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Characters on the Couch: Faith Hunter’s Motley Crew

Today I’m excited to welcome Faith Hunter to the couch with not just one, but three of her characters. Yes, it’s a group therapy session! I met Faith at DragonCon, and she is so much fun to hang out with.… Continue Reading…

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Cowboys on the Couch: Linda Joyce’s Jared

Greetings and howdy to everybody. This week we have our third of four cowboys on the couch for April, which I have deemed to be Cowboy month on the blog. Blame Kim Turner – she gave me the idea (and you… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: Kim Turner’s Wyatt McCade

Howdy, y’all, and welcome to this month’s second installment of Cowboy Characters on the Couch! I’m excited that I’ll have a cowboy for you on the other Thursdays in April as well. Today we get to meet Wyatt McCade, whose… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: Sawyer McCade

I’m declaring April to be Cowboy month here on the blog. Well, the first two weeks, anyway, but I’ll see what I can line up. I’m thrilled to welcome author Kim Turner and her cowboys to the couch this week… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: Eva Gordon’s Bayla

Occasionally on Facebook I’ll put together a call to author groups I belong to for newsletter shares. If you’re part of my newsletter, you’ll likely recognize this character from a January feature. This was the book I had to grab for… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: Sybil Ingram

Today I’m thrilled to have Amanda Dewees and her heroine Sybil Ingram visiting my couch. It’s rare that when I read the first book in a series, I go straight to the second one, but I had to in this… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: David B. Coe’s Melyor i Lakin

It’s a special Saturday edition of Characters on the Couch! Why? Because as I mentioned in my last blog post, I’ve been buried under book release and nonfiction deadline stuff, and I let all kinds of balls drop in the… Continue Reading…

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Characters on the Couch: SherrieLea Morgan’s Marcus

This week I’m excited to welcome fellow author SherrieLea Morgan back to the couch with a character from her new release GhostDrums. Sherrie and I are in the box set A Wicked Halloween (still free in KU) together, and I also… Continue Reading…

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Characters on the Couch: Gail Carriger’s Imogene and Genevieve

Please join me in a collective squee as I welcome international bestselling author Gail Carriger and her two main characters from her most recent release to the couch. I am seriously fangirling here because Ms. Carriger’s first Parasol Protectorate novel… Continue Reading…

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Characters on the Couch: Kyra and Jared from A Million Shadows

Meet Kyra Ellison and Jared Steel, the heroine and hero of A Million Shadows, my contribution to A Wicked Halloween.