Maureen Gianinio asked Christine Feehan:

Loved Lethal Game! Been reading and enjoying all the questions and answers posted. You truly write great protagonists But Oh! You have been writing some amazingly antagonists in all the series. where do you get your inspiration? Especially for Whitney? Just when I think Whitney's warped "the ends justify the means" reasoning cant get any worse, you come up with worse! 😮

Christine Feehan It starts out with an idea for a single book. All of my books can be read as stand-alone books because that’s my approach with my writing. As I write a book, I start to see the landscape of characters, places and potential.
I’m inspired by everything around me. The wind through the trees, a man in a restaurant leaning to whisper to a woman, the way an animal moves. Anything can inspire me. My Shadow series was inspired by watching my dogs run in and out of shadows. Life around me can inspire some wild ideas in my head.
Like I said, each book is a stand-alone story. You should be able to pick up any book, as a rule, and start reading from any point in the series.
Whitney is a great villain because he believes he's the one doing what's right. He thinks he's a true patriot.

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