Vocal Expressions

This is the first time I am reading anything by E. M. Shue. Accidentally Noah is the story about Kenzie Russo (family name – Graco) who hid away from her family for over five years because she was on the run from an abusive relationship with Roy, her ex-boyfriend. However, when she comes home to New York from Hawaii because her father suffered a heart attack, she sees Roy parked across the street stalking her. She flees again to her apartment in the Bronx covering her steps.  Working as a police dispatcher, she fantasizes about a detective with a sexy voice who calls in for backup. And although she’s not big on dating especially short guys which everyone on the radio heard about while at work, she agrees to go on a blind date at the urging of her friend, Trina. When she meets Noah, she realizes the star aligned and he is “Mr. Sexy Voice,” the detective she’s heard over the dispatch radio. Even more startling is that he’s assigned to handling a case where she could be implicated in ...

Author’s Bio: Jen Berlingo is a thought-leader, coach, guide, and author on the midlife transition. She's also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a nationally registered art therapist, and a Reiki master. Through two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own fiery midlife passage, Jen was inspired to write her book,   Midlife Emergence , to accompany women needing fortitude when traversing the portal into the second half of life.   In addition to her long-standing healing work, Jen is a visual artist who offers original paintings, prints, and oracle decks to collectors worldwide. She shows her fluid, abstract art in her beloved town of Boulder, Colorado. There among the sunny foothills, Jen can be found making bottomless bowls of popcorn and snuggling on the couch with her unconventional family, her coven of close friends, and her Norwegian forest tabby rescues, Jinx and Juju.   Deliah La...

Author’s Bio: Cheryl Barton lives in Maryland and in her spare time she loves to read espionage, crime and romance novels, cook, watch Sci-fi movies, spend time with family and friends and enjoy Maryland steamed crabs. Cheryl is celebrating over 30 years as a government employee and loves writing romance novels when in her spare time. Cheryl is the author of over forty romance novels, four inspirational novels, and is proud of her six book compilation projects with several other incredible women. Cheryl was a 2019 Finalist for the Emma Award given by Romance Slam Jam and a 2018 Finalist for the Literary Trailblazer of the Year award by the Indie Author Legacy Award. Cheryl is a member of the Contemporary Romance Writers where she currently serves on the board as the secretary.  Deliah Lawrence: What inspired you to write your book? Cheryl Barton: My inspiration for writing The Sweetest Revenge was the idea that you can break free from what is expected of you and go for what ...

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...