Authorpreneur Dashboard – Lisa Adcock
Blacke Harbor
Romance
Dr. Catherine Blacke cures vampires, they say. My name is Erik and a cure is exactly why I am in the sleepy little fishing village of Blacke Harbor. You see, I have been a monster for a hundred years. Attorney by day--predator by night. I have done unspeakable things and destroyed more souls than I can even remember. But now I have a second chance at life. A real life. An honest life. A life I can be proud of. It will not be easy, I know. Arriving on the island with me is an ancient, almost unspeakable evil. I will have to fight harder than I have ever fought before. But this time I have something to fight for. This time, I will fighting for more than just my own survival. No, this time, I'm fighting to save the woman I love. I'm fighting for Catherine. My name is Erik and this is my story.
Book Bubbles from Blacke Harbor
Isolation
The social isolation that Erik, Jurgis and Catherine experience runs throughout Blacke Harbor and colors everything these characters do. Time after time the Blackes are tested and each time they close ranks, shut out the world and face their challenges as a family--outsiders need not apply. In this scene Jurgis Blacke is welcoming Erik into the fold but also testing him with his almost-confession about the murder of Catherine's molester. "If you want to be one of us, you must keep our secrets," Jurgis seems to be saying. And secrets is something the Blacke family has plenty of.
How Erik Took Center Stage
Blacke Harbor was originally Catherine's story; Erik was an unnamed minor character whose only purpose was to make the villain seem even more evil. As I began to work on Erik's backstory, though, I realized that he was the most interesting character in the book. After all, I already knew why Catherine and Jurgis would work to cure vampires. What I didn't understand though, was why Erik would want to give up the life of a vampire. Would YOU give up a life that included all the decadence you could ever dream of to go back to a life that includes a stressful 9-to-5 job, the aches and pains of middle age and all the responsibilities that come with adult life? Once I understood Erik I knew that Blacke Harbor was really a coming-of-age story.
Meeting Erik
Why would anyone walk away from a life of almost no accountability and almost no responsibility? The answer to that is at the very heart of Erik's story.
Better Class of Angels
Romance
Can you fall in love with someone you've never met? Locke County's sheriff is about to find out as he finds himself drawn to a woman he knows only through the pages of an unfinished manuscript.
Book Bubbles from Better Class of Angels
Can You REALLY Fall In Love With A Stranger?
Can you REALLY fall in love with someone you've never met? That question is at the heart of A Better Class of Angels. Sheriff Jack Talburt has fallen in love with a woman he knows only from a case file and an unfinished manuscript he found in her abandoned Lincoln. He allows himself to believe that Paige Bennett, who writes police procedural novels for a living, has a special insight into who he is. Unfortunately for Jack, no one else sees it that way. And when the badly injured Paige awakens from her brief coma, Jack finds that the real-life Paige is very different from the fantasy version he has built up in his mind. In this scene, Jack's deputy, Beverly, tries one last time to bring him down to earth.
Sexual Abuse Doesn't Define Paige Bennett
From her earliest days, I knew that Paige Bennett was going to be a sexual abuse survivor. And while I don't like to put "messages" in my books it was important to me to present Paige as a survivor. Was she changed by her molestation? Absolutely. But she didn't let it define her.
Jack Feels The Pull
We've all known guys like Jack. Aways does the right thing--the steady guy you want on your side. But Jack's also burned out and feeling very alone after his divorce. Six months divorced, he's at the point where he's starting to examine his own role in the demise of his marriage. And he still believes that what his ex-wife did to him was inexcusable, he suspects that he might not have been the most attentive husband in the world, either.
