Anyone who
reads my novels lately may see a theme in many of them. I’m currently writing cozy mysteries, paranormal
romances and romantic suspense novels--three fun but different genres. What’s similar about them? Well, mine all contain some degree of romance
and suspense. But the first two--cozy
mysteries and paranormal romances? They
all involve animals!
Which is why
I'm absolutely delighted to be guest blogging here at Writers & Other
Animals. I can blog about my writing,
sure. But I can also blog about how much
I adore animals--especially dogs!
My most
recent cozy mysteries are the Pet Rescue Mysteries from Berkley Prime
Crime. The protagonist, Lauren Vancouver,
runs a private no-kill animal shelter and finds herself in all sorts of
situations in which she not only has to save animals' lives, but also solves
murders when she, or her friends, are accused of the killings. The latest, TEACUP TURBULENCE, features the
situation in which dogs are rescued in areas where it's very hard to find them
loving homes--so rescuers remedy that by moving them to areas where they're in
demand. Yes, such organizations really
exist, I'm delighted to say. In TEACUP
TURBULENCE, rescued teacup-sized dogs are moved from middle America, where
they're not wanted, to Los Angeles . In reality, there's usually a glut of small
dogs here in L.A. ,
where I live, but in my story some amazingly cute ads put them in demand. And in the Pet Rescue Mysteries, "no-kill"
means pets, not people!
The Pet
Rescue Mysteries are a spinoff from my Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series,
also for Berkley Prime Crime.
And I'm
delighted to report that my first Superstition Mystery, LOST UNDER A LADDER,
will be published in October 2014 by Midnight Ink. Yes, it's about superstitions. But it's also about animals, including the
superstitions involving them. Plus my
protagonist Rory Chasen winds up running the Lucky Dog Boutique in the fictional
town of Destiny , California , where the Superstition Mystery
stories occur.
Then there
are my Harlequin Nocturnes, paranormal romances. The first, ALPHA WOLF, was published five
years ago, and several more have been published since then, including novellas. Two more novels will be published this year:
UNTAMED WOLF and LOYAL WOLF. You can
tell from the titles that wolves are involved--but not just any wolves. These stories all involve Alpha Force, a
super-secret U.S.
military force... of shapeshifters. And all
of the shapeshifters have cover animals as pets that look like them when
they're shifted. I’ve also written
another Nocturne, BACK TO LIFE, about a woman with Valkyrie powers of bringing
the dying back to life--and she happens also to be a canine cop.
Unfortunately,
so far neither of my Harlequin Romantic Suspense novels has involved
animals. But if the situation arises,
I'll work a pet or two in one of those stories, too!
And, yes,
there are more to come that also include animals... but I'll talk about them
some other time.
Come visit me
at my website:
www.LindaOJohnston.com You can
also friend me on Facebook. I recently joined the Writers & Other Animalsgroup there! I additionally blog weekly
on KillerHobbies.blogspot.com on Wednesdays,
where my Killer Hobby is supposed to be pets--but we all know that pets aren’t
hobbies. They’re family! I also blog on the 18th of each month on
Killer Characters--or at least my characters do. And I additionally blog on Inkspot, the blog
of Midnight Ink authors, and on the 6th of each month at A Slice of Orange, the
blog of the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Come to think of it, I blog a lot!
Which only
makes me happier to be here--and I hope to blog at Writers & Other Animals
often.
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