometimes, though, those characters live a little bit closer to home . . . or even in my home.

Along with my business partner, I organize and run Indie BookFest, an author education and reader appreciation weekend that takes place annually in central Florida. Last year, Indie BookFest fell the same weekend that Hurricane Matthew hit Florida. While we were all safe, thankfully, the weather impacted the event, and by its end, I was understandably exhausted.

One of my dear friends, Gail, is an author who was featured at IBF. She and I, along with my 25-year old daughter, were driving to my house after the event. We were around the corner from home when I spied a turtle in the middle of the road. Of course, we stopped and attempted to turn the poor fellow back toward the lake, but he moved very fast—very un-turtle-like!-to hide under my car. As I eased the car forward, Mr. Turtle moved, too, so that we couldn’t reach him.

Just then, an attractive young man appeared on the scene to help us. He was sweet to us, and over the course of the rescue, Gail opened the back door to the car and said to my daughter, “You need to get out and say hello! He’s so cute!”

That scene stayed with me for days, and before too long, it had birthed a new character—Vivian, a woman in her mid-twenties who is fed up with dating, and thanks to the suggestion of her aunt Gail, decides to kiss a lot of frogs and write about her experiences in a quest for both a career bump and true love.

I didn’t have to look very far for amusing first-date stories. Having two single, twenty-something daughters at home means that I hear plenty of harrowing tales involving meeting guys—and what happens on dates, not to mention what happens when things go awry. And happily for me, my girls are good spots about letting me use their experiences. Of course, I change names and tweak details to protect the innocent—and the not-so-innocent!

Vivian doesn’t have an easy time of it. Finding love in the twenty-first century is not for the faint of heart, and because I see this first-hand, it was important that among the humor and craziness, there’s also some heartache . . . just a little angst. And because a love story wouldn’t be complete with some sizzle, there’s also heat to spare once Vivian finds a frog whose kisses make her melt.

Now, wouldn’t it be a perfect ending if I could tell you that on the day Gail and I helped rescue the turtle and met the cutie from around the corner, my daughter got out of the car and found true love with the boy around the corner? Ah, well, life never runs as smoothly as fiction does. She actually stayed in the car—maybe the real Gail and I aren’t as pushy as Vivian’s mom and aunt. But you know, that guy is still in the neighborhood. Who knows?

Maybe there’s another love story waiting to happen!

- Tawdra Kandle

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New Book Releases Week of June 27

It's almost the end of June, but there are still so many more books being released! Romance fans have so much choice this week with new releases from Skye Warren, Tracey Devlyn, Lauren Landish, Danielle Steel, Lauren Blakely and more! Mystery readers can dive into new novels from bestselling authors James Patterson and Mary Kubica. There is also exciting releases from Michael Carlon, Diana Gabaldon and Kiersten White. We've rounded up all the new book releases of June 27 across all genres below. Happy reading!

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Interview with Tracey Devlyn, author of Roaming Wild

What can you tell us about your new release, Roaming Wild?

Roaming WILD takes place in the mountains of western North Carolina and is a friends-to-lovers story fraught with intrigue and page-turning action. It's also the newest book in the acclaimed Steele Ridge series. In Roaming WILD, lifelong friends Deke Conrad and Evie Steele team up to stop a ruthless wildlife trafficking ring. A subject that's near and dear to my heart. Deke's a special agent with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and he's using Evie's traveling Med Mobile as cover while he tracks down the kingpin. Along the way, Deke fights his attraction for his best friend's little sister. But Evie's having none of it. I loved writing Roaming WILD and hope readers love it, too!

What's the last book you read?

I just finished the audiobook of Zero Day by David Baldacci. It's the first book in his John Puller series. Now I've moved on to the second audiobook--The Forgotten. Love the main character in this series. He's well-defined, complex, and sexy as, well, you know. Also, I'm a few chapters away from completing Jeffrey Gettleman's Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival. It's an amazing glimpse into a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's drive to return to Africa--a continent I've been obsessed with for years.

Who are your literary heroes working today? Why do you admire them?

I'd like to tell you an author who wrote one of the classics, but all my gratitude goes to the authors who first made me fall in love with the written word -- Virgina Henley, Johanna Lindsey, Lisa Kleypas, Madeline Hunter, Julia Quinn, and so many more amazing writers.

Who is your favorite couple from literature?

