Vampires, Witches, Werewolves...all supernatural creatures and some of my favorite characters. I love my paranormal romances. There's something amazing about a man who has lived centuries, finding love with a young women he waited a lifetime for. I enjoy stories where characters can do the impossible, be it magic or shape shift. 

Ashley Pagano has an amazing series which begins with The Gauntlet. Her characters exist in a new way. The vampires don't sparkle. The werewolves aren't necessarily teens. The witches aren't crowded around a cauldron. They are dark and dangerous as well as perfectly normal...in a place hidden in plain sight... a hotel.

Coming out in June, The Gauntlet is sure to grab you and take you on a wild ride.

Blurb:
Hidden in plain sight, is a mysterious hotel that doubles as a supernatural refugee: The Soppronaturale. 
Each supernatural inhabitant has a specific purpose, job, and destiny. 
All to keep the hotel running and its secrets safe.
 
Vampires exist. Werewolves exist. Witches exist. Shape Shifters exist. And now Faeries exist. 
The last two Faeries, once unified, could be the most powerful forces on Earth. 
Ommily, newcomer to the Soppronaturale, offensively controls and manipulates the four elements; Fire, Earth, Wind and Water. While Link defensively uses their energy to shield Ommily and himself from even the darkest magic. 

They could protect all others. But first, they have to defeat the Gauntlet.  

About the Author:
Ashley Pagano has always dreamed of being an artist both figuratively and literally. Her love of art was instilled by her mother who always inspired her to be creative either with a paintbrush or with a pen and paper. As far back as she can remember her life was always centered around introspection, storytelling, and imagination. Because she is so artistic, she took to the idea of creative writing very passionately. Her ability to describe a scene, person, or place, she compares to painting a picture, where she can describe every detail vividly in order to make the reader feel like they’re truly living in the story. Her works of writing usually center around a powerhouse female protagonist (which reflect her own personality), who progresses through many wild and extreme obstacles. Ashley loves to write stories that end with a cliffhanger, that have the reader begging for more and questioning what happens next. Her most recent novel sets the stage for the paranormal romance of the century and includes ghosts, poltergeists, and demons who just love to get in the way of true love. Ashley has won awards for her design, art, and writing. 

Ashley doesn’t believe in down time whatsoever and actually loves having a full “To-Do”list. Ashley is a wife to her wonderful husband, Eric and a mother to a beautiful little baby girl named Dakota. She is also a Graphic Designer and a health and fitness coach. Her husband and daughter inspire her to be the best person she can be and encourage her to pursue any of her dreams (no matter how extravagant they may be).

www.authorashleypagano.com
https://www.facebook.com/neverfearthereaperseries/
https://www.instagram.com/authorashleypagano/
 

When you are smitten, you are crushing hard on someone. You are in love (all lowercase) and not quite at the LOVE point but getting there. 

Michigan is known as the mitten state. A part of the reason is because the state is shaped like a mitten but also because it's freaking cold there and I'm wearing mittens today (yep, after Mother's Day). 

So it's wonderful that author, Susan V. Vaughn has decided to run with the play on words for her new series, Smitten... romances set in the state of Michigan. 

Blurb:
Ted Harper knew moving to Milford to open his dream bar wouldn’t be easy. But he could have never imagined he would be so easily distracted from his goal. Violet Marino is beautiful, smart, captivating, and unfortunately, his next-door neighbor. Now Ted has a dilemma on his hands he didn’t anticipate as his life becomes entangled with a woman he can’t seem to forget.

Violet Marino has spent decades caring for her family and working at her father’s restaurant as a waitress. Hardly the life she dreamed of living when she was a little girl. But after her mother died, she was never a little girl again. Thrust into the parenting role for her two younger siblings, Violet sacrificed everything for their well-being.
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When a handsome business owner offers her more than just a sweet escape, Violet is tempted to take him up on the offer. Even if that means jumping into the unknown. 

About the Author:
Romance Author, Susan Vaughn understood the meaning of sarcasm before she could walk. Her childhood in the suburbs of Detroit was spent mainly trying to outwit her six creative siblings. When she wasn’t working on the next soul-crushing jab, she sharpened her imagination on romantic literature and day dreamed about her knight in shining armor.

It didn’t take long for this hairdresser by trade to turn her passion for reading romances into writing her own unique love stories. Susan lives her life finding laughter in all situations, and delights in marrying sarcasm with romance to create realistic falling-in-love stories in the unlikeliest of scenarios.  

Susan lives on the shores of Lake Huron with her real life knight in shining armor and enjoys watching their three children learn the art of sarcasm and wit.

Twitter handle: @susanvaughn1124
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susan.vereeckevaughn
 

My kids were (and still are) big Pokemon fans. So when I saw that a movie was coming out, I paid attention. When they said that Ryan Reynolds (of Deadpool fame) was going to voice Pikachu...I knew I had to see for myself.

If you want to catch my review live on the radio, you can listen to WHMI on Monday morning at 8:40. I also have posted my review on my movie review blog. 

What was your favorite Pokemon? And if you saw the movie, what did you think?

Your boss has been having you do his dirty work for years. It doesn't matter that you didn't know. You're in trouble with the law. But if you go to the law, not only would you be in jail...but The Organization will kill you.

You are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't. 

Audrey J. Snyder's debut novel sets the danger to the highest degree. You won't be able to put the book down!

Blurb:
As a reporter for a local newspaper, Angela Hollingsworth has traveled all over the world collecting information, artifacts and samples, always bringing back a package for her boss from an associate in whatever country she visited. What she didn’t realize was that the packages contained drugs, stolen art or both.

Desperate to stay out of jail, Angela can only rely on one man, Glen Spencer, an agent for the FBI. Together, they devise a plan to take down one of the biggest drug cartels in New Jersey. Trusting her old college friend, Angela doesn’t anticipate the danger coming for her.

Now Angela is fighting for her life and her feelings for Glen…but time is running out. Will she be able to escape the Organization or will all her dreams end up in a body bag?
 
EXCERPT:
Angie worked throughout the day often interrupted by her thoughts of how to help Glen bring down the Cartel. She walked to the garage with other staff members and drove home.

Angie pulled into her driveway and opened her trunk to take out a bag of dog food she’d been carrying around for a couple of days. When she opened her trunk, she screamed. There was a dead rat sitting on top of the bag of dog food. It was posed and staring at her.

Angie looked around to see if anyone was around to hear her scream. There wasn’t. She slammed the trunk and went inside to call Wende.
Wende told Angie to stay in her apartment and that she would be over soon.

She was playing with Sophie when Wende rang her doorbell.
Angie looked through the peephole to make sure it was Wende. She barely spoke, and gave the car keys to Wende so she could remove the rat from her trunk.

Wende told Angie she’d be right back to discuss a new strategy. She returned with an overnight bag and told Angie her apartment was clear of cameras and bugs so they could talk freely.

“Who do you think put the dead rat in your trunk?” Wende asked.

“There’s only one person that would do this. Frank,” Angie said. “I think he’s sending me a message.”

“I agree,” Wende said.

About the Author:
Audrey Jane Snyder is an enterprising professional who has spent 40+ years in the corporate sector in the fields of human resource management and customer and community service. She has been an independent consultant specializing in on-line web based training of interpersonal skills for first-line managers.

Audrey was an Adjunct Professor at DeVry University and Director of Customer and Community Relations for the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Audrey holds a BS in Business Communications and a Masters in Professional Leadership.
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Now she spends her days authoring works and motivating other professionals. Audrey is a member of PennWriters, Inc., Sisters in Crime, and the Mindful Writers Group. Audrey resides in Pittsburgh, PA.