I know I just posted about Necessary Proof , but I also have a new cover for Unshakeable Pursuit ! Isn’t it awesome???? I absolutely love this cover! This one was also done by Dineen Miller . If you got it, be sure to update your copy on your computer/ebook reader so you can get the new cover! If you haven’t, it’s only $2.99. Here’s the back cover description: A doctor and a nurse, both survivors of their painful pasts, go on the run from Asian hitmen with a secretive agenda. A Christian Romantic Suspense novella Book #4.2 in the Sonoma series Doctor Geoffrey Whelan was in Japan when the tsunami hit, killing his cousin and grandmother. He has worked in medical missions for years to assuage his survivor’s guilt, and now that he’s back in Sonoma to help his family, he can’t figure out why he still feels so wounded and God feels so far away. Then a mysterious young woman warns him that he and nurse Maylin Kinley are in mortal danger. Maylin notices that Geoffrey is not the sa...

Source: amazon.com via Camy on Pinterest Those of you who've read Narrow Escape will recognize this little guy from a few scenes near the end. :) It's one of those plush dolls that projects stars on the ceiling and walls. I happened to see him on Amazon one day and thought he was adorable, so I wrote him into my book as a significant (and cute!) clue.

Source: tvrage.com via Camy on Pinterest I’m Japanese and my husband is Chinese, but I have several friends who are Filipino, which is why I decided to write a Filipino heroine for Narrow Escape . However, I had to do lots of research, especially for the character names. I had a hard time coming up with the name of the Filipino drug gang in the book, but there are several real-life Filipino gangs who just use initials for their names. So I picked the phrase, laki sa layaw, which means “pampered while still young” in Tagalog (a Filipino dialect), and shortened it to the gang name, LSL. The phrase seemed appropriate for a young, tough, attitude-saturated gang of drug dealers. I don’t actually know the meaning of Arissa’s last name, Tiong, but I liked it because it was easy to read and pronounce (sort of) for non-Filipino readers. :) Some of the Filipino surnames are really long and complicated to pronounce for an American like me! Charity’s uncle is Johnny Capuno, is a captain...

Most of you guys already know how much I suck at coming up with names, right? So when I needed to come up with names for Narrow Escape , I ran a contest with the prize of naming my characters in my then-untitled Love Inspired Suspense manuscript. Huge thanks to my winners who named my characters: Jennifer F. was the grand prize winner, and she named Arissa and various characters, including Arissa’s discipler at church! I didn’t need a true Filipino name for her first name, but Jennifer actually did some internet research and came up with some Filipino names! Charity L. named Arissa’s niece, Charity! Holly M. named Arissa’s brother, Mark! I would have allowed one of my winners to pick the hero’s name, but he had already been mentioned in Stalker in the Shadows . :) Are you good at naming characters? I’m always working on a new manuscript, so keep your eyes on my blog and Facebook for when I post for help! Don't forget to enter my Narrow Escape contest for January! Clic...

Source: emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com via Camy on Pinterest When I wrote Nathan Fischer (first in a cameo in Stalker in the Shadows and then later as the hero in Narrow Escape ) I admit I modeled him after one of my favorite actors, Nathan Fillion from the series Firefly . I just love him! In Narrow Escape , Nathan Fischer has straight fine brown hair and green-gray eyes, and whenever he draws close to the heroine Arissa, she loves his musk and lime scent. He also rubs his forehead with his palm when he’s thinking, which is just like his mother does. :) Don't forget to enter my Narrow Escape contest for January! Click here to enter!

Source: tvrage.com via Camy on Pinterest I first saw Shannyn Sossamon in A Knight's Tale, but I immediately thought of her when considering what Arissa looks like in my Love Inspired Suspense, Narrow Escape . Don't forget to enter my Narrow Escape contest for January! Click here to enter!

Because I finished my manuscript in the wee morning hours. I think I’m taking today off: Woke up to a delivery of TEA!!!!!! on my doorstep. Going running while listening to audiobook of Catching Fire . I’ll read some Regency romances, too. I think today will be a terrific day. :)

I just sent it off to my editor in New York! Narrow Escape is my fourth Love Inspired Suspense novel and will be out in Spring 2013. It stars Nathan Fischer, one of the minor characters from Stalker in the Shadows . I’m excited because I think the book turned out really well. There’s lots of kissing, anyway. :)