Wild in Whispering Cove, by
Mackenzie McKade

Interviewer: Today I’m speaking with Harold Adair. (LOL) It appears you have with you two of
Whispering Cove’s most notorious matchmakers. Errol Wilson and Byron Mitchell.

Harold: Never you mind those two barnacle pluckin’ ole
goats. Couldn’t shake ‘em if a had a shovel and a bucket of sh—

Interview: Yes, well thank you for joining me.

Harold: My pleasure, lassie.

Interviewer:  So how are you these days?

Errol: Onery as a one-legged pirate in a three-legged race.

Harold: Quiet you pond suckin’, baldin’ beachcomber.

Errol: At least I’m not a—

Interviewer: Gentlemen. Gentlemen. (clearing throat) So I hear Andie and Brody tied the knot.

Harold: They sure enough did.

Interviewer: From your generous smile you’re happy with the outcome.

Harold:  Got my granddaughter home where she belongs, and with a man who loves her. Me ole
heart couldn’t ask for anything more.

Interviewer: Really?

Harold:  Well, I be hoping to hear the pitter-patter of a little urchin feet in the near future.

Interviewer: And how do Andie and Brody feel about children?

Harold: Well, I can’t say, but the two of them are trying hard enough. If you know what I mean.

Errol/Byron: snicker, snicker

Interviewer: Ooookay. We should probably move on. I hear you’re heading up the booth construction for Whispering Cove’s fall festival.

Harold: That I am with the assistance of Reece McGrath.

Interviewer:   Mr. McGrath is Sheriff Brody’s brother?

Harold:  Aye, and I swear the lad is as blind as a bat.

Interviewer:  Blind? We’re talking about Whispering Cove’s own architect who has a Master’s in Construction Management and a lady-killer smile?

Harold: That be the one. But the lad can’t see what’s right before his face.

Interviewer:  Would you care to elaborate?

Harold: Tabatha Taylor. Tabbie’s been nipping at Reece’s heels since she was a wee mite. Following him and her brother around, until she
went off to college. She’s back home, and I’ll be jigger if the lass hasn’t grown into a beautiful a woman.

Bryon: Though she’s still a cheeky little chickadee.

Interviewer: She sounds intriguing.

Errol: Bold, but bright as a lighthouse on a moonless night.

Interviewer: Hmmm… You three wouldn’t be thinking of doing a little matchmaking this season?

Harold: Matchmaking? Us?

Errol: Nah…

Bryon: Wouldn’t think of it.

Interview: Gentlemen, that doesn’t sound very convincing.

Harold: (Shrugging) We see what we see.

Errol: Youngsters these days are to involve in their careers and stepping on each other’s toes to see what’s good for them. Sometimes they
need an impartial party to open their eyes.

Bryon: And sometimes it takes a helping hand to guide them.

Interviewer: Oh my. It sounds like this could be another interesting season in Whispering Cove.

Harold:  Stick around, lassie. Before the end of the festival there be more then autumn leaves falling.

Interviewer: So would you be willing to tell me what the bet is this time?

Harold: Bet? Can’t say I know what you’re talkin’ about.

Interviewer: Yeah. Riight. Okay then, other than Reece McGrath and Tabatha Taylor who will be your other victims.

Harold: Victims? We like to think of the youngsters as projects.

Interviewer: Well, there you have it. If haven’t read Wild, Wet, and Wicked in Whispering Cove pick it up today at Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Nobles, or Sony. For another dose of matchmaking in Whispering Cove
look for Burned, Bold and Brazen in Whispering Cove to be release early next year.

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It looks like summer has FINALLY arrived.  I swear it’s been raining since the beginning of April. My son graduated high school Jun 29th and I’m still trying to figure out where all the years went.  He’s off to soldier’s training tomorrow and then off to university in the fall.  My daughter still has one year of high school to go.  I don’t have any big plans for the summer.  We’re working around the house and trying to build a firepit out back.  My husband and I might make a quick trip to Prince Edward Island for a little getaway, and we will be taking my son to Montreal in September.  Hoping to go through the states so I can hit up the outlet stores!

