Rebecca's Write Inspirations

"Ian Bull's books are action-packed thrillers that start in California and then go careening around the globe. Ian Bull is the pen name of Donald Ian Bull, and he brings twenty-five years in Hollywood and a lifetime in California to his writing. He is the author of THE QUINTANA ADVENTURES, a series featuring the exploits of Army reconnaissance photographer Steven Quintana and movie star Julia Travers, and their rocky relationship. THE PICTURE KILLS is the first book, and SIX PASSENGERS, FIVE PARACHUTES is the sequel. THE DANGER GAME is the third book in the series. He is also the author of THE CALIFORNIA NOIR series, which are noir romances set in different cities and different decades in California. The first book, LIARS IN LOVE, is a romantic crime caper set in 1980s San Francisco. FACING REALITY is a noir romance about a filmmaker in Los Angeles in the year 2000 who learns the hard truth about making it in Hollywood. The third book in the series, MURDER AT TOURMALINE, set i...

This week I'm taking a peek into the life and works of Author Irina Shapiro. A writer who takes on her own twist to murder mysteries and private investigation. She gives us a new duo to love. Here's a brief glance into her world: "I was born in Moscow, Russia during the hight of Communism and "enjoyed" the life of an average Russian child until my family's immigration to the United States in 1982. We settled in Brooklyn, NY where I finished school and then graduated from Bernard M. Baruch College in New York City with a degree in International Business. Despite my business degree, history and travel have always been my passions and I have tried to incorporate my knowledge and experiences into my stories. I currently live in New Jersey with my husband and two children." ~ Goodreads "Irina Shapiro will be first in line if recreational time travel ever becomes a reality, but for now, she must rely on flights of imagination, traveling through time and s...

"Kate le Roux lives in Cape Town, South Africa, where if she stands on tiptoes she can just about see Table Mountain from her kitchen window. She grew up on a diet of CS Lewis, LM Montgomery and Louisa May Alcott, and since being allowed into the Young Adult section at the local library at the age of thirteen she still hasn't really left. She spent a good number of years marking mostly horrible English essays and getting high school kids to act out bits of Shakespeare which she loved, leaving only to focus on being a mom to four crazy kids." ~ Amazon Goodreads Amazon Author Page Reedsy Discovery "Trina has been thrown into prison for trespassing in the Temple loft - not surprising for someone marked and cursed as she is. What is astonishing, though, is that now that her time is up she is not being thrown back onto the streets: she is being taken, of all places in the whole of Kalathan, to the palace, home of the six princes she has fangirled over all her life. Theo...

"Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961) was one of the masters of English mystery writing. She published her first novel in 1910 and, in the 1920s, introduced the character who would make her famous: Miss Maud Silver. Along with Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Miss Silver is the definitive embodiment of the English style of cozy mysteries." ~ Amazon   "Governess-turned-detective Miss Silver investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring." "Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds the house unlocked, and sees a light on in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime. Never one for the heroic, Charles’s first instinct is to let the police settle it. But then he hears her voice. Margaret, his long lost love, i...

"Sabrina Flynn is author of the bestselling Ravenwood Mysteries set in Victorian San Francisco. When she's not exploring the seedy alleyways of the Barbary Coast, she dabbles in fantasy and steampunk, and has a habit of throwing herself into wild oceans and gator-infested lakes. She lives in perpetual fog and sunshine with a rock troll and two crazy imps. She spent her youth trailing after insanity, jumping off bridges, climbing towers, and riding down waterfalls in barrels. After spending fifteen years wrestling giant hounds and battling pint-sized tigers, she now travels everywhere via watery portals leading to anywhere." ~ https://www.sabrinaflynn.com/about Website Amazon Goodreads " The road to redemption has never been so fierce." "Atticus Riot wants to leave his tortured past behind, but his partner’s murder haunts his every step. Before he can find peace, the gunfighter turned detective needs to find the killer. But then a missing heiress draws him i...

"Lorhainne Eckhart is one of my go to authors when I want a guaranteed good book. So many twists and turns, but also so much love and such a strong sense of family." (Lora W., Reviewer) "New York Times & USA Today bestseller Lorhainne Eckhart writes Raw Relatable Real Romance is best known for writing big family romances series, where "Morals and family are running themes. Danger, romance, and a drive to do what is right will see you glued to the page." As one fan calls her, she is the "Queen of the family saga." (aherman) writing "the ups and downs of what goes on within a family but also with some suspense, angst and of course a bit of romance thrown in for good measure." Follow Lorhainne on Bookbub to receive alerts on New Releases and Sales and join her mailing list at LorhainneEckhart.com for her Monday Blog, books news, giveaways and FREE reads. With over 120 books, audiobooks, and multiple series published and available at all ret...

"JULIA ASH writes dark-fantasy and paranormal thrillers. The ELI Chronicles is a three-book series: The One and Only (April 2018), The Tether (April 2019), and The Turning Point (June 2020). As a realist with a passion for the fantastical, Ash enjoys reading and writing fresh twists involving monsters in literature (zombies, vampires, ghosts, and shifters). She lives with her husband Rick and two Brittany bird-dogs on Maryland's Eastern Shore." ~ Amazon Website: www.juliaashbooks.wordpress.com Amazon: The One and Only and The Tether and The Turning Point Barnes & Noble: The One and Only and The Tether and The Turning Point Kobo eBooks: The One and Only and The Tether and The Turning Point Facebook: Facebook.com/JuliaAsh Twitter: @Author_JuliaAsh Instagram: @julia.ash.books Goodreads: The One and Only , The Tether , and The Turning Point Kirkus Reviews: The One and Only , The Tether , and Pro Connect The BookLife Prize: The Tether Interview by Miranda Reads and...

"K. Lumpkin began writing and illustrating books at the age of 4. Currently, she is a wife and mother of two adolescents who make the simplest things in life exciting. K. Lumpkin and her family have lived in Latin America and various states in the U.S. When not homeschooling and learning with as well as from her teens and when a breath can be caught, she enjoys the pleasures of her early years — writing, reading, dancing and painting. River (previously titled Fire Clouds) and Beauty (previously titled Beauty for Ashes) are the next installments in the series of the novel you currently hold in your hands. K. Lumpkin is also the author of Nothing in Time Separating." Find her work and more about her at these sites: Website Smashwords Amazon Goodreads Synopsis: "FIRE. It's so beautiful you can't keep your eyes off of it. Kyana Cel`on was not supposed to be caught in this trap again. Her past full of heartbreak, she's all too familiar with love's scorch and s...