Answer: I write romances because I love happy endings. However, I am hopelessly addicted to murder and mayhem. My television taste runs to forsenics, cold cases, and serial killers. I satisfy this addiction to murder and mayhem by incorporating all sorts of evil-doings in my romances.

Question: How do you research your settings and characters?

Answer: I love books, which serves as the core of my research. I also use periodicals, television (Discovery, History, A&E), and the Internet.

Question: Have you visited the places where your stories are set?

Answer: With the exception of one book in Ireland and another in Istanbul, all my books have been set in England and Scotland. Though I would love to see those places, I am an armchair traveler. I have always admired spontaneous people who can toss a toothbrush into a carry-on and take off at a moment's notice. The last time I flew, my suitcase was twenty-five pounds overweight.

Question: Which part of the writing process do you like most?

Answer: Unlike other authors, I love revisions most of all, and planning the story places second. Filling an empty page with words is the hardest part.

Question: Is there one specific quality that your heroes/heroines must possess?

Answer: My heroes and heroines must possess several qualities. They need an abundance of integrity and a good reason---life or death---for compromising that integrity. A sense of humor and a love for children and animals are also traits I admire.

Question: Are you currently working on a novel?

Answer: "Enticing The Prince" is my work-in-progress and tells the story of Prince Drako "the dragon prince" Kazanov and Katerina Pavlova, the Contessa de Salerno

Question: How did you make the decision to become a romance writer?

Answer: I fell in love with the romance genre at the age of sixteen when I borrowed Gone With The Wind from my local library. Iwas so enthralled with Scarlet and Rhett that I hid the book behind my American history text and read it during class. Many years later, I read Skye O'Malley and renewed my love of the genre. Since my favorite authors could not write as fast as I could read, I decided to write my own book.

Question: Has your life changed since becoming a published author?

Answer: Becoming a published author has given me the opportunity to meet hundreds of wonderful people, especially readers, whom I would never have known. On a dialy basis, I have sharpened my self-discipline skills, learned to accept constructive criticism gracefully, and gained a feeling of accomplishment each time I finish writing a book.

Question: What quality sets your books apart from other romances?

Answer: I consider myself a writer of adult fairy tales. I have a love of the absurd and can see the ridiculous and humorous in almost any situation. My dialogue is bitingly witty and sharp, especially the words and thoughts that come out of my heroines. My heroines are sassy and possess an inner strength, which means my heroes need to be stronger. My alpha females fight emotional battles with my alpha males.

Question: Who ares some of your favorite authors and how have they influenced your work?

Answer: I read everything from historicals to contemporaries to series romances and erotica. I hesitate to list my favorite authors because I'm always adding to the list. Writers need to be lifelong learners. When I admire an author's work, I purchase everything she ever wrote and read for enjoyment first. Then I study her work to see how she handles various elements of the story that make her work so effective. The very, very first thing I do, however, is email or write her a letter to tell her how much I enjoyed her story. Authors need praise when they please the readers.

Question: Do you have any advice for aspiring authors?

Answer: My advice for aspiring authors is persistence, persistence, persistence. There are many talented writers, both published and unpublished, but all the published authors share the quality of persistence. They do not quit when faced with adversity of rejection.