Local Flavor

One of the things I like most about reading and writing fiction is the opportunity to explorethe world vicariously. However, for my latest book, Acceptable Risk, I took my charactershome to Texas. And by home, I mean the Lone Star stateis both their home and mine.

My family moved to San Antonio when I was eight. I loved growing up in Texas. I even met my husband there, “kicker dancing” at a combination honky tonk and bull-riding arena called the Bluebonnet Palace. (No, he isn’t a cowboy, but h...