Hello Lea! Thank you
so much for visiting Written Butterfly with me today! It’s such a pleasure to chat with you. So tell me…
Q) Is this book part
of a series? If so, can you tell us
about it?
Yes, Fiery 10-16 is the first book of a new, exciting
firefighter series called Smokey Glen. The next books will be written by my
talented author friends D.C. Stone, Jessica Jayne, and Cait Jarrod, with whom I
co-authored the anthology Girl Code. Smokey Glen is a small town in the Rocky
Mountains, and each book in the series will feature a firefighter from the same
station.
Q) Can you give a
fun or interesting fact about your book?
The hero's
looks are based on non other than the majestic, insanely handsome movie star,
footballer, wrestler, and rugby player Geno Segers! I remember D.C. Stone
showing me a picture of him last year, and me squealing in delight and saying,
"OMG, I need to write him a book!" lol, and that's what I did.
Q) What gave you the inspiration for
your book?
It's quite
funny, because I got the idea after responding to a private ad for
children’s clothes last year. The seller gave me an address in town…and I ended
up knocking on the door of the main fire station. Of all places! And this is
exactly how the story of Fiery 10-16 begins J
Q) Do you plan all
your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write?
It's a long process. When I start plotting the book, I
usually have a "feel" about my main characters. I know their hearts
and souls and make them mine. Then as I immerse myself into their story,
chapter by chapter, I build their backgrounds, motivations, struggles, and
dreams, and decide which obstacles they'll have to surmount to achieve a
personal development. Little by little, I also add secondary characters to give
the story vastness and depth and strengthen the plot and subplots. I can tell
you there's a lot of back-and-forth editing!
Q) How much real life do you put
into or influences your books?
I always include bits of real life into my books, be
it a place, a name, a person, or a particular experience (as in the case of
Fiery 10-16), because it helps to describe the settings or the situations as
realistically as possible.
Q) What are your
upcoming projects?
I have 5 very different works-in-progress waiting for me to
allot them time. A psychological thriller, a dark erotic new adult MMMM
romance, an erotic lesbian romance, a romantic suspense, and a historical
romance. I'm not sure which one to work on, to be honest! It all depends on my
mood J
Blurb:
Runo Wiggins is a scarred man, the
wounds etched into his psyche deeper than those on his skin. But he
loves his job: fighting fires helps reenact his survival of a house fire as a
teen, one that killed his mother and brutal stepfather.
Dawn Caravello is married to a
psychotic drunk. She can take his beatings as long as he doesn't
touch their children, and she'll do anything to put food on the
table, even if it means stealing from the town hero.
When Runo meets the fiery Dawn,
sparks fly. But he suspects she is victim of the same abuse as his mother was.
As day turns to night, the past and the present blend in an exhausting,
nerve-wrecking chase to prevent another death.
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About Lea
Bronsen:
I like my reads hot, fast, and edgy,
and strive to give my own stories the same intensity. After venturing into
dirty inner-city crime drama with my debut novel Wild Hearted, I divide my
writing time between psychological thriller, romantic suspense, and erotic
dark/contemporary romance.
I love to hear from my readers!
Write to leabronsen@yahoo.com or meet me on:
Hi Beth, thank you so much for hosting the release of Fiery 10-16 and interviewing me! I had fun answering the questions :)
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