It was the second time Nasser had asked after her health, and Anisa couldn’t be annoyed, not after he’d saved her from being plowed over by that reckless motorbike driver. To think she’d been a heartbeat away from becoming one big stain on the pavement— She squeezed her eyes at the horrid image that last thought conjured. If Nasser hadn’t been there… She still felt his arms around her, his hands poised at her back, holding her to him while the imminent danger passed them by. Because of his quick actions, he’d rescued her from grave injury. Possibly death. A shudder raked through her. Now that the adrenaline had ebbed from her system, residual fear left her shaken up, and anxiety pressed down on her chest. Her next few breaths sawed out fast and almost painfully. They were walking together, Nasser placing himself between her and the street. And yet every car passing had her nearly jumping out of her bones. Funny. She’d thought she was doing fine enough, but it seemed that the initial shock had held her real fright at bay. Suddenly she couldn’t think of anything else except that she’d almost just died. Ears ringing and heart…

1–What is the title of your latest release? My next Harlequin Romance (Mills & Boon True Love) is TEMPTATION IN ISTANBUL. It’s out May 12th (UK) and May 24th (North America). In other words, it’s right around the corner! 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Billionaire and single dad Faisal shares one thing in common with his young daughter’s nanny, Maryan: their powerful mutual attraction. Two weeks together in his home in Istanbul, Turkey tempts their jaded hearts into trying love again. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Wellllll… I wrote the first draft back in December 2018, and I had a completely different setting then. So, when I revisited that first draft in November 2020, I knew the first thing that had to change was the setting. It wasn’t speaking to me. And then I thought of Turkey, and the pieces of the story fit together. My characters are Somali, and there’s a growing population of Somali tourists who have been visiting Turkey the last few years. On top of that, I’d been meaning to go to Istanbul in Spring of 2020, but my vacation was put on hold because of…