Kathleen Rowland

For my personal entertainment, I’m drawn to romantic suspense. Writing romantic suspense is a challenge, but when a story comes together, it’s satisfying. This genre has broad heat levels from sweet-cozy to steamy-hot. All have their place. I enjoy writing a story driven by a constant threat of danger and promise of romance. One of the protagonists or someone they care about is in jeopardy. Villains are interesting to develop and must be defeated. Both the suspense and romance reach a crescendo when the mystery is solved. There’s a happily for now or a happily ever after. I don’t like movies and books that end badly. To add suspense, there’s a ticking time clock that requires protagonists to accomplish something difficult within a set amount of time or suffer a grave consequence. Every second counts in Deadly Alliance when the hero must save the kidnapped heroine. The heroine in Unholy Alliance is a sleuth on the mobster’s secret island hideout. Bittersweet Alliance is a reunion love story entwined with a genocide crime. One Night in Havana features drug thugs posing as guards on the heroine’s cruise ship. The college professor hero works part-time for the Cuban Port Authority and protects her. Time is running out until they won’t be together after the conference ends. The ticking clock can include something like a time bomb. What fun when a couple joins forces in the fighting against the villain. A reader of romantic suspense enjoys the feeling of urgency and anxiety as they worry about what could happen. I insert forewarnings at various points in the story. Also, the main characters’ flaws come to light, and they grow emotionally while making right choices.

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