By Rick Reed
New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara where she majored in anthropology and also studied history. Currently residing with her Western-author husband, L. J. Martin, in Missoula, Montana, Kat has written over fifty Historical and Contemporary Romantic Suspense novels. Over fifteen million copies of her books are in print and she has been published in more than a dozen foreign countries. Among her many awards, Kat has won the prestigious R.T. BOOK REVIEWS magazine Career Achievement Award.
Her newest book, to be released in May, 2013, is the 7th book in The Winds of Rain Canyon series and destined to be a hit with any audience.
AGAINST THE EDGE:
A child he’s never met.
A danger he’s never known.
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By Ian Walkley
Award-winning Welsh author Evonne Wareham’s latest offering is described as a paranormal romantic suspense. As Evonne herself puts it—you get a love story as well as assorted mayhem and dead bodies, and in this case, with a quick dose of mind reading. The novel has been described by THE BOOKSELLER magazine as a “Terrific Thriller”.
The story follows Madison Albi, a scientist with a very special talent—reading minds—who stumbles across a homeless man with whom she feels an inexplicable connection. She cannot resist the dangerous impulse to use her skills to help him.
J is a non-person—a vagrant who can’t even remember his own name. He’s got no hope, until he meets Madison. Is she the one who can restore his past? Madison agrees to help J recover his memory, but as she delves deeper into his mind, it soon becomes clear that some secrets are better off staying hidden. Is J really the man Madison believes him to be?
Evonne, your first novel, NEVER COMING HOME was about a woman whose daughter died in a car crash, but then again, did she really? A great premise, and you’ve followed up with another here. How do these ideas come to you?
I really don’t know – something may spark a thread, which links up to another thread, like building a spider web. Often a new idea will suddenly fit with something that I have had in my head for ages. I have a weakness for complex, layered plots and then I play games of ‘What if?’ to get them to work out.
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With thirty-one inspirational romantic suspense novels under her belt, Lynette Eason is currently working on her third series for Revell and her sixteenth book for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line. The bestselling, award-winning author of the Women of Justice Series and the Deadly Reunions series, Eason was a 2011 finalist in the prestigious Carol Awards Contest.
In her latest novel, WHEN A SECRET KILLS, Investigative reporter Jillian Carter knows it’s time to put the past to rest. She’s no longer the scared kid who changed her name and disappeared. Now she must do what she is trained to do—ferret out the truth and expose it. Senator Frank Hoffman committed murder ten years ago—and Jillian watched it happen.
Didn’t she?
Not even the enigmatic and attractive Colton Brady, her ex-boyfriend and nephew of the killer, will be able to make her leave this alone.
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By Tracy March
I’m excited to chat with readers of THE BIG THRILL about my romantic thriller, GIRL THREE. I’ve received lots of interesting questions in interviews for my blog tour, so I picked some of my favorites to share with you!
Describe GIRL THREE in two sentences.
When bioethicist Jessica Croft finds out her lobbyist sister’s suspicious death has been classified as natural, she resolves to expose a murderer. Pursuing elite suspects on both sides of the stem-cell-research debate reveals a fertility scandal surrounding the enigmatic Girl Three, and Jessica risks her life to expose the truth.
What was your inspiration for GIRL THREE?
I was inspired by the book THE BABY BUSINESS by Harvard professor Debora L. Spar. The book examines how money, science, and politics drive the commerce of conception. I was fascinated and disturbed when I learned about the fertility industry and its controversial elements of stem cell research, surrogacy, egg swapping, human cloning, and designer babies. After reading THE BABY BUSINESS, so many “what-if” questions began to flood my mind and gel into the story that ultimately became GIRL THREE.
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Katy Sinclair made it to the brink of partnership at her high-powered law firm with hard work, dogged determination, and the ruthless self-discipline to cultivate a conservative public image. But when she follows an evasive witness into a sex club, she can’t deny herself a red-hot sexual encounter with the seductive bartender who sets her body on fire. She’s sure no one will ever know about her indiscretion —until she walks into the courtroom to find her dirty little secret is the opposing counsel in the most important case of her career.
As the managing partner in a struggling law firm, hot-shot attorney Mark Richards can’t afford any mistakes that might cost him his biggest client, like getting involved with his beautiful, determined opponent—the mystery woman he hasn’t been able to forget. But when Katy’s quest for justice leads to death threats, Mark will sacrifice everything to protect her.
Now they’re risking their hearts…and their lives…in a race to catch a killer. Little do they know, the greatest danger lies closer to home.
