Hi everyone,
S. Peters-Davis here. Thanks so much for stopping in:)
It’s getting
closer to the release date of Unorthodox, A Kendra Spark Novel – book one in the series, and I admit to being
geeked – happy, excited, and anxious at the same time. Happy I wrote my first
book in this genre blend and excited the release date is fast approaching. But
I’m also anxious as the first book in any series does that to me; it’s the
foundation for character introductions, relationships, and story threads. All
of those components need to be strong enough to evolve throughout the series.
Every book
an author writes shares a piece of them, of their life, of their family and
friends, and people who’ve touched them in some way…besides the creative
imagination that speaks for itself. There’s a number of ways information comes
to us: experience, education, books, research, listening in on conversations,
TV, movies, and observing (among many others)…nothing you haven’t heard before.
So then an
idea forms to light the way…
I picked up
a crime suspense-thriller book and was pleasantly surprised to find it was
generously laced with paranormal. My love of mystery, suspense, crime stories
and the paranormal had me wondering if I
could actually combine them with an element of romance for a story? *grins* Wheels
churned for a while…mostly because as
much as I loved reading crime books, I’d never written one.
I took an
online Forensic Science course, stacked up on books about police and FBI
procedures, conferred with others who wrote crime stories, joined Sisters in
Crime organization and researched everything I thought might be pertinent to
start my story.
As I
considered my protagonist, I decided she would need some sort of job that made
her familiar with a criminal mind, something giving her access and knowledge on
what to research…like an author; ) Why not have the main character be a
suspense, mystery writer? Hmmm
Finally,
Kendra Spark, suspense, mystery romance author, introduced herself to me one
night in a dream, and I knew it was time to write.
A writing
buddy (close friend of mine) spent four days at an intense writing retreat with
me. We brainstormed on a story she was plotting out and also on my story – at
that point we didn’t have our titles or a complete list of our characters. Brainstorming
with someone who understood my voice and style, my audience, and my mixed genre
ended up playing a critical part in my novel writing. By the time we left our
writing sanctuary, we had established our characters, main plots, along with a
few subplot threads, and our titles.
Unorthodox…a new paranormal, suspense-thriller
romance with a generous dollop of supernatural releases September 15, 2017.
Book Tagline:
Kendra’s ability of communicating with the dead is requested by her FBI
criminal analyst friend to stop a killer from murdering agents.
Series Tagline: Kendra sees ghosts, and then her BFF,
Jenna, becomes one. The two friends and FBI agent Derek Knight fight for
justice to the victims of heinous crimes.
Book Description:
Kendra Spark, suspense-mystery romance author and
communicator with the dead, is requested to hop on the first flight to D.C.
Jenna Powers, FBI criminal analyst and estranged best
friend of Kendra, gets ghosticized in a fatal accident before relaying all the
details of the FBI killer case.
Derek Knight, a dedicated FBI Special Task Force
agent, takes lead on the case.
The investigation into the FBI agent killings
continues as Kendra, Jenna – yes, even after death – and Derek work together on
the case before Director of the Special Task Force Jackson Powers’ number is
up. He’s Jenna’s father and the end-game of the killer’s target list.
Somehow the elusive killer remains undetected, until
Kendra’s unique ability produces results and a final possibility at stopping
his killing spree before it’s too late.
About the Author:
S. Peters-Davis writes multi-genre stories, but loves
penning a good page-turning suspense-thriller, especially when it’s a ghost
story and a romance. When she’s not writing, editing, or reading, she’s hiking,
RV’ing, fishing, playing with grandchildren, or enjoying time with her favorite
muse (her husband) in Southwest Michigan.
She also writes YA paranormal, supernatural novels as
DK Davis.
