Happy Wednesday, Book Lovers!
It’s time for this week's Coffee Chat interview with another guest author. Join me in welcoming Ruth A. Casie, bringing us her featured romantic suspense novel, Heart of the Matter.
Good Morning, Ruth. How do you take your coffee?
RC: I drink it light and almost sweet, sometimes with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
Ally: That sounds good! While I fix those drinks, tell readers something about yourself.
It’s time for this week's Coffee Chat interview with another guest author. Join me in welcoming Ruth A. Casie, bringing us her featured romantic suspense novel, Heart of the Matter.
Good Morning, Ruth. How do you take your coffee?
RC: I drink it light and almost sweet, sometimes with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
Ally: That sounds good! While I fix those drinks, tell readers something about yourself.
Bio:
RUTH A. CASIE is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic historical swashbuckling action-adventures and contemporary romance with enough action to keep you turning pages. Her stories feature strong women and the men who deserve them, endearing flaws and all. She lives in New Jersey with her hero, three empty bedrooms and a growing number of incomplete counted cross-stitch projects. Before she found her voice, she was a speech therapist (pun intended), client liaison for a corrugated manufacturer, and vice president at an international bank where she was a product/ marketing manager, but her favorite job is the one she’s doing now—writing romance. She hopes her stories become your favorite adventures.
She has three series. The Druid Knight stories are a historical time travel series. The Stelton Legacy is historical fantasy about the seven sons of a seventh son. Havenport Romances are stories set in a small coast Rhode Island town. She also write stories in the connected world the Pirates of Britannia.
Something unique that isn’t in your regular bio: “I did a rap to ‘How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow If a Tow Truck Could Tow Trucks.’”
Author Contacts:
Website: https://ruthacasie.com/
Ruth’s Newsletter Signup: http://ruthacasie.com/contact.html#newsletter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthacasie/
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/RuthACasie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthACasie
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ruth-a-casie
Amazon: https://amazon.com/author/ruthacasie
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4792909.Ruth_A_Casie
Personal Blog: http://www.ruthacasie.blogspot.com
RUTH A. CASIE is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic historical swashbuckling action-adventures and contemporary romance with enough action to keep you turning pages. Her stories feature strong women and the men who deserve them, endearing flaws and all. She lives in New Jersey with her hero, three empty bedrooms and a growing number of incomplete counted cross-stitch projects. Before she found her voice, she was a speech therapist (pun intended), client liaison for a corrugated manufacturer, and vice president at an international bank where she was a product/ marketing manager, but her favorite job is the one she’s doing now—writing romance. She hopes her stories become your favorite adventures.
She has three series. The Druid Knight stories are a historical time travel series. The Stelton Legacy is historical fantasy about the seven sons of a seventh son. Havenport Romances are stories set in a small coast Rhode Island town. She also write stories in the connected world the Pirates of Britannia.
Something unique that isn’t in your regular bio: “I did a rap to ‘How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow If a Tow Truck Could Tow Trucks.’”
Author Contacts:
Website: https://ruthacasie.com/
Ruth’s Newsletter Signup: http://ruthacasie.com/contact.html#newsletter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthacasie/
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/RuthACasie/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthACasie
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ruth-a-casie
Amazon: https://amazon.com/author/ruthacasie
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4792909.Ruth_A_Casie
Personal Blog: http://www.ruthacasie.blogspot.com
INTERVIEW:
Ally: What led you to write your featured book?
RC: Timeless Scribes is a group of five authors. We have created our own small town Havenport, Rhode Island that appears strikingly similar to Newport. Every year we each write a story that has a common theme that takes place in Havenport. This year the theme was lost love letters.
She had a small beautiful bible covered in mother-of-pearl inlayed with semi-precious stones. After she passed away I was surprised to find a love letter written to her in the bible that wasn’t my father’s handwriting. That was a romance story I couldn’t resist.
Ally: Do you regularly write with a theme or message in mind?
RC: I never thought I had a theme or message in mind. It wasn’t until my third book that I realized my theme was trust and equality. My heroes and heroines can only succeed if they work together.
Ally: What is the most meaningful thing a fan has said about your book?
RC: The second book in my historical fantasy, KNIGHT OF RAPTURE is a favorite story. I’ve learned not to read reviews. (Read the answer to the next question to find out why). When I noticed a top 50 Amazon reviewer, a man had written a 5 star review of the story I gave in and read it. “I stayed up late last night finishing this book (could not put it down).” Now THAT was a review!
Ally: Do you read reviews of your books? Do you respond to them? Good reviews are wonderful, but are you affected by the bad ones?
RC: I was so excited when my first book was published by Carina Press and picked up by Harlequin for their Direct To Consumer (think book of the month club) service. It was a historical fantasy time travel story, KNIGHT OF RUNES. I saw a review on Amazon and dove right into it. I sat back horrified when I read it. It wasn’t an attack on the story line and actually that I would have understood. Not everyone likes every story. No. This was a personal attack. Who did I think I was writing such dribble? Ouch! Thank goodness for some dear friends who talked my off the edge. Ten years later I got my revenge. I wrote a Havenport Christmas story HAPPILY EVER AFTER about an author who falls off the USA Today and Times bestseller lists. I used much of that original review as the opening of the story. Take that you dastardly reviewer!!
