Author Interview: Jacqueline Seewald

EQ Welcomes Jacqueline Seewald!

EQ: Welcome to EQ! Tell us a little bit about yourself!

Jacqueline: My name is Jacqueline Seewald. I’m a former high school English teacher. I also taught Creative Writing, Expository Writing and Technical Writing at the university level. I’ve worked as an academic librarian at the university and also as an educational media specialist at the high school level. I’m now a fulltime writer with fifteen books of fiction: romantic mysteries, romantic suspense, and historical romance as well as YA romance.

 EQ: Tell us a little bit about your most recent releases.

Jacqueline: THE BAD WIFE is a romantic mystery thriller recently published by Perfect Crime Books available in both print and e-book.

TEA LEAVES AND TAROT CARDS is a sensual Regency romance with paranormal elements, published as an e-book by SteameReads. It comes with an endorsement from Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick.

My award-winning Georgian romance THE CHEVALIER was also published by SteameReads.

THE DEVIL AND DANNA WEBSTER is a YA romance recently published by Astraea as an e-book. It too has paranormal elements.

 EQ: What made you want to become a writer?

Jacqueline: My mother was a reader and we regularly visited the library together.

Our trips to the library were great fun and I became a regular reader as well. I started making up my own stories. As soon as I could write, I began putting words down on paper and I never stopped.

EQ: What are your top three guilty pleasures?

Jacqueline: I love eating dark chocolate with lots of nuts.

I love taking long, hot showers.

Best of all, I love taking scenic walks, holding hands, and joking with my husband.

EQ: What is the biggest risk you’ve taken in your writing?

Jacqueline: Writing mashup or cross-genre novels. For example, having paranormal elements and sensual romance in my mystery novels. “Old school” mystery reviewers and writers frown on having paranormal elements. They consider it a kind of cheating. Kim Reynolds, my psychic detective in four mystery novels, tries her best to repress this ability but it keeps showing up and helping her uncover murderers. My mystery series is also strong on romance which is another no-no in old school mystery circles. But I look at novel writing as a dynamic, growing literary form. So I’ve been somewhat daring with it. This is also true with my romance novels. My heroes in my historic romances THE CHEVALIER and TEA LEAVES AND TAROT CARDS are not paragons of virtue. They’re alpha males, strongly masculine but flawed.

You can find Jacqueline Seewald’s books at these places:

 The Bad Wife: A Kim Reynolds Mystery

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J6PCKVW

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bad-wife-jacqueline-seewald/1118954487?ean=9781935797562

Two hot historical romances:

Tea Leaves and Tarot Cards

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JFHMXWW

The Chevalier

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GY95RTU/

or

http://steamereads.com.au/product-category/historical/

The Devil and Danna Webster: YA romance from Astraea Books

http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Danna-Webster-Jacqueline-Seewald-ebook/dp/B00JZYXW7K/

or

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/433530

The Genesis of a Book - All the Difference by Jordan Ashley

All the Difference

by

Jordan Ashley

What inspired All The Difference? Well, truly it was the wonderful man known as David Nieves.  I got to speak to him at length during Romanticon 2012, and his smile, the mischievous glint in his eyes, and dear Goddess above that BODY! My fantasies ran wild and what resulted was my debut book! He is delicious in every way possible and is in the movie “La Bare” coming out at the end of June.  The original six brothers in the Club Aries series are based off of real men who dance, or DID dance at a male strip club, and cover modeled for a publisher.

Blurb

Jamie Monroe had enough of her monotonous life. One quiet weekend away to a local hotel in Nashville, Tennessee was just the ticket she needed. That option flew out the window the moment she met eyes with Diego Ramirez. Sexual tension flowed even across the room, and only intensified as he turned his full attention onto her for the evening.

Diego lived a fast-paced life of fitness competitions, photoshoots, and dancing onstage at Club Aries. One night with Jamie was enough for him to finally hit the pause button and lose himself in one woman. He didn’t count on her writhing her way under the walls he’d so carefully built around his heart.

Both of their personal insecurities keeps them from contacting the other for six full weeks after that whirlwind weekend. Their love for each other burned brightly over that weekend, but can it be a bright enough beacon to make All The Difference?

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You're invited to the Weddings on Main Street

It's so exciting! Months of hard work is all coming together at once! And it starts with the Authors of Main Street boxed set! It's a collection of eleven books. They are all novella length (25 K words) and perfect for an evening read, a lazy afternoon in the hammock, or on the beach.  It just went live on Amazon a few hours ago and will start to appear at other ebook retailers.

And I even have a video for my wedding stories!

