Nov 23, 2023 | Authors Dish, Blog, Jeanne Adams, Mariah Ankenman, November 2023, Samantha Chase
Welcome to Authors Dish – a time to connect with your favorite authors or discover new ones as they share a little bit about themselves. I’m always so appreciative when they take the time to chat and hang out a bit while writing all the adventures we crave. I’ll be sharing their links and bio so if they are a new author for ya, you’ll have all the info you need to check them out.
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To everyone this fall season I hope your pantries are full, your table filled, and friendships forged. May we all give thanks to those in our lives who make ours a little better. As November winds down, the holiday season countdown begins, and the festivities begin we’ve got NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author Samantha Chase, Bestselling Author Mariah Ankenman and Author Jeanne Adams ready to dish!
1. What is your favorite Thanksgiving Tradition?
Samantha: I don’t think we ever had a Thanksgiving tradition ☹ For so many years we ended up someplace different every year and it was either small and quiet or loud and boisterous. But basically, it’s just about being together with family or friends.
Mariah: The food for sure!
Jeanne: My fav Thanksgiving tradition is to have friends over who don’t have a family to get to on the holiday. Another fav is to, over dessert, have everyone say what they were Thankful for from the previous year and what they’re looking forward to in the next.
2. Do you cater your feast or cook from scratch or just contribute a side dish?
Samantha: I do ALL of the cooking and I love it. It’s my favorite meal in the world to cook! Not everything is from scratch, but at least half of it is.
Mariah: My spouse and I generally host these days and mostly cook from scratch, but a few things come from a can or box.
Jeanne: These days, I’m cooking it from scratch! Love doing that, so it’s no hardship!
3. What is your “must have” dish on the table?
Samantha: Mashed potatoes. One year we went to my husband’s aunt’s house for Thanksgiving. We had just moved 500 miles away from our parents and close family and it was our first holiday away from home. And while the dinner was fine, there were no mashed potatoes and it totally threw me! Lol!
Mariah: Mashed potatoes!
Jeanne: A big ol’ Turkey, of course! But my boys won’t consider it Thanksgiving unless there’s sweet potato casserole and pineapple casserole on the table. Hubby wants mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. I love it all!
4. So many pies … are you team Pecan, Pumpkin or Apple? A la mode, whip cream, or pass on the toppings?
Samantha: I am not a pie person at all – unless it’s a chocolate or Oreo pie! – but there is always an apple pie at the holidays. Always. My mother-in-law used to make them and now my mom makes them.
Mariah: I’m not a huge dessert person, but I do love a delicious pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top.
Jeanne: I am totally team Pumpkin! However, not everyone in my household are pumpkin fans (what is wrong with them???) so I’ve always got apple and sometimes cherry too. I’m the only fan of pecan, and sometimes it’s too much with pumpkin too, so I seldom make it anymore.
5. What is your favorite holiday movie, album to put on, or book to read?
Samantha: Favorite holiday movie is “Scrooged” with Bill Murray and “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. Those are my musts for the holiday season.
Mariah: Garfield Christmas and Muppet Christmas Carol are lifelong favorites. I also do a Christmas book advent calendar with the kiddos. We unwrap a Christmas book every night to read. Some are old ones, but I usually buy one or two news ones every year.
Jeanne: I always re-read a wonderful historical that’s a Christmas story. I’ll have to dig it out and get the name to share. It’s out of print but it’s charming. I love all the Halloween movies, of course, but Die Hard is my favorite Christmas movie, as well as A Wonderful Life and the original cartoon Grinch.
6. Holiday shopping … do you start early or wait for all the seasonal sales? Do you get up early and fight the crowds or sit in your pjs browsing the web?
Samantha: I used to get up early and do the Black Friday shopping with friends for a lot of years. Now I tend to sit in my pjs and shop online from September through December until I have everything.
Mariah: Crowded stores? No thank you! I’m an online shopper for the most part.
Jeanne: I browse from my chair in my Pjs! Grins. I do some shopping early if I see something that strikes me as being perfect for someone, but I refuse to fight the crowds.
7. As we get ready to shop and fill the e-readers, bookshelves and wish lists …. Do you have any upcoming releases?
Samantha: Such a silly question! Of course I do!!
– A MERRY MONTGOMERY CHRISTMAS – coming November 14 th
– IRRESISTIBLE LOVE (Wylder Love book one) – coming January 30 th , 2024
– TEASING YOU (Donovans of Sweetbriar Ridge book two) – coming March 26 th , 2024
– WANTING YOU (Donovans of Sweetbriar Ridge book three) – coming May 21, 2024
– INDESCRIBABLE LOVE (Wylder Love book two) – coming July 16 th , 2024
– UNDENIABLE LOVE (Wylder Love book three) – coming September 17 th , 2024
Mariah: Nothing with buy links yet, but my entire backlist is available.
