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Albert Camus

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Interview and Giveaway: Protective Instinct by Tami Dee and Lynette Endicott

Description:

Sabrina Bridges clings to her birthright as a Heartmark woman, convinced she will overcome the time-traveling enemy that plagues the women of her family. She is certain she will obtain true love with the man she gives her heart to. But how will her trusting heart survive when she learns that very man has deceived her since the moment they met?

Nicolas Mitchell's loyalty to family and country are tested by the woman who may lead him to one who threatens all he holds dear. Nick must steel his heart against her, and deny his protective instinct for the woman who speaks of an ancient family legend and her belief that together he and she will forge a love that will last forever. Will Nick be able to complete his last mission as a spy for the Crown or will he betray his country for the sake of love?

MB's INTERVIEW
Thank you, Mrs/ Endicott

How difficult is for two authors to write together not only one book, but an entire series? What it takes to be a fruitful collaboration? 
First we decided who would take the lead on each book. We mapped out the characters together. Then the lead wrote the first draft -- in this case, Tami -- and the co-author got to "go in and play". I added descriptions, suggested and added a couple of scenes, expanded dialog, that kind of thing.

What is the biggest challenge when you write a time travel and why?
The historical research takes the most work. I took the lead in the one set in the 70s (I lived that) and the one set in the 1890s (which was based on my husband's great-grandmother's story) so my greatest challenge will be our next release, set in around 1000 A.D. Tami had already written another book set in the same time and place as Protective Instinct. The hero, Nick, is the little brother from her book Innocent Deception, all grown up.

The stories of the series take place not only in different periods of time: 1880, 1970 but in different geographical zones… So, you offer a historical romance, an immediately after “power-flower” period romance and contemporary ones. How important is for the stories to respect the characteristics and “morals” of those time periods?
Because we write sweet romance, the morals are true to those values. However there is a distinct difference between the societies in the different periods and our research shows those different societal expectations.

How would you describe the faithful readers of the series?
People who suspend doubt and imagine time travel, and let it take them to different worlds.

What Sabrina and Nicholas think about “the love conquers all” and what do you believe about happy endings of a romance story?
Even in the most dire of circumstances, love wins over evil,. In this case the evil comes not just in the form of the time-traveling enemy of Sabrina's family, but also in Nick's boss, who demands that he destroy Sabrina. I won't give away the rest except to say that there is, indeed, a happy ending.

About the authors:
Lynette Endicott grew up in Illinois, met her husband in Western Nebraska, lived 25 years in Kansas where their daughter was born, and has been in Fresno, California since 2000. She has a son-in-law (who lives with her daughter nearby), and has rescued a dog, a bird and three cats. She and Ollie, her terrier mix, volunteer as a team at the local library, where children read to the dog.

At a youth camp when she was 14 the editor and teacher of a writing class challenged her to submit something to his youth magazine. She did and it was the first of 10 articles and stories accepted by the publication over the next few years.

Nothing like front end success to keep her writing! Lynette enjoys reading contemporary romance and speculative fiction and writes both. Her debut book, Starting Over Book One: More Than A Job, and two more books in that series, The Return of Joy and Finding Her Voice are available now. The first three of the Time After Time Saga with Tami Dee are available now, including Animal Instinct, Survival Instinct and Pioneer Instinct. The fourth in the series of six, Protective Instinct, will release in August 2014.

Because she didn't have pets until after her 50th birthday the animals she enjoys find their way into all her books. Usually you will also find a character with a disability as part of the day-to-day fabric of the story. In More Than A Job, Paige works in services to people with disabilities until she loses her job and starts over. In The Return of Joy, Atlas, the yellow lab, becomes a Therapy Dog. In the Time After Time series animal helpers assist the hero and heroine in all six of the books in the series.

Tami Dee: 
Becoming an author was a dream I never really thought would come true for me. I have dyslexia, yet, despite the struggle, I adore weaving stories for others to enjoy.

I am a member of Romance Writers of America, Desert Breeze connections, RWA San Francisco Area Romance Writers, RWA Scriptscence, and RWA Celtic Hearts Romance Writers.

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