I've been joking that if you read these at night, I'm your eleventh night but you won't need a bonfire to read them, but if you do make a fire in the fire pit or a small campfire, a s'more is a great dessert! Yes, my friends Down Under do not know what a s'more is or even a graham cracker. I wonder why?  For anyone else, a s'more is a toasted marshmallow wedged between two graham crackers with a slab of milk chocolate. The hot marshmallow softens the chocolate, and it's delicious! And if you eat too many, you'll never fit into that outfit!

But you don't have to worry about getting dressed up for the Weddings on Main Street. Just get comfy and be prepared to giggle, have fun, shed a few tears, and fall in love as you read. Who doesn't like a wedding? They are so full of promise, hope, and love!

You'll find I Thee Wed as the last book in this boxed set.
And here are the eleven books offered in Weddings on Main Street:
What a Cowgirl Wants by Tori Scott. Page-Turning Stories from the Heart of Texas. It’s wedding bells for Blake and Mandy, but the fairy tale wedding Mandy wants is in jeopardy when Blake’s father butts in. Can Mandy pull off the wedding of her dreams on a limited budget? Only if Blake can keep his father under control, which is not an easy thing to do when his father is Barrett Kaufman, tough Houston attorney.
April Fool Bride by Joan Reeves. It’s never too late to live happily ever after.Is it a marriage of convenience or something more? Something that sizzles like steam heat between Maddie and Jake that neither can resist.
Wedding Surprise by Mona Risk. Around the world with love, humor and passion. Finally, Claire’s dream of a wonderful white wedding to the man she’s loved for ten years is about to come true. Two weeks before the big day, Claire and David receive an unexpected announcement that can destroy their relationship. Is their love for each other strong enough to turn the worst wedding surprise into the best?
Small Town Glamour Girl Wedding by Stephanie Queen. USA TODAY Bestelling Author. Fun, Flirty & Forever. Julie and Jack are over-the-moon in love, but with their soon-to-be mothers-in-law battling for influence over wedding plans, they fight to keep the peace. Finally when their mothers reveal a stunning secret from the past, Jack and Julie must re-think the wedding. Will they or won’t they say I do?
The Vow by Pepper Phillips. Southern Sass with a Touch of Heart. Coming home after ten years, Ann Normand is discouraged to find nothing has changed. She’s still not wanted. Except for Clay Couvillion. He’s a man now and he wants her to stay. Can she forget the past and open her heart or will she run again?
The Reluctant Bride by Jill James. A little Sweet. A little Sexy. A lot Happily-Ever-After. Jimmy and Claire were high-school sweethearts. A decade later of living together and there is still no wedding in sight. With the help of Claire’s family and friends, Jimmy has a plan to surprise, ambush, and wed his reluctant bride.
Kiss the Bridesmaid by Susan R. Hughes. Sweet with a Touch of Heat.Serving as a bridesmaid at her brother’s wedding should be a piece of cake for Mari. The icing on that cake turns out to be Jake, a gorgeous wedding photographer with an adorable daughter. Life couldn’t be sweeter until a problem Mari had thought she’d left in the past resurfaces to threaten her future. The wedding of Brooke and Ian from Secret Vow provides the backdrop for this sweet love story.
Second Chance Wedding by Leigh Morgan. “Strong women and the men who love them”. After high school, loss strikes again and, Sunshine MacAlister leaves Shute Pond and the man who holds her heart, Conall O’Malley. Twelve years later, Sun, now Dr. “Mel” MacAlister, returns home for her best friend’s wedding, and comes face to face with the man she loved and left. Will seeing Conall again re-kindle the passion she once felt, and fill her with love that can last a lifetime?
Once Upon a Wedding by Kelly Rae. Love really is, all there is…
Cassie Anderson, bridesmaid extraordinaire, is tired of flying solo to all of her friend’s weddings. Unfortunately, the one man for whom she feels any spark has a nasty habit of having a date on his arm. Stealing another woman’s date is against the rules, but if she can just catch him alone – well that would be fair game!
Stuck with You by Kristy Tate. Romance, mystery and magic.Whit offers to forgive Andie’s debt if she’ll pose as his date to his brother’s wedding. Andie needs the money, and Whit believes it’s the perfect way to escape his mother’s match-making schemes.Whit calls it a win-win situation, but Andie is afraid she may lose her heart.
I Thee Wed by E. Ayers. Where Life and Love Come Together. A product of broken marriages, Julia never sees marriage for herself. She throws everything she’s got into her career with Main Street Bridal Salon, until a crazy redhead with freckles named Aaron sweeps her off her feet. But a family secret is about to change everything.
Here's the Amazon links and as soon as it appears at the other stores I'll add them.

Amazon - US	http://amzn.com/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - UK	http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - DE	http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - FR	http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - ES	http://www.amazon.es/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - IT	http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - JP	http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - IN	http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - CA	http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - BR	http://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon -MX	http://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B00KV0AZVI
Amazon - AU	http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00KV0AZVI