I Wasn’t Finished With That!

Normally I’m begging the waiter to take the plate away so I don’t keep munching on the side dishes I didn’t want or need in the first place. It’s hard work trying to maintain my 6′ 1″ 230lb body for bikini season. I look terrible (and hairy) in a skirt too.

We’ll all breathe a sigh of relief to know this blog post has nothing to do with going to the beach, eating, or wondering if I can fit into my wife’s heels (I’m positive I can’t even though I’ve never tried). Instead I’m here to share an idea that came out of the blue and hit me so hard in the side of the head I knew she was back.

I thought I was done with her. She’d tormented me for a couple of years and demanded I write book after book about her. She’d abuse me verbally (mentally?) and make me glad that I couldn’t run into her in a dark alley. I still avoided the dark alleys just in case, she was that dangerous. And now it looks like she’s back for a fifth round.

Yes, my loyal fans, friends, readers, and people who feel strangely obligated to read my blog, The Lost Girls looks like it’s going to be expanded from four books to five. I haven’t even started it yet but I know one thing, somebody’s going to die. Not just a random person in a red shirt either, I mean somebody important. Heck, in book 4, Black Widow, is was only at the last moment that I managed to save Katalina from an untimely end. Considering all the luck she’s had over the years maybe this time her luck’s run out? If nothing else it would spare me these unexpected visits from her demanding I write about her next impossible adventure

But what is this one about? Well I can’t let the Kat out of the bag yet, but it’s going to be another example of good intentions gone bad. I’ve heard about a killer that is so brutal with the victims that collecting the shredded remains still leaves parts missing.

Lieutenant Katalina Wimple has moved on from active work as a Phoenix detective. She works out of the police departments PR office trying to empower women and children. It’s rewarding and doesn’t require people trying to kill her or expensive hospital bills. Life is quiet and peaceful until the killer finds someone very special to Katalina. From there he starts stalking her, moving from one innocent person to the next until he corners her.

I’m not sure when I’ll get started on it or when I’ll finish it, but if I know Katie, she won’t let me rest until the book is finished. She’s going to let me finish the one I’m on first (the sequel to Forbidden Love, which is going great, by the way), but there’s no telling how patient she’ll be beyond that. Sure, she’s mellowed and matured with age but when her friends and family are at stake there’s not much of anything in her world or any other that will stop her. We just have to figure out if she’s trying to save them, or avenge them.

Keep watching this space, my website, or my facebook page for updates on book 5 in The Lost Girls series, Fallen Angel.

 

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