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1. I hear you have a pet in your latest novel. Tell us about the book.

Yes! Society: West Coast is the third in a four-book series called Society Coastal. It’s a bit of a naughty book for most people, but all is fair in love and sex. This book follows the younger brother of the hero from the first two books.

The pet, a three-legged cat, belongs to the heroine. She calls him Charlie, and he charms nearly everyone who comes within his orbit. It’s amusing to see him eating kitty treats from the palms of men’s big hands when really, Charlie has THEM eating out of the palm of his hand–or in this case, his paw.

Society: West Coast book blurb:

Damien Sullivan was done with the dark misdeeds of West Coast Society. He doesn’t have patience for their dirty games or the parade of submissives out to get His attention, and His collar. Until her, with her sun-fired hair, sweet fragrance and stunning turquoise eyes. This is the one promised to Him by the gypsy elder. She’s His angel, and He’ll move heaven and earth to make her His.

Sierra Drake ran away to save herself from her vile stepfather, who planned to auction her virginity to the highest bidder. In a small town, she lucked into her dream library job before running, literally, into her future. In Damien, Sierra will find love and the trust that He’ll cherish the most precious gift she has to give. From Him, she’ll learn His lifestyle that will tie her to Him and His bed…and change her life forever.

When women along the West Coast start disappearing, Damien worries a group is trafficking the females to a terrible fate. When Sierra goes missing, He vows to find her and rain down hellfire on anyone who stands in His way. Will He find His angel before she vanishes forever?

Society: West Coast Amazon buy link: {Coming this month; check https://JeweliaGibson.com/ for link}

 

2. Why did you add a cat to this book?

The heroine needed a focus other than her own dire situation. Enter a cat with a medical issue, and Sierra found more than just the need to run and hide. Now she has someone depending on her, which forces her to learn her own strengths and overcome her weaknesses.

 

3. What other books have you written?

For years, I’ve written romance–mainly suspense or sweet–under my Tabitha Gibson pen name, including the Bodyguards, Inc. stories. Those novellas and short stories can be found at www.TabithaGibson.com along with a few free reads.

But for the Society Coastal series, written under my Jewelia Gibson pen name (https://JeweliaGibson.com/), I was highly influenced by the Fifty Shades books–not just for the erotic side of the stories, but what led Christian Grey into the life of BDSM, His backstory and how finding true love changed everything for Him. There is a lot more to Fifty Shades than just kinky sex, paddles and handcuffs.

Society: East Coast is the first book in the series, and Society: Coast to Coast is the second book. Both books feature Dane Sullivan and Serafina Daniels.

Society: East Coast book blurb:

He didn’t expect to find her or the danger that followed. Can He keep her safe from the imminent darkness?

Dane Sullivan, Dominant & MMA fighter, wasn’t interested in meeting someone new, let alone a potential submissive, but a blind date changes His mind about everything.

Serafina Daniels, a beautiful but troubled artist, was just learning to trust life again, when a scare has her running to the gorgeous fighter. Determined to be brave, she spends an erotic night in His arms.

Dane shows Serafina the strength of His Dominance, the beauty of her submission and the passion that’s their destiny. But will she accept His collar around her neck for life? When Dane’s vicious rival and Serafina’s dark past threatens to tear them apart, He will stop at nothing to keep her safe and His forever.

Society: East Coast Amazon buy link: https://tinyurl.com/23y8aanf

Society: Coast to Coast book blurb:

He made a mistake that could cost Him everything.

Dane Sullivan finally had it all: trusted friends, the MMA championship belt and His collar around Serafina’s beautiful neck. He was even considering a traditional piece of jewelry that would bind her to Him another way. He finally let His guard down.

Serafina Daniels never thought she’d be safe and in love again, until Dane. But her dark past steals her away from all she holds dear. Will she live until Dane rescues her…or never see the light of another day?

Dane would travel to the depths of hell to save Serafina. She’s His world, and anyone who tries to stop Him will pay the ultimate price. But will He make it in time?

Society: Coast to Coast Amazon buy link: https://tinyurl.com/2yf6evel

 

4. How do you promote your books?

I have Twitter and Instagram accounts for both of my pen names. I tweet and retweet, as well as share my Instagram posts/stories, on both accounts. The more eyes the better!

