So, where’s that dinner? I’m waiting, but my patience is wearing thin here …
(He should try the publishing industry, eh? 
)
Katy Yin is expected to spend another two weeks in hospital
recovering from being attacked by a bear in Coquitlam, B.C., last week.
(CBC)
From CBC.ca:- The Coquitlam woman who was attacked by a black bear last
week says she wouldn’t be alive if a quick-thinking neighbour hadn’t
rammed the bear with his truck.
Speaking from her bed at Royal Columbian hospital in New Westminster on
Tuesday, Katy Yin told CBC News the risky move gave other neighbours
enough time to drag her to safety.
Yin said the incident began when she was peacefully gardening in the
front yard of her Westwood Plateau home last Wednesday morning.
Then suddenly she was looking straight up into the face of an aggressive black bear.
She tried to turn and grab some rocks from her garden to throw at it,
but by the time she turned back, the bear was on top of her.
She knew, once the attack began, her only chance was to fight back or die, Yin said.
“He’s going to eat me. He’s not going to go away. It doesn’t matter. So
I used all of my energy to yell and if I can do something, I have to
help myself. I’m not ready to die. I’ve got to fight,” she said.
Yin suffered several severe injuries in the attack, including multiple
fractures, deep bruises and countless cuts on her legs, arms and torso.
One massive wound on the back of her head required 20 staples to close.
A week after the attack, her body remains covered in scars and surgical
dressing, and her left arm still requires more surgery where the bear
ripped it right down to the bone.
She is expected to remain in the hospital for at least another two weeks.
The bear was later shot by police. Officers said it was likely hunting
Yin as food, but the results of a necropsy planned by wildlife
authorities to try to determine why the attack happened have not been
released.
The Mountie and his tracker ….
This beauty had a light golden coat on his shoulders and back, and was totally oblivious to my passing by — looks like that time of year again, when the only thing the bruins are worried about is obsessively chowing their way up to hibernation weight.
For those who have asked how close these wild animals are to passers by, I walked around the trail from where I shot the above photo, and tried to take another shot (shown below) for perspective. See the guy riding by on his bike? He didn’t notice the bear at all. Neither did the golfers putting away on the green to the left of the biker. I shot the above pic a little further ahead and to the right of that cyclist — and the bear is the brown blot hidden behind greenery in the depression to the right. Make sense?
And just to see how often we walk past these foraging beasts, perhaps not even noticing they are there – if you look real close at the pic below, you can see the ear and part of the back of the head of a fairly large black bear munching berries in a patch about two arms lengths off the trail …. can you spot him? Makes one think twice before scrambling through the brambles search of berries, eh?
In this last pic (below), you can just see the very black, rounded tip of his ear.
Welcome to my slice of life in B.C.’s wild and wet coast mountains. This ’running commentary’ is less about writing than it is a small window – often visual — into the life of a romance writer, on the run.
I hope to get to know my readers this way, and I hope you get to know me … just a little better.
From Romantic Times BOOKreview
After Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Gabe Caruso can’t save his fiancee from a sadistic serial killer, he has trouble dealing with the guilt. His only consolation is that he put the man in jail. Cutting himself off, Gabe takes a post in Black Arrow Falls, a small town in the Yukon. There, he meets tracker Silver Karvonen, a woman with secrets of her own. Both are stunned to feel the pull of attraction. Then the killer escapes, and Gabe knows that trouble is on the way. Loreth Anne White serves up some creepy chills in Manhunter (4), as a serial killer wages both psychological and physical warfare. This compelling tale, part of the Wild Country series, features two emotionally scarred people who discover that being together makes them stronger.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
From The Romance Reader:
“THE HEART OF A RENEGADE is a skillfully crafted novel, packed with complex characters involved in a well-used plot line; however, it is innovatively done. Loreth Anne White’s pacing is superb, maintaining ever mounting intensity as the story plays out. This story is rich with detail, and a plot that could be expanded to a 450 page hardcover. That said, it does not feel as if it were condensed but evolves in the expected manner only to twist and turn a bit adding interest and suspense. The dynamics between Jessica and Luke are extraordinarily well handled.
White is a very gifted author and whose future novels will be sought out by this reviewer.”
–Thea Davis
A TOP PICK from Romantic Times BOOKreview for THE HEART OF A RENEGADE
“Luke Stone is just like a stone. After his pregnant wife is murdered, he closes up emotionally, until his employer asks him to protect Jessica Chan, who’s a target of the Chinese Triad Dragons for attempting to expose their atrocities. Luke doesn’t want to be responsible for anyone, and he’s surprised to find a kindred spirit in Jessica. When they’re on the run with only each other to lean on, their emotional barriers crumble. The Heart of a Renegade (4.5) is an action ride full of thrills and surprises and a love story that will make your heart beat faster.
Loreth Anne White has expanded her Shadow Soldiers series, and intriguing and dynamic characters continue to make it compelling.
—Sandra Garcia-Myers
And a five-star review from CataRomance.com:
From the instance THE HEART OF A RENEGADE starts, one will take an indrawn breath and continue to gasp until the explosive ending. The danger is believably suspenseful with heart-pounding threats, and how they are carried out is terrifying realistic. Just when one thinks all is going smoothly for the hero and heroine, more peril crops up and they must once again fight for their lives.
Luke and Jessica are one of the most endearing couples about whom I have had the pleasure to read, and their compelling story profoundly touched me. Whether they are fleeing from the enemy or expressing exactly how they feel on a subject, their actions are authentic and make them seem very true-to-life. Ms. White had me caring for this couple and what the future holds for them, causing numerous tension-filled moments during the story. THE HEART OF A RENEGADE masterfully evokes images and feelings to create an enthralling plus emotional story which never disappoints.
–Amelia Richard
SEDUCING THE MERCENRY earns Cata award
I am thrilled to learn SEDUCING THE MERCENARY has been named a CataRomance Reviewers Choice award winner for 2007. Thank you to the Cata team!
