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Krystal Shannan Chats with Author Donna Fasano

What attracted you to writing in the first place?
I came to writing from my love of reading. While growing up, I lost myself in books in order to escape an unhappy childhood.

How has your upbringing influenced your writing?
I think authors who face a lot of pain and anguish seem to write stories with great depth, with honesty and compassion. It could be that dealing with trauma brings out the best (or worst) in people. I believe that losing my mother at such a young age had a huge imp...

Krystal Shannan's Stop on the Wet and Wild Blog Hop!

So many great prizes! Welcome to my stop on the Wet and Wild Blog Hop!
Summer is my favorite time of the year! Lots of great weather, I don't ever have to wear shoes, and clothing is very light, LOL. But most of all, I have a lot of extra time to read!

What do you like to read? Paranormal? Contemporary? Historical?

I read a little bit of everything. For Paranormal some of my favorite authors are Sherrilyn Kenyon, Carrie Ann Ryan, Kresley Cole, and Shelly Laurenston.

For Contemporary, I read ever...

Krystal Shannan Features Author Cora Seton

Ethan Cruz should be mending fences on his Montana ranch, but instead he’s driving to the Chance Creek, Montana, airport – to pick up the bride he didn’t know he had. This latest salvo in his ongoing practical joke battle with his best friend, Rob Matheson, has gone too far, and Ethan plans to send his “bride” right back home, then get busy plotting his revenge. One look at Autumn Leeds changes his mind, however. Perhaps he needs a bride, after all. A breathtakingly beautiful city br...

Krystal Shannan Features Author Tawny Weber

Somewhere on the train is a key witness for a crime involving arson, murder and a high-profile businessman. And reporter Marni Clare will do whatever it takes to get the story—even if it means crashing in a sleeper car that’s she’s not sure she’s reserved. But when she wakes, she finds herself curled up with the man she’s seeking…and he’s hot enough to derail all her plans!

FBI special agent Hunter won’t complain about the wickedly hot blonde in his arms. And maybe it’s the medicatio...

Krystal Shannan Interviews Author Allie Boniface

Did you always want to be an author?

Yes, always yes. I was the kid in elementary school who was writing stories when I was supposed to be doing math. Or science. Or anything else, really. I'd create these little books out of my spiral notebook paper, staple the edges together, and pencil in my earliest covers. I started reading when I was 3 and loved language from that moment on!

What made you choose to write romance?

I'm one of those unusual romance authors who didn't read a lot of i...

Krystal Shannan's #SneakPeekSunday -WIP - 5/12/2013

Daryl Stevens opened the door slightly. “You have to go and hide now, Maggie, Lady Dei. You must go. I’ll stay with my daughter.”

“Daryl, I’ll not leave your daughter like this. You go ahead and take Maggie. We’ll be as quiet as we can. Douse all but the fire in the pit and go. Perhaps they will have pity on a woman having a baby. Perhaps they will pass us by altogether.”

“Lady Dei, your father will have my head on a platter.”

“Daryl! Take Maggie and go. The platter will be for my hea...

Krystal Shannan Features Author Gaylon Greer

Alex Bryson is patrolling Rocky Mountain backcountry in his job as a security guard when he discovers a woman with a baby wandering alone in the snow far from the nearest road. He takes them to shelter in a weekender cabin and sees a newscast that suggests the woman, Pia Ulmer, kidnapped the baby from its rightful parents and that it is the sole heir of Peru’s wealthiest and most corrupt family. Pia claims that she is the baby’s mother, and Alex doesn't know what to believe. After tu...

Krystal Shannan Features Author Melanie Atkins

Fueled by grief after his fiancée is brutally murdered, Detective Sam Walker focuses on finding her killer -- a calculating predator who binds books with human skin. Dani Barrington, the newest member of NOPD's Victim and Witness Assistance Unit and a survivor of another frightening attack, helps him discover the terrifying link between the monster's known victims. Despite his anguish, Sam is struck by Dani's strength and determination, especially when her inquisitive nature makes he...

Krystal Shannan's #SneakPeekSunday 5/5/2013

Thank you for joining me again for #SneakPeekSunday! Follow the hashtag to find more great authors! This week we are switching to a new WIP. I know you will miss Darren and Eshe, but their book will be out later this year. So you will just have to wait for the whole story :-)

Today you get a little taste of something a little older. We are going aViking for a few weeks. I hope you enjoy the Lady Dei!!! “My lady, we must get you to the forest. My father waits with a horse.” Dei wipe...

April London's New American Historical Romance! THE REBEL SPY

Tamsyn Moody wants to go home to her mother and leave war-ravaged Virginia behind her. She doesn't think her husband will ever return, and staying alone in their cabin with their five-year-old daughter isn't safe any more. But when her mortally wounded husband appears and makes a dying request, she can't refuse him - no matter what the danger may be.

James Steele is tired. Tired of war. Tired of death. Tired of being alone. With the end of the war imminent, he looks forward to reconnecting...