Thanks
so much for having me today, Katie, on Read, Write, Repeat. I’m excited to have
your readers learn about my latest release and the first book in my series. I
also hope everyone enters my rafflecopter drawing for a $25 Amazon gift
certificate. (Find it at the bottom of this post!) The more you enter, the more you win. This link will direct you to
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In
The Art of Love and Murder, Lacy
Dahl goes in search of information about her birth parents. This first book is
predominately about her birth mother. Here are a few facts…behind the
scenes…insider scoops about the first book in my Love and Murder series:
I
chose Flagstaff, Arizona as the setting because I went to college there. I LOVE
Flagstaff.
The
first name for my hero was originally my son’s name, but when I tried to write a love
scene I just couldn’t do it using my son’s name. So I changed it.
As
soon as Lacy’s friend Phoebe appeared on a page, I knew she’d have her own
book. Phoebe is the star of book two, Southwest of Love and Murder.
The
second half of Lacy’s journey to discover more about her birth parents doesn’t
come until book three, The Legacy of Love and Murder.
I
have Indian heritage like Lacy, but I am Choctaw and Chickasaw. Lacy is half
Hopi. I chose Hopi because their reservation is close to Flagstaff and they are
an amazing, peaceful people.
When
deciding what Lacy did for a living, a coffee café came to mind. And when I
decided the name of the café was the Lacy Latte – well, it just fit!
Art
and an art professor play major roles in The Art of Love and Murder. I was an
art major at Northern Arizona University.
Blurb
for The Art of Love and Murder:
Lacy Dahl never questioned her past until the deaths of her adoptive parents
and her husband. A husband who wasn't what he seemed. Her research uncovers
secrets about the mother she never knew; secrets that dispute the identity of
her father and threaten her life.
Sheriff Chance Meadowlark is still haunted by the murder of his wife and the
revenge he unleashed in the name of justice. When he meets Lacy he is
determined not to become involved, but their pasts may make that impossible. As
they move closer to the truth, saving Lacy may be his only salvation.
Lacy begins to think the present is more important than her past...until
Chance's connection to her mother and a murder spin her deeper into danger and
further from love. Will the truth destroy Lacy and Chance or will it be the
answer that frees them?
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A
little about me:
After many years of a
near gypsy lifestyle, my husband and I have finally landed on the northern
prairies of Arizona. We've transitioned from city people to country folk. We
share our rambling farmhouse with our son the farmer, his wife, my
granddaughter and three dogs. Together, we’ve embraced an age-old lifestyle
that has been mostly lost in the United States - multiple generations living
under one roof, who share the workload, follow their individual dreams and reap
the benefits of combined talents.
Although I didn’t
start out to write romance, I’ve found all good stories have to involve
complicated human relationships. I’ve also learned, no matter a person’s age, a
new discovery is right around every corner. Whether humorous or serious,
straight contemporary or suspense, all my books revolve around those two facts.
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