Isabelle Drake

Beer, conversation, music--for me these things lead to BIG ideas. About a year ago, the big idea was doing an anthology with two of my friends. One of the friends, Holly Halsey Mayes, wasn't present but that didn't stop Alexandria Sure and me from deciding she was in on our idea. We tossed around some classic romance themes: second chances, workplace, holidays, fantasies—and finally settled on mistaken identity. The idea of wanting to be someone else for a day, a week, or for however long, appealed to us because, well, we understood that. The grass is always greener, and all that. Of course, our character’s thought so too, but after only a few pages, they realize we have some consequences for them. There are happy endings all around as well. We settled down to the writing, got together for write-ins and planning (cover, editing, promotion, formatting) and now, we have the anthology! NAUGHTY LESSONS, by Isabelle Drake, from the MISTAKEN: LITTLE LIES, BIG LOVE ...

MISTRESS OF THE UNDEAD out October 25 from Riverdale Avenue Books Blurb: The city of Boston is infected with zombies, roaming the streets and seeking human flesh—not to eat but to use as sexual servants. Mattie, one of the tribe, wants out. She’ll do anything, manipulate, cheat, lie, to get what she needs to break free from the sex cult. Hayden Thomas, tabloid reporter and wonderkid, knows first hand how cruel and consuming Mattie can be. Book smart, a good writer, and willing to do anything to get the story that will take his career to the next level, he’s made some depraved enemies.   In a city that thrives on scandal and conspiracy, nothing is coincidence.  Beware: once you’re in, you’re in.  Excerpt: Sex cult zombies wearing camo shorts soaked with fake blood, mud smeared torn black t-shirts, ripped sequin tube tops and moth-eaten suits off the Goodwill racks packed the halls of the Boston convention center. None of them had it right. These peop...