BIO: LISA HARRIS is a Christy Award finalist for Blood Ransom and Vendetta, Christy Award winner for Dangerous Passage, and the winner of the Best Inspirational
Suspense Novel for 2011 (Blood Covenant)
and 2015 (Vendetta) from Romantic Times. She has over thirty
novels and novella collections in print. She and her family have spent almost
two decades working as missionaries in Africa .
When she's not working she loves hanging out with her family, cooking different
ethnic dishes, photography, and heading into the African bush on safari. For
more information about her books and life in Africa
visit her website at www.lisaharriswrites.com
Welcome back, Lisa. How
did your story for the collection come about?
Over a decade ago, Lynne Gentry and I decided to write a
medical thriller together. Ghost Heart
ended up being the first book in this series. It’s a story about transplant
tourism and a mother’s love for a child that makes her willing to do anything
to save her. We finally published that novel in 2017, with plans for a second
in the series, and promises that it wouldn’t take another decade to write it.
Interestingly enough, we’d just finished the second book, Port of Origin Port of Origin Port of Origin
Are these stories
connected in some way? If so, how?
The stories in this box set are all romantic suspense novels,
but are not connected. Most of the stories are stand alone, though may be a part
of a series and is a great way to get to know some new best-selling and award-winning
authors.
What are you reading
right now?
I just started reading Secrets
She Knew, by D.L. Woods, one of the other authors in the collection.
How many other books
have you had published?
I’ve published about forty books, mainly romantic suspense
and medical thrillers—my favorite genres!
Since the storylines in the books in this collection aren’t
connected, we didn’t have to worry about that angle, but there is still a lot
of behind the scenes work that goes on. We’ve spent a lot of time over the past
few months brainstorming the cover, discussing marketing strategy (we want to
make the USA Today best-seller list),
writing interviews, building a website and video, formatting the stories, and the
list really goes on and on. I’ve never been a part of a collection like this
before, but while it has been a lot of work, I’ve loved working with these
other authors.
How did collaborating
with this team impact you?
Honestly, I’ve been impacted the most in ways that have
nothing to do with writing. We meet monthly on Zoom, share prayer requests, pray
for and encourage each other. I hadn’t expected this, and it has been such a blessing!
Please give us a peek
into your story.
Lethal Outbreak: Virus
hunter Aiden Ballinger believes the source of the lethal outbreak that
decimated a remote Tibetan village came from disturbing the permafrost.
Desperate to rebury it before it buries the world, Aiden enlists Rachel Scott,
a beautiful epidemiologist. But while Aiden and Rachel pursue the cure—and
their feelings for each other—someone is hunting them. Whoever wants them dead
will not stop until they are silenced.
What is the best
piece of advice you received as an author?
Sit down and write. The journey is full of ups and downs,
but write and learn, write some more, and never give up.
Where can my readers
find more about the Dangerous Deceptions
collection on the Internet?
To read more about the collection, the individual stories,
and interesting insights about the authors, we have great website: https://dangerous-deceptions.com
Readers, here’s a link to the book.
Dangerous Deceptions: A Christian Romantic Suspense Boxed Set Collection
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