Author Spotlight Saturday ~ Meet Emelle Gamble + Giveaway!

Can you believe that we are now half way through July?!? This week I would like everyone to Welcome Emelle Gamble to Author Spotlight Saturday! I recently read and reviewed Emelle's Secret Sister.

Tell us a little bit about your book(s) and yourself.

My books are always a little bit off-kilter from their main genre. SECRET SISTER is a solid romance with a huge Paranormal plot set-up. MOLLY HARPER and DUETS are women’s fiction with an extraordinary secret, almost like a mystery. DATING CARY GRANT is a sweet romance with a ghost. There, I said it. And strangely, except for the ghost part, my books are just like me, a little bit off-kilter.

When was your first book published?

1990 by Harlequin Intrigue. They published 7 romantic suspense, then I quit writing for several years because of LIFE and then I started my huge, astonishingly successful comeback with SECRET SISTER published by SoulMate Publishing. So I’ve been writing for over twenty-five years. And, after writing that sentence, I feel like I need a glass of wine.

Are you currently working on anything?

HA! Yes, I am currently working on completing a new romantic suspense/women’s fiction novel called KISS ME TWICE about a woman whose mother has early onset Alzheimers’ disease and whose ex-lover might be an imposter. See what I mean about off-kilter story ideas? I also have a noir mystery done, and am working on a series of novellas anchored at a location that disappears from time to time. The craziness continues…

Why did you decide to become an Author?

I mean, what else could I be with ideas like this?

Who and what inspired you to write?

Daphne DuMaurier. Rosamunde Pilcher. Sue Grafton. P.D.James. Everyone else whose book covers stared at me in libraries and stores…

When you are writing to you like to listen to music? What is on your playlist?

Nope. This mind needs quiet.

Who is your favorite character in your books?

If I had to choose a favorite in any book I’ve written to date, I’d say Nick Chance. He’s the hero in SECRET SISTER and his love is tested to the extreme, and he comes through. He’s cute, flawed, loyal, confused and I love him.

Do you ever take characteristics or nuances from close friends or family when working on character development and if so has that friend or family member noticed and what was their response to it?

Yes. No. No one ever sees themselves in books. I wrote DATING CARY GRANT based on a dear friend’s stubborn hope she’d find ‘Mr. Perfect’…she loves the book but has never seen that the character is her, her, her. Color me lucky!

What is your favorite book of all time?

This is an impossible question. This is similar to who is your favorite child. But I’ll give you five…The Great Gatsby. The Password to Larkspur Lane. The Shell Seekers. Gone With the Wind. One fish two fish red fish blue fish. All are fabulous, memorable, felt original and real.

Tell us in one sentence why we should read your books.

Because if you do you will be entertained and, according to many readers, will not be able to put the book down.

List your books that are available

DATING CARY GRANT book of the month at Long & Short Reviews
SECRET SISTER RONE finalist for BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL of 2013
MOLLY HARPER and DUETS now available in one paperback volume!

SECRET SISTER by Emelle Gamble on audio!

Where can people connect with you?

Thanks for taking your time to answer some questions for my readers at Genuine Jenn.

Thanks for having me, Jenn!

Now readers, why do you want to read one of my books? Tell me below, and you could win a FREE signed copy of one! This giveaway will close on July 2rd,2014.