Guest: Historical Novelist Erika Robuck
I’m delighted to welcome lovely cyber friend and fellow HNSer Erika Robuck to Between the Sheets today. Erika’s novel HEMINGWAY’S GIRL released September 4th and is making a splashy entrance on the publishing scene. About HEMINGWAY’S GIRL In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a...
Read MoreGuest: Author Mary Hart Perry
Mary joins us today to share the inspiration behind her engaging Victorian thriller THE WILD PRINCESS that releases next week. It’s a rolicking adventure about Queen Victoria’s bold artist daughter who finds herself ensared in a plot involving expert bombers, a muderous pimp, and the former undercover guard to Abraham Lincoln, one of which vies for her heart. Tell us more about THE WILD PRINCESS, Mary. The astronomical success of the historical novels of Phillipa Gregory and...
Read MoreGuest: Bestselling Author C.W. Gortner
Today, please welcome C.W. Gortner to Between the Sheets. He is the bestselling author of several novels, including his latest that was released this summer titled THE QUEEN’S VOW. C.W.’s gripping new novel follows young Isabella of Castile’s dramatic ascent to power, as she transforms from the defiant passionate daughter of an exiled widow into the famed warrior-queen who irrevocably changed the future of Spain and the world. We’re thrilled to have you, Christopher!...
Read MoreGuest Author Janice Hardy: A Query By Design
I’d like to welcome Janice Hardy to Between the Sheets today. She’s here discussing how she put together her own eye-catching query that snagged her agent Kristin Nelson. Janice is the author of three YA fantasty novels and runs a popular writerly blog. Check out her links below! Take it away, Janice… Query letters are the bane of many writers. They can be hard, frustrating, and downright impossible sometimes. Advice across the web says you have to make them perfect, but that...
Read MoreGuest: Bestselling Author Sherry Jones
I’m thrilled to welcome Sherry Jones, author, of the recently released FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS to Between the Sheets. *waves* Hi, Sherry. I had the good fortune of meeting her last summer at HNS. She was gracious and as passionate as the characters in her books. Leave a comment and one lucky reader will be drawn to receive their own copy of FOUR SISTERS! A BLURB for FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS When Beatrice of Savoy, countess of Provence, sends her four beautiful, accomplished daughters...
Read MoreGuest: Bestselling Author Kate Quinn & Empress of the Seven Hills
I have the great pleasure of welcoming national bestselling author of DAUGHTERS OF ROME and MISTRESS OF ROME, Kate Quinn. I met Kate at the Historical Novel Society Conference last June in San Diego. She was delightfully witty with a streak of sarcasm (my fav), and happy to answer any questions newbie authors had for her. I knew I had to read her books! And what a feast they are–packed with well-drawn characters, page-turning action, and lush descriptions of ancient Roman times. Her...
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