Romantic Suspense Book Tour: Q&A with Lisa, Elisabeth and Melinda
What Would These Romantic Suspense Heroines Do With Lisa
Renee Jones, Melinda Leigh, and Elisabeth Naughton
This month bestselling authors Lisa Renee Jones,
Elisabeth Naughton, and Melinda Leigh are each releasing thrilling romantic
suspense novels. But while they write in the same genre, you can expect very
different stories.
Lisa kicks off her new Lilah Love series with a bang
in Murder Notes. When copycat murders plague her hometown, FBI
profiler Lilah Love is sent to investigate. But she returns to find hidden
secrets from her past aren’t staying hidden and the danger swirling around her
is just beginning.
Elisabeth continues her RITA award Deadly Secrets series
with Protected. Fashion designer Kelsey McClane rolls her eyes
when her overprotective brothers saddle her with a bodyguard while she is on a
press tour, however, she’s more than thankful to have former Army Ranger Hunter
O’Donnell on her side when a deadly explosion hits too close to home.
Morgan Dane is back in Melinda Leigh’s unforgettable new
story Bone’s Don’t Lie. In this outing Morgan stands by her man as
Lance attempts to unearth the secrets of his father’s decades old murder.
Morgan quickly realizes that just because the case is cold, doesn’t mean the
original killer isn’t out for more blood.
Interested in learning more about these books? Continue
reading as the Lisa, Elisabeth, and Melinda play a not-always-nice game of
“What Would Your Heroine Do?” that will give you an inside look at their
characters and enter the giveaway to win copies of the authors’ full series.
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What would your heroine do if she feels like someone is
following her, yet she can’t prove it?
Lisa: Well funnily enough in the first book of my
Lilah Love series, Murder Notes, Lilah is being
followed, but she can prove it as her stalker is quite blatant
and goading with their practices. However, if Lilah couldn’t prove it, she
would probably cuss a blue streak, as she’s prone to do, and make herself bait
in order to lure her stalker out. She’s definitely not afraid of any danger,
she is an FBI agent after all, and she loves nothing more than to best someone
at their own game.
Elisabeth: This actually happens in Protected!
I don’t want to give too much away, but Kelsey would definitely turn to someone
she trusts for help. In this case...Hunter O’Donnell...the hero of Protected.
Melinda: The first thing Morgan would do is determine
if she was actually being followed. She'd make some turns then see if the car
was still behind her. If it was, she would never drive home and lead a
potential stalker to her family. Instead, she’d head somewhere public and call
PI Lance Kruger. Together, they’d try to trap whoever was following her.
What would your heroine do if the man in her life was
injured and in the hospital?
Elisabeth: Freak out. LOL Actually I think her
reaction is dependent on how and when he was injured and whether she thinks
she’s somehow responsible.
Lisa: Lilah’s man, Kane, is forbidden fruit. He
brings out her dark side. He’s on the wrong side of the law. He helped her do
something very bad and she wants to blame him, but really blames herself. She
can’t really be with him but she loves him. If he were hurt, she’d try to play
it cool. She would put on a strong face at first, but she would go to Kane and
the minute he catches her showing that she cares, he’d point it out. He’d make
her admit it. She’d, in turn, deny her feelings and tell him in no uncertain
terms that he’s screwed with her schedule and he better not f-ing do it again.
She’d tell him she hates him for making her worry but that means she loves him,
and he knows it, too. She’d try to go after his enemy, and Kane, would go after
her.
Melinda: Since, Lance frequently gets himself into
trouble, Morgan has some experience with this. She is protective and loyal and
always wants to be by his side.
What would your heroine do if she receives an anonymous
text accusing her of committing a heinous crime?
Elisabeth: Kelsey would be shocked first. Then
become angry and want to track down the sender of the text.
Melinda: Having been stalked in the past, Morgan
takes threats seriously. She would want to find out who sent her this text. She
would try to trace the phone number, enlisting the help of experienced
investigator Lincoln Sharp or computer whiz Jenny Kruger if necessary. In the
meantime, she’d be extra vigilant — and so would Lance.
