Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

We are starting a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. Dr. Sarah Frantz, Assistant Professor of Literature at Fayetteville State University, and regular contributor to the awesome blog called Teach Me Tonight, is hosting this If You Like entry on Suzanne Brockmann. Suzanne Brockmann’s latest release, Into the Fire, is the 13th book in her famed Troubleshooter series.

If you would like to host an “If You Like” post, please email me at Jane at dearauthor.com

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Suzanne Brockmann

Once upon a time, I was browsing in a Waldenbooks and saw a two-for-one deal: Suzanne Brockmann’s The Unsung Hero came free with a re-issue of her one and only time travel, Time Enough for Love. TEFL looked intriguing, so I bought the other book so I could get it. It was intriguing, but TUH, one of the most exquisitely plotted books I’ve ever read, truly rocked …

We’ve been invited to engage in a Q&A with NYT Bestselling Author, Suzanne Brockmann. Her latest TroubleShooter book is on shelves now (and is being offered with 100% micropay rebate at Fictionwise). According to the press release (which I am too lazy to rewrite), Into the Fire is “[b]rimming with thrill-chasing action, suspenseful kidnappings, and no-holds-barred passion and features Vinh Murphy who has ” been off the job battling booze, blackouts, and bumming it from shelter to shelter since an assignment left his wife, Angelina, dead. His saving grace, though, is Hannah Whitfield, an old friend and the only person from his “old” life that he turns to.”

This actually sounds interesting although I’m a bit worried about the name Vinh. Are all characters going to be having extra “h’s” in their names? I am digressing here. What I need is help with questions. Interesting questions. Not questions like “where do you get your ideas” because I know that it has been asked and answered before.

Maybe questions like - what do you think of John Edwards and the fact he was caught in the Beverly Hills Hotel visiting his secret …