I also have invested in PR Ads with sexy pics and quotes from the book I’m promoting at the time, tweeting the ads on both accounts as well as posting/sharing on both Instagram accounts. Here’s an example of one of the ads:

Finally, I purchased a book promo video. Approximately 13-15 seconds long, it’s a moving promo that draws the eyes in to see what’s going to pop up next. Purchasing this video also allowed me to help the small business owner who, in turn, tweeted it out to her followers. Even more eyes. Win Win.

I look for a lot of pinned tweet exchanges on Twitter as well. It’s easy to retweet something; in return, my work gets retweeted to more potential readers.

Use hashtags! I’ve gotten Likes and replies from hashtagging, but don’t go overboard. Be selective. Instagram shows you a number of people using the hashtag you might use, so you know which are the best for promoting your books. Twitter does too but only the hashtags currently being used. As Twitter has limited characters, make sure you use the hashtags that are more widely used, seen, known.

 

5. Where can readers learn more about your books and connect with you online?

For my erotic work and the Society Coastal series, check out this website: www.JeweliaGibson.com There you’ll find links to my Jewelia Gibson books and those Twitter and Instagram accounts.

For my non-erotic work, check out this website: www.TabithaGibson.com There you’ll find links to my Tabitha Gibson books, Twitter and Instagram accounts and free reads.

Thank you for this great opportunity, Marcia! I appreciate it!

 

CONTEST: Jewelia Gibson is offering an Amazon ebook of Society: East Coast to one lucky, randomly chosen commenter on her interview!!

 

From Marcia: Jewelia, thank you for being my November interviewee! I love discovering novels that feature pets, and I look forward to reading your books!

MONTHLY BLOG EBOOK CONTEST! Would you like to win a Marcia James’ ebook? Visitors to this pro-pet blog can join in the fun, comment, and/or share photos of their pets for a chance to win one of my ebooks! Each month, I’ll randomly pick one commenter to win. To leave a comment and/or a photo, click on the word “Reply,” which is just below the social media icons for THIS interview. (Don’t scroll past this interview to the next interview.) Go Pets!

 

1. I hear you have a dog in your novel. Tell us about the book.

Blind Trust is a sensual thriller. FBI Agent Matthew Montagna joins Nicolas Hayes’ FBI team to investigate a series of bank robberies in Washington, DC, and its vicinity. Though he loves his work, he has trouble dealing with his past in Chicago, his criminal ex-wife, and the loss of his home and his friends—not to mention his dog, who moved in with the neighbors because Matthew couldn’t take him to DC. He’s unhappy about his entire situation and wishes for his old companion. Then he meets a dog owner in the building where he lives. Matthew is quickly enchanted with the dog, Bingo, and spends time in the neighbor’s apartment, not knowing that he’s in the center of a dangerous plot.

Blind Trust Blurb:

The citizens of Washington, DC, were lucky the bank robbers’ escape truck didn’t explode at the Federal Triangle Station. FBI agents Hayes and Montagna take over the investigation, convinced the robbers will strike again and become more ruthless with every successful assault.

While Agent Hayes tries to keep pace with his lover’s kinky bedroom fantasies, Agent Montagna has trouble dealing with his ex-wife’s past and his immediate future—booze and bullets alike.

Blind Trust Buy links:

(Available in ebook and print)

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Trust-Nick-Jacklyn-Raina/dp/1487423403
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48992224-blind-trust
Extasy Books: https://www.extasybooks.com/ann-raina/978-1-4874-2384-1-blind-trust/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blind-trust-ann-raina/1134100864

 

2. Why did you add a dog to this book?

Blind Trust is the third book in the series, and when I introduced Matthew Montagna to the team, I wanted to make him special—not the average kind of guy. He had lived through a hurtful divorce, had been urgently requested to leave the Chicago FBI office, and that meant leaving behind his house and his dog. Matthew is in a bad shape when he starts working with Nicolas and Jason, which makes him more vulnerable, more sensitive. Though he’s also a man quick to joke, he’s also very lonely without his dog.

I can relate to him very well. Since I bought my horse eight years ago, I haven’t been on a vacation without him. On the contrary, I found ways to travel with him so that we can spend more time together. He’s a wonderful gelding, sixteen years old by now, and my trusted partner on every ride through the woods. He’s gentle and he has stamina. We’ve been on day trips, riding more than twenty miles. He’s quite courageous—once we met an ambulance in the woods (yes, with lights and sirens on!), and he just stepped aside the path and let the van pass. I hope that he’ll be with me for many more years.

