Vocal Expressions

This is the first time I am reading anything by Annie Winters and Tony West. The Vigilante’s Lover is the story about Jax De Luca who feels he was set up by Jovana, his ex-girlfriend and sent to prison without pleading his case in front of a tribunal (this is a mercenary/spy organization). While planning his escape from prison he has been sending coded messages to Klaus, a member of his network. However, these letters fall into the hands of a naïve twenty-years old, Mia Morrow who gets turned on by reading them. She innocently responds but Jax finds her messages to be out of code.  Jax then turns up in the middle of the night and kidnaps Mia from her aunt’s Tennessee home thinking she is a trainee assassin out to seduce him. But Mia is a civilian who has no idea what Jax is talking about. Jax is still not convinced despite her telling him the truth the house that he thinks is a safe house belongs to her aunt, that her parents are dead, and she’s lived there as a child, but came b...

Author’s Bio: Amy L. Bernstein writes stories, essays, and poems that let readers feel while making them think. Her novels include The Potrero Complex , the award-winning The Nighthawkers, Dreams of Song Times , and Fran, The Second Time Around , voted best young adult novel by the Maryland Writers’ Association. Amy is an award-winning journalist, speechwriter, playwright, and certified nonfiction book coach. She lives, works, and plays in Baltimore, Maryland. Learn more: https://amywrites.live   Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? Amy L. Bernstein: Dreams of Song Times grew out of a desire to push my imagination in new directions. My previous books were grounded in reality, though tinged with speculation. With Dreams , I wanted to see if I could combine my interests in socially relevant fiction with magical realism. And voila! A human-mermaid named Ell was born and became the center of a fight for the right to exist and be accepted.  DL: How do yo...

Author’s Bio: I was a very shy military child and went to many different schools. At 14, a teacher discovered I could sing and convinced me to be in the school talent show. I felt the extreme joy of being someone else and was hooked. I did my first professional show at 16 (Hello Dolly) and was a working actor for over 40 years, loving every minute.   I also discovered I have a real passion for teaching and had a thirty-year relationship with AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy), a performing arts university.  I traveled extensively, giving master classes in audition technique, acting for the camera and career preparation. I loved and still love my students.   Then, life intervened. I re-encountered my Italian soulmate after 30 years apart, got married at 60, recovered from cancer, went through my husbands’ cancer with him, and began a new life on a hilltop in Italy. After twelve wonderful years Covid hit, we were in isolation.  With extra time o...