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.

It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will?

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

I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.

I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.

Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?