Vocal Expressions

This is my first time reading anything by Louise Bay and it won’t be the last. The title, sexy book cover, the setting in London, and the synopsis pulled me in. The storyline delivered on the elements of a contemporary romance novel sprinkled with some intrigue.  Meet Nathan Cove, a self-proclaimed playboy and the youngest CEO of Astro Holdings, an insurance company. The paparazzi caught him meeting with Audrey Alpern (married to his friend Mark) at 3 am at a drinking spot and started the gossip he was having an affair with a married woman. The company’s board is concerned about his image and hires Gretel (PR professional) to fix his image. Gretel tells Nathan that she has reached out to a reporter at the Post to write an “in-depth profile with all-access pass—no questions or parts of your life or business off-limits.” Nathan reluctantly is onboard.  He then attends the wedding of a friend and meets Madison Shore. They hooked up at the wedding. Madison goes to work on Mon...

Author’s Bio: Eileen Haas was a writer, editor, copywriter, and creative director at the likes of House Beautiful, The Sharper Image, J. Walter Thompson, Wells Fargo Bank and more. Then along came a stroke, and everything changed. It was a long, hard, road to sort of recovery, but she had lots of good epiphanies along the way, as well as lots of adventures. The stroke turned out to be a blessing in disguise in a lot of ways. Including some discoveries about how to recover that no one ever tells you. Except Haas does in her book.   Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? Eileen Haas: So many things inspired me. The realization that what doctors tell you to expect isn’t necessarily what will happen, but other things will pop up that you have absolutely no idea how to deal with. Also, the notion that a stroke is an opportunity to have a new life, even if you liked the old one.   DL: What is your writing process? EH: Many people have asked me how I w...

Author's Bio: As a kid, I loved the bad guy cartoon characters Natasha Fatale and Boris Badenov on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. So, when I grew up, I decided to learn Russian and land a job with the U.S. Federal Government. All kidding aside, at various times in my career I’ve earned a living as a translator, language teacher, reporter, editor, and intelligence analyst.  Nowadays, I spend most of my time on my small horse farm, which I share with my husband, a failed barn cat, and a Jack Russell Terrorist…err, Terrier. Besides the novels, my work has appeared in Baltimore magazine and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.     Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? L. R. Trovillion: I wanted to explore this issue: The theme of how to get past the big, traumatic obstacles in one’s past that keep you from living a fulfilling, happy life in the present. How to just move on and get past it? The main character has endured trauma the same as the ...