I've invited my friend, Cindy Gerard, to talk about her thoughts and her new book.
Cindy writes sexy romantic suspense, the kind that I love to read. Here's the back blurb for Show No Mercy:
The sultry heat . . .
Only two things can compel journalist Jenna McMillan back to Buenos Aires after terrorists held her captive there just months before: a rare interview with a shadowy billionaire and the memory of the dark and dangerous man who saved her. . . .
Hides the deadliest threats . . .
Bad guys, bombs, and bullets are Gabriel Jones’s way of life. But he’ll never forget the brash redhead he rescued not so long ago . . . or the passionate kiss they shared before he sent her packing.
And exposes the deepest desires. . . .
Now, forced together by a bombing at the National Congress, Jenna and Gabe confront the urgent longings that simmer between them. But this surprise meeting is no coincidence. A ruthless enemy stalks them with deadly precision. The question is . . . if they make it out alive, will Gabe turn his back on Jenna . . . again?
Me: Why do you think a covert agent is sexy to write about?
Cindy: I think it's his big gun. :o) Seriously, it's the mystery about the man. We want to know what made him the way his is that he is so courageous and always lives on the edge of danger.
That's why I love Cindy. She and I love to check things out.
Me: What makes them attractive in our romantic suspense genre?
Cindy: They are just amazing guys. Patriotic, loyal, edgy, sexy and more than a little bit bad. We love a hero who can handle himself, the situation and the heroine if necessary :o)
Me: Give a percentage of the suspense vs the romance in your books. 50-50? 40-60? 1-99?
Cindy: Gosh - I'm thinking i'ts about 40 - 60. I really try to keep a good balance. A good story requires a lot of plot action but I never forget that at the heart of the book, it's the romance that compells us to read on.
Me: What do you think of virgin heroines who are tough, worldly spy-babes?
Cindy: Seriously? I've never given it much thought :o) My heroines are generally a little older with some experience under their belt, but I can certainly see the merits and the possible motivation of a virgin heroine out the save the world and keep the hero panting for her while she's doing it.
Me: So tell us about the hero and heroine in your newest book. Does he like vegetables? Does she drive him crazy?
Cindy: Does she drive him crazy? In a word: YES! We met Gabe - the Archangel - Jones and Jenna - the pain in the ass - McMillan in my last Bodyguard book, INTO THE DARK. In Gabe and Jenna's book - SHOW NO MERCY - these two characters are reuinted at the scene of a bombing in Buenos Aires and neither one of them are happy about it. Gabe is the quintessential lone wolf. An emotionally wounded lone wolf - the most dangerous kind. Jenna is the reporter from hell as far as he's concerned and he could have lived his entire life without her showing up in his territory again. Except, yeah, he's never stopped thinking about her. And she's never stopped thinking about him - the lowlife, alpha dog, bastard that he is. The sparks, they fly! :o)
Me: What is the craziest research you've done for your books? Some authors said they've gone to strip clubs, for example, for their research. A few have gone to the morgue.
Cindy: I jumped off a 40 foot cliff into the Colorado River when I was on a white water rafting/camping trip in the Grand Canyon so I could get an idea of what it felt like to free fall. It was the most extreeme pee I've ever had, let me tell ya. Terrified times 10. I think I saw my dearly departed granny on the way down. Yikes and yikes again.
Me: Would you ever put a crazy female roofer as a small character in your stories? I think you should. It'd be such a clever idea.
Cindy: The only crazy female roofer I know is way too 'larger than life' to settle for a small role in one of my stories. She'd definately command a leading role - possibly the bilingual, hammer totting covert operative who saves the world with hot tar and her nail gun. Humm. I'd better go write that down. The story has definate possibilities.
Me: Any additional comments?
Cindy: Just thanks for having me and to show how grateful I am, I'm giving away an ARC of TAKE NO PRISONERS, book 2 in my new BLACK OPS., INC. series to one lucky person who posts an answer to one of these question: What have YOU done that's scared you lately - or in the past? Or what do you want to do that you know would scare you silly and hope to work up the courage to do some day? Genn will draw the winner the list of names who answers either of those questions.
And do check out my website to see a book trailer and enter my contest and read excerpts from all of my books at www.cindygerard.com
Cindy loves to travel and her stories of her adventures in Europe make me so envious. Food, music, men ;-)....one day, I'll invite her to tell it all here. As you can see from the pic below, she's enjoying her view very much these days ;-).
Thank you, Cindy, for visiting. I can't wait to read your new book! I also think I deserve an ARC, I really do.
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