1–What is the title of your latest release? MALIBU SUMMER 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Ivy Bauer is a rising scientist and inventor of a game changing organic irrigation system. She’s on top of the world when, suddenly, her husband is killed in a biking accident. Needing space to grieve, she takes a summer job as a gardener on the Malibu estate of television writer Conrad Reed, who is reeling with the death of his wife and the care of his five-year-old stepson—all while trying to resurrect his entertainment career. It’s a clash made in heaven! 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? After working for many years in the television industry, I knew I wanted to write about that unique and often crazy world. Beverly Hills would have been the obvious choice of location, but where better to put an in-over-his-head TV writer/producer than Malibu? The natural beauty of the ocean and hillsides juxtaposed with the unbridled extravagance of that world made it a perfect spot. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Since it’s a romance, I really have two protagonists. I’d definitely hang out with Ivy….