November 10, 2008

GETTING TO THE EDGE …

It was on a hot run in August, post RWA San Francisco, when the idea for TO THE EDGE hit me.  I had been invited by Adrienne Maintosh to come up with an idea for an eHarlequin Daily Online Read, and was turning some ideas over in my head as I jogged. Then across Green Lake I saw Edgewater Lodge, hulking between the conifers, and a hunting lodge in a remote region of Alaska was born — it would belong to RCMP Constable Annie Lavalle’s grandfather, a man she’d never met.  A man she never even knew existed. And it would be in the Bush region of that state, a last frontier of a last frontier. Totally isolated. And the only way in would be by plane.

A trot further down my running path revealed the plane that would take Annie into Wild Country. And suddenly I was there, in Alaska, and I could see my Mountie heroine stepping onto the tippy dock …

Chapter 2 of TO THE EDGE goes live Tuesday — to read one chapter per day of the Daily Online Read, click –>>HERE

To join the discussion, click –>>HERE

And please do post a comment — I will be drawing a name each Friday from among those who have posted. The winner gets either a copy of MANHUNTER, a title from my backlist, or a title from one of the other fabulous Silhouette Romantic Suspense authors out this November — winner’s choice.
See you there!!

SRS Online Read goes live!

To the Edge — Chapter 1 goes live on eHarlequin
by Loreth Anne White

Canadian RCMP Constable Annie Lavalle has searched for her biological family all her life. So when a mysterious call comes from a man claiming to be her grandfather, she is compelled to travel to the remote Alaskan Bush to meet him.

But when she gets there, she’s greeted by the threat of an impending snow storm and an ominous, eerily quiet landscape.

Not by her grandfather. Or anyone else.

And when she enters her grandfather’s hunting lodge, what she finds will take her into a deadly battle with a notorious Cold War assassin, to the crucible of her darkest fears…and into the arms of the equally dangerous mercenary Joshua Kane….

November 9, 2008

THE ROMANCE READER reveiws MANHUNTER

From The Romance Reader:

“White does a terrific job of creating vivid and memorable characters, and a better job of placing them in a unique and richly described setting. Not only is this particular setting rarely used by writers, but also the attention given to the natural habitat of animal, both as hunter and prey takes this romance novel out of the ordinary.
Gabe and Silver both have emotional baggage, but in a very realistic manner the author uses their angst to fashion them as individuals. Manhunter is a refreshing departure from the ever-growing norm, which makes a memorable and interesting read.”

–Thea Davis

November 5, 2008

NORDIC SKIES, THE DAY AFTER

Winter light has a different quality here. Beautiful. Monochromatic. And sometimes just a little claustrophobic for one raised in the vibrancy of Africa.

My Path: 56.13 mins Nordic Running

MP3 beat of note: Desomd Decker & The Aces - You Can Get It If You Really Want it.

My Writing: Not a whole lot of progress. Need weaning off election news.

November 3, 2008

In the dark

I hit a snag in my manuscript, and as I am prone to do in such situations, I hit the kettle fried potato chips in retaliation. Because this is simply not a sustainable solution (given several deadlines still pending) I was thus forced to hit the trails. Which were … gasp …. Dark and cold by 4:30 p.m. And insanely beautiful in a misty mystical dripping sort of way.

Unfortunately, I haven’t figured out how to take scenic shots in the rainy dark – but this was my attempt at capturing the snowy ski trails on Whistler Mountain reflected on the still waters of Lost Lake, and a thin slice of moon in the clouds above.

My Path: 54 mins Nordic running

Running beat of note: Bedouin SoundClash – When the Night Feels My Song

News of note: – MANHUNTER is being spotted in stores around North America.

October 30, 2008

MANHUNTER RELEASES SATURDAY!

Thank you Ellen and Hope for your fabulous EHarlequin reviews of MANHUNTER here and here. I really am thrilled with the feedback the book has been getting …. so far it’s been available via online bookstores, but Saturday, November 1 will see it in the bricks and mortar outlets. Can’t wait!!

I did some dirt-time of my own researching MANHUNTER last year. That included some tracking in my back forest, learning to identify prints ( It also explains the pink ruler I now carry in my jogging pack — I am hooked ). Above are black bear tracks found last Fall, before the snows came. The deepest part of the impression is made by the front of the bruin’s foot, but you can also see the faint heel shape fairly clearly in the print to the left of the photo.

Things of course get waaaay simpler when the snow flies. The above are bobcat prints found along my running trails. I’d never have known the cats were around in the summer. Winter tells all