Lisa Kleypas's Derek Craven and Sara Fielding. They're perfectly opposite, in every way. (Dreaming of You)

What's a typical day like for you?

I'm up by 5:00 am (even on the weekends!). After feeding the dogs and letting them out, I fix myself a bowl of cereal or, if I'm feeling frisky, a bowl of Qia. Next, I grab my phone, key up Gaia.com, and enjoy 20 minutes of yoga and meditation. Then I plop in front of the computer for about 15 minutes to check email and other admin stuff. If it's a weekday, I shower and head to the day job. At lunch time, I do more admin stuff and get in some writing. I'm generally home by 5:30 pm to have dinner with my family. Then I give everyone a hug before heading to my office for a few hours of writing time. On the weekend, I write in the morning, shower, and spend several hours with my family. Then I dive back into writing later in the day and into the evening. Sleep. Repeat.

BAM. You're a superhero. What's your superpower?

Reading minds would be both a blessing and a curse, but I'd take it. Maybe my genius sidekick could make me a cool hat that would block out the ugly, when I've had too much.

What scene in Roaming Wild was your favorite to write?

Wow, that's like asking a parent to select their favorite child. Nope, I can't do it, because I loved so many scenes in this book--Deke and Evie's first kiss, Evie dining with the Steele clan, Deke interacting with the SONR team, Dylan consoling the cubs, Eli with his mother, Evie kicking Eli's butt. . . See, it's impossible to pick just one!

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

Be a good person. Work hard. Be present.

Tracey Devlyn is the author of the new book Roaming Wild.

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Interview with Michael Ridpath, author of Amnesia

What can you tell us about your new release, Amnesia?

An old man living by a loch in Scotland hits his head and forgets everything. The granddaughter of a friend of his, Clémence, is tasked with looking after him and prodding his memory. She finds a memoir written by him that confesses to killing “the only woman he ever loved”, a Frenchwoman who turns out to be her grandmother. Shocked, she decides to read the memoir, hoping to jog his memory.

What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?

Any Human Heart by William Boyd. This is a brilliant fictional biography of the life of Logan Mountstuart from the age of 18 to 85. It inspired me to write the fictional memoir within Amnesia.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a great novel is so many ways. In particular I love the way it portrays a tight group of twenty-year-old friends dealing with a major crisis.

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow is beautifully written and also contains the best “whodunit” in plain sight.

Money by Émile Zola was written in the 1860s, but could have described the financial world of the turn of the twenty-first century. Zola nails the competitiveness and self-delusion rather than simple greed that characterizes ruthless money-men.

Ghost by Robert Harris is about a ghost writer of a British Prime Minister’s memoirs. A story of great twists and verve set in Martha’s Vineyard in winter.

Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?

I would like to ask John Grisham how he writes books that so many people want to read. I would force him to be specific, with specific examples, and I would take very careful notes.

What's a typical day like for you?

We have recently moved from a house just on the edge of London to a flat right in the middle, and I’m enjoying it. I write from home. So I start writing at eight o’clock, reading through the previous two days’ work. After about nine-thirty I stroll to a coffee shop and think a bit about what I am writing. I return home and write until lunch time. Then I go for a walk for about an hour, through Kensington Gardens, or along the Regents Canal, or through Holland Park. In the afternoon, I do the increasing amount of non-writing work involved in publishing these days, and swear at the glitches in my computer. And in the evening my wife gets home from work, and I cook dinner or we go out. Since the weather has got better, we have started taking a bottle of rosé and a picnic to Kensington Gardens.

What's the best advice you've ever received?

If you are lucky enough at some point in your career to receive a big advance, save most of it.

BAM. You're a superhero. What's your superpower?

Stop people getting angry on social media, or newspapers and TV for that matter. An angry mind makes poor decisions. As does an angry populace.

What scene in Amnesia was your favorite to write?

I wrote three or four chapters set in Capri in 1939 and 1947 when my old man visits the island with his friends. I had been to Capri twice in the past, and I went to the British Library and did a lot of research on the island in the middle of the twentieth century. I tried to write the chapters without visiting the place. They were OK, but they weren’t quite good enough. So I explained to my wife that I absolutely had to go to Capri on a research trip the following week. She understood – I love my wife.

