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Setting:      Contemporary, the rural South, Buffalo Springs, Tennessee
Subgenre:  Romantic Suspense
Hero: Renowned parapsychologist and author Devlin Stryker
Heroine: Forensic investigator Ramsey Clark, of The Mindhunters,
hired to assist with the investigation of a young woman’s brutal
murder

One sentence summary: Ramsey Clark doesn’t believe Devlin Stryker’s
talk about a century old curse, a strange red mist and deaths
occurring in three’s, but as she searches for evidence in the murder
investigation she begins to wonder if a killer is playing on local
superstition, or if a prophecy is indeed coming true, one victim at a
time.

Scene you like most and would never cut:  When Ramsey walks in on the
forensic scientist manning the mobile lab to find him stark naked.
Her reaction cracks me up, every time I read it.

Thing your heroine would never be caught dead doing/saying: Whatever
you say, dear.

Your hero, is he a boxer or brief kind of guy: boxer briefs

Ancillary character you had the most fun with: Ezra T, a child-man who
has the run of the woods and happens into danger more than once

Your heroine’s favorite hobby: Work.  Ramsey doesn’t make time for
anything else.  At least not until Dev Stryker elbows his way into her
life.

Your hero’s favorite hobby:  Separating truth from hoax in reported
supernatural events.  But once he meets Ramsey, Dev spends most of his
time trying to smash through her defenses.

What you think readers will like best about this book: I had a lot of
fun crafting the rural southern setting, and many of the characters
are compilations of people I’ve met through my travels in the south.
There’s a hint of the supernatural in the book, as well as dark
suspense.  Ramsey is a favorite character of mine…sort of Eve Dallas
on steroids

The person that readers want you to write about but you haven’t yet:
I’m getting a lot of mail about Adam Raiker, the head of Raiker
Forensics, aka The Mindhunters.  People seem intrigued by the
legendary ex-FBI profiler and the case that ended his career with the
Bureau.  He hasn’t been too forthcoming yet.  He’s a pretty private
sort of guy.

What’s next: I’ve recently gone back to contract for three more
Mindhunters books to be released in 2010 and 2011.  There will be
visits in each from some of the characters in the first trilogy and
the last in this series will be Adam Raiker’s story.
Question for the day:  How dark is *too* dark when it comes to
romantic suspense?

Giveaway:  Kylie Brant is giving away five signed copies of Waking
Evil to commenters today!