In Her Dreams
was my first paranormal romance and in some ways set me in that direction. It
came about from a variety of things going on.
The Monterey
locale was after a trip to Monterey. We spent a lot of time exploring the area
and an area I loved was Cannery Row with the variety of shops and friendly
people. My husband and I both love aquariums, so we spent a lot of time at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium.
What crept
into my imagination was a funky shop featuring plush animals dressed to reflect
their personalities. That came about from my own plush animal collection. I had
an owl dressed in spectacles, a tweed vest and looking very much like a stuffy
professor. I also had a wolf wearing knickers and suspenders that could have
made an interesting young thief in old London. So I gave Maggie a shop with
custom made plus animals. But what also rounds her out is her psychic ability.
One she didn’t like to think about.
The only
problem is it’s returned with dreams where she dreams of a murder victim. But
instead of seeing the murder happening, her dreams take her backwards from
after death to seeing bits and pieces of the murder scene and her fear that the
night will come when she ‘see’s the killer even though she has no idea just
where the event took place. No wonder she’s frustrated having an ability that
doesn’t do what she wants it to do.
Naturally
Maggie needs the right man. Don’t we all! Dr. Ethan Baxter is renting Maggie’s
guest house, meeting the wacky senior citizens that make up Maggie’s life and
he just might have a connection to the murder.
Monterey
seemed like the perfect setting for the book. Characters who make a story
special and even bits of our trip interwoven into the story. The cypress tree
pendant Maggie wears is identical to the one my husband bought me up there and
I still wear it.
In Her
Dreams is also a very nice way to remember that trip. It was originally published
by Harlequin American Romance as A Man for Maggie, but I felt the book needed a
more appropriate title. This is another one of my favorite books and I hope you’ll
see it that way too.
Right now it’s
available through Amazon and Smashwords and for the Nook later on. Enjoy!
Linda
