1–What is the title of your latest release? WATCH IT BURN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? After the wife of a prominent man in the small town of Edenberg, Texas, drowns in only two inches of the Guadalupe River, three women refuse to believe it was a “slip and fall.” As they dig for clues, they discover that the dead woman—Beverly Hoffman—and her husband are the founders of a cultish organization slowly taking over their town. They must decide whether or not to infiltrate the institution to dismantle it from within. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I’ve enjoyed visiting the Texas Hill Country, which is three hours from my home, since I was in high school. Edenberg, Texas is a fictional town based on a real-life tiny tourist town named Gruene, home of the oldest dance hall in Texas. I thought this would be the perfect place for one man to garner control and share his cult-astic ideas. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? My protagonist is unique in that she is dead. (Yes, the dead woman in the middle of the river is one of…

1–What is the title of your latest release? I LOVE IT WHEN YOU LIE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Three sisters return home to the Appalachian foothills to bury their beloved Gran. They each bring a problematic man with them, and by the end of the weekend, one of those men will be in the grave with their grandmother. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I grew up in north Alabama among strong Southern women, so I knew that I wanted to write about somewhere close to home. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Ha. Love this question. I probably have hung out with my protagonist in real life. Tara is fiercely loyal to her family and willing to go to any lengths to protect them. A lot of my friends and family could be defined this way. (She’s also a pastor’s wife who is stealing money from her husband’s church, so that’s less likely.) 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Sassy, protective, fed-up 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I already knew about the tradition of Decoration Sunday, in which family members…