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In this romantic suspense thriller, nothing can stand in the way of Jordan Jakes launching a missile in a remote desert of Iran—not even Ben Johnson, the NASA scientist she’s targeted. Against all odds, Ben follows Jordan, placing not only the mission at risk, but also the world’s fate. Everything hinges on the strength of their love.
Daco added, “On a larger scale, THE LIBRA AFFAIR is about finding balance, a home-brewed war to alter international allies and rebalance global economic powers. It focuses on obstacles Jordan Jakes faces to complete her mission successfully, but on a deeper level these impediments also parallel the difficulties faced in her personal life.
“In our personal lives, like yin chasing yang, we constantly seek balance. In the story, Jordan is too guarded. She chooses a career to hide from life; as a result, her need to control what enters her world leaves her scaling the perimeter of life when all she really wants is to find love and happiness.”
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By Basil Sands
‘Relentless tension and nail-biting suspense that’s sure to put your manicure in danger.’
That’s a paraphrase of comments from major reviewers and I have to say, they’ve got it right.
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you Melinda Leigh: wife, mother, and martial arts black belt. She is also a bestselling writer of romantic suspense that even dudes can get psyched about.
Melinda, tell us about your latest book MIDNIGHT SACRIFICE.
MIDNIGHT SACRIFICE is the second book in my Midnight series, dark romantic suspense novels based on ritualistic murders that occur in a rural town in Maine. This series was born out of my love for the mysteries in history. I was watching a documentary on Stonehenge in which archeologists were exploring possible human sacrifices at the site. Exciting stuff, right? My brain started humming with those “what if…” scenarios.
What motivated you to start writing?
It was actually my husband’s idea. I used to read three to four books a week, but between working and raising small children, I’d never had the time to even consider writing. When my children went to school full-time, I started writing as a hobby. I needed to do something with my brain besides identify mystery stains on the carpet. With a business education and a banking background, I knew none of the technical aspects of constructing a novel. My first attempt at writing a book took two years, but I was hooked. Making writing a career became a matter of learning the mechanics and the industry (and a little luck).
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Jess Harris is back in the fourth installment of Debra Webb’s Faces of Evil series.
When former Special Agent Jess Harris moved back to her Alabama hometown, she thought she’d left her blood-stained past behind her. But the blood bath the new Major Crimes deputy chief finds at a murder scene in one of Birmingham’s sleepy bedroom communities is beyond even the savagery of Eric Spears, the serial killer still obsessed with Jess.
Amid eerie echoes of a Charles Manson massacre, Jess investigates the brutal murder of a cop’s wife while her baby lay sleeping down the hall. The discovery of two more headless victims has Jess wondering if this case is a gang-related slaying, a personal vendetta . . . or something even more vicious.
As the investigation widens to include yet another shocking suspect, Jess realizes that the identity of the killer may lie with an autistic eight-year-old boy.Jess must race to save an innocent child and prevent a final, horrifying act of rage—if she doesn’t end up a victim herself.
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When we began to develop the story line for A TIME OF CHANGE, David and I were both excited about the prospect of a new series centered on and around a trading post. David grew up on the Navajo Nation, and often visited his Uncle Albert, who operated trading posts on tribal land for over thirty years.
One evening his uncle spread out dozens of the Navajo rugs for sale and explained where each one came from, showing the differences in color between the Ganado, Klagetoh, Two Grey Hills, and Burntwater styles. Even more impressive were the prices these quality wool rugs brought to the weavers and the trading post.
That same night, over dinner in the upstairs trading post residence, Uncle Albert, a disabled Navy veteran from the WWII Pacific theater, asked David to someday help him write his memoirs.
Unfortunately Albert died before that could take place, but David still treasures the gifts his uncle gave him, some wonderful memories and a Zuni carved hunting fetish in the form of an arrowhead attached to a turquoise bear.
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Debra Webb’s Faces of Evil comes to paperback in a huge promotion by Grand Central Publishing!
Debra Webb has written and published more than one hundred novels. Romantic suspense is her first love and developing series is her trademark. The Colby Agency series she writes for Harlequin Intrigue has stood the test of time, going into its thirteenth year and more than fifty installments—the largest number of books in an original author series in Harlequin’s history! But Debra recently found amazing success with a mainstream series called the Faces of Evil. I caught up with Debra this month for the paperback release of the first three installments of her new chilling series.