Jeanne: I do! I have a wonderfully fun story coming out in an anthology November 28! The Anthology is headlined by NYTimes and USA Today bestselling author Mercedes Lackey and is set in her award wining world of Valdemar. I was so lucky and so excited to be invited to be a part of the 17 th anthology in this world The book is called Anything With Nothing.
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Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than eighty titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She’s a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80’s rock. When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 32 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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Bestselling author Mariah Ankenman lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her two rambunctious children and loving spouse who is her own personal spell checker when her dyslexia gets the best of her. Mariah loves to lose herself in a world of words. Her favorite thing about writing is when she can make someone’s day a little brighter with one of her books. To learn more about Mariah and her books, visit her website http://mariahankenman.com/ follow her on social media, or sign up for her newsletter.
Jeanne Adams is an award-winning author of more than 20 thrilling suspense, wicked Urban Fantasy, paranormal romantic suspense, and dramatic space adventures which have been compared to the works of Robert Heinlein and Jack McDevitt. Both traditionally and independently published, Jeanne is a sought-after speaker for her Body Disposal for Writers Worldbuilding for Writers, Plotting for Pantzers, and her workshop on Fight Scenes in Fiction.
Jeanne helped create the Nora Roberts Writing Institute at Hagerstown Community College; served on the Board of Directors for Romance Writers of America; was featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine; and is a showrunner on ConTinual, the online Con that Never Ends. She’s currently completing her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction and has won numerous awards for both her fiction and non-fiction work. Jeanne lives in DC with her sports-mad husband and sons, as well as three large, boisterous dogs. Find links to her latest work on her website or through most online purchasing platforms!
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Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Cover Reveal, Meghan Quinn, October 2023
From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new roommates-to-lovers, standalone sports romance featuring the hockey men you can’t get enough of. This steamy, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy will bring all the laughs while making your cheeks blush at the same time.
Releasing November 28th in all formats, check out the cover and sneak peek below and pre-order your copy today!
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About HE’S NOT MY TYPE (Coming 11/28/2023):
Word to the wise, never become roommates with a girl you’ve been pining over for the better part of a year.
You’re probably wondering why I would do such a thing? Well, I didn’t.
It was my teammates.
The moment they found out Blakely White was single, they took it upon themselves to play cupid and instruct me on how I should win her over.
Don’t wear a shirt around her.
Make her dinner.
Lightly touch her shoulder when you say goodbye.
I’m so flustered, so overwhelmed, so madly in love with this woman who barely notices me, that I lose control of the situation and make one huge mistake: I offer to be her fake date for a wedding so she can make her ex jealous.
That means, for one whole night I get a free pass with her. I get to hold her, dance with her, kiss her…stare at her from across the room like she’s my entire world because she has been for months now.
But when the night comes to an end, I’m faced with two options: bring her back to my bedroom and show her how I really feel, or let her walk away, succumbing to the fact that I very well might not be her type.
Get your sneak peek here!
When I see the office door is open, I steel my nerves and knock on the wood while poking my head in.
She’s sitting at her desk, staring into space so my knock startles her. “Oh, Halsey,” she says, making eye contact. “What are you doing here?”
I step into her office. “Uh, I thought you might need a new phone.” I walk up to her desk and place it on the glass surface.
“Seriously?” she asks, looking stunned. “You got me a phone?”
I pull on the back of my neck while holding the donuts, starting to feel even more foolish from her reaction. “Well, I assumed you might need one for the game tonight and everything. You just need to insert your SIM card. I didn’t know what case you’d like so I just grabbed this,” I say while pulling a purple case from my back pocket. “Apparently it doesn’t slip from hands easily. And there’s a screen protector already installed on it as well. The purple is for the Agitators, but feel free to change it.”
She stares at the phone and the case for a few seconds before looking up at me.
“If you don’t like it or if it’s wrong, I can take it back. I have time, so I can make the trip.”
She shakes her head. “No, sorry, I love it, I’m just . . . stunned, is all. This was so nice of you. Thank you, Halsey.”
“Oh sure.” I set the donuts down as well. “And these are because you said you needed a donut. Not sure if you were able to pick one up or not.”
She offers me that beautiful smile, which makes me so goddamn weak that I grip the chair in front of me so I don’t make a fool of myself.
“I wasn’t able to grab a donut, so you just made my day.”
“Well, I felt bad, so . . . hope your day goes better.”
She stands from her desk and rounds it, coming right up to me. Unsure what she’s about to do, I just stare at her as she loops her arms around me and pulls me into a hug.
A warm, genuine hug.
