It’s time for a another session of book talk with a guest author. This week Kim McMahill is joining us with her featured romantic suspense book, A Measure of Madness.
Welcome, Kim! How do you take your coffee?
KM: I drink two cups each morning made from freshly ground beans with a splash of French vanilla creamer.
Ally: Easy to make. While I pour, please introduce yourself to readers.
Kim McMahill grew up in Wyoming which is where she developed her sense of adventure and love of the outdoors. She started out writing non-fiction, but her passion for exotic world travel, outrageous adventures, stories of survival, and happily-ever-after endings soon drew her into a world of romantic suspense and adventure fiction. Along with writing novels Kim has published over eighty travel and geographic articles and contributed to a travel story anthology. When not writing she enjoys gardening, traveling, hiking, puzzles, playing games, and spending time with family.
Something unique/unusual that isn’t in your regular bio: “I’ve never really mastered riding a bike. I grew up in the country with lots of dirt roads and I had a pony and then horses, so bike riding wasn’t a skill I developed as a child. When I get out every now and then it makes my husband very nervous.”
Author Contacts:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimmcmahill
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KimMcMahillAuthor/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmcmahill/
Goodreads author page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/849945.Kim_McMahill
Blog: https://www.kimmcmahill.blogspot.com
Ally: Do you write with an audience in mind or to a publisher’s required theme?
KM: I write with the audience in mind. I read and write action, adventure, and suspense with romantic elements. My publisher is primarily a Christian Fiction publisher with a small group of non-Christian Fiction writers like me, so as long as I keep it clean, I’ve been given a lot of freedom to write my stories my way.
Ally: Which of your books would you especially recommend to readers?
KM: My most current project has been the Risky Research series. Though each novel can stand alone, it will be most enjoyed if the reader starts at the beginning with A Dose of Danger. My best seller has been and still is, Marked in Mexico, but I am very partial to Shrouded in Secrets.
Ally: Imagine you’re thrown into a different time period—either past or future, what book hero would you want with you? Why?
KM: Deuce from Big Horn Storm. He’s a tough modern-day rancher/cowboy, so if I’m in the past he’d have the horse skills and rural knowledge to survive, but he’s tough enough to take on the worst of the worst including foreign invaders. And, he’s smoking hot.
Ally: Do you read reviews of your books? Do you respond to them? Are you affected by them?
KM: I do read reviews. I don’t respond to them because everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and it is generally not a productive effort. I greatly appreciate constructive reviews and it makes me very happy when I read that someone enjoyed one of my books. I am affected by reviews that are negative without a helpful reason. I recall one that the reviewer admitted to not reading the book because they could tell it was in a series (which is clearly noted on Amazon). I can understand putting a book down once realizing you’ve jumped into the middle of a series, but not giving it a poor numeric rating without reading it.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
KM: I am working on the fifth and likely final installment in the Risky Research series, A Recipe for Revenge. It hasn’t been submitted to my publisher yet, so it is probably several years down the road.
Ally: Which of the trivia questions did you select?
KM:
- a movie you’ll always remember: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I’ve watched it so many times I often quote it.
- favorite comfort food: Homemade Macaroni and Cheese (my husband’s version)
- What type of music do you prefer? I guess you call it world music. The unique instruments and beats always take me on a journey to some faraway place.
- favorite quote: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness…Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad
- best place you’ve ever visited: Thailand
Ally: Thanks for being on the blog, Kim. Before we end the interview, please show us your featured book.
A Measure of Madness (Risky Research Book4)
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Rating: PG
FBI agent Devyn Nash’s pursuit of a deadly organization heats up in this fourth installment of the Risky Research series.
The FBI locates the mastermind behind Coterie, but attempts to bring him in result in a shootout that sends Coterie’s members scrambling for cover. When Devyn’s partner is left fighting for his life in a Puerto Rican hospital, she becomes more determined than ever to bring them to justice.
Devyn’s decision to ignore her orders and pursue the head of Coterie to Brazil puts her job and her relationship with Sheriff Gage Harris in jeopardy, but she is unwilling to allow those responsible for so much death to live out their lives in paradise.
Link to teaser/trailer for the Risky Research series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clZIRJ1s-Fo&feature=youtu.be
Buy Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Measure-Madness-Risky-Research-ebook/dp/B08TX7C1BZ/
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-measure-of-madness-kim-mcmahill/1138684987?ean=9781522398837
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-measure-of-madness
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-measure-of-madness/id1550649255