I had never researched a place after I had written the relevant scenes in my book before. It made visiting the island, which is beautiful anyway, an amazing experience. By that stage my characters seemed real to me, so I felt I knew the island extremely well, not from my previous two visits, but from having placed my characters there over four chapters. As I walked around the island, I thought to myself: so this is where Tony’s house was; this is the Roman ruin where they went for a picnic, and in particular, this is the Villa Fersen, the ruined folly high up on a ledge in the cliffs, where the eponymous Swedish millionaire playboy gallivanted, and where two of my characters … well, I don’t want to spoil the story.

When I returned to London, I rewrote those scenes, and I think I have ended up with my best effort at describing any of the locations in my novels so far.

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

When you have a problem to solve, think about how to solve it first, rather than what the solution is.

Michael Ridpath is the author of the new book Amnesia.

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Interview with Monique DeVere, author of Adam

What can you tell us about your new release, Adam?

Adam: Her Deal Maker is the first book in my new Pleasure Flights series. It’s a romantic comedy beach read about co-workers who pilot for a helicopter tour company in California. Adam and Lacey have been fighting their attraction for five years until they’re accidentally booked into the same room at a conference in Washington D.C. And that’s when everything gets complicated. Lacey is a thrill-seeker who has a no-dating-co-workers-rule. Adam is strong, caring and protective—okay, some might call him overprotective. He has a no-dating-thrill-seekers-rule. So that’s the end of that... then they’re assigned the task of negotiating a contract and have to fly to a tropical private island where things really heat up!

What or who inspired you to become an author?

I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t making up stories to entertain my younger siblings. I was one of those kids who spent a lot of time daydreaming. It wasn’t long before I started writing down the stories I made up so when my siblings said, “Tell us the one about…” I’d be able to re-tell it. Soon, my school friends wanted copies of my stories. I wrote more stories and sold them for 10c each. I penned my first full-length novel at age fifteen and I’ve been writing ever since. I guess writing has always been part of my nature, and not something inspired by other writers.

What books are currently on your night stand?

My night stand and Kindle are very different. On my night stand, I keep my copy of the Holy Bible, along with a devotional, prayer book, and whichever spiritual book I’m currently reading. Right now, that would be Secrets of Enoch & the Apocalypse of Baruch.

My Kindle has all sorts! My new TBR pile is the Terri Osburn Ardent Springs series. I’ve only recently discovered Terri and love her voice!

If you were a teacher, what book would you assign your class?

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby.

What's a typical day like for you?

Alarm goes off at 5:45am.

Rise at 6am. Prayer/Devotion. Exercise. Shower. Drop our teen daughter to school in the next town.

8:45am. Return home; go for a three-mile walk.

10:30am. Grab a cup of herbal tea, a bulletproof coffee, or a protein shake, and head into my study where I remain—trying my best to avoid interruptions—until it’s time to pick our daughter up from school.

4pm. I return home in time for the after-school arrival of two of our granddaughters.

Prepare dinner and catch up with “kiddie” life.

It depends on whether hubby is on days or night shifts as to how the rest of my evening will go. If hubby is on nights, I will head back to work after granddaughters have been collected and hubby has left for work. I’ve been known to work right through until the sun comes up. Then can’t go to bed 'cause, well… it’s morning. Thankfully, that doesn’t occur too often.

If you could invent anything, what would it be?

A supplement that busts patience. I wish I had more patience.

What scene in Adam was your favorite to write?

The Meet-Cute.

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

My philosophy is simple. “If it causes a problem, it has to go”. Life becomes so much simpler when we live by a code.

Monique DeVere is the author of the new book Adam.

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Books To Read If You Like John Sandford

You may know John Sandford as a bestselling thriller writer, but did you know he was also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist back in the 80s? Over his long career as New York Times Bestselling author, he is best known for the Prey (27 books) and Virgil Flowers (10 books) series of novels. If you are a fan of exciting thriller reads that set your heart racing, you'll love these books to read if you like John Sandford!

Books To Read If You Like John Sandford

Amnesia

Michael Ridpath

Release Date: May 23, 2017

After suffering a head injury, an elderly doctor wakes up in the hospital with almost total amnesia. A family friend, Clemence, is brought in to help rekindle his memory. When she finds a manuscript in his cottage, she is shocked by the first line: It was a warm, still night and the cry of a tawny owl swirled through the birch trees by the loch, when I killed the only woman I have ever loved. The killer is clearly the old man, and the victim is Clemence's grandmother. As she reads on, there are people closing in on the cottage who are willing to kill to make sure that the old man’s secrets stay forgotten.

