Books-n-Kisses is pleased to welcome Melissa Stevens to the blog today.

Melissa, can you please share with us a little about yourself

I never know what to share, or quite how to say it without coming off as one of those old dating videos you used to see in movies. I always feel awkward and cheezy.

Have you always wanted to be an author?

Actually, no. For years I had no clue what I wanted to do. All through school nothing really spoke to me. For a little while I wanted to be an archeologist, but I quickly lost interest. I didn’t find writing fiction until I was past 30, but once I started, I never looked back.

What is your most interesting writing quirk?

I can’t write in silence. I’ve been known to write in a crowded sports bar during a play off football game and at the field while my kids practice their own sports, at home I often have headphones onto block out the kids, they’re way to distracting.

Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?

My latest book is Jade’s Peace, it’s the first full length book in my new WMC (White Mountain Chanat) series. Jade and Steve have known each other since they were kids but they haven’t seen each other in years. Now, things have changed and they both have their own issues.

How did you come with the idea for this story?

It just kind of came to me, Steve was an existing character from a short story I’d already done (ESCAPE, it’s currently free just about everywhere) and I wanted to do something with him. Then Jade came to me. It was supposed to be a short easy read novel, longer than Escape, but still simple, but Jade told me, in no uncertain terms, that it was gonna take more than 150 pages to tell their story.

Can you share with us your current work(s) in progress?

Right now I’ve got three. A sequel to this one, I won’t tell you a lot, other than you meet the characters in this one. Another piece I’m working on is the fourth book in my Kitsune series. The third is another contemporary, non-paranormal romance, similar to my Robin’s Nest.

Who is the one author that you would love to meet someday and why?

Laurell K. Hamilton. Because I want to BE Anita Blake when I grow up and maybe she can give me some pointers.

What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?

Write ever day, and keep writing, it doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be THERE. You have to get that first draft finished, whether or not it’s crappy, because you can fix crappy, you can’t fix nothing.

Can you share with us something off your bucket list.

Visit Australia

What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?

Rule Breaker by Lora Leigh, I eagerly await all Breed books and read them as soon as I can get my hands on them.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

When you find something you love to do, pursuit it with all you’ve got, cause you might make mistakes and regret trying things, but in the end, you’ll be glad you at least tried.

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Jade’s Peace

Melissa Stevens

Steve left his hometown to avoid doing something he knew he would regret. Now, ten years later, the girl he left to avoid has come looking for him, but she’s not a child anymore.

Jade has spent the last six years haunted by memories and nightmares. At a turning point in her life, she’s tired of waiting for something to change. She tracks down the only person she’s ever been drawn to, a man she hasn’t seen in more than ten years. But can she convince him that their differences don’t matter, that together they can both find peace?

Back List Buy Links:

Change: Amazon | B&N | iTunes |  Kobo |Smashwords

Fight: Amazon| B&N | iTunes |Kobo |Smashwords

Hunt:  Amazon| B&N| Itunes | Kobo | Smashwords

Escape:Amazon | B&N |iTunes | Kobo |Smashwords

Robin’s Nest:  Amazon | B&N | Kobo| Smashwords

Author Bio:Melissa was born and raised in Arizona, she’s spent her entire life living across the southern half of the state. She’s found that, along with her husband and three children, she prefers the small towns and rural life to feeling packed into a city.

She started reading at a very young age, and her love for series started early, as the first real books she remembers reading is the Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Through the years she’s found that there’s little she won’t read, and her tastes vary from westerns, to romance, to sci-fi / fantasy and Horror.

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