| My goal was to capture
the beauty of Michigan, with its woods and small country towns
in changing seasons. There had to be Victorian houses in my
book and a collie like my own Holly. Finally I needed a ghost
or an otherworldly element, although Jennet wouldn't have
her first supernatural experience until she saw the phantom
Christmas tree in Winter's Tale.
One summer I mixed my ingredients together
and Darkness
at Foxglove Corners began to take shape. I surrounded
Jennet with a cast of characters, including Camille Forester,
mistress of the yellow Victorian, and enigmatic Deputy Sheriff
Crane Ferguson, who has captured the imagination of my female
readers.
Once Darkness
at Foxglove Corners was completed, ideas for other stories
clamored to be written, even before the first book appeared
in print. Throughout the series, Jennet's love of animals
is a constant. In Cry for
the Fox, she sees an animal rights activist murdered while
on what began as an enjoyable shopping trip into town.
In Winter's
Tale, she rescues a collie she finds wounded at the roadside.
Before the winter is over, she and the dog face a frightening
antagonist. The following spring, Jennet makes a gruesome
discovery while walking her collies in A
Shortcut Through the Shadows. Then autumn rolls around
and Jennet finds herself targeted to be the next victim of
a poisoner.
After taking
a break to write three standalone novels of romantic suspense,
I returned to Foxglove Corners again. In the fifth book in
the series, Jennet and Halley are back. Set in the glorious,
golden month of October, The
Witches of Foxglove Corners brings an old enemy
back into Jennet's life and a new one, as well. And in my
most recent Foxglove Corners book, Snow
Dogs of Lost Lake, it's the dead of winter. When
Jennet is diverted from her usual route home, she discovers
a mysterious antique shop, a haunted painting and murder.
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