An Interview With Romantic Suspense Author A.M.Madden
A.M. Madden is the author of Stone Walls, as well as several other romance/romantic suspense books that have been a big hit with readers worldwide.
Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Stone Walls is my first stand alone in the romantic suspense category. It’s about a New York City cop who is assigned to a huge case helping the FBI eradicate the mob. He meets Ella, and she makes him question everything about the man he thought he was.
How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
Not recently. About […]
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