RT Book Reviews Magazine called the protagonist, Jess Harris, one of the toughest, smartest, most stubborn lady cops to strut the pages lately. Tells us a little about Jess.
Jessie Lee Harris has been living in my head for several years. She finally pitched a fit and I had to write her. Jess’s parents passed away when she was very young and she and her sister spent their formative years in foster homes. Upon graduating high school, Jess couldn’t wait to put her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, in her rearview mirror. She and her high school sweetheart, Dan Burnett, left for college full of passion and with big dreams. But passion sometimes fizzles and dreams don’t always come true. Four years later Dan returned to Birmingham and Jess went on to become a celebrated profiler for the Bureau.
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By Cathy Clamp
Kendra Elliot’s third novel in the Bone Secrets series is a gripping tale that’s ripped from the newspaper headlines. A bus filled with children goes missing. When the wreckage is discovered, there’s only one survivor. But one child is missing from the scene and nobody knows why. What follows is a tense and thrilling ride across the years to discover what happened to that lone child, because his brother, reporter Michael Brody, will never give up looking. For twenty long years the answer of what happened to his brother Daniel the day his school bus disappeared has eluded him. And no matter who tries to stop him, he will learn the truth.
ITW Contributing Editor Cathy Clamp sat down to talk about BURIED, which follows on the heels of CHILLED, a Kindle top 100 paid best seller list, and debut novel, HIDDEN, which was on Kindle’s 2012 overall top 100 bestseller list.
This is the third in your Bone Secrets novels, but it’s not a typical series with a single protagonist. How would you characterize the series for someone starting with the third book?
Series might be the wrong word to describe the books. I usually say “related.” They’re all stand alone novels with the same levels of romance and suspense, but I give secondary characters a chance to be main characters in subsequent books. I didn’t want readers to feel they needed to start with the first book. I write each one with the assumption that it will be read by a person who hasn’t read any of my other books.
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By Stacy Mantle
For my first article with THE BIG THRILL, I had the good fortune to be assigned national best-selling author and 2012 Emma Award Finalist, Ms. Shelia M. Goss. She currently has fifteen books in print and is one of those talented authors who can create in nearly any genre. Goss has just released MONTANA’S WAY, published by Kensington Publishing Corp.
Although Shelia has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, her passion for writing has always been there. Shelia decided to pursue her life-long dream after being down-sized from a fortune 500 company. Besides writing fiction, Shelia is a freelance writer. She’s also an ESSENCE MAGAZINE bestselling author, the recipient of three Shades of Romance Magazine Readers Choice Multi-Cultural Awards and honored as a Literary Diva: The Top 100 Most Admired African American Women in Literature.
MONTANA’S WAY is the second book in a series about three sisters, and follows the success of SAVANNAH’S CURSE. In MONTANA’S WAY, Montana Blake and her sisters, Savannah and Asia, team up with security professional Troy Bridges to bring their father’s killer to justice. Along the way, Savannah and Troy fell in love, and Montana is overjoyed that the two are headed toward marriage. Suddenly, Savannah and Troy vanish…and a surveillance camera reveals they were abducted from their home. Troy’s partner, six-foot-two Sean Patterson, joins the sisters in a rescue operation. Sean has met Montana before, and he’s never been able to forget her. He’s not the settling-down kind, but Montana may get him to change his ways. Of course, that depends on whether they get out of it alive—because the kidnapping is only the first move in a vicious plot that endangers all of Dallas.
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Making Your Villain: Killer Crafting
All good stories have an unforgettable protagonist, a man or woman who readers root for as they frantically turn the pages of a book. But what would that protagonist be…without an equally powerful counterpart? A villain, a character who makes readers tense, makes them worry—and makes them fear.
Villains are especially important in suspense and thriller novels. And, of course, there are many levels of “evil” for different villains. For me, the villains in my romantic suspense novels tend to be particularly dark. They’re twisted, broken to an extent, and when I write my villains, I definitely want my readers to be afraid of them.
I believe that when authors create villains, they need to craft complex, multi-dimensional characters—men and women who will both frighten readers…and keep those same readers hooked to the story. Villains shouldn’t just be card-board cut-outs. They need to be realistic individuals with motivations and needs, and they should not simply be psychotic monsters who exist for the sole purpose of destruction.
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Though Willow Pierce has moved forward since her husband died two years ago, she can’t ignore her sixth sense that Jack is alive.When newcomer Con Russo comes to town, Willow is convinced he’s Jack. She’d never forget his eyes. Willow is determined to learn the truth about Con’s identity—even if it means brazenly seducing him.
