Progression of the FBI/Romance series
By Morgan Kelley.
When I started out to write the first book, The
Killing Times, it wasn’t going to be a series. I wanted to just go
back to my roots and write what I knew- murder, crime and sex. It’s always been my first love, (I know how
sick and wrong that sounds, but it is what it is) and I’ve always found it’s my
strength. I wanted to create a heroine that would make us laugh, cry and cheer
her on, and Elizabeth was born. She became such a force to reckon with, that
when the book was done, I changed the ending to make it into a series. In the
final scene, she was supposed to become Mayor of the small town and Ethan was
going to take the job as Sheriff, replacing her. When I read it, I couldn’t do
it. I literally called up my BFF in tears, telling her that I couldn’t end it
like this. I wanted so much more!
Her answer? Make it a series and see where it goes.
Thus it was born. Elizabeth had her story and Ethan was
about to get his now too. Only, his story involved his past on the Rez, and a
brother that betrayed his heart. In comes Callen Whitefox in Sacred
Burial Grounds. Now I’m stuck with two sexy Native men and one
Elizabeth. In the back of my mind I began formulating a plan. I couldn’t see
Callen with anyone else but her and Ethan. It was something so off the cuff, I
once again called the BFF for her advice. After all, she’d been right so far. I
was going to take it where no one had ever taken a Romance FBI thriller before
(to my knowledge) I was going to try and seamlessly pull off a love triangle
between the three and have it not come across as tacky porn.
Could I do it?
I had no idea. In True Love Lost I started to
lay the groundwork. I gave Callen a love interest with the intent of keeping
her, if it felt right. It was horrible. I couldn’t do it, because in my heart I
knew that Elizabeth and Callen had that chemistry, much like she and Ethan had
going on together. They were meant to be a couple. So I went for it. I set up
the relationship between Desdemona Adare and Callen Whitefox ready to break it
all apart. I even left a note at the end of that book explaining what was
happening.
I was feeling horrible guilt to the characters and the
readers. I firmly believe in a ‘happy ever after’ for everyone. Here I was
building a farce with nothing but lies. I’ve had so many comments from readers
that tell me they felt ‘awkward together’. Yeah, that was the plan as I moved
into Deep
Dark Mire. I was setting us up to the progression of the
relationship. I fought past the guilt of leaving everyone hanging and waiting
to see the outcome.
Here went nothing…
I was going to either pull it off or get ripped to shreds by
the readers for messing with the formula for a romance thriller. It was
supposed to be guy meets girl. Girl captivates guy. They fall in love and stay
together. Now I added a new element. Brother is in love with girl, and both men
are aware.
What was I doing? Am I crazy?
Yeah, probably. I took the leap of faith and made it happen.
The three fell together perfectly. Ethan and Callen balanced Elizabeth and gave
it that sense of normalcy. This series was my perfect storm. Everything lined
up and happened exactly as they should. I couldn’t be happier and love the
outcome more. (As do many of the readers.)
What evolved from a simple romance with a thriller twist is
now something so completely different. Yes, there’s always a crime and mystery.
Yes, there’s love, sex and family involved- but it’s something so completely
outside the box that I can’t believe it worked. Will I ever try it again? No.
Elizabeth and her men are a one shot deal. I have other series starting and I
don’t feel like I can ever do it again and do it justice. From day one, these
three were meant to follow their own path, find their own way and be uniquely
them.
What began as a simple book has progressed into something so
amazing that I find myself thinking ‘I’m the luckiest girl in the world and
very blessed’.
Bio
Morgan Kelley lives in the beautiful Pocono
Mountains with her husband and two children.
After attending college at Penn State University and studying Criminal
Justice, Morgan knew here only true passion in life would be murder and
books. She put them both together and
began her career as a writer. Other than
books and writing, you can find Morgan hanging out in her garden and digging in
the dirt.
Her other works include: The Junction, Serial Sins,
The Killing Times (book 1), Sacred Burial Grounds (book 2), True Love Lost
(book 3), Deep Dark Mire (book 4), Fire Burns hot (book 5) The Blood Betrayal,
The Blood Redemption, The Blood Vengeance, and The Blood Retribution.
Upcoming Projects and Released Projects
FBI Stand
Alones
The Junction
Serial Sins
The FBI
Series
Darkness Of Truth (6) Out summer of
2013
Home Sweet Evil (7) Out for
Halloween 2013
The Blood
Series - Vampyres
The Blood
Betrayal- (1) Currently only available in paperback http://www.amazon.com/The-Blood-Betrayal-M-Kelley/dp/1424149533/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345643115&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=the+blood+vengeance+m.+kelley
The Blood
Redemption (2) kindle and paperback http://www.amazon.com/The-Blood-Redemption-Volume-2/dp/1477444920/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345643115&sr=8-3-fkmr1&keywords=the+blood+vengeance+m.+kelley
The Blood
Vengeance (3) Kindle and paperback http://www.amazon.com/The-Blood-Vengeance-Volume-3/dp/1478360534/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345649984&sr=8-1&keywords=the+blood+vengeance+m.+kelley
The Blood Retribution (4)
Kindle and paperback http://www.amazon.com/The-Blood-Retribution-Series-ebook/dp/B00BWE7IWQ/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1368360090&sr=1-8
The Blood Seduction (5) Christmas
2013
The
Private Investigator Series
Stolen by Moonlight (1) out
fall of 2013
The Croft
& Croft Series
Celestia is Falling- http://www.amazon.com/Celestia-Falling-Romance-Adventure-ebook/dp/B00COBUJH2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1368360339&sr=1-1&keywords=celestia+is+falling
Vegas is Dying - Out fall
2013
Please feel free to visit Morgan at her website:
www.morgankelley.com, drop her an email
at author.m.kelley@gmail.com, or pop into her blog at
www.morgankelley.blogspot.com
Thank you for hosting me on your awesome blog!
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