Do you have to have schizophrenia to do what you do? I’ve been asked this question more than once since, after writing twenty or so romance novels, I added murder mysteries to my literary pallet. After all, one genre is about love, the other is about murder. Right? They seem like opposites. But they’re not. In my world they’re both about love…and murder. 
In Charming the Devil, out TODAY, a secret coven of witches in Regency London work together to solve crimes…and have the good fortune of finding someone tall, dark and dreamy along the way.
In Not On
e Clue, out March 23rd, Christina McMullen, crazy psychologist extraordinaire, is constantly riding herd on her wild life while simultaneously trying to figure out who done it. Meanwhile, one hunky Lieutenant Rivera is always there to help, hamper and generally amp up her hormone level.
I admit that sometimes it seems like I’m doing a rather shaky balancing act between historical England and modern day Los Angeles, but usually it’s more like I get to choose where to vacation. Am I in the mood for floating down the Thames under a frilly parasol or would a nice car chase down the Santa Monica Freeway be more fun?
And then there are the guys. Let’s not forget that every book comes with a full cast of characters, and we, as writers, get to conduct
the interviews. In our minds we envision the perfect protagonist, the vilest villain, the hottest heroine.
For me, Lieutenant Rivera looks like Goran Visnjic, all smothering eyes and nearly tangible angst.
Rogan 
MacBain, from Charming the Devil, came to life when I imagined him as a young Gerard Butler.
Fun stuff to fantasize about, you’ve got to admit. On the other hand, we create these wonderful male leads, cheer for them, laugh with them, fall in love with them, and then hand them over to other women.
Hmmm, now that I think about it, I guess that although you don’t have to be schizoid to write this stuff, a little craziness doesn’t hurt at all.
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