Secret agent Jack Pierce was almost killed in an explosion that left him severely disfigured. Thanks to reconstructive surgery, he has a new face and a new life. But when the terrorist who tried to assassinate him suspects he’s still alive, Jack’s forced to go undercover—and destroy him for good. But before he can complete his mission, he must protect the only woman he’s ever loved…
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Interstellar adventures! Daring escapes! Star-crossed lovers! If those sound like the ingredients of a great story to you, then you’ll want to catch Jenna Bennett’s latest romantic thriller, FORTUNE’S HERO.
The story follows Quinn Conlan, a galactic smuggler with a fast ship and a great crew who gets caught on the wrong side of an interplanetary conflict. But, despite the title, Quinn isn’t exactly a hero – At least he doesn’t see himself that way, according to the author.
“He’s just a guy doing what he feels he has to,” says Bennett, “because it seems the right thing to do and because, if he doesn’t, it won’t get done. He’s a good guy with a lot of good qualities, his habit of falling in love with the wrong woman notwithstanding.”
Quinn is ferrying a shipload of weapons to the insurgents on a planet called Marica when he and his crew are captured and sent to prison. Quinn’s escape puts him in the wilderness of a savage moon, trying to figure out how to get back into the prison to free his crew. It’s a very human story, set against a finely-drawn future background that isn’t TOO alien. While some authors like the idea that new people and cultures grow independently out in space, in Bennett’s universe Terrans settled other planets.
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By George Ebey
If you are a fan of romantic suspense, you won’t want to miss AN AFFAIR OF VENGEANCE, an exciting new novel by debut author Jamie Michele.
Undercover agent Evangeline Quill knows the dangers of getting personally involved in her cases. But this one is unavoidable: someone murdered her parents, and she’s sure she knows the killer. To hunt him down, she’ll need evidence…and someone to lead her straight into the murderer’s lair. Enter handsome and elusive Oliver McCrea, a man with ties to the criminal world.
I had a chance to catch up with Jamie and find out more about what it takes to write a rousing story of romantic suspense.
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By Cathy Clamp
When a child is kidnapped, her parents will do nearly anything to get her back. Even if it’s put aside a generations-old feud to speak to each other after twelve years apart. Rancher Micah Wild had given up all hope of ever seeing Isabel Falcon and their child again, so when his former lover appeared to ask for his help, old emotional scars are ripped open. But somehow, they must find a way to work together, or the one good thing they ever did together might wind up destroyed.
Feuds, betrayal, kidnapping, emotional scars. It’s all second nature for award-winning, veteran author Patricia Rosemoor, who has written 90+ novels and has over seven million books in print. Big Thrill editor Cathy Clamp sat down with the author, who is also a Popular Fiction and Suspense-Thriller Writing instructor at Columbia College Chicago, to get the lowdown on the first of an interesting new suspense series.
For readers who like some romance with their thrills, how would you categorize the novel? Western, contemporary or romantic suspense?
BORN TO BE WILD is all three – a romantic suspense in a contemporary Western setting, New Mexico. Isabel and Micah were madly in love as teenagers, but the decades old family feud between the Wilds (cattle ranchers) and Falcons (horse ranchers) tore them apart when Isabel got pregnant and moved to Santa Fe to live with her mother. Now, twelve years later, their daughter Lucy disappears without a trace, and Isabel and Micah must bond together to find her before it’s too late.
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By Rick Reed
A regular on the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY bestseller lists; Karen Robards is the author of forty-three books and one novella. The mother of three boys, she lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Her newest book, SHIVER, will be available on December 4th, and just in time for Christmas.
Samantha “Sam” Jones is a twenty-three year-old single mother who makes ends meet by repossessing cars at night while taking classes to be an EMT during the day. Her life goes terribly wrong when she discovers a beaten, bloody man in the trunk of the BMW she is getting ready to tow away. That man is Danny Panterro, an undercover FBI agent trying to stay one step ahead of the drug cartel he is investigating. Forced to go on the run with Danny, Sam puts everything she has in to trying to stay alive – and keep the cartel away from her four-year old son.
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By L.J. Sellers
Kat Martin’s newest release, AGAINST THE ODDS, is anything but. After fifty novels and numerous bestsellers, the author has hit her stride, and this story is another winner. Set under the big Texas sky and featuring a prospector and a private eye, AGAINST THE ODDS will surely please fans of adventure, romance, and suspense.
