Ep. #6 Author Talk: Interview with Nicole L Bates

Preorder now : https://books2read.com/poppingtheclutch/ One bed, one deal, zero brakes—this road to romance is about to take some unexpected turns.  Callie Ferenzo knows cars, cameras, and how to keep her brother’s CarTube channel from backfiring. What she doesn’t know is how to pop the clutch on her own dream without breaking a promise to her late father. Her ambition’s stuck in neutral… until internet-famous CarTuber Dyson Gabbard offers her a deal that’ll shift everything into high gear: pretend to be his girlfriend during a two-week family reunion in Alaska. The trade-off? An all-expenses-paid trip and the keys to her dream car. A fan-turned-stalker puts Callie in the crosshairs and Dyson in the driver’s seat as her unexpected protector. Suddenly, their fake relationship isn’t just about fooling his family—it’s about keeping her safe.

Sign up to be an advance copy reader: HERE She’s the brains behind the builds. He’s the goofball behind the wheel. Fake dating was supposed to be easy… until feelings threw a wrench into the plan. Callie Ferenzo knows cars, cameras, and how to keep her brother’s CarTube channel from backfiring. What she doesn’t know is how to pop the clutch on her own dream without breaking a promise to her late father. Her ambition’s stuck in neutral… until internet-famous CarTuber Dyson Gabbard offers her a deal that’ll shift everything into high gear: pretend to be his girlfriend during a two-week family reunion in Alaska. The trade-off? An all-expenses-paid trip and the keys to her dream car. A fan-turned-stalker puts Callie in the crosshairs and Dyson in the driver’s seat as her unexpected protector. Suddenly, their fake relationship isn’t just about fooling his family—it’s about keeping her safe.  One bed, one deal, zero brakes—this road to romance is about to take some unexpected turns.

Getting Witchy With It 2023 Vol 10 charity anthology releases today, August 5th. It’s available an Amazon. My story in the anthology is called Charmed by Murphy. It’s a short paranormal romcom. Getting Witchy with It Vol 10 Brief synopsis: Grandma’s charmed bracelet and Murphy’s Law intervene the day of Christy’s big career-changing presentation, making it one she’ll never forget. Anthology by Anytime Author Promotions and includes Rochelle K Bradley (Author), Amanda Kimberly (Author), Aric H. Morrison (Author), Jennifer Daniels (Author), Elizabeth Brown (Author), Jennifer Allis Provost (Author), E.H. Demeter (Author), Melody Calder (Author), Lark Anderson (Author)  This anthology is available for a short time so get it while you can. You can purchase it here. All ebook proceeds will be donated to – ~Berkshire Children’s Chorus (Massachusetts) & ~Commusication (Minnesota)

Looking for ARC readers for Dragunzel releasing in April sign up here: https://forms.gle/XGkNJ5PnftS5MUCn7 Once upon a time… a witch imprisons a girl in a tower until a handsome prince climbs her hair to rescue her. Scratch that… Once upon a time… a girl falls through a magic portal knocking out a dragon shifter prince, then gets thrown into a tower for being a witch.  Dragunzel was part of the Something Grimm This Way Comes Anthology released October 31, 2022. Thirteen Grimm fairy tale retellings that reinvent the way you view happily ever afters. It has now been extended almost double the size.

Grab your copy today ! Free from February 14 until May 14. Limited time anthology with 20 awesome authors. Around every corner and even right in front of you, love is spinning fabulous stories. The Kaleidoscope Hearts are back, bringing together another collection of stories and poetry that exemplifies love in all its swirling colors. Tales of romances gone awry, emotions that heal the heartbroken, to stories that tell us to love ourselves for who we are, each writer in this collection has poured their heart into crafting a piece that will make you fly, or fall, or jump with joy to discover what it means to find that “L” word. And this year, for our Daisy Anniversary, five whole volumes of love you won’t want to miss, the Hearts have gathered together twenty writers whose hearts are laid bare upon the pages of this collection. It is sure to offer something for everyone. Fans of traditional romances, or fantastical ones, to poetic musings on the power of love, this anthology will captivate you. Grab a cozy blanket, pour yourself a warm drink, and settle in for a journey of love, heartache, triumph, and passion, all drawn together within the pages of this collection. Go on, pick an author to start with, after all, everybody knows that the petals of this daisy end with: They Love Me Gina Ardito, Grace Augustine, Linda Boulanger, Rochelle Bradley, Edward Buatois, Kevin Chapman, Cary Comas, Aliya DalRae, Jennifer Daniels, Laura Hern, Chris Jones, Andi Lawrencovna, Catherine Marcum, Shayne McClendon, Kristine Raymond, Trisha Ryann, James M. Tolliver, Kali WIllows, SE Winters, & Mary R. Woldering  Get it today at your favorite online store: https://books2read.com/KHVol5

Something Grimm This Way Comes is available for 99¢ preorder! Once upon a time … There were two brothers who collected tales from their homeland and put them in a book. Stories of magical creatures and horrible fates. Princesses who fell under enchantment and princes who came from the countryside to save them. 

Now Available for Audiobook!  I’m pleased to announce Dragonfly Wishes is now for sale on Audible. You can listen while your work or drive. The story is about three and a half hours and narrated by Samantha Novak. I’m excited to enter the world of audiobooks and look forward to getting more of my novels narrated. Do you like audiobooks? What’s your favorite genre to listen too?

Preorder Here We Go Again for 99¢  Coming April 5, 2021… Get the 5th story in the Fortuna, Texas series. This sweet, heart-warming, second chance romance is available for preorder for 99 cents. Get to know Lynette Dart (Cole from book 2’s sister) and Les Moore (Ben from book 3’s brother) as they are thrown together years after a tragedy. Preorder from your favorite online retailer. Blurb: Lynette Dart had no intention to see her first love again. There are too many painful memories and a secret. But when Les returns to Fortuna, her heart aches to rekindle the relationship. Les Moore hadn’t planned on bumping into his ex let alone rescuing her. Yet holding her once more feels right, even if seven years ago she’d abandoned him in his hour of need. Can Lynette and Les put the past behind them and find their happily ever after? Preorder from your favorite online retailer.

Dragonfly Wishes , a part of the Who’s the Fairest? A Sisters Grimm anthology (ebook, paperback, and #KindleUnlimited), is also available in paperback on its own.  Once upon a time there was a fashion designer and a dragon shifter from another world… Arianna Travers creates clothing that brings joy to others. Haunted by her mother’s disappearance and tormented by her overlording step uncle, Arianna desires to escape reality even if it’s only through the tip of her charcoal pencil. royal of Ellehcor, Kyan the dragon shifter spies the forlorn beauty through a magical window to another world. To meet her face to face, he leaves the sanctuary of his home realm and enters the portal, transforming into a dragonfly. go as planned when Kyan becomes entangled in spider silk. Arianna discovers the little blue dragonfly and rescues him. As a reward, Kyan offers to grant her wishes, but before Arianna can make a wish, the Overlord steals it from her. As Kyan and Arianna’s relationship blossoms, so does the breadth of the Overlord’s wishes. Kyan strives to save Arianna from her uncle and his devious plans, but what can a dragonfly do?