Born and raised in Louisiana, Robin Caroll is a southerner through and through. Her passion has always been to tell stories to entertain others. Robin’s mother, bless her heart, is a genealogist who instilled in Robin the deep love of family and pride of heritage—two aspects Robin weaves into each of her books. When she isn’t writing, Robin spends time with her husband of twenty years, her three beautiful daughters, and their four character-filled pets at home—in the South, where else? She gives back to the writing community by serving as Conference Director for ACFW. Her books have finaled/placed in such contests as Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, Bookseller's Best, and Book of the Year. An avid reader herself, Robin loves hearing from and chatting with other readers. Although her favorite genre to read is mystery/suspense, of course, she’ll read just about any good story. Except historicals! To learn more about this author of deep South mysteries of suspense to inspire your heart, visit Robin’s website at http://www.robincaroll.com/.
Robin Caroll:
Hi, Janalyn and thank you so much for hosting me on your blog. I always like to get to know readers a little. I'm from the south, and love everything southern. I think that spills over into my stories. I've been married for over 20 years and we have three daughters -- Emily Carol, Remington Case, and Isabella Co-Ceaux. We share our home with two dogs, Moodoo and Chewy, and two cats, Whiskers and Stripe.
My book, Deliver Us From Evil, truly comes from my heart. It's the story of a beautiful yet tough woman working in a beautiful yet tough setting. Brannon Callahan is a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Strong faith and a decorated history of service have kept her one step ahead of on-the-job dangers, but there’s no precedent for what’s about to happen. After a blizzard takes down a small plane carrying U.S. Marshal Roark Holland (a man already haunted by a recent tragedy), Brannon must save him in more ways than one and safeguard the donor heart he’s transporting to a government witness on the edge of death. Otherwise the largest child-trafficking ring in history — with shocking links from Thailand to Tennessee — will slip further away into darkness along the Appalachian Trail.
I watched a television special on child trafficking with my husband. As a mother of three daughters, I couldn’t stop the ache in my heart that remained long after the show was over. I couldn’t get the image of those poor girls’ faces out of my mind. The horrors such children endure in their own poverty-stricken country is horrible enough, but for them to be brought to America and further exploited and abused is appalling. When my outrage settled deep inside me, I knew I had to write a story about this most serious issue.
An action/adventure romantic suspense
BRC: What message do you hope it conveys?
Despite exposing the horrors of child trafficking, I hope that the reader will be uplifted by knowing that regardless of our circumstances, God is always with us.
BRC: Tell us about your writing process.
For me, writing with just a general outline works best. I do indepth character interviews before I ever start plotting so I have a good handle on the characters. And then I let my characters take over and begin to play in the plot.
BRC: What are you working on now?
The sequel to this book releases in August and is titled Fear No Evil. I've just turned in the third book in the trilogy, tenatively titled In The Shadow of Evil. This will release next February.
BRC: What books do you enjoy reading?
I love reading Stephen King. There's just something about the way he creates characters that blows me away.
BRC: Where can readers find you online?
http://www.robincaroll.com/; www.robinswritingworld.
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