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Author Spotlight: Dianna Love
What would it take for you to go into the WITSEC program?We see
this on television and read about it in books, but the idea of disappearing from
our real lives is so foreign most people canβt even consider the
possibility. I had a conversation with someone who knows a person in the
WITSEC program and itβs a very scary situation. Notice how vague I
kept that. Even though I donβt know this personβs name and thereβs no
chance of me being involved with this person I wouldnβt want to so much as hint
at anything regarding them. But have you ever thought - βWhat if I
saw something that would guarantee my death if I didnβt hide?β Most of us
are pretty stressed when life throws a curve our way with a serious family issue
that forces us to drop what weβre doing and leave town for a few days, but to
walk away from everything within less than an hour? Many WITSEC members
have had to do just that. Law enforcement in charge of the program
say they have never lost one person who followed the rules, but that includes
absolutely no contact with anyone from the personβs former life.
That was part of the βwhat ifsβ that arose while writing SILENT TRUTH. Abbie
is a television journalist whoβs determined to find out why her mother has
suddenly become critically ill after leaving a private medical facility.
Snooping around lands her in the middle of a dangerous situation where she ends
up a marked woman. Hunter is ready to shove her into the WITSEC program
for Abbieβs safetyβ¦until she refuses to go because her mother is dying and Abbie
is the only person in her family who has a chance of saving her.
She hands Hunter an impossible decision β allow her to remain free, which
will get her killed and interfere with BADβs ability to protect America from a
catastrophic threat or force Abbie into protective custody where she canβt even
share her motherβs last hours if her mother dies. And you thought
you had bad days! Making tough choices like this one is what the
BAD agents do best. Watching hard-as-nails Hunter make this decision as we
wrote his story pulled us right in, and I hope you love reading it as much as we
loved writing it. You can read an excerpt from Hunter and Abbieβs story on
my website.
Visit Dianna Love
Comments
17 comments posted.
Re: Author Spotlight: Dianna Love
Sounds like a good suspense. The
choices needed to be made when a life
is in danger are difficult. Who knows
what choice we would make if faced
with it. I have WHISPERED LIES waiting
to be read.
I look forward to reading which
sounds like a great series.
(Patricia Barraclough 8:41pm May 11, 2010)
What an exciting and frightening thought! If I were faced with the decision to leave my family and friends forever, I don't know what I would do. I want to read 'Silent Truth' and find out what happens.
(Rosemary Krejsa 9:34pm May 11, 2010)
Given that so many people are in financial despair, many starting anew isn't such a bad thing.
Still, although I sympathize with Abbie, I would think that Abbie's mother rather she be safe.
(S Tieh 11:21pm May 11, 2010)
It would be so hard. Even though I don't see family and friends for long stretches of time, we keep in touch via the Internet. I don't know if I am willing to give that up. COuld you make sure that I would be killed quickly? If so, No WITSEC!
(Karin Tillotson 1:44pm May 12, 2010)
Difficult choices all around. Where do they draw the lines about family? Most of us need to feel connected to others for our mental health. It isn't just about walking away from family & friends...you'll have to abandon your career and all your plans or dreams of the future. If you had spent the time and energy to become a doctor, could you walk away and never practice again? How do you cut the caring connections and start over cold turkey? Rules cannot supply emotional support.
(Susan Driskill 3:58pm May 12, 2010)
WOW!! Now that's a topic to do your head in.
(Mary Preston 4:09pm May 12, 2010)
Sounds like a great suspense book. Can't wait to read it.
(Julie Swaney 5:26pm May 12, 2010)
This sounds like a wonderful story. As to your question what would it take for you to go into witsic. I do not know. I like to think that the only reason I would do anything like that would be to protect my family but...to miss out on everything in their future would be heartbreaking.
(Cindy Olp 5:27pm May 12, 2010)
WITSEC frightens me to even think about, so there's no way I'd step up for that duty.
(Alyson Widen 10:48pm May 12, 2010)
Hubby and I have talked about what we would do if anything ever happened that required us to go into WITSEC... our combined answer... we have no clue. We'd have to decide when we got there. What a miserable decision to have to make. It does sound like a heart-rending book.
(Donna Holmberg 11:16pm May 12, 2010)
This sounds really good!!!
(Brandy Blake 1:23pm May 13, 2010)
This book sounds really good. I love the TV show IN PLAIN SIGHT and have thought what a huge decision to make.
(Barbara Studer 12:52pm May 15, 2010)
I love a good suspense novel.
(Lisa Richards 10:28pm May 15, 2010)
Leaving my family would be the hardest thing for me to do. I would only leave them if their lives were on the line. I would not do it for my own, because life would be nothing without loved ones.
(Sandra Dickey 12:45pm May 18, 2010)
I suspect WitSec was easier before all our electronic connections bloomed like red algae. Even if one followed most of the rules; how many would really give up facebook, etc? Too easy to slip up and make mistakes that could have deadly consequences. I don't know if I could leave; it would unquestionably be financially disastrous. My spouse & I are too close to retirement to start over in an entirely different profession and work our way up. Choices, choices, choices.
(Susan Driskill 5:53pm May 22, 2010)
Man, I can't imagine having to cease all contact with people in my life and the location that I am from.
(Gladys Paradowski 12:27pm May 24, 2010)
With all of the stresses that life throws us today, if something came up and I was faced with a situation where I had to go into hiding, I'd just have to do what I had to do. It wouldn't be easy, but I'm used to living by the rules all of my life.
(Peggy Roberson 10:50am May 26, 2010)
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