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
RC: I was invited to write historical pirate stories for Kathryn LeVeque and Eliza Knight’s Pirates of the Britannia Connected World series. I enjoyed writing two stories for the series and proposed three additional stories – The Sons of Sagamore. HUGH is currently on pre-order with release June 2.
Family secrets filled with intrigue, treachery, and a 30-year-old murder must be resolved or he'll lose her forever. With his world in shambles, Hugh’s loyalty to his family will be tested when he must decide if blood is thicker than water.
Ally: Show us which of the short answer questions you chose.
RC:
Ally: What led you to write your featured book?
RC: Timeless Scribes is a group of five authors. We have created our own small town Havenport, Rhode Island that appears strikingly similar to Newport. Every year we each write a story that has a common theme that takes place in Havenport. This year the theme was lost love letters.
She had a small beautiful bible covered in mother-of-pearl inlayed with semi-precious stones. After she passed away I was surprised to find a love letter written to her in the bible that wasn’t my father’s handwriting. That was a romance story I couldn’t resist.
Ally: Do you regularly write with a theme or message in mind?
RC: I never thought I had a theme or message in mind. It wasn’t until my third book that I realized my theme was trust and equality. My heroes and heroines can only succeed if they work together.
Ally: What is the most meaningful thing a fan has said about your book?
RC: The second book in my historical fantasy, KNIGHT OF RAPTURE is a favorite story. I’ve learned not to read reviews. (Read the answer to the next question to find out why). When I noticed a top 50 Amazon reviewer, a man had written a 5 star review of the story I gave in and read it. “I stayed up late last night finishing this book (could not put it down).” Now THAT was a review!
Ally: Do you read reviews of your books? Do you respond to them? Good reviews are wonderful, but are you affected by the bad ones?
RC: I was so excited when my first book was published by Carina Press and picked up by Harlequin for their Direct To Consumer (think book of the month club) service. It was a historical fantasy time travel story, KNIGHT OF RUNES. I saw a review on Amazon and dove right into it. I sat back horrified when I read it. It wasn’t an attack on the story line and actually that I would have understood. Not everyone likes every story. No. This was a personal attack. Who did I think I was writing such dribble? Ouch! Thank goodness for some dear friends who talked my off the edge. Ten years later I got my revenge. I wrote a Havenport Christmas story HAPPILY EVER AFTER about an author who falls off the USA Today and Times bestseller lists. I used much of that original review as the opening of the story. Take that you dastardly reviewer!!
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
RC: I was invited to write historical pirate stories for Kathryn LeVeque and Eliza Knight’s Pirates of the Britannia Connected World series. I enjoyed writing two stories for the series and proposed three additional stories – The Sons of Sagamore. HUGH is currently on pre-order with release June 2.
Family secrets filled with intrigue, treachery, and a 30-year-old murder must be resolved or he'll lose her forever. With his world in shambles, Hugh’s loyalty to his family will be tested when he must decide if blood is thicker than water.
Ally: Show us which of the short answer questions you chose.
RC:
- memorable book you’ve read – Knight in Shining Armor
- ebook or print? Print – I’m always afraid my Kindle will die at the wrong time!
- color of nail polish you have on – I wish I had nail polish on. When I do it’s blush pink glitter gel shellac.
- pie or cake? What kind? Apple pie, warm with vanilla ice cream. And I put a spot of ice cream
- best place you’ve ever visited. I traveled a lot when I worked for the bank and had the international market in the days before webinars and Zoom. But two years ago, my husband and I spent two weeks traveling in Scotland. I had researched a location for on of my books and finally got to see it. It was the best trip ever!
Heart of the Matter (A Havenport Romance)
Genre: contemporary romantic suspense
Rating: 1.5
Digging into the past can be murder.
Addison Moore, a well-known psychiatrist is having difficulty coming to terms with the death of her grandmother Cookie. The woman was everything to her after her parents died in the plane crash over Lockerbie, Scotland. Little did Addy know that an old picture, tucked away in the family bible of Cookie with a handsome stranger would lead her to a discovery for which she is little prepared.
Ethan Taylor is an art historian. He’s lived with his Great Uncle Ben for a long time and would do anything for him. He never anticipated that Ben’s dying wish would introduce him to Ben’s biggest sacrifice.
Neither Addy nor Ethan are prepared for the lengths at which their families went through to keep Cookie and Ben apart. As they try to put the pieces together they uncover a decade’s old unsolved murder implicating Cookie and Ben. Will Addy and Ethan’s blossoming love be able to stand the strain of finding the truth? Will they be able to overcome their own matters of the heart?
Buy Link: Kindle Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083VZCF8J
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