I’m quite stiff at first, but after one second of feeling her around me, my arms immediately circle her, and my head leans in, taking in the sweet scent of her shampoo—it’s like a field of flowers.
“Thank you so much, Halsey. I appreciate it.”
“Oh, you’re welcome,” I say as she pulls away. My fingers drag along her slender back before I let go.
Those beautiful eyes stare up at me as she says, “It’s been an insane day, and I’m not sure I even apologized for flashing you. Did I? I blacked out. I know I spoke of a loincloth. Honestly, it wasn’t my best moment.” She flips open the donut box and pulls one out. She then takes a giant bite before letting her head fall back while she moans in delight.
Oh man, I’m a goner . . .
Erin Mallon and Connor Crais narrate this sexy, roommates-to-lovers romance in duet with a full cast including Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton, JF Harding, and Kelsey Navarro! HE’S NOT MY TYPE will be released on November 28th, and you can pre-order it now!
USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.
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Oct 31, 2023 | Blog, Jeanne Adams, Mariah Ankenman, October 2023, Samantha Chase
Welcome to Authors Dish – a time to connect with your favorite authors or discover new ones as they share a little bit about themselves. I’m always so appreciative when they take the time to chat and hang out a bit while writing all the adventures we crave. I’ll be sharing their links and bio so if they are a new author for ya, you’ll have all the info you need to check them out.a
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As October comes to a close, we’ve got NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author Samantha Chase, Bestselling Author Mariah Ankenman and Author Jeanne Adams ready to dish!
1. October means we are officially into the Fall with everything “spiced” and spooky. What’s your seasonal speed? (Pumpkin Everything, Maple Lover, or Skip the Spice … I’m all about the tinsel and Peppermint)
Mariah: Pumpkin and Apple cinnamon are my jam! I’ve even done both as vodka infusions, yummy!
Samantha: Definitely not a spiced or spooky girl. Not a fan of either. I’m just patiently waiting for the tinsel and peppermint too!!
Jeanne: I am allllll about the pumpkin, people! Don’t particularly like pumpkin spice, but love pumpkin anything else. I love fall! I love Halloween! Never met a spooky scary skeleton I didn’t love.
2. Growing up certain houses were known for their “treats” and we never missed those doorbells. What do you pass out for the kiddos?
Mariah: We have a candy bowl with a variety of chocolate/gummy/sucker candy and a bowl with toys for kiddos who can’t have sweets or don’t want them. I love handing out treats at Halloween and I always let kids take a treat from both baskets if they want.
Samantha: I know I’ll catch a LOT of grief for this, but I am so NOT a lover of Halloween. We don’t decorate and I buy just the basics. It’s all brand name and the good stuff, but it’s fun sized and everyone gets a handful.
Jeanne: I pass out the good stuff! I have Hersheys and good chocolates, as well as Skittles and fruity things. I keep a separate non-peanut basket for a few neighbor kids I know with peanut allergies. (Well packaged to prevent cross contamination!) and some things that are certified gluten free too.
3. Do you toss a few extra bags of your favorite candy into the cart for snacking during the season?
Mariah: Heck yeah I do!
Jeanne: I always have to buy an extra bag for the kids close to Halloween because my household will have “snacked” on the big candy bowl!
4. What is your idea of a perfect fall day activity or adventure? Where are you and who are you with?
Mariah: Me and the fam heading off to the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve while watching The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Samantha: Perfect fall day would be driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway and seeing all the beautiful colors of the leaves changing. Of course my hubby would be right there beside me and then
we’d stay at some quiet little hotel with a great view.
Jeanne: Perfect Fall day activity or adventure is decorating for Halloween with my hubby and kids! Or going to a festival or a fall pumpkin patch to get pumpkins to carve. LOVE carving those pumpkins!!
5. Do you have a Fall bucket list and what is on it?
Mariah: We always have to make it to the Pumpkin Festival in town. I also love horror movies, so I make sure to watch as many as possible during spooky season. We also host an annual Halloween party for all our friends which is always a ghoulish good time.
Samantha: Don’t laugh, but…we always go to the beach in the fall. My husband fishes, I write, the weather is gorgeous, and it’s peaceful. I look forward to it every year.
Jeanne: My Fall bucket list is to go to Keene, NH to their pumpkin festival. 1000s of carved Jack-o-lanterns!
6. If I were to visit your hometown, is there an orchard or farm I should visit for the best fall produce, corn mazes, and fun?
Mariah: Yes! Check out the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield for their pumpkin festival and corn maze. The best in the Denver area!
Samantha: Not really my hometown, but we’ve lived here for almost 30 years and there is a cute little farm about ten miles up the road that has all of those things.
Jeanne: There are several! But my fav is Butler’s Orchard in Maryland (not far from where I am in DC) is amazing! They have pony rides and face painters and pumpkins and apples and cider…well, if it’s fall and fun, it’s at Butlers!