 

3. What other books have you written?

The series with FBI Agent Nicolas Hayes, his partners, and his lover, Jacklyn Hollander, has nine books by now, with one more in editing and another one in writing (almost done…). They are mainly thrillers or crime stories, but with an erotic twist. For example, Nicolas is in a D/s relationship [Dominance and submission] with his lover, and they both enjoy their time together.

Since Nicolas is working in the serious crimes’ division, he and the team deal with serial killers, brutal bank robbers, and other criminals, who are too hard to handle for the local police forces. There is always a lot of action and suspense involved in every story.

But I also like to have a look at the partners’ private lives—Jason finds a lovely woman he marries, Matthew gets a dog, and new agents come in, bringing with them their private fun and sorrow.

I really like Famous Murders because of the interaction of the FBI agents and the suspects, as well as the ways the murderer kills his victims.

Famous Murders Blurb:

After three murders in the Washington, DC, vicinity, FBI Agents Hayes and Beckham are assigned to solve the case. Although the murders seem incoherent at first, it becomes clear that there are connections between them. It turns out that the murderer is far from having reached the end of his deadly list.

Aside from the investigation, Agent Hayes has to find a way to get on with his demanding girlfriend and her challenging love games. Can he do both and not lose himself?

Famous Murders Buy links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B07Q5SM196/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=23QD7N85TYCTS&keywords=Famous+Murders+Ann+Raina&qid=1659893759&s=digital-text&sprefix=famous+murders+ann+raina%2Cdigital-text%2C192&sr=1-1
Extasy Books: https://www.extasybooks.com/ann-raina
Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/ph/en/ebook/famous-murders
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Famous_Murders_Nick_and_Jacklyn_2?id=Oq6-DwAAQBAJ&gl=US
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/famous-murders-ann-raina/1131170508

I also loved writing Chosen Brothers because I had the chance to write a criminal plot playing in a small town on a horse ranch. Nicolas can show that he’s able to go undercover, and he makes a new friend on the way.

Chosen Brothers Blurb:

In Florence Town, people appear to live life without a care in the world. When members of one of the leading families are suspected of building bombs, FBI Agent Nicolas Hayes is sent undercover to investigate. He learns a lot more than anticipated about the dark secrets behind the scenes of a placid rural life.

Chosen Brothers Buy links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B08CTV14YF/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2WJCUA0O5Y8SC&keywords=Chosen+Brothers+Ann+Raina&qid=1659893949&s=digital-text&sprefix=chosen+brothers+ann+raina%2Cdigital-text%2C173&sr=1-1
Extasy Books: https://www.extasybooks.com/ann-raina
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chosen-brothers-ann-raina/1137332113?ean=2940164482640

 

4. How do you promote your books?

I promote my books with the ladies from RAM PA. They do professional advertisements for my books on Facebook and on Instagram. You can find me there: Ann_Raina_author. Currently, they’re advertising Clandestine Dealings, the last book I published:

 

5. Where can readers learn more about your books and connect with you online?

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ann-Raina/e/B004ZFFNAS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Instagram: Ann_Raina_author

Email: annraina@yahoo.com

 

From Marcia: Thank you, Ann, for being my September interviewee! I love discovering novels that feature pets and look forward to reading your books!

MONTHLY BLOG EBOOK CONTEST! Would you like to win a Marcia James’ ebook? Visitors to this pro-pet blog can join in the fun, comment, and/or share photos of their pets for a chance to win one of my ebooks! Each month, I’ll randomly pick one commenter to win. To leave a comment and/or a photo, click on the word “Reply,” which is just below the social media icons for THIS interview. (Don’t scroll past this interview to the next interview.) Go Pets!

 

1. I hear you have pets in your novel. Tell us about the book.

Pets make an appearance in almost all my books. In my latest release, A Room in Blake’s Folly, we see a Nevada town evolve from a silver boomtown to a semi-ghost town in six different stories. All six are romances even though some don’t turn out the way we expect they might.

