Jan Brogan | Addictive Personality

Reviewers often refer to my protagonist, Hallie Ahern, as both “feisty,”
and “troubled,” as if this combination is something of a surprise.

But to me, these traits go hand in hand. Hallie is an investigative journalist,
a recovering gambling addict who has to struggle with herself to stay away from
the online poker sites. But because she isn’t really addressing her addiction,
she still craves the action of a hot table. To get her adrenaline fix, she
pushes whatever investigation she’s working on farther than it should go.