Lorelei
Confer lives on a peninsula in the mid west coast of Florida with her high
school sweetheart, now husband, and AJ, her longhaired Chihuahua.
In the
fourth grade, she wrote her first story—something about getting a shot at the
doctors—that was produced by the teacher for parents and students in an
assembly. When she was older, she spilled her guts in a journal every night and
wrote long newsy love letters to Viet Nam.
She is a multi published hybrid author of
romantic suspense with two series: the Deadly series and the Saddle Creek
series. She also has written numerous novellas and short stories.
Beverley: Which genre or genres do you write or prefer to
write? And why?
Lorelei: I write
primarily what I like to read which is Romantic Suspense. The research into
different subjects i.e. money laundering or drug/human trafficking that is so
intriguing to me I feel I have to share. But I always have to have a romance
and a happy ever after.
Beverley: Who influenced you the
most in deciding to become a writer?
Lorelei: In the fourth grade a
writing assignment impressed my teacher, Ms. Spotts, so much she made it into a
play and invited other classes and family and friends to attend the
performance; something about going to the doctor and getting a shot. I was thrilled, of course but then I started journaling. I
journaled every day and when my high school boyfriend left for Viet Nam (see
how old I am) I wrote to him every day, as kind of a diary. We’ve been married
49 years May 10th and I’m still journaling. Some of my personal life
experiences are included in my books. After all, whose aren’t?
Beverley: What
gets your creative juices flowing?
Lorelei: I’m
a pantser so I don’t plot very much but when I get to the point of a major
twist or turn my juices start going, trying to decide how much to say or how to
say what and not give the ending away, even to the reader. I’m a big fan of
Harlan Coben and he surprises me with every book. And that’s how I like to
write.
Beverley: Do
you have a favorite cartoon character? Why?
Lorelei: Mighty
Mouse, not Mickey but ‘back in the day’ Mighty Mouse. He was always there to
‘save the day.’
Beverley: Who
would you love most to meet 'in person' and why?
Lorelei: Harlan
Coben; he really knows how to put words on a page.
Beverley: If
you had an unexpected free day what would you do with it? Lorelei: Whatever
I wanted to, I guess. I try to write every day but sometimes I’m writing in my
head just waiting to spill it all out when I sit down with my computer. I think
I’m writing in my head all the time, especially at night when I want to fall
asleep. Many nights I get out of bed and write what’s been accumulating up
there, and then I can sleep. Since I pretty much do what I want every day,
there’s nothing really special that comes to mind.
Beverley: What
are you working on now?
Lorelei: I’ve
written two series, the Deadly series about Human Sex Trafficking and the
Saddle Creek series, set in the shadows of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, about
four young men and their loyalty to each other, through good and bad, as they
each find their soul mates and grow old together. So I’m in different stages of
three books right now, two for the Deadly series (they both need some layering)
and the last book for the Saddle Creek series, which is the sheriff’s story. I
hope to have them all available to purchase by the end of the year.
Blurb
for Deadly Lessons
Lexi
Morris, late to a Human Trafficking awareness seminar at her job and distracts
Luke Miller, the presenter, an FBI Special Agent on the Anti-Human Trafficking
Task Force/Coalition in central Pennsylvania. Their eyes meet and an instant
connection occurs.
After
a long day, Lexi walks to her car in a dimly lit parking lot while texting
plans for a fun weekend but her weekend comes to a crashing halt when she‘s
abducted with the intentions of being sold into sex slavery.
Luke,
at his cabin in the woods for the weekend, observes suspicious activity at his
late uncle’s cabin. When he investigates, he finds Lexi held captive and
rescues her but not before engaging in a shootout with traffickers. He sets off
on foot in a snowstorm, Lexi in tow, seeking the safety of his own cabin with
her kidnappers in hot pursuit.
But
is it simply coincidence when Lexi finds money, lots of money, in his jacket pocket?
Is Luke her buyer and not her liberator? What will it take for her to trust
him? Can he really protect her from a life of sex slavery?
Excerpt
from Deadly Lessons
As
she stepped outside her office building, Lexi pulled her coat tighter around
her neck and chest against the cold night air as she stepped outside the
university’s accounting office building. She settled her briefcase strap on her
shoulder and stretched her back. In the crisp, fall mountain air the scent of
the passing rain and of wood burning fireplaces filled the air. The long week’s
work on next year’s budget left an ache in her neck. Her pulse thumped behind
her eyes and she rubbed her fingers over her closed eyelids. No change.
The
weekend loomed before her. She was free to do as she pleased and she would NOT
think about work—that was for sure. She glanced at the time on her cell. It was
later than usual. Where is the security
guard, Gerald? He usually gives me a ride to my car when it’s this late.
Glancing
at her pinging cell, she’d received more messages while working the last couple
of hours. She tucked the earpiece in under her hair to listen to her calls
while she forced one foot in front of the other toward the far corner of the
dark, deserted parking lot. Lexi stopped to punch out a text reply to her
friend Monica who had called to invite her to get together for drinks.
Know it’s Friday, but I’m exhausted. Rain
check? Call you in thirty when I get home.
Starting
toward her car again, she wished for a massage to work the kinks out of her
upper back and shoulders. It wouldn’t make any difference if hot stones dotted
her body, or aromatherapy tickled her nose, or an elbow dug into her knotted
soft tissue. She snorted at her fantasy. She’d settle for a tall glass of
chilled Chardonnay and a long soak in a bubble bath.
It began
to drizzle again as she fumbled for her keys buried deep in her large satchel.
Lexi cursed her habit of over-stuffing her purse with items she never needed
and blamed it on her mother’s insistence to be prepared for anything. She
smiled when her fingers closed around the key fob.
Suddenly,
there were footsteps behind her, someone walking slightly quicker than her,
catching up to her. She glanced behind her and a man, his attention zeroed in
on her, was closing in. She broke into a
run and the man behind her broke into a run.
Her keys clutched in her hand, a footstep splashed in a puddle behind her.
Grabbed from behind, the man covered her face
with a cloth and held it over her nose and mouth. She twisted around toward
him; a very big, strong smelly man stood a foot taller than her and twice as
broad. She rammed her fingers in his eyes, kicked at his shins but missed.
Clawing and scratching at his eyes and face didn’t seem to faze him. He groaned
and stumbled backward. Then, with renewed energy he came after her again.
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