Some readers who’ve gotten an early look at CHASE ME have asked me a rather unexpected question: Didn’t I think it was just a teensy bit…well, risky? to do such a flat-out gender-flip of the traditional paranormal stereotypes? To have the heroine be the rough and tumble, sexually aggressive alpha badass, and the hero be more cautious and deliberate, the one who’s in touch with his feelings and looking for love? Nope, not at all. It was a BLAST. It made complete sense to me that my heroine, Valkyrie archaeologist Lorin Schlessinger, wears the steel-toed boots in this relationship. After all, given Valkyries’ hyperactive adrenal systems, “food, fight, f*ck” is a biological imperative. She fights for fun, eats what she wants, and sleeps with whomever she pleases—and her partners are damn pleased in return. Her professional nemesis, by-the-book werewolf geologist Gabe Lupinsky, on the other hand? Gabe’s a city boy through and through, who appreciates fine dining and ...
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