Set in the turn of the thirteenth century Scottish
Highlands, this is the story of Daniel MacLaurin, a handsome, rugged
warrior-laird haunted by his past, and Maryn Donald, the beautiful,
high-spirited lass destined to help him find his heart's ease.
After losing her husband to a sudden heart attack, Tess
Mathews escapes to Bora Bora to lay her husband and sorrow to rest. What she
doesn’t expect is a new beginning.
Thousands of people, like myself, have published on Amazon
in the last few years and many thousands more are planning to. However, if you’re
a first time author, you might be faced with the dilemma of what to write. You know
that you want to publish a book, and hopefully become the next bestselling author, another E L James, Amanda Hocking or
John Locke, but where do you start?
Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. He is a graduate of SUNY, Empire State College and served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves. Zurl left New York to live in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee with his wife, Barbara.
Last December I interviewed Michelle Hughes, author of A Night At Tears of Crimson and since then she has been unbelievably busy, so I asked her if she was willing to do a second interview with me to tell us what she’s been up to and luckily she said yes!
Thank you, Katheryn! The past several weeks have been a humbling, exciting time in my life. 
I can’t tell you how excited I am to be interviewing Catherine Bybee on this blog! First of all Catherine, congratulations on the huge success of your number 1, bestselling romance, Wife by Wednesday. Without giving too much away, could you tell us a little bit about it?
A great book needs a great book cover. However, for many authors, like me, designing a cover that is even half-decent can be a frustrating challenge. Therefore, when I saw H. S. St.Ours stunning book cover mentioned on my page, Great Book Covers, and found out that he had done it all himself, I asked him if he was willing to share his expertise and luckily he said ‘Yes’! Below is one of the most useful and inspiring guides I have read on how to design a winning book cover. I hope you find it helpful too. 
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I recently interviewed author, Philip Catshill, who talked about what inspired him to write the Mike Newman mystery stories. In his interview he also mentioned the amazing power of prayer in his life. Although Philip's murder mysteries don't have a Christian message, his comments did make me think that I should read more faith-based novels. As a huge romance fan, I naturally went searching for some Christian romance and while I was doing so, I came across In Name Only, by Ellen Gable. What attracted me to the book? Not only is it an historical Christian romance, but it also won a Gold Medal for religious fiction in the 2010 Independent Publisher book awards. Not surprisingly, on Amazon it has received an amazing twenty-one, 5 star reviews! So, what are people raving about?
J K Rowling and I actually have a few things in common, such as the fact that we have both lived in Edinburgh and we have both taught abroad. The latest thing that we now share is that we both believe in publishing our books as ebooks. According to a recent press conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum (a great museum by the way - more on that another time maybe) J K Rowling said, 'I wanted to give something back to the fans that have followed Harry so devotedly over the years, and to bring the stories to a new digital generation.' 