In the second story–the romance between a brothel owner and a silver baron (set in 1927)–we meet the dog Russ, one of the many animals left behind in the early 1900s when people abandoned dying boomtowns and headed further west.

In the fifth story, one that takes place in 2021, several dogs as well as snakes and spiders steal the limelight. So do my hero and heroine Lance and Lucy who are both (unsuspectingly) linked to that earlier brothel owner and silver baron; there are often genetic surprises in small communities!

A Room in Blake’s Folly blurb:

If only the walls could speak…

In one hundred and fifty years, Blake’s Folly, a silver boomtown notorious for its brothels, scarlet ladies, silver barons, speakeasies, and divorce ranches, has become a semi-ghost town. Although the old Mizpah Saloon is still in business, its upper floor is sheathed in dust. But in a room at a long corridor’s end, an adventurer, a beautiful dance girl, and a rejected wife were once caught in a love triangle, and their secret has touched three generations.

Buy Link: https://books2read.com/BlakesFollyRomance

 

2. Why did you add animals to this book?

I add animals to my stories because I can’t imagine life without them. My dogs and cats all come from pet shelters (or else I find them along the road), and they are usually settled in near me when I write. They’d never forgive me if I didn’t mention them.

Osselot, a very stubborn twelve-year-old, was living with an elderly woman who could no longer care for him. My vet asked me to take him in.

Yellow was a nine-year-old I found wandering along the road. She had been abandoned by her owners who had chopped off her tail—why do something so stupid and cruel—and the stump was still bloody. She was a wonderful dog and lived to the age of eighteen.

Virgule—I found him at the local dog pound—was a terrible monster when young, chewing up anything that was plastic (my telephone, computer transformer, plugs). He calmed down after I adopted Yellow. He’s now twelve and very staid.

As for snakes and spiders, those creatures so hated by many, I appreciate their beauty and the role they play in maintaining a balanced environment. I hope, with my stories, I can convince a few people to take a more sympathetic look at these beasties.

Lucy Barnes, the heroine of the fifth story in A Room in Blake’s Folly, particularly loves spiders. And one day, when she’s photographing one, she happens to meet Lance Potter, the hero. Here’s how:

Lance saw the woman doubled over in the dirt road, her legs bent backward and to each side of her in what looked to be an exceedingly painful position. Had she been hit by a car? Probably not: few enough cars passed this way. She might have had an attack of some sort. He loped toward her, thinking only of rescue and alleviating pain, because that’s what a veterinarian’s job is all about, and humans happen to be animals, too.

He was less than ten feet away, when she raised her head and glared at him with fury. The look, as toxic as a poison arrow, halted him in his tracks. She certainly didn’t look as though she needed his help. She didn’t look as though she’d ever need anyone’s help.

“Um…I’m sorry. I saw you down there, in the road, and I thought…” He saw her fury seep away, transform into visible regret.

“You chased it away.”

“Right.”

Swinging her bent legs into a more reasonable position, she stood up without using her hands. For someone who wasn’t young, she looked to be in perfect shape. Or at least she had maintained an admirable flexibility. What was her name? Lucy something…oh yes, Lucy Barnes. For the first time, he noticed the camera.

“Look, I thought you had fallen or…”

“Yes, I realize that’s what you thought.” She didn’t look as though she were about to forgive him for it either.

“You were taking a photo?”

“Yup.”

“Of what?”

“A Xysticus.”

“A what?”

“Oh, sorry. A ground crab spider.”

“Of a ground crab spider?”

She relented slightly. “They’re called crab spiders because they look and move like crabs.”

“Yes,” he said dryly. “I think I’ve worked that one out.”

“Right.”

“What for? Why were you taking a photo?”

“Because I like them. I like macro photography. I like taking photos of spiders, and this particular spider was very pretty.”

“Pretty. Got it.”

She looked annoyed again. “Veterinarians don’t consider arachnids worthy of notice?”

“Did I just tell you that?” he said a little too defensively because she was right: he never noticed them. Okay, he never killed them either, because he knew how useful they were, but that was as far as things went. “What was particularly pretty about that one? I mean spiders look like spiders to me. I never thought aesthetics came into it.”

“Really?” She even looked surprised.

“Really.” Inwardly, he sighed, regretting his attempt to maintain chatty conversation. It was always the same when you dealt with nuts, cranks, and fanatics: they couldn’t understand how normal people functioned.