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Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than eighty titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She’s a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80’s rock. When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 32 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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Bestselling author Mariah Ankenman lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her two rambunctious children and loving spouse who is her own personal spell checker when her dyslexia gets the best of her. Mariah loves to lose herself in a world of words. Her favorite thing about writing is when she can make someone’s day a little brighter with one of her books. To learn more about Mariah and her books, visit her website http://mariahankenman.com/ follow her on social media, or sign up for her newsletter.
Jeanne Adams is an award-winning author of more than 20 thrilling suspense, wicked Urban Fantasy, paranormal romantic suspense, and dramatic space adventures which have been compared to the works of Robert Heinlein and Jack McDevitt. Both traditionally and independently published, Jeanne is a sought-after speaker for her Body Disposal for Writers Worldbuilding for Writers, Plotting for Pantzers, and her workshop on Fight Scenes in Fiction.
Jeanne helped create the Nora Roberts Writing Institute at Hagerstown Community College; served on the Board of Directors for Romance Writers of America; was featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine; and is a showrunner on ConTinual, the online Con that Never Ends. She’s currently completing her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction and has won numerous awards for both her fiction and non-fiction work. Jeanne lives in DC with her sports-mad husband and sons, as well as three large, boisterous dogs. Find links to her latest work on her website or through most online purchasing platforms!
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Oct 26, 2023 | Blog, Mariah Ankenman, October 2023
Perfect Imperfections by Mariah Ankenman is refreshing and adorable with relatable characters who draw you into their world with ease. Love isn’t complicated when you are open, honest, and can trust the person you are with.
Ellie and Sullivan have a tenderness between them that is so touching as they navigate through OCD, and the other sensitive issues that arise while exploring their new connection. It’ is sooo sweet. Will Sullivan finally find a way to love again? Will Ellie find someone to love her for all of her?
🐧 Memorable meetcut with penguins!
🐧 Slow Burn
🐧 RomCom
🐧 Single Dad Doctor who is still working through the fallout from his marriage.
🐧 Zookeeper with OCD that wants to be with someone who appreciates her and doesn’t try to fix her.
🐧 Cinnamon Roll
🐧 Lots of animal puns!!!
🐧 Accurate mental health representation.
Do you like your reads spicy? If so, this book is best enjoyed with your favorite iced beverage, a cozy chair, and maybe a fan. Characters comfortably express their desire with kissing and passionate exploration. If you’re looking for a medium level of heat this should be a satisfying read. Thank you Mariah Ankenman for the advance reader copy for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
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Oct 24, 2023 | Anya Summers, Blog, Carrie Putnam, Cathryn Fox, Lili Von, October 2023, S.M. West, Tawdra Kandle
It Happened One Weekend is filled with EIGHT bite-sized novellas from sweet to inferno.
Our Secret Fling by Leigh Adams
✔ Brothers Best Friend
✔ Forbidden Romance
✔ One Weekendz
✔ A kiss
Need more of Kat and Mason!
Elevator Pitch by L.B. Dunbar
✔ Trapped in an elevator
✔ Baseball Manager
✔ Sports crush
Ross and Vee … I can’t wait to read more. Not sure I’ll make it until April 2024!
Hard Burn by Cathryn Fox
✔ Brothers Best Friend
✔ One Night
✔ One Word
✔ Second Chances
✔ Scotia Storm goodness! Adding to my tbr now.
Second Shot by Tawdra Kandle
✔ Baseball player
✔ Writer Conference
✔ Second chances
✔ A reunion that is H-O-T
An Experiment in Rock & Roll – Prequel by Lili Von
✔ A Housewife
✔ A Rockstar
✔ Two nights
✔ A one-night stand
Pucking All the Rules by Carrie Putnam
✔ A wedding
✔ A hockey player
✔ Mistaken Identity
✔ Fake fiancé
✔ Cake
Midnight Player by Anya Summers
✔ A baseball catcher
✔ Shy romance writer
✔ So. So. H-O-T
Heartthrob by S.M. West
✔ Hollywood heartthrob
✔ Runaway bride-to-be
✔ One hot weekend
✔ Secrets a plenty
Can’t wait to find out what happens next for Jane and Roman!!
I loved that many of the characters are interconnected. What a great collection of authors I know and a few new to me.
💬Have you ever met an athlete in a hotel lobby or elevator?
I did …. years ago. We talked for a little bit. Mentioned he could get me tickets to the game later that night for me and a few friends. While we never saw each other again, he was super nice. Oh, and yes.. he did pitch that night.
These stories range from sweet to inferno so be prepared for a wild and spicy adventure.
I received a copy for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.
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