On the work front I just finished three novellas for Samhain.  Love these stories in the Boy’s of Beachville series.  Up next I’ll be working with the other half of Taylor Keating to put together a new book series, then Mackenzie McKade, Nikki Duncan and I will be working on a sequel to our Whispering Cove Series.

So that’s my summer in a nutshell.  Tell me your plans.

Patricia Rockwell is a featured author in this weeks “E”ndependent Publishers $2.99 Ebook Club enewsletter.

Interviewer:  Patricia Rockwell, can you tell us about your two cozy mysteries—SOUNDS OF MURDER and FM FOR MURDER? 

Answer:  Yes, these are the first two books in my Pamela Barnes acoustic mystery series.  Pamela is a Psychology professor and acoustics expert and she is drawn into the investigation of various murders that have a “sound” component because of her knowledge and expertise in this field. 

Interviewer:   Sound?  That’s a rather strange hook for a mystery.

Answer:  Yes.  In many cozy mysteries, the amateur sleuth often has an occupation or hobby that allows the character to use their knowledge to solve a crime.  As far as I know, no other cozy mystery author has an amateur sleuth who uses acoustics to solve crimes.  Actually, one critic told me that I’d never find more than a few plot lines where sound could be a viable clue to a murder, but I’m writing my fourth Pamela Barnes’ book at the moment and I’m still imagining more plots with sound.

Interviewer:  Patricia, not only do you write cozy mysteries but you also publish cozy mysteries with your company Cozy Cat Press.  Why this fascination with cozy mysteries?

Answer:   I’ve always loved reading mysteries ever since I was a child and read every Nancy Drew I could get.  I guess I’ve always loved what are called cozy mysteries.  However, it wasn’t until the last few years when I retired from my career as a college professor and started writing, that I actually realized that the specific type of mystery I like to read—and write—had a name—cozy mystery.  I just know that I have always preferred mysteries where the emphasis is on the detecting and the solving of a puzzle—not on the main character getting out of jeopardy.  In truth, whenever I read mysteries of the thriller variety, when I come to segments that involve chase scenes or fights or a character trying to avoid some sort of catastrophe—I skip ahead to what I consider the more interesting parts of the book.  I guess that’s why I like Agatha Christie,  Sherlock Holmes, and the array of wonderful cozy mystery writers today who focus on the “figuring things out” aspect of mysteries. 

Interviewer:  So, does that mean that none of your characters ever meets an untimely end?

Answer:  Oh, no!  Murders occur in my books.  They just happen to characters whom the reader doesn’t care about much—or at least I hope they don’t care about them.  

Interviewer:  Would you say, then, that in cozy mysteries that character is more important than plot?

Answer:  No, I wouldn’t say that.  I’d say they are both equally important. 

Interviewer:   You say you are retired from a career as a teacher.  I bet you have incorporated some of your job experiences in your books, haven’t you?

Answer:  Absolutely!  My main character Pamela Barnes works at a small university in the south just as I did.  The other characters in my books all are based on various scholarly types  who I encountered during my many years in academia.  And, even though, no murder ever occurred where I worked, many of the sub-plots are drawn from my real life experiences with students, administrators, and colleagues.   

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Lauren Gray loves everything about Adam Wilson, everything from his zest for life to his roguish good looks and his wild, wicked ways in bed. She can’t, however, deny that his absence during the week poses a problem for her, but as a commercial pilot, he spends his weekdays flying. Nor can she deny that while she loves their frantic lovemaking sessions, there are times when she’d like to shift things into slow gear.

When she discovers Adam home during the weekday, draped in darkness and asleep in his bed, she isn’t about to question her good fortune. She slips between the sheets with him and attributes his achingly gentle touch and soft, sensuous kisses to his mellow state. Except come morning she realizes that it wasn’t Adam who was searing her body with his slow, sultry lovemaking, it was his brother Garret—a race car driver who, unlike Adam, is home during the week and uses a gentle hand in the bedroom.

Lauren can’t help but think that separately the brothers are amazing, but a combination of the two makes the perfect package. And when this good girl realizes she’s torn between two brothers it has her thinking about breaking all the rules…

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