Elizabeth the Unpredictable Interviews Jayne the (Sort of) Good

ELIZABETH: It's that nail-biting time of year again--you have a new romantic-suspense novel out! I read ALL NIGHT LONG in manuscript, which is how I know it's nail-biting time. But not everyone has had a preview, so tell us a little about the characters:

JAYNE: ALL NIGHT LONG features a former (they're never ex) Marine named Luke Danner, who is very good at giving orders. The heroine, Irene Stenson, is a small-town newspaper reporter, who doesn't take direction well. Seemed like a perfect match to me.

ELIZABETH: I've met a Marine or two and I'm married to a former (never ex) journalist. I see delicious trouble ahead.

JAYNE: You'd think that a Marine would know better than to go into the innkeeping business. But that is the big mistake Luke makes in ALL NIGHT LONG. He has spent a lot of time in some very dangerous places and he just wants a little peace and quiet. But ever since he bought the old, rundown Sunrise on the Lake Lodge in the little town of Dunsley, California, it has been one exasperating thing after another. He has finally concluded that the biggest problems in running a resort lodge are the guests. They lack training and discipline. They expect to be able to check in at all hours of the day and night. They don't have enough common sense to bring their own toilet paper. They actually have the nerve to ask for late check-outs. Time and time again they fail to read the rules and regulations clearly posted on the back of the door of each cabin. It's enough to make a man re-think his new career path.

ELIZABETH: (laughing) I just love your heroes. They're so certain they have THE handle on reality.

JAYNE: Luke's life is about to get even more complicated. The most troublesome guest of all has arrived at the lodge. Not only does Irene Stenson leave the lights burning all night in her cabin in defiance of management's instructions to conserve electricity, she has just stumbled over a dead body. The victim happens to be Irene's ex-best friend from high school. Luke soon discovers that this is not the first time Irene has come across dead bodies in the small town of Dunsley and that she has a very good reason for leaving the lights on at night.

ELIZABETH: And that really tweaks Luke's sense of order and discipline.

JAYNE: Yep. Luke and Irene are two very different people. Maybe that's why they clash from the moment they meet. But they have more in common than they realize, including dark pasts and a fiery passion that burns ALL NIGHT LONG. I hope readers will enjoy their story.

ELIZABETH: I know I did! Before you slip away, I have to ask if you did any special research for this book.

JAYNE: The story is set in a small town in northern California. I grew up in a small town in northern California. Trust me, the smaller the town, the darker the secrets. Enough said.