Goodreads allows an author to review their own books, and...well, I always do. It’s a place I can reflect on the writing journey of each book, share my author’s perspective with the readers.
Obviously, Cat and Gage began as secondary characters in Guarding Justice. There, one interaction between them began it all:
Gage’s wide form comes through the dining room from the kitchen. As if he felt the charge of magic in the air too.
“What’s all this?” He says over Cat’s shoulder.
“Just a little trip planning.” She hands me the blue passport.
“Trip?” Gage’s eyebrows shoot up to the top of his head.
“Yes, if you must know. We are going to Scotland.”
“When?” Gage’s questions are firing with all the sweetness of a rotting apple.
“Tuesday, if you must know.” Cat’s calm voice is a shiny veneer over disdain.
Looking up from Cat’s handy-work, I catch Gage and Cat in a tense showdown.
Gage’s forehead vein is popping much like the time he tried to teach me how to make souffles and mine kept deflating, and there’s a perceptible flush to his cheeks.
“...Or are we prisoners here?” Cat inquires with a syrupy tone.
I knew then I’d be exploring the hate to love relationship...between a witch and a werewolf. Of course that meant I needed to find the reason for the hostility between the two. Thus unfolded time-travel, a quest, and a mis-fired memory spell. And what’s more? A surprise connection at the very end. One plot twist that hit me just two days before I finished!
It’s all so awesome - I won't give away all the details here - so really the only way you can experience it is to read it for yourself! But let me just say, mysterious characters, action, steamy scenes, all my signature themes are there!