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Website: http://www.mkempher.com
Tell us about your
book! What is it about and what inspired you to write it?
Katherine O’Brian has recently moved back to Reno
NV, leaving an unhappy marriage behind. She
has the unwelcome task of packing up her parent’s home after their recent
deaths; her mother a year prior and her father recently. Her sister, who didn’t
attend the funeral comes to help; pain and resentment simmers barely beneath
the surface. At the same time, Katherine goes back to college to take the last
class she needs for a degree
started years earlier. In the class, she’s
assigned a partner to work on a class project—his name is Scott Mitchell. He’s
tall, dark, and handsome and the attraction is almost immediate. However, they
both see the foolishness of getting romantically involved with someone they’ll
be spending many hours with for three months. If the romance goes south, so
does the project and their grades. Their relationship evolves into a
friendship; sure, the attraction is still there, but they both start dating
other people, so it’s very much controlled, or so they choose to believe.
One night, Katherine can’t sleep. She decides to walk to an
all-night diner three blocks away, at midnight;
this is Reno, the city that never
sleeps, and she can very clearly see the diner’s sign from her apartment. She
is not afraid, that is until she witnesses a man placing a dead body into the
truck of his car. The man chases her, but she gets away and hopes that’s the
end of it. It’s not. Soon, she starts having “accident’s”, each time she’s
lucky, but the accidents start to become more deadly, as if the killer had been
playing with her, but now wants her dead, once and for all.
This story has a lot of humor in it, the two main characters
chemistry makes for some laugh out loud dialogue reminiscent of older movies
with stars like Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
At the same time, the reader will see through the eyes of
the man who wants Katherine dead.
The ending is one you won’t see coming.
My inspiration? That’s a hard question to answer. The story
is dramatically different from the original concept. I was reading a story
about Walmart. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but the news was saying that
Walmart had been taking out life insurance
policies on their workers and
cashing them out years later—long after the employee had left the company. The
insurance was called, Dead Janitor insurance.
Tell us about your publishing
process. What was it like? Did you go indie or the traditional way?
Mocha, Moonlight,
and Murder is book one of a seven book series. It was published through a small
publishing company. I was not happy with them, so bought the rights to my book
back. I, then, published Mocha and the next six books through Amazon.
How did you choose
the title for your book? Did it come to you right away, before you started
writing it, or did it come later?
Originally, the book
was called Risky Romance, but the publisher changed the name. The name is the
only thing they did for me that I liked.
Tell us about the
cover design process. Did you have a basic idea of what your book cover would
be like?
Keep in mind, this
was my first book and first time working with a publisher. I, pretty much did
as I was told. The current cover is not the cover they chose, but one I helped
design with a very talented cover designer; robin@mycustombookcover.com after
I’d bought the rights to my book back.
How was your
experience working with the designer?
Awesome. Her price
includes unlimited samples, meaning I could have her tweak the cover until I
was completely happy. Some cover designers will only give you three goes at it
and then you have to choose one of the three.
What has been the
readers’ response to your cover?
Very positive.
People seem to really like it.
What tips would you
give to authors who are looking for a cover designer?
If you’re active on
Facebook or twitter and see a book cover you like, reach out to the author.
They will very likely tell you who designed their cover.
Anything else you’d
like to say about your book?
I consider this book
to be a romantic comedy with a murder mystery sub-plot. There is some, but very
little profanity or sex.
Tell us about your
book! What is it about and what inspired you to write it?
Katherine O’Brian has recently moved back to Reno
NV, leaving an unhappy marriage behind. She
has the unwelcome task of packing up her parent’s home after their recent
deaths; her mother a year prior and her father recently. Her sister, who didn’t
attend the funeral comes to help; pain and resentment simmers barely beneath
the surface. At the same time, Katherine goes back to college to take the last
class she needs for a degree
One night, Katherine can’t sleep. She decides to walk to an
all-night diner three blocks away, at midnight;
this is Reno, the city that never
sleeps, and she can very clearly see the diner’s sign from her apartment. She
is not afraid, that is until she witnesses a man placing a dead body into the
truck of his car. The man chases her, but she gets away and hopes that’s the
end of it. It’s not. Soon, she starts having “accident’s”, each time she’s
lucky, but the accidents start to become more deadly, as if the killer had been
playing with her, but now wants her dead, once and for all.
This story has a lot of humor in it, the two main characters
chemistry makes for some laugh out loud dialogue reminiscent of older movies
with stars like Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
At the same time, the reader will see through the eyes of
the man who wants Katherine dead.
The ending is one you won’t see coming.
My inspiration? That’s a hard question to answer. The story
is dramatically different from the original concept. I was reading a story
about Walmart. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but the news was saying that
Walmart had been taking out life insurance
Tell us about your publishing
process. What was it like? Did you go indie or the traditional way?
Mocha, Moonlight,
and Murder is book one of a seven book series. It was published through a small
publishing company. I was not happy with them, so bought the rights to my book
back. I, then, published Mocha and the next six books through Amazon.
How did you choose
the title for your book? Did it come to you right away, before you started
writing it, or did it come later?
Originally, the book
was called Risky Romance, but the publisher changed the name. The name is the
only thing they did for me that I liked.
Tell us about the
cover design process. Did you have a basic idea of what your book cover would
be like?
Keep in mind, this
was my first book and first time working with a publisher. I, pretty much did
as I was told. The current cover is not the cover they chose, but one I helped
design with a very talented cover designer; robin@mycustombookcover.com after
I’d bought the rights to my book back.
How was your
experience working with the designer?
Awesome. Her price
includes unlimited samples, meaning I could have her tweak the cover until I
was completely happy. Some cover designers will only give you three goes at it
and then you have to choose one of the three.
What has been the
readers’ response to your cover?
Very positive.
People seem to really like it.
What tips would you
give to authors who are looking for a cover designer?
If you’re active on
Facebook or twitter and see a book cover you like, reach out to the author.
They will very likely tell you who designed their cover.
Anything else you’d
like to say about your book?
I consider this book
to be a romantic comedy with a murder mystery sub-plot. There is some, but very
little profanity or sex.
One night, 28-year-old, Katherine O’Brian, decides to walk to an all-night diner. The only problem? It’s midnight, but Katherine lives in Reno Nevada, a city that never sleeps; she can clearly see the
And now, she’s in trouble. She outran the man that night, and while she has no idea who he is, he knows who she is. And he wants her dead.
As if attempts on her life weren’t stressful enough, Katherine has gone back to college. She’s determined to finally finish her degree, but her lab partner is driving her crazy. He’s hot, but annoying. And she’s not sure which she wants more—a night of mad, passionate sex or a new lab partner. It varies from day to day.
Will Katherine give in to her lust for her partner or will she give in to her desire to throttle him? If she’s in the ground before graduation, it won’t matter.
Not your typical romance, not your typical mystery.
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