General Fiction – Allison M. Azulay

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Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 January 2021
Post category:Featured Author General Fiction Opinion Writers

Most of the books we read are mass produced by large companies like Harlequin, Dell, Penguin, and so on. Some may have been published by smaller companies like Medallion Press…

Common Threads

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:3 November 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

In a series of books, the main characters may return for new adventures, or their offspring or other relatives may appear in their stead. And devotees of series enjoy seeing…

Heroines

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:20 October 2020
Post category:Adventure Fantasy General Fiction History Horror Mystery Readers Romance Science Fiction Thrillers and Suspense Western Women's Fiction Writers

Once upon a time women in novels were frail creatures always in need of rescuing, or silly dolts who could not be expected to know the time of day, or…

Condensed Books

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:6 October 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Shortened versions of books have been popular for some time, condensed editions that (hopefully) have all the emotion and action of the story without the extra descriptions and scenes that…

Over and Over

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:22 September 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Some think it absurd to read a book more than once. Others reread because they forgot they have already read it. And another group simply enjoys the same tale again…

Adriana Trigiani

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:15 September 2020
Post category:Featured Author General Fiction Readers Romance Women's Fiction Writers

Sumptuous. That is the word that comes to mind to describe Ms.Trigiani's writing. Very Valentine celebrates the author's heritage and the city of New York that is her home, as…

Marketing Books

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:8 September 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Marketing is meant to sell books, which is no easy task in a world where there seem to be thousands of new ones on the market every single day. (And,…

Unlikely Story

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:11 August 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

One of the difficulties in writing is the need to make a story "believable." The trouble is that what is believable in the mind of one reader is absurd to…

Dan Brown

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:4 August 2020
Post category:Featured Author General Fiction Mystery Readers Thrillers and Suspense Writers

Perhaps best known for The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown does not restrict himself to tales with religious overtones. In Digital Fortress, technology meant to crack codes succumbs to human…

Movie to Book

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:14 July 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

In a previous blog post, I mention a specific actor and film that inspired one of my characters. Creativity is said to come from putting existing elements together in a…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals