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Oh, I used to love the alpha guys – like Robert Beaumaris in Georgette Heyer’s Arabella – the ones who are good at everything and know everything. And you’re riding in the carriage thinking you’ve risked it all on a crazy elopement, and then find out he’s actually taking you on a visit to his grandmother and all your agonizing problems have already been solved. (Wait, why don’t I like that?) I’ve created some alpha heroes in my time. But something happened to me along life’s way, and I shifted my allegiance to men like Freddy in Cotillion and Adam in The Civil Contract . These beta guys get things wrong, and they worry. They aren’t completely sure of themselves. In fact, they’re the opposite of arrogant; they don’t know how competent and charming they actually are. And when the heroine tells them, they’re often surprised. How endearing is that?  So, these days, I like writing about a hero who has a few problems, as well as the (eventual) willingness a...

In my newest romantic suspense novel Betrayed , my heroine Elena comes from a conservative, Latin American family where the women are supposed to obey the men. Yet once she got to the U.S., she knew she wanted a different life from the dominated and repressed women like her mother. Most women in her culture are dependent on their fathers and husbands. Instead she vowed to get an education and get a satisfying job, which she’s done. Still Elena’s light years behind her American sisters in her social development. Everything changes when she meets Shane. Her life speeds up, and it’s as if she’s packing months and years of living into days. She finds herself experiencing several ‘firsts’ with this hot Alpha male. Here is a list: #1 – First gun battle #2 – First time sharing her innermost thoughts #3 – First time staying the night in a hotel with a man #4 – First time risking her life to save the guy she loves #5 – First taste of real passion Here's ...