Before I welcome today’s guest, I’d like to offer my condolences to the families
affected by the tragedy in Orlando this past weekend. As a sci-fi fan
and writer I have many friends and even a grandchild in the LGBTQ community. But even so, terrorism must be stopped in whatever form it takes, whether it comes from Isis or the Klan. I once took an oath to defend this country from ALL enemies, foreign and domestic, and I still take that oath seriously.
RW: Tell
us about yourself, your family, where you live…
KHD: I live with my husband of forty-five-plus years
in Western New York close to Lake Ontario. I am a retired nurse; he’s a retired
college professor. He likes to fish; I like to sew and write. We have three
terrific daughters, two patient and tolerant sons-in-law and the four best ever
grandchildren in the universe.
RW: Who are your favorite authors?
KHD: John Sandford, Nora Roberts, Elmore Leonard,
Vince Flynn, Robert B. Parker, John R. Maxim, Leon Uris, Eileen Dreyer and
William Diehl.
RW: What makes a good book?
KHD: Characters, characters, characters. I want to
become so absorbed in them that I’d like to bring them home and keep them, take
care of them, talk to them at length in terms of an attitude adjustment and, in
a few select instances, take them to bed.
RW: Tell us about your latest
book. What motivated the story? Where did the idea come from?
KHD: Vengeance
Is Mine is a reunion trilogy based on three characters who return
home for their 25th high school reunion. For good reasons, none have a burning
desire to attend, but circumstances compel them to return to the town that shunned
them. It is a story of exacting revenge against the school bullies, making
amends to those we harmed in the past, and finding that one special person to
complete our life.
RW: Do you feel humor is important
in fiction and why?
KHD: Oh, you betcha. If a character
or situation makes me laugh out loud [John Sandford and Nora Roberts are champs
at this], that book is a keeper. It also is a cause for drivers in the next
lane to stop and stare at me [the lunatic in the Transit Connect, screaming
with laughter and pounding the steering wheel] because I will drive anywhere
and almost any place so I can listen to a new audio book or a long-time
favorite. Dreyer, Sandford and Roberts never fail to make me laugh out loud.
RW: A biography has been written about
you. What do you think the title would be in six words or less?
KHD: Been There. Done That. Isn’t
Finished.
RW: What song would best describe
your life?
KHD: “Still Haven’t Found
What I’m Lookin’ For,” by U-2.
RW: If you were stranded on a
tropical island, who would it be with?
KHD: The actor Liev Schreiber. Oh
my, oh my, ohhhhh myyyyy…
RW: What book for you has been the
easiest to write? The hardest? The most fun?
KHD: Easiest: For Keeps
Hardest: Try Just Once More
Most Fun: Caper Magic
RW: I love pizza with…
KHD: Garlic white sauce,
mushrooms, onions, black olives, Italian sausage or grilled chicken.
RW: I’m always ready for…
KHD: A road trip so I can listen to
my audio books.
My
bio:
Legal
nurse consultant, forensic nurse examiner, victim advocate, Kat Henry Doran and
her alter ego, Veronica Lynch, have been there and done that, many times over.
She often travels to the wilds of Northern New York State, witnessing the
wonders of Mother Nature at her best from the shores of Lake Ontario and the
Saint Lawrence River, to the historic Adirondack Mountains. When not creating
stories that feature strong women and the men who love them, she can be found
at her sewing machine—or chauffeuring the four best things in her life:
Meredith and Ashlin, Owen and Kieran.
Blurb:
Ever
fantasize about going back to study hall to confront the school bully? The mean
girls? The jocks who made your life miserable?
For
Dru Horvath, former Gypsy orphan-turned Pulitzer Prize winner; Rafe Archangeli,
known as the Scourge of Summerville who now governs a multi-million-dollar
trust; and Fiona Thorpe, once morbidly obese, now a top modeling agent, the
opportunity to wreak revenge is too good to pass up.
Will
they find retribution—or something else?
Excerpt:
Needing
to see Dru the minute she entered the ballroom, and frustrated with the delay,
Fee glanced around the room. A hand on her arm claimed her attention. Rafe
leaned close to her ear. “Here comes someone you should meet.”
“Who?”
“Last
year’s Eastman Award winner and a helluva nice guy.”
“Where?”
“There,
coming toward us.”
One
nano-second later, all thoughts of revenge evaporated like steam escaping a
boiling kettle.
The
weathered appearance of his face announced he’d already lived ten times over.
Thick gold hair flecked with gray grazed the collar of his linen jacket. Broad
through the shoulders and chest, narrow at the waist and hips, he had the long
legged grace of a broken field runner.
Moving
across the parquet floor as if born to the runway, he carried himself with ease
and confidence. Without disrupting that fluid stride, he undid his tie, then
shrugged out of the suit jacket and slung it over one shoulder, holding it in
place with one finger.
She’d
almost given up on finding a man so perfect.
This
one had The Look.
Author
Blogs:
Kat
Henry Doran: http://kathenrydoran.blogspot.com/
Veronica
Lynch: http://vlynchauthor.blogspot.com/
Vengeance
is Mine Buy
Link: https://www.amazon.com/VENGEANCE-MINE-Class-Reunion-Story-ebook/dp/B01GGJHVWS
