Ask the Author: Lesa Renae
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Lesa Renae
’d probably slip into one of Nora Roberts’s snowy, atmospheric worlds. There’s something magical about the way she writes winter—crisp air, small-town warmth, and that subtle undercurrent of mystery. I’d find a quiet cabin tucked under the pines, curl up by the fire with a cup of coffee, and watch the snow fall while the story unfolds around me. Those kinds of worlds feel like home to me: a little wild, a little dangerous, and filled with heart.
Lesa Renae
This summer, I’m diving into anything and everything by Toni Anderson and Amanda McKinney. I love their blend of danger, emotion, and tightly woven romantic suspense. Both authors create the kind of atmospheric, high-stakes stories that keep me turning pages late into the night. If a book delivers tension, heart, and a setting you can practically feel—I’m all in.
Lesa Renae
I think the biggest mystery in my own life has been how unexpected transitions can carve out new spaces within you. When my daughter got married and began her own life, it wasn’t that I suddenly had “room to breathe”—it was more that I found myself facing a quiet I hadn’t felt in years. Writing stepped in and filled that new space, not as a replacement for anything I loved, but as a way to navigate that shift. Walking Away grew out of that season. It taught me that even in times of change, creativity has a way of gently filling the voids we don’t always know how to name.
Lesa Renae
He kissed my forehead goodnight and walked out the door.
When the lights went out, a second voice whispered from the closet, “Who was that?”
When the lights went out, a second voice whispered from the closet, “Who was that?”
Lesa Renae
Now working on Slipping Away, Book Two, with Deputy Scout Wilson and Special Agent Tessa Quinn at the heart of the story.
Lesa Renae
I started writing during two of the quietest seasons of my life.
When my daughter got married and the house suddenly felt too still, I poured that lonely, shifting energy onto the page. And years earlier, after losing both of my parents just six weeks apart, reading and writing became the only things that helped me navigate that kind of grief.
What began as a way to cope slowly turned into something I truly love—creating characters who survive, heal, and find connection even after their hardest days. That’s where my inspiration comes from: empty rooms that needed filling, memories that needed honoring, and the belief that stories can carry us through the darkest stretches.
When my daughter got married and the house suddenly felt too still, I poured that lonely, shifting energy onto the page. And years earlier, after losing both of my parents just six weeks apart, reading and writing became the only things that helped me navigate that kind of grief.
What began as a way to cope slowly turned into something I truly love—creating characters who survive, heal, and find connection even after their hardest days. That’s where my inspiration comes from: empty rooms that needed filling, memories that needed honoring, and the belief that stories can carry us through the darkest stretches.
Lesa Renae
Walking Away came to me after a trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains. I kept thinking about what it would feel like for a woman who finally escaped something dangerous—only to realize the mountains that sheltered her might also hide her past. The story grew from that spark: reinvention, survival, and the unexpected love you find when you aren’t looking for it.
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