CRASH into RONI LOREN

CRASH INTO YOU

Berkley Heat

ISBN: 0425245241

Sometimes the past can bring you to your knees...
Brynn LeBreck has dedicated herself to helping women in crisis, but she never imagined how personal her work would get, or where it would take her. Her younger sister is missing, suspected to be hiding from cops and criminals alike at a highly secretive BDSM retreat--a place where the elite escape to play out their most extreme sexual fantasies. To find her Brynn must go undercover as a sexual submissive. Unfortunately, The Ranch is invitation only. And the one Master who can get her in is from the darkest corner of Brynn's past.

Brynn knows what attorney Reid Jamison is like once stripped of his conservative suit and tie. Years ago she left herself vulnerable only to have him crush her heart. Now she needs him again. Back on top. And he's all too willing to engage. But as their primal desires and old wounds are exposed, the sexual games escalate--and so does the danger. Their hearts aren't the only things at risk. Someone else is watching, playing by his own rules. And his game could be murder.

EXCERPT

DEBUT “DRIVER” RONI LOREN

wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven't improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. Though she'll forever be a New Orleans girl at heart, she now lives in Dallas with her husband and son. If she's not working on her latest sexy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rockstars, er, rock concerts--yeah, that's it.

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS

ANGI: How often do you get lost in a story?

RONI: As often as I can! J When I read, I want it to be full throttle. My whole goal is to get lost in the story. If I can keep putting a book down and walking away to do something else, then it’s probably not the story for me. 

ANGI: What’s the first book you remember reading? 

RONI: The first book I remember reading on my own was A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. My 5^th grade teacher read a chapter aloud at the end of each school day. I couldn’t wait to know what happened on that slow of a schedule, so I went to the library and read through the whole series on my own. That’s the first time I remember wanting to be a writer. 

ANGI: What turns you off like nothing else?

RONI: A story that doesn’t connect me to the characters straight away. A great, complex plot is wonderful, but I’m reading it for the characters first. 

ANGI: Is there a playlist you’d recommend for reading your latest release?

RONI: If you look at my titles (Crash Into You and Melt Into You) or the name of my series (Loving on the Edge), you can probably figure out I’m pretty inspired by music. Though I do try to twist the song name a bit for the titles. For CRASH, I would say the theme song is Outside by Staind. When I was writing it, that song came on the radio and gave me chills because it fit so well. (Favorite lyrics: Inside you’re ugly, ugly like me. I can see through you. See to the real you.) Both my hero and heroine feel “wrong” on the inside in some way, but of course are perfect for each other. J

ANGI: Where do you read and how often?

RONI: I read wherever I can, though I don’t get to do it as often as I like. Any non-writing time is usually spent with my husband or kidlet. I do try to sign up for reading challenges that give me goals of how many books I want to try to read each year. I keep a running list of what I’ve read on my website.

ANGI: What was the first story you remember writing?

RONI: I wrote a teen romance when I was fifteen. All the male characters strongly resembled members of the New Kids on the Block. Not sure how that happened. And the heroine was named, wait for it…Love. Subtlety was clearly not my strong suit.

ANGI: What’s your favorite movie of all time?

RONI: Dirty Dancing. I think that movie was responsible for turning me into a romance junkie when I was still too young to even understand what romance was. J

ANGI: Be honest, when reading...do you put yourself in the heroine’s role?

RONI: Of course! I think that’s the beauty of a good story—you can walk in your imagination for a while.

ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: Roni, I’m still very close to the characters of my first book. I probably know them better than any others I’ve written. What’s something you’d like to share with readers about Brynn & Reid?

RONI’S  GOTTA ANSWER:  What I loved most about writing Brynn and Reid’s story was that I got to see two separate times in their relationship. Every other chapter jumps back and forth between present day and ten years earlier. So I was able to write about Brynn and Reid’s initial falling in love in college--before they were tainted by too many life experiences. Then I also got to bring them back together now that they were more mature and dealing with some pretty rough history. It made them fully come to life for me because I was able to delve deeper than just the “snapshot in time” peek at them.

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UP NEXT: MELT INTO YOU

       July 2012, Berkley Heat

& FALL INTO YOU

January 2013, Berkley Heat

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?? RONI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ??

What movie or book made you fall in love with romance?