From the book jacket: There’s silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is private investigator Alex Justice—a former navy fighter pilot and a current pain in the neck. . . . But the vultures are circling, and if they don’t watch their backs, the relentless desert sun could be the last thing they ever see.
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By Amy Shojai
Take a gallon of bad luck, mix in a yearning for romance, spice it up with sex and murder, and simmer well inside the mind and heart of a master writer. What do you get? A taste-tingling recipe that’s spelled RENT, the latest romantic suspense in a long line of successful books by Rick R. Reed.
Reading Rick’s bio made me wonder how he did it, writing book after book with such success. I was delighted to catch up with him to ask a few questions about his writing.
What’s RENT about?
On the worst day of his life, Wren Gallagher wants oblivion when he steps into Tricks for a drink. He’s lost not only his job, but his wallet as well. When a mysterious stranger steps up to pay his tab, he also offers Wren the key to fulfilling his dreams of prosperity and true love. But appearances are not always what they seem….
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By Jaime Rush
I’m sitting down with Melinda Leigh to find out all the juicy details about her new romantic suspense thriller, SHE CAN TELL.
Melinda, how exciting it must be to see your next book come out! Congratulations! Tell us what this story is all about and what drove you to write it.
When a terrible accident abruptly ends her riding career, Rachel Parker returns to Pennsylvania to rebuild her family’s horse farm. But her welcome home is anything but warm. Her sister’s abusive husband and a violent vandal threaten Rachel’s new business and her life. Someone is systematically trying to destroy her. Someone who knows private things about her. Someone who’s been watching her. Now Rachel must face the fact that the sins of her carefully hidden past have returned to haunt her…
Police Chief Mike O’Connell never had trouble drawing the line between his personal life and his job—until he met Rachel Parker. Mike’s investigation uncovers a shocking number of secrets and suspects. But the stalker’s escalating violence convinces him he doesn’t have much time to sort through it all. Whoever is watching Rachel wants her dead. Mike and Rachel race to untangle a web of deceit and lies that stretches two decades into the past—before her stalker strikes again.
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By Cathy Clamp
A deep, dark forest. A small town with secrets around every corner, all set near the waters known as the “Graveyard of the Pacific.” It’s the perfect setting for a murderous thriller. Author Toni Anderson has created a great new world in the close-knit logging and marine community of Crow Point at the edge of Barkley Sound. After local divers discover a body at the site of a sunken ship where they are gathering specimens of a new kind of sea life, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Holly Rudd is sent out to investigate. Anderson’s background as a former marine biologist (although she now lives on the Canadian prairie, far from the water) make the underwater scenes especially interesting and true-to-life.
One of the focal points of the story is the Bamfield Marine Science Center where both of the divers work. For one of the divers, Professor Thom Edgefield, the Center has become his life after the murder of his beloved wife and disappearance of his daughter. He has continued to look for her, long after the police have closed the file. This hasn’t made him a friend of the police and he views Sergeant Rudd with a suspicious eye, making him keep potentially vital secrets close to his dive vest. But it’s not just the murder he wants to keep secret. There might be treasure on one of the sunken wrecks, and he doesn’t want people snooping around until he can find it.
Sparks also fly between Rudd and the other diver who discovered the body, Finn Carver, but of a different sort. Their attraction is immediate, making them both allies in the murder investigation, as well as verbal sparring partners. Carver is in the same water with Edgefield as the dive master of the Bamfield Center. He likewise has secrets aplenty and the shared one of the treasure. His attraction and growing affection toward Rudd is a continual thread in this strong romantic suspense, but doesn’t detract from the action or tension of the murder at hand.
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Romantic suspense isn’t enough to describe Aimee Thurlo’s latest novel. This award-winning author serves up a tale of mystery, thrills and a hint of the mystical in SECRET OF THE LYNX.
The story revolves around Paul Greyhorse, a man whose past as a U.S. Marshall is catching up to him because he is now a target of the man who killed his secret service partner. Greyhorse is a fascinating protagonist, the kind of guy who doesn’t go to parties much but would be the one all the women would gravitate to at a barbecue, according to the author.
“He’s a good ole boy at heart, comfortable in boots and having a few cold ones from time to time,” Thurlo says. “He’s always there for his brothers. Though not bound by blood, they’re a family in all the ways that count. He’s a cowboy with a battered heart.”
