Wild Women Authors features debut author Skye Mueller and Conditions, a WF/suspense, released in December 2025 by the Wild Rose Press.
About
Conditions: Being married to a thief
had one definite upside—financial security for her sister’s medical expenses.
Up until acupuncturist Summer Halley experienced a pregnancy loss while on a
heist, she was willing to overlook the immorality of her husband’s crimes. But
the miscarriage elicits broken vows and sacrificed money, a perfect combination
for the FBI to exploit.
Forced to assume the role of informant on her ex-husband’s realm,
Summer also faces the undeniable tension between her and Liam Reyes, her FBI handler.
As she reconciles the choices she made in the past, Summer agrees to cooperate with
Reyes, even when he reveals his own conflicted feelings.
Just as Summer and Reyes stop viewing each other as an adversary, a new
target threatens their tentative trust while the truth about her sister’s
deception is exposed.
Hello,
Summer. Welcome to our blog. Tell us a bit about Conditions. This story focuses on redemption and overcoming guilt surrounding
my pregnancy loss and participation in my ex-husband’s criminal history.
What
made you choose acupuncture and Chinese medicine for a profession? I love helping my patients through holistic methods and
using techniques to strengthen the body’s natural ability to heal.
Knowing
what you know now, if you had it to do over again, would you stick with being an
acupuncture practitioner or do something different? I love my career and being a business owner. After all
the heists I helped facilitate, being able to support myself legitimately is top
priority. I considered becoming a nurse but that ultimately wasn’t the right
path for me.
What
is your biggest fear? Failing to be
there for those I care about.
Who
is your favorite fictional character and why? Katniss Everdeen. She seeks justice and stands up for
what’s right.
What
is the best piece of advice you ever received? Reyes helped me realize it’s okay to ask for help when
you really need it. Being too proud or stubborn doesn’t always translate into
good decision making!
Thanks for this, Summer.
Now we’d like to chat with Skye.
Which writer or
character[s], from either books or movies, [or both] have had a major impact on
your writing? I’m always inspired by
female authors who have a strong voice or vision and who aren’t afraid to lean
into hard topics. When I was younger, I wrote a lot of poetry, so probably one
of the first writers to inspire me was Emily Dickinson.
With regard to research,
where did you start for this novel? Did that lead you down different paths,
thereby changing the original concept? A
bit of what I researched for Conditions pertained to the legal process
and what terminology best fit with the crimes each character committed. The
final product stayed pretty true to my original concept, with some additional
scenes and details that helped broaden the plot. Personally, I have experienced
pregnancy loss and some of Summer’s grief reflects aspects of my own healing
journey.
Tell us a bit about your
publisher. What influenced you to submit to them; what is the turn-around time
from date of query to date of release? I
researched every agent and publisher I considered querying through Query
Tracker before submitting [to Wild Rose Press]. Kaycee, my editor, understood my
vision for this story and I signed with TWRP in May 2025. Conditions was
published on December 17, 2025.
What are you reading right
now? Up next in the TBR pile is Wild
Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. A few of my favorite recent reads are A
Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan, The Knight and the Moth by
Rachel Gillig and One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune.
What's next for you? I’m finalizing edits on a manuscript I’m hoping to
send out soon. It’s a bit of a deviation from the suspenseful tone of Conditions
and is more focused on the second chance romance happening between the two main
characters. It also explores themes of trauma, mental health and single
parenthood.
To learn more about Skye Mueller
and the stories she creates go to:
https://bsky.app/profile/skyemueller.bsky.social
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/59678447.Skye_Mueller
To purchase Conditions, go to:
https://wildrosepress.com/product/conditions/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/conditions-skye-mueller/1148360933?ean=9781509264094
https://www.booksamillion.com/p/9781509264094
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