Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Elizabeth John on her new release! Backstage Butter Brittle is available at https://amzn.to/3nQMqAp and various retailers! Here is a little teaser for it:

Her thirtieth birthday is Anna’s deadline to succeed as a theatrical performer…only six months away. A crucial audition in her hometown puts her into the path of her ex-boyfriend. After only a few minutes together, she realizes she’s missed James. More shocking is that she receives an invitation to help with his family’s summer camp theater program.

Farmer James Tucker can’t believe the woman he once thought he’d marry is back in town, auditioning at the theater next to his ice cream parlor. He hopes for the impossible—that she’ll stay this time. But she wants bright lights, and he leads a simpler life. Can this reunion be their second chance at love?

Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Suzanne Trauth on her new release! What Remains of Love is now available at https://amzn.to/3P0FXyW and at other online retailers. Here’s a little teaser for it:

At the reading of her beloved father’s will, Kate, a divorced French professor, learns of his affair during World War II with a French artist named Emilie to whom he has left a substantial bequest. Kate, stunned to discover the existence of this woman who captivated her father, is determined to unravel the mystery of his past and unearth the truth. After the war had he abandoned passion for honor? Did he really love her mother, or was he compelled to marry her out of his sense of duty? How well did she really know her father? Or her mother? She embarks on a journey to the south of France to reconcile the past and confront her own demons, as well as the legacy of her father’s wartime love affair and the price he paid to live an honorable life. Kate’s life is changed forever…

Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Vicki Weisfeld on her new release! Architect of Courage is available at https://amzn.to/3IvxAZx and various online retailers. Here’s a little teaser for it:

Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Situation

In June 2011, September was weeks away, and the full dread of the approaching anniversary hadn’t yet settled on New York City’s residents. But from One Police Plaza to the FBI’s grim headquarters in Washington, D.C., the top brass harbor a rumbling in the gut. Each person who works for them down the line shares their unease, from every rookie cop walking the beat to the lowliest surveillance specialist. And Archer Landis is about to get caught up in their fixation.

Landis is not one of his city’s guardians, and a different sort of electricity runs under his skin on this warm Thursday evening. A highly successful Manhattan architect—a man you’d say has his life totally, enviably, in order—Landis works the room at a Midtown reception, shaking hands, being seen, accompanying his cheerful greetings with the convivial clinking of ice in an untouched glass of single malt.
When the noisy crowd becomes sufficiently dense and everyone present can say they’ve seen him, he will slip away. Out on Fifth Avenue, he will grab a cab for the run south to Julia’s Chelsea apartment. It’s a trip that will hurtle him into deadly danger. Everyone and everything he cares about most will be threatened, and he will have to discover whether he has the courage to fight his way clear.

Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Jacob Graysol whose flash fiction (700 words) Hate and Love was published on Yellow Mama Webzine. The story is free to read at https://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/id2747.html.

Congratulations to LSF Writers Member K.M. Fawcett on her new release WILDE IN LOVE. WILDE IN LOVE is part of a shared world series with two other authors in which they write in the same small town of Candlewood Falls, NJ and their characters show up in each other’s books! It’s like a literary soap opera.

Can a bad boy and a good girl overcome their fears to find true love?

Bridesmaid and romance writer Brielle Wilde is determined to win her crush’s heart at an adventure wedding. But when a panic attack forces Brielle to flee the first activity, she engages the help of the most fearless person she knows—widower Luke Sheridan, the bride’s reckless and sexy older brother.

Taking risks is easy for stuntman Luke Sheridan…except when it comes to his heart. When he agrees to coach sweet, quirky, and tempting-as-hell Brielle through the adventure activities, she sparks a desire he never imagined he’d feel again. But how can he open his heart when it’s sealed tight from guilt over his wife’s death?

Can Luke find the courage to admit his love to Brielle before she wins the heart of another man?

Congratulations to LSF Writers Member Samantha Ann whose new release Seoul Searching was featured on the Forbes Blog!

Congrats to LSF Writers Member Jacob Graysol whose flash fiction Late-Night Snack was published by Mystery Tribune. You can read it free at https://mysterytribune.com/late-night-snack-crime-flash-fiction-by-jacob-graysol/. A man caught stealing from a drug kingpin pleads with a no-nonsense executioner. Trigger warning for violence/injuries.