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Susan Sleeman has proven again and again that if a writer knows how to put the reader’s imagination to work, she can crank up nail-biting suspense without indulging in excessive violence and gore. She has become a bestselling author by writing the kind of romantic suspense and inspirational mysteries she loves to read. Her first romantic suspense title, HIGH STAKES INHERITANCE, earned a spot on the ECPA bestseller list and her Garden Gate Mystery series, which includes NIPPED IN THE BUD and READ BETWEEN THE TINES, has made the Amazon Bestseller lists as well. THE CHRISTMAS WITNESS was a finalist in the 2011 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. In addition to writing, Susan hosts the popular internet website TheSuspenseZone. Recently I talked with Susan about her writing life and the latest book, DEAD WRONG, in her Justice series.
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By Karen Harper
Amish lavender grower Ella Lantz has her life upset by the arrival of Alex Caldwell, a Wall Street whistle-blower under witness protection–and being hidden by her family. As Ella comes to trus, even love, a man so utterly worldly, she finds their relationship comes with a price. With Alex, she goes on the run from the men who want Alex silenced forever. Florida, New York City–with a price on their heads, the bodies pile up and they may not live to share their love.
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After years of peace and quiet, Maya Carpenter thinks she’s safe—that her drug-lord father’s world will never catch up with her. Then she’s abducted and secretly stashed on a plane. And once she and the test pilot who finds her land in the Keys, the real threat begins….
Daredevil pilot Connor Jacobson is no one’s hero. And this time, he’s in way over his head. Yet he can’t leave Maya to face danger alone. Besides, he has a few tricks up his sleeve that might keep them safe…as long as he’s willing to put everything at risk, including his heart.
What is the most interesting thing that you discovered while research TREACHEROUS SKIES?
Actually, it was the premise itself that I found interesting and decided to explore that for a possible romantic suspense series. I came across a guy dubbed “Learjet Repo Man” by journalists. This guy is more than your typical repo man in that the high dollar items (Learjets, jumbo jets, luxury yachts) sometimes belong to presidents of third world countries or drug lords in South America. These guys need special skills to get the job done—the same skills found in the marines, FBI and bush pilots all wrapped into one person.
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Spunky and outgoing, nothing much bothers medical examiner Serena Hopkins–except for the thought of falling in love again. But when a serial killer is picking off her former classmates, Serena’s life becomes intertwined with her old high school crush, FBI agent Dominic Allen. Is the secret she’s keeping putting her next on the killer’s hit list? Can she trust Dominic with the truth before it’s too late?
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Tough women make for good thrillers. Smart women make for good mysteries. Jess Harris is both, which makes Debra Webb’s latest novel – POWER – a character-driven tour-de-force.
Jess has just been named the deputy chief of Birmingham’s major crimes division when a celebrated ballet instructor is found dead. The death is ruled an accident, but Jess’s instincts tell her otherwise. Her investigation makes her a target, which could be as bad for her hunters as for her.
Jess Harris is a strong protagonist, a hardworking, forty-something Type-A personality for whom failure is not an option. Her creator calls her relentless.
“Her determination has helped make her very good at what she does,” Webb says. “She’s strong and brave and fiercely independent. But beneath that ferocity there’s a vulnerability related to the abandonment she suffered as a child. Both her parents died when she was just a kid. She and her sister grew up hard and fast in a carousel of foster homes.”
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By Don Helin
In her novel, MIDNIGHT EXPOSURE, Melinda Leigh unleashes a plot so exciting that RT Reviews says, “A refreshing plot-heavy tale featuring a believable and endearing hero and heroine.”
When two hikers disappear, their hometown in Maine blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister. Unaware of the danger, tabloid photographer Jayne Sullivan follows an anonymous tip to find the most reclusive sculptor in the art world. Instead, she finds sexy handyman Reed Kimball—and a small town full of fatal secrets.
Five years before, Reed buried his homicide detective career along with his wife. But when a hiker is found dead, the local police chief asks Reed for help. Why was a Celtic coin found under the body? And where is the second hiker? Avoiding the media, Reed doesn’t need a murder, a missing person, or a nosy photographer. Then Jayne is attacked, and her courage is his undoing. Reed must risk everything to protect her and find a cunning killer.
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1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord “Butcher” Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarleton-who spurned his king and his love-leaving her to die in her father’s arms.
Now: After the day’s final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up…and finds a colleague slumped over Bedford’s desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet.
Resident ghosts may be the stock-in-trade of stately Philadelphia homes, but Allison-a noted historian-is indignant at the prospect of “ghost hunters” investigating this apparent murder.
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