I am very pleased to welcome Jenn Nixon, author of
Lucky's Charm, as my guest. Lucky's Charm is her latest release from Wild Child
Publishing.
I love a good mystery. It’s my first
love in genre fiction. It started way back with Encyclopedia Brown. I
eventually moved on to Nancy Drew and then graduated to adult mystery writers. It
seems that whatever I write, there is always a mystery sub-plot of someone
searching for something, someone, or seeking answers to a very old, sometimes
painful question. In my latest Romantic Suspense, Lucky’s Charm, there are a few mysteries surrounding the main
character Felicia aka “Lucky”. Not only is she searching for the people
responsible for killing her mother, she and her family are all keeping secrets
from each other.
I’ve been writing my whole life in one
form or another. I’ve stayed away from writing a straight-up mystery because
most of the time there’s a cop or PI involved, and I never felt comfortable
writing the procedural aspect of solving crimes through the eyes of a trained
professional. There are so many actual crime writers out there with the
personal experience to make it authentic and I know I’m not quite there. However,
I think mystery surrounds us every day and I never seem to tire of it. I love
watching movies or TV shows that ask questions and strive to find the answers
and books are no different. Having a mystery aspect to what I write keeps the
story fresh and the characters engaging.
Do you enjoy a little mystery in your
Romantic Suspense too?
Blurb
To protect her family and find a killer,
Felicia “Lucky” Fascino assumed her adoptive father’s identity and joined the
network, an organization of moral assassins to finish the job he began. Eliminating
the man responsible for murdering her mother has consumed her for the last five
years. While keeping her Uncle Stephen and cousin Elizabeth at arm’s length,
Lucky begins to feel the weight of her career choice and reclusive lifestyle. Then
a chance encounter with an enigmatic hit man, during one of her jobs, turns
into a provocative and dangerous affair. Distracted by the secret trysts with
Kenji Zinn and mounting tension within her family, Lucky makes reckless
mistakes that threaten her livelihood and almost claim her life.
Excerpt:
Things get complicated for Lucky as her feelings for
Kenji bubble to the surface...
“I’m not...good at this anymore.”
Lucky puffed out a heavy breath and clutched the phone. “I can’t wrap my mind
around it. I’ve really tried to forget you.”
“Why?”
“Because, I can’t want...this.”
“What do you mean?”
“Be with someone while doing what I do.
Sharing my life... I haven’t for a long time. I don’t see how I can do it with—”
“Another killer?”
That stopped her cold. Lucky shut
her eyes and banged her head against the wall. Not only was it the oddest
conversation she’d ever have, it frightened her because he was dead on.
“Why add to the torment?” she
snapped.
“Being with you was far from
torture.” His reply was husky and saturated with innuendo. Lucky ignored the
ripples of electricity on her skin.
“We’re not good people, Kenji. I’ve
already accepted that, but I think you’ve still got blinders on.”
“No, I have a sense we are more
alike than you realize. I know why you eliminated McKowen. He was a vile man.”
“Yeah... We might be the bad guys,
but we’re never the villains.” Lucky softened her tone. “We’re not heroes
either, just stuck in the middle somewhere.”
“This is what we do, not who we are.
It does not change what happened between us. We should not ignore this.”
“I don’t know...” The contact with
him did something to her, but finding the words to explain it seemed
impossible. Lucky did want to see him again, though, not for all the right
reasons.
“Where are you, right now?”
“Miami,” he said immediately. “Let
me come to you, wherever you wish.”
“I....” The confusion twisted
through her. He was determined without being forceful.
“The choice is yours. Call me after
you complete your task,” he said without demand.
“Okay.”
Author
Bio: Jenn’s love of writing started the year she received her first diary and
Nancy Drew novel. Throughout her teenage years, she kept a diary of her
personal thoughts and feelings but graduated from Nancy Drew to other mystery
suspense novels.
Jenn
often adds a thriller and suspense element to anything she writes be it
Romance, Science Fiction, or Fantasy. When not writing, she spends her time
reading, observing pop culture, playing with her two dogs, and working on
various charitable projects in her home state of New Jersey.
Here are Jenn's Links:
Twitter: @jennnixon