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Here and Gone

Haylen Beck

Release Date: June 20, 2017

It begins with a woman fleeing through Arizona with her kids in tow, trying to escape an abusive marriage. When she is pulled over by an unsettling local sheriff, things start to go very wrong and she is taken into custody. Only when she gets to the station, her kids are gone. And then the cops start saying they never saw any kids with her. Meanwhile, halfway across the country, a man hears the frenzied news reports about the missing kids, which are eerily similar to events in his own past.

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Camino Island

John Grisham

Release Date: June 6, 2017

Mercer Mann is a novelist with a severe case of writer’s block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by a mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable’s circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets. But eventually Mercer learns far too much, and there’s trouble in paradise.

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The Silent Corner

Dean Koontz

Release Date: June 20, 2017

“I very much need to be dead.” These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live for—but took his own life. In the aftermath, his widow, Jane Hawk, does what all her grief, fear, and fury demand: find the truth, no matter what. When Jane seeks to learn why people are suddenly committing suicide, she becomes the most-wanted fugitive in America.

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The Marsh King's Daughter

Karen Dionne

Release Date: June 13, 2017

Helena has a secret: she is the product of an abduction. Her mother was kidnapped as a teenager by her father and kept in a remote cabin in the marshlands of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. More than twenty years later, her father has killed two guards, escaped from prison, and disappeared into the marshland. The police commence a manhunt, but Helena knows they don’t stand a chance. She knows that only one person has the skills to find the survivalist the world calls the Marsh King—because only one person was ever trained by him: his daughter.

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The Last Place You Look

Kristen Lepionka

Release Date: June 13, 2017

Nobody knows what happened to Sarah Cook. The beautiful blonde teenager disappeared fifteen years ago, the same night her parents were brutally murdered. Her boyfriend Brad Stockton, was convicted of the murders and is now on death row. Though he’s maintained his innocence all along, the clock is running out. His execution is only weeks away when his sister insists she saw Sarah at an area gas station. Willing to try anything, she hires PI Roxane Weary to look at the case.

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Interview with Willow Winters, author of Unforgiven

What can you tell us about your new release, Unforgiven?

Well it completely broke me and made me cry for one. I never intended for the sins and secrets series to be a duet but Jules and Mason's story needed so much more than one book or even one story could give. I do see the first book as a complete story and I was shattered when I wrote the last chapter and stole their happily ever after from them. I carried that emotion with me as I wrote their second book and I love how it turned out.

What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?

- M Never's Decadence After Dark Series.

- LP Lovell and Stevie Cole's Wrong/Wrath series

- Sylvia Day's Crossfire Series

- And... I'm saying it ... Twilight and Fifty Shades of Gray -- and they're sharing a spot so I can give another book (she says hoping she can cheat like this)

- Ella James Sloth

I also loved Belle Aurora's Raw, Jade West's Dirty Bad series, Monster in His Eyes (series) by JM Darhower, The Kane Trilogy from Stylo Fantome, Monster's in the Dark series from Pepper Winters, CJ Robert's Captive in the Dark and The Life of Anna by Marrissa Honeycutt (which is not for the faint of heart). Those are basically all of my top reads EVER that utterly destroyed me and I love them all for it.

Who is your favorite couple from literature?

My favorite couple is difficult to pick... Obviously, I couldn't even pick 5 books - let alone 1 couple. If I HAD to do it ... I'm going to go with ... this is HARD - with a gun to my head I say Tor and Jude. Both strong characters I absolutely loved.

What's in your Netflix queue?

I hardly watch TV anymore - but when I do it's real housewives!

If you had an extra hour each day, how would you spend it?

With my kids - hands down. They love blocks and story time, so I'd be crosslegged on the floor trying to keep the two from fighting for my extra hour.

What scene in Unforgiven was your favorite to write?

The ending! I NEEDED it. It was so emotional and I found a scene so hard to write that I had to go write the ending before I could continue. So by far - the ending was my favorite, it gave me the feels and made the emotional rollercoaster worth it.

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

YES!! If I can look down and say "cute undies?" check, "shaved legs?" check, "pedicure?" check! Then I can conquer the world. ... Keeping that in mind, I need to go shave and get a pedi. The world can wait an hour!