Lisa: In the opening Duet that launches the Lilah
Love Series, Lilah isn’t getting text messages, but rather notes, left for her.
They are very “I Know What You Did Last Summer” since she really did something
bad. She isn’t one to be played with though, so Lilah goes on the attack,
seeking out her note writer.
What would your heroine do if she wins a surprise trip to
a faraway tropical island?
Melinda: Single mom Morgan has not had a vacation in
ages. She'd talk her sister into babysitting her three kids and pack her bags!
Or… could she save the trip as a potential future honeymoon?
Lisa: I don’t think I can picture Lilah on a
vacation, she’s such a workaholic! But as far as her response to winning it,
she’d probably say she has far too many dead bodies to deal with and then
handoff the winnings to someone else.
Elisabeth: Kelsey is skeptical of everything so I’m
pretty sure she’d assume the surprise trip was a scam.
What would your heroine do if she has the choice to
confront someone threatening her?
Elisabeth: The answer to this really depends on
whether this confrontation happens at the before Protected or
after. Kelsey’s journey through the book is really one of empowerment. At the
start of Protected I don’t see her being confrontational with
someone threatening her, but by the end she really comes into her own. She’s never
going to be a kick-ass heroine like some of my other heroines, but she can
definitely take care of herself.
Melinda: Morgan comes from a law enforcement family.
Her father and grandfather, both former cops, taught her to defend herself when
she was young. She would rather not get into a physical altercation unless it
was absolutely unavoidable. She prefers to talk her way out of trouble. That
said, she carries a gun and knows how to use it.
Lisa: Lilah does this on a daily, if not hourly
basis. She sometimes even provokes the threat, so her response would be
colorful, as are all of her responses, with a hint of condescending humor and
her own threat in return.
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About the Authors
Before topping
multiple bestseller lists—including those of the New York Times, USA
Today, and the Wall Street Journal—Elisabeth Naughton taught
middle school science. A voracious reader, she soon discovered she had a knack
for creating stories with a chemistry of their own. The spark turned into a
flame, and Naughton now writes full-time. Her books have been nominated for
some of the industry’s most prestigious awards, such as the RITA and Golden
Heart Awards from Romance Writers of America, the Australian Romance Readers
Award, and the Golden Leaf Award. When not dreaming up new stories, Naughton
can be found spending time with her husband and three children in their western
Oregon home. Protected is the third book in her Deadly Secrets
series, following Gone and Repressed, which was a
2017 RITA winner in romantic suspense. Learn more about Elisabeth at www.ElisabethNaughton.com.
Lisa Renee Jones is
the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
of the highly acclaimed Inside Out series; the Dirty Money series; the White
Lies duet; the Tall, Dark, and Deadly series; and The Secret Life of Amy Benson
series. Murder Notes is the first book in the Lilah Love
series. Visit her at www.lisareneejones.com.
Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered banker. A
lifelong lover of books, she started writing as a way to preserve her sanity
when her youngest child entered first grade. During the next few years, she
joined Romance Writers of America, learned a few things about writing a novel,
and decided the process was way more fun than analyzing financial statements.
Melinda’s debut novel, She Can Run, was nominated for Best First
Novel by the International Thriller Writers. She’s also garnered Golden Leaf
and Silver Falchion awards, along with nominations for a RITA and three Daphne
du Maurier Awards. Her other novels include She Can Tell, She
Can Scream, She Can Hide, She Can Kill, Midnight Exposure, MidnightSacrifice, Midnight Betrayal, Midnight Obsession, Hour
of Need, Minutes to Kill, Seconds to Live, Say
You’re Sorry, and Her Last Goodbye. She holds a second-degree
black belt in Kenpo karate; teaches women’s self-defense; and lives in a messy
house with her husband, two teenagers, a couple of dogs, and two rescue cats.
You can learn more about the author at http://melindaleigh.com.
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