 

3. What other books have you written?

I have two other books that take place in Blake’s Folly, Nevada, and they are filled with animals. In one, All About Charming Alice, my heroine is a herpetologist, a woman who studies snakes, and she also rescues abandoned dogs.

In the other, Desert Rose, the rescue dog Noodle makes an appearance (although Rose is, at first, a very reluctant dog owner). However, I don’t have the new covers for these new editions, so we’ll just have to wait for a month or two.

However, I also have a rescue dog in my romantic mystery, The Turkish Affair, and he plays a very important role when my heroine finds herself in a very nasty situation.

The Turkish Affair blurb:

Love and Danger at the ancient Hittite site of Karakuyu

Priceless artifacts are disappearing from the ancient Hittite site of Karakuyu in Turkey, and the site director has vanished. Called in to solve the mystery, archaeologist Renaud Townsend is hindered by both his inability to speak the language and the knowledge that the local police are corrupt. His attraction to translator Anne Pierson is immediate, although he is troubled by her refusal to talk about the past and her fear of public scandal. But when murder enters the picture, both Anne and Renaud realize that the risk of falling in love is not the only danger.

Buy link: https://books2read.com/TheTurkishAffair

 

4. Tell us about your kudos or reviews.

For those who want to read a lovely review and analysis of A Room in Blake’s Folly, it can be found here: https://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/2022/05/review-tuesday-room-in-blakes-folly-by.html

Other than that, I have won awards for my non-fiction (the Tanenbaum Award for Canadian History) book about Romanian immigration to Canada, and was shortlisted for the Foreword Magazine prize.

 

5. How do you promote your books?

I try to guest blog as often as possible, and I give Zoom conferences about my non-fiction books. I also have guests who will leave recipes on my own blog, Food for Love, and that should be fun for everyone.

6. Where can readers learn more about your books and connect with you online?

Author Website: http://www.j-arleneculiner.com
Blog: http://j-arleneculiner.over-blog.com
Storytelling Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/j-arlene-culiner
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/j-arlene-culiner
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JArleneCuliner/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jarlene.culiner/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7158064.J_Arlene_Culiner
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jarleneculiner
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarleneculiner/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JArleneCuliner
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/jarleneculiner-quirky-romances

Thank you for interviewing me (and my animal and insect friends) on your blog, Marcia.

From Marcia: Thank you for being my July interviewee! I love discovering romances that feature animals and look forward to reading your books!

MONTHLY BLOG EBOOK CONTEST! Would you like to win a Marcia James’ ebook? Visitors to this pro-pet blog can join in the fun, comment, and/or share photos of their pets for a chance to win one of my ebooks! Each month, I’ll randomly pick one commenter to win. To leave a comment and/or a photo, click on the word “Reply,” which is just below the social media icons for THIS interview. (Don’t scroll past this interview to the next interview.) Go Pets!

1. I hear you have a cat in your Book Nirvana series. Tell us about the series.

As a lifelong bookworm, how could I not want to write a romance series set in a quirky bookshop? Of course, the fascinating women who work there provide a cast of heroines for the series. And as a lover of erotic literature and art, I had so much fun researching the books Clara Martelli, widowed owner of Eugene, Oregon’s Book Nirvana, keeps in a luxurious little room behind a red door. I didn’t invent any artists or writers—every name mentioned in the book is worth Googling if you’d like to see the racy pictures for yourself!

Blurb for Book Nirvana 1: Through the Red Door:

Letting him inside could be her salvation…or her undoing.

Clara Martelli clings to Book Nirvana, the Oregon bookshop she and her late husband Jared built together. When rising rents and corporate competition threaten its survival, her best hope is their extensive erotica collection, locked behind a red door. In dreams and signs, her dead husband tells her it’s time to open that door and move on. When a dark and handsome stranger’s powerful magnetism jolts her back to life and he wants a look at the treasures of that secret room, she can’t help but want to show him more.

Professor Nick Papadopoulos is looking for historical erotica. Book Nirvana’s collection surpasses his wildest dreams, and so does its lovely owner. A widower, he understands Clara’s battle with guilt, but their searing chemistry is too strong to resist. Besides, he will only be in town for two weeks, not long enough for her to see beyond the scandal that haunts his past.

