What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.