Exclusive Interview: April 2009

Written by Rachel Lee

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Interview with Rachel Lee about Protector of One and upcoming novels.

Rachel:

Q: How did you get the idea for PROTECTOR OF ONE?

A: I honestly don't know. As best as I can remember, it was just there one day.

Q: You mention in your preface for the book that you've experienced some interesting phenomena when you were younger. Can you talk about one of them?

A: Well, the one I feel most comfortable discussing was a dream about the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. Three weeks before the event I woke up from a dream so vivid that I told everyone I knew about it. I saw President Reagan get shot in the chest, and then I saw a candle flame flicker, but not go out. I told my friends about the dream in detail, but assured them Reagan would survive, because the candle flame hadn't gone out.

Three weeks later, one of my friends called me and said, "Turn on your TV now!" I was probably as stunned as she was when I saw the initial report, but I never doubted Reagan would live.

There've been other experiences, far more personal. I don't feel comfortable sharing them. Sorry. :)

Q: What do you love most about the characters you create?

A: Getting to know them and falling in love with them. Each book is like a new romance, not just the story, but the journey. I find the same energy as when you fall in love for the first time.

Q: What can you tell us about your next Conard County book? (Title, date,story)

A: THE UNEXPECTED HERO, about Nate Tate's daughter Krissie, and a darkly handsome doctor will be issued in July. Both of them are emotionally wounded veterans of the military medical corps, but Krissie has a killer on her heels, a killer who doesn't mind taking he lives of her innocent patients.

Q: Do you have plans for more Conard County books? What are some of the ideas you are kicking around?

A: After THE UNEXPECTED HERO, THE MAN FROM NOWHERE will be next. In this book a man comes to Conard County after having a vision that a woman is being targeted by a killer. He is driven by grief, and a terrible feeling of responsibility because he didn't heed a vision that he had about his family dying in a plane crash. Goaded by built, he needs to save the woman he sees in his visions. But he can tell no one, for who would believe him?

So night after night he traces the steps he has seen in his vision, hoping to find the killer before the killer finds his victim. And with the woman he has come to save, he finds salvation of his own.

I've just signed a contract for three additional Conard County books, so yes, there will be many more. In the one I am working on now, a cranky hermit takes in an injured woman running from an abusive ex-boyfriend. She invades his hermitage, destroys his solitude, and gives him a new purpose in life. They both learn that it is safe to love again.

Q: Can you tell us anything more about The Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Orlando?

A: I will be giving a workshop on Friday titled "Creating your own world and living with it." I'll also be at the Harlequin luncheon, at an author chat in the afternoon, an awards ceremony later, all on Friday.

Q: Will you be signing autographs?

A: I'll be at the book signing on Saturday, hoping to meet many of you :)

Q: How can I get in touch with you if I can come to the conference?

I should be easy enough to find. If you can't locate me at one of my engagements, then by all means hunt me up at the book signing. Hope to see you there!

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