Buy Links: https://books2read.com/u/bxnz0P

Blurb for Book Nirvana 2: Runaway Love Story:

Fierce passion or long-cherished dreams…she can’t hang onto both.

High school history teacher Doug Garvey is trying to enjoy his last few weeks of summer vacation, but receiving his final divorce decree hits him harder than expected. After a brief fling fizzles, he fears love just isn’t in the cards for him. If only he could find someone who’s real, someone interested in something beyond herself…maybe a new running partner who can keep up with his more carnal appetite. When sexy, straight-talking Laurel runs across his path, he dares to hope again.

Fired from an art gallery, Laurel Jepsen shelves her pursuit of an art career in San Francisco to help her beloved great aunt Maxie move into assisted living. While out on a morning run, she’s harassed by a group of teens until a tall, broad-shouldered hottie steps in, pretending to be her boyfriend with a kiss that makes her wish it were true. But she’s only passing through, not looking for a relationship.

Their fierce chemistry burns up the sheets—and the couch, the shower, the forest—but falling in love would ruin everything. Laurel can’t stay in Eugene, and he can’t leave. Doug’s only hope is to convince her the glittery life she’s after could blind her to the opportunities already in her path.

Buy Links: https://books2read.com/u/mqrGQe

Blurb for Book Nirvana 3: Love, Art, and Other Obstacles:

She’s a free spirit. He’s a one-woman man.

Rejected by her family for her bisexuality, graphic artist Margot DuPont yearns for a life with no fences, no limits, and no family ties. Between college, work at Book Nirvana, and an art competition, she barely has time for her part-time girlfriend, much less a flirtation with her competitor.

Dumped into the foster system at a young age, ceramics artist Elmer Byrne craves a big, loving family of the heart. His artist family almost fills that need, but something is missing…until Margot. But when he offers his heart, her thorny defenses shatter him.

Thrown together in an art competition that could jump-start one artist’s career, but not both, their irresistible attraction forces them to reconsider the meaning of success.

Buy Links: https://books2read.com/u/bar2RP

2. Why did you add a cat to these books?

Alas, I have no pets at the moment, though I do spend lots of time with my granddogs, a pair of long-haired miniature dachshunds named Elle and Mila. I love both dogs and cats, along with fish and birds. I’ve had Westies, a shepherd mix, a bitey cat, a ginormous pair of mated Oscar fish, a pair of zebra finches named Fred and Wilma, and a lovely Mexican red knee tarantula named Lucretia—because, you know, poisonous lady.

I’ve met quite a few bookshop cats over the years, and my favorite is Herbert, a huge, friendly floof who greets customers at Tacoma, Washington’s King’s Books—when he’s not snoozing on the book displays.

3. What other books have you written?

All my books so far are steamy contemporary romance set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. If you like your romance on the spicy side with lots of humor and a bit of family drama, check out my Bangers Tavern Romance series, set in a neighborhood bar in my former hometown of Tacoma. I’m writing book four now.

4. Tell us about your kudos.

I’ve won a few awards, including the 2020 IDA award for Best Erotic Romance Novel for Love, Art, and Other Obstacles and Best Erotic Short for Gelato Surprise, a standalone older woman/younger man beach romance novella. Runaway Love Story was a finalist for the Stiletto Award for Contemporary Romance, and Christmas Rekindled was a Rone Award finalist.

5. How do you promote your books?

I spend far too much time on social media, so you’ll find me pushing my books on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

6. Where can readers learn more about your books and connect with you online?

I’d love to hear from you! Please visit me on all the socials:

Author website: https://sadirastone.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SadiraStone

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Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Sadira-Stone/e/B07KWK5FBX

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sadirastone/

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Thanks so much for letting me visit today!

 

From Marcia: Thank you, Sadira, for being my May interviewee! I love discovering romances that feature pets, so I look forward to reading your books!

MONTHLY BLOG EBOOK CONTEST! Would you like to win a Marcia James’ ebook? Visitors to this pro-pet blog can join in the fun, comment, and/or share photos of their pets for a chance to win one of my ebooks! Each month, I’ll randomly pick one commenter to win. To leave a comment and/or a photo, click on the word “Reply,” which is just below the social media icons for THIS interview. (Don’t scroll past this interview to the next interview.) Go Pets!