Jayne Interviews Stella

Jayne: Your intrepid reporter here to bring you another interview with one of my favorite authors: Stella Cameron. Okay, so she's a friend. She also happens to be a fabulous writer. If you're looking for romantic-suspense with quirky twists and twisted bad guys, look no further (or is that farther?) Her paperback original, BODY OF EVIDENCE, is out and this one has it all, folks. We're talking steam heat and cold blooded murder. It doesn't get any better. So, Stella, tell us a little about BODY OF EVIDENCE.

Stella: Finn Duhon is the hero of BODY OF EVIDENCE. He goes home to Pointe Judah, a small bayou town, looking for a fresh start in peaceful surroundings. He’s been a special operations Green Beret, a successful stock broker trainer -- came close to death with the former, and almost died of boredom with the latter -- and now he’s going to get some excitement the way he wants it–on his own terms.

Emma Lachance, the heroine of BODY OF EVIDENCE, has big trouble: A mean, philandering husband who only wants her for public appearances in his race to be Governor, a shop called Poke Around which she loves, only her husband’s name is on the papers and if she leaves him she’ll lose the shop, and membership in Secrets, a women’s club where associates have started dying prematurely. But Emma’s going to change, she’s going to become mistress of her own fate even if she has to start with less than nothing–which is looking likely.

Finn and Emma, highschool friends, meet for the first time in fifteen years over the freshly dead body of the latest Secrets victim. It could be that these two should go back to bed–alone–get up again and start over.


Jayne: Great way to meet up with an old highschool sweetheart. But we're talking a true hero and heroine here. They don't give up when the going gets sticky.

Stella: Finn is a smart man–among other things–and you’d think it would take longer than fifteen years for him to forget that small towns can be, well, dangerous places. News travels fast, and so does gossip. Since he’s been away, Finn’s father, the former police chief, has mysteriously died. The main suggestion for why this happened makes Finn mad but some of the other ideas on the subject are much, much worse. He has some scores to settle with desperate people, and he is now a man who has vowed to put violence of any kind behind him.

Jayne: I see some serious conflict here.

Stella: Unfortunately, Emma’s ambitious husband hates Finn on sight. As it turns out, his instincts are right because Finn is going to make the man’s life miserable. Orville likes to push “little people,” like his wife, around and if there’s one thing likely to bring out the animal in Finn, it’s a bully. A bully with loose lips and a looser zipper doesn’t stand a chance, not if he’s got some hold over the woman causing Finn a lot of hot and sleepless nights. Orville was definitely never the special operations type, or the type to take on anyone close to his own size. Someone may not come off so well in this match-up–even if Finn has sworn off the physical approach.

Jayne: Tell us more...

Stella: Emma and her friends at Secrets support one another. They share just about everything, including the latest substitutes for a chocolate fix–or they just share chocolate if necessary. They could be sharing too much. It looks as if a jealous husband or boyfriend may have his own ideas about “disbanding” the group. The deeper Finn and Emma dig, the longer the trail of questionable events gets, and the more intimate they become. In BODY OF EVIDENCE, this pair are pretty intimate . . .

Jayne: This is a terrific read, folks. Mysterious murder, bayou sex and small town secrets. And, oh, yeah, did I mention this is a paperback original? That means you don't have to pay hardcover prices or wait until the hardcover gets turned into a paperback. You can read it right now! What more could you want?. Run, do not walk, to your nearest bookstore. Or click on one of the links below.