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Meet the dynamic duo

Amanda Nelson

Before her senior year of high school, Amanda wouldn’t have considered herself a book lover, but that all changed when she was given the assignment to read Wuthering Heights for English class. That day, Amanda learned several things about herself, one, that she loved reading, two, that books were magical, and three, that she was a hopeless romantic.

While Amanda went on to receive a degree in mathematics from Arizona State University, get married and have four kids, her love of reading grew and expanded. Thanks to several community book clubs, Amanda was introduced to a wide variety of books, from biographies to fantasy fiction, middle grade through adult. And although she read and loved many books during that time, nothing called to her like a good romance novel.

In fact, it was because of a great romance series that Amanda met her best friend Lisa-Marie Potter. Sharing their love for books and fantastical fictional worlds, it was Lisa-Marie who suggested that the two of them would make a good writing team and the dream began. Together they have and are continuing to create fictional romance stories that they are excited to share with the world.


Lisa-Marie Potter

I don’t know if you would call Lisa-Marie a hopeless romantic or completely crazy, but considering she has been in an imaginary relationship with Jon Bon Jovi since her high school days, I think it’s fair to say that she has quite the imagination! Add to that, if you will, a few side flings with the likes of Edward Cullen, Cole St Clair, Mr. Darcy and Heathcliff, and you have the makings of a fictional romance writer.

Born and raised in Nottingham, England, a town famous for Robin Hood, this fair maiden relocated across the world to the fiery Furness, also known as Arizona where she met her match.. Despite having the last name of potter, A brave non wizard (unfortunately) turned fantasy into reality offering Lisa Marie a magical life here in the states with three incredible children, and two of the cutest grandchildren ever born.

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris



If you think that Clarice Starling was the first person to call upon Hannibal Lecter for help, you’d be wrong.  The Silence of the Lambs is far from the beginning of this story.  Red Dragon is the first of these brilliant books, and introduces us to Will Graham, a semi retired FBI agent, whose help is needed in solving a case that the media has dubbed, the tooth fairy killings. 
Graham is one of the greatest profilers the FBI has ever had, and despite almost loosing his life while capturing Hannibal the Cannibal, he agrees to face Dr. Lecter once more, to seek his help.
I’m not going to lie, this book gave me the willies, but that’s what a good horror novel is supposed to do.  I was gripped from the start and unable to put the book down, but man did I leap out of my skin if someone so much as walked in the room while I was engrossed in its pages.  Thomas Harris is hands down, in my opinion, one of the best Psychological Horror/Thriller writers of our time, creating one of the most brilliant and despicable villains.  He has the ability to pull you in to his books to the point that you can’t look away, even if you wanted to.  And trust me, you will want to.

Read and reviewed by L. M. Potter
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