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Turning up the Heat with Jill Sorenson and Bella Andre

Jill: Hello everyone!  Thanks so much for having us at Borders True Romance.  We’re talking about our new releases, and giving away fifteen books to celebrate.  Yay!!

Bella and I have a few things in common.  We’re both California girls (Northern and Southern, respectively), we share the same wonderful editor, and we write sexy romantic suspense for Bantam Dell.

Here’s my latest release, Set the Dark on Fire:

In a southern California town ablaze with sordid secrets, a free-spirited biologist and a straitlaced sheriff join forces to investigate a suspicious killing—and find themselves getting a little too close to the flames… 

Bella’s newest is Hot as Sin:

Sam MacKenzie is a wildland firefighter with few peers. He’s utterly fearless - there’s no one waiting for him at home, no reason not to risk it all. Out of the blue, the only woman he’s ever loved - the same one who ground his heart to dust ten years ago - shows up begging him for help. Dianna’s sister is in big trouble somewhere in the rugged Colorado Rockies, and he’s the only person Dianna knows with the skills to track her sister down.

Working together on their quest to find Dianna’s sister, they soon realize there’s a killer on the loose and his true target isn’t Dianna’s sister…it’s Dianna herself. Using his extreme outdoor skills, Sam needs to track down the killer, before he loses the woman he loves forever. 

Jill: When I asked Bella if I could interview her for Sue’s blog, she graciously accepted.  Hi Bella!  Would you like to tell us about your romantic suspense series?

Bella: It’s so great to be here, thanks, and I’d love to tell everyone about my Men of Fire series. A couple of years ago I found out about Hotshots – they are incredibly brave wildland firefighters who put out the huge fires everyone else runs from – and knew instantly that I had to write about them! I love alpha heroes and these men are alphas through and through. Of course that meant I needed to find strong women to face off against them….and love them forever.  I’ve had a wonderful time writing these books and from the reader letters I’ve been getting, it seems that readers are really enjoying them too!

Jill: Should we read the books in order, or do they stand alone?

Bella:  While all three books are connected (Logan, Sam and Connor are in all three), they definitely stand alone. The first book in the series, WILD HEAT, was about Logan and Maya, the arson investigator who thinks he lit the very fire he’s trying to put out. In HOT AS SIN, which will hit shelves in a week (October 27th!!!), Sam and Dianna are brought back together after ten years apart because her sister has disappeared. And in NEVER TOO HOT (May 25, 2010) we will finally get Connor’s story. I’m putting the finishing touches on that one as we speak! For anyone who wants to read the full back-of-book blurb and see all the covers, they’re on my website at www.BellaAndre.com.

Jill: I’ve read and enjoyed some of your erotic contemporary romances (Game for Anything was hot!).  How does this series compare to the Bad Boys of Football series, as far as heat level?

Bella: Thanks so much, Jill! I’m thrilled that you enjoyed them. They were a lot of fun to write – what isn’t fun about pro football players? They’re sexy, cocky, and (ahem) large. As for the heat level in my new firefighter series, well, I’d say they’re still pretty darn hot. Not quite as many love scenes as some of my previous books, but the ones that are there are sizzling! My editor always encourages me not to hold back with my love scenes and, as anyone who’s ever read one of my books knows, writing hot comes very naturally to me.

Jill: I can attest to that.  Thanks Bella!

Bella: Thanks Jill. This was fun! And if anyone has questions about my books, I’ll be popping in all day to check out the comments. ~ Bella

GIVEAWAY:   Bella Andre is giving away five copies of Wild Heat, the first in her romantic suspense series, and five copies of Game for Seduction, from the Bad Boys of Football series, & Jill has 5 of Set the Dark on Fire  — winners will be chosen randomly.

Q of the Day:  Do you read books that are connected series as they are published? Or save them to read them back to back?