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TACTICAL RESCUE: The Book a Reader Asked Me to Write...

1/13/2016

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I'd never had a reader ask me to write a specific book before. But a few months after Killer Assignment came out into the world, I opened my email inbox to find a beautiful letter from a reader asking about the hero's friend -- Special Forces soldier, Zack Keats. Why was Zack still single? The reader wanted to know. When would Zack get a turn to be the hero of a book? Could I please find Zack his Happily Ever After?
Her letter stuck with me over the years while I went on and wrote other books, like Deadline and Christmas Blackout. Zack Keats was about forty years old by now. His dark hair was greying at the temples and he'd had a long, proud career serving his country and stopping villains in some of the world's most dangerous war zones. What's more, he was a confident, laid back kind of guy and had always seemed happily single to me. What was this reader seeing in Zack that I'd missed? What story might be lurking in his past? Who would the special woman be to unlock the soldier's heart? 
So, last year I sat down to tackle these questions and now Zack Keats is coming back in a new, high action, fast paced adventure this May called Tactical Rescue, that reunites the cast of characters from Killer Assignment. I hope that reader enjoys it and is happy with how the Special Forces hero gets his Happily Ever After. 
And if you've ever wondered if writers like me enjoy your letters or if they make a difference to us here's the proof they do. I look forward to hearing what you all think of the story and your suggestions of what characters I've created so far whose stories you'd like to see continue.

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kelly harrison thompson greer
3/6/2016 11:21:12 pm

just read tactical rescue. excellent. I think you have a new series involving seth,s search for more half siblings. you could have one or more to be bad apples but the good ones , if all are as smart and able as seth, maria and Rebecca could form a sort of independent think tank / reaction group to work where others can't , occasionally with shield trust international development.
by the way I'm another male reader of women's romance novels. in my teens, in my 60s now, I was interested in stories involving music. I came across harlequin author mary burchell's Oscar warrender cycle of novels and got hooked on the genre. I have all of iris johansen's work right from when she began with the loveswept brand.
I will be reading more of your work.

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Maggie K Black
3/12/2016 08:22:33 am

Thank you!! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! It was a tricky book to write but I was happy with how it turned out. I think Seth is a fascinating character too. Not sure what I'm going to do with the characters yet, but it would definitely be interesting to see where things go from here.

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