Fresh Fiction challenged me to describe my new release, DREAM RIDER, using the letters of the title. It just so happens that trying new things and becoming more daring is the heroine, Emily’s, goal. So, challenge accepted!   D – Dreams R – Realm (as in the dream realm where Zane does his work) E – Emily (our heroine) A – Astral projection (how Zane gets to the dream realm) M – Moon   R – Risk taker I – Impulsive D – Dirt biking E – Escalating R – Repercussions DREAM RIDER by Kimberly Dean Dream Weavers #3 The long-awaited continuation of the paranormal series from the dawn of steamy romance… As a Dream Weaver, Zane Oneiros isn’t supposed to hitch rides on the dreams of his charges, but he can’t help himself when the dreamer is Emily Hutchins. In the waking world, Emily is his work friend. Beautiful, conscientious, and prompt. Zane is known for being brash, fun-loving… and a bit too reckless with the powers handed down to him from the Greek gods of ancient past…. Could an introvert extrovert romance even work? All Zane wants to know is if Emily thinks about him while she sleeps… if there’s any…

It’s often said that you should write what you know. Personally, I’m more from the school of writing what interests you or grabs your imagination. Looking back at my new Dream Wreaker series from Pocket, however, I realized that I had unconsciously done both. The books deal with sleeping and dreaming, something that I (and most people) do daily. Yet when I started learning about what happens during those resting hours, things got really interesting. I was surprised to learn how many people have problems sleeping. According to the www.sleepeducation.com/ website, more than 70 million people in the U.S. alone have sleep disorders. Even more amazing to me, was that The Classification of Sleep Disorders, Second Edition documents 81 official sleep disorders. 81! As a sleeper, this information boggled the mind. As a writer, however, the possibilities opened to me by this information seemed endless. Restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, night terrors, sleep paralysis… The list held so many ideas for so many interesting stories. In the end, I chose dreaming as the topic for my first book in the series, What She Wants At Midnight. Sleepwalking was the focus of the follow-up book, In Her Wildest Dreams. With so…