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An Incredible Number of Downloads of "LOVE GONE MAD"

Between June 2nd and June 5th--only a few days ago--53,109 people downloaded LOVE GONE MAD onto their Kindles or devices with a Kindle app.

The novel now has 208 Amazon reviews with 138 of them being 5-star reviews. The overall review rating is 4.5-stars.

Thanks to everyone who has downloaded the novel, and who is reading and enjoying it, and providing such wonderful reviews. I really appreciate it.

An Incredible Number of Downloads for LOVE GONE MAD

Love Gone Mad was free on a Give-Away program from June 2nd through June 5th. Over that four day period, there were 53,109 downloads of the novel. It now has 208 Amazon reviews with 138 5-star reviews and a 4.5-star average rating. Thank you to all those who downloaded the novel, are reading it and posting such fine reviews.

The Collector of Dying Breaths: A Talk with M.J. Rose

It’s been said that each of M.J. Rose’s bestselling novels revolves around an enthralling secret. Her reincarnation novels include The Book of Lost Fragrances and Seduction. Her just released novel, The Collector of Dying Breaths is set alternately in the Sixteenth Century with Catherine de Medici’s perfumer, Rene le Florentin, and in modern day France, featuring her recurring character, Jac L’Etoile. Jac is consumed by the quest to unlock Rene’s secret to immortality—to capture a dying perso...

The Benjamin Franklin Award for Fiction

I’m very pleased to announce that the novella, THE FOOT SOLDIER received the Silver Award for Fiction at the Benjamin Franklin Award Ceremony last evening, May 28th, 2014. There were 1,500 entries.

THE FOOT SOLDIER: A Silver Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award in Fiction

The Foot Soldier, one of four finalists for the Benjamin Franklin Award in fiction, won the Silver Award for Popular Fiction.

THE FOOT SOLDIER: A Finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award in Fiction

The Foot Soldier is one of four finalists for the Benjamin Franklin Award in fiction. The award ceremony will be held in New York City tonight, May 28th at the Kimmel Pavilion of New York University.

Inventing Sex

While doing psychiatric consultations at an Assisted Living facility, I sat in on a residents’ council meeting,

where twenty people mostly in their 80s and largely cognitively intact, discussed issues of concern.

Various matters came up—dining room service; Sunday brunches; and other communal issues. The social worker leading the discussion was about 35 years old and seemed to relate to the residents in a slightly patronizing way. Sitting at the back of the room, I said nothing.

The topic of gro...

The Lincoln Myth: A Talk with Steve Berry

Steve Berry is the international bestselling author of nine Cotton Malone historical thrillers and four stand-alonethriller novels. His books have been translated into forty languages. History—Steve’s passion—lies at the heart of eachone. Over the years, he has received many honors. In 2013, he was the recipient of the Poets & Writers’ Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award; the International Thriller Writers Silver Bullet Award; and the Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award. He is a foun...

“The Kill Switch”: A Talk with James Rollins

James Rollins is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series and other novels. Blending science and history, his action-adventure novels have been praised as “enormously engrossing” (NPR) and “smart,

entertaining adventure fiction” (New York Journal of Books). Before pursuing a writing career, Jim obtained a degree in veterinary medicine and established a successful veterinary practice in Sacramento, California.

The Kill Switch involves Tucker Wayne, a former U.S. Army Range...

“The Blond” A Talk with Anna Godbersen

Anna Godbersen is the bestselling author of The Luxe series and Bright Young Things. Her new novel, The Blonde, is her first foray into adult fiction and is a compulsively gripping read. It re-imagines the life of Marilyn Monroe in a way that becomes a thriller/mystery with a truly amazing twist at the end.

Give a brief description of the novel’s premise.

The premise is that Marilyn Monroe is the fictional creation of a Soviet agent who helped her change her looks and made Hollywood connections...