Book Title: MIDNIGHT PROMISES
Character Name: Felicity Ward
How would you describe your family or your childhood?
Wow. Well, my family and my childhood were really … weird. My father, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist defected from Soviet Russia and we were placed in Witness Protection. I was strictly forbidden from saying anything true about my family. We spoke Russian at home but I wasn’t allowed to show I knew Russian. My family was one big secret I had to keep, even as a child. It was hard and I had to learn to operate at several different levels of secrecy.
What was your greatest talent?
School. I was really good in school, really good at University. At school everything made sense, unlike my family which was permeated with dark secrets. And as an adult, my greatest talent is computers, the digital world. Until I met Metal, the love of my life, computers were my greatest companions.
Significant other?
Before Metal, you mean? I had, like, a few flings with fellow nerds. In the dark, under the covers. Then separating immediately. Totally unlike my relationship with Metal, which was and is both warm and hot.
Biggest challenge in relationships?
I grew up keeping dangerous secrets, so opening up was a real challenge. I never learned how until I met Metal and the men and women in his life. All of them—particularly Metal—were and are trustworthy. Metal would defend me with his life. And I can tell him anything.
Where do you live?
We moved several times (and changed identity several times) growing up. When my parents died, I moved to Vermont, which I found out later was an exact replica of where my parents lived in Russia, though I’d never seen it. Never been to Russia. Talk about your making themselves felt.
But right now? I live in Portland, Oregon with my husband and work for his company, ASI—Alpha Security International. I love it, love my job, love my friends, love my husband.
Do you have any enemies?
I did, but not anymore (smug smile). My husband took care of that.
How do you feel about the place where you are now? Is there something you are particularly attached to, or particularly repelled by, in this place?
I love Portland. I love where I work. It’s a beautiful building, designed by my boss’s wife, Suzanne Huntington. It’s an incredibly friendly place, for a company that deals in suspicion and violence. We all work well together. And Portland is perfect, even the weather. I’m 100% of Russian blood, I’d die in a hot climate. I am not repelled by anything. I live in a friendly city, work at a friendly place and have the best husband in the world.
Do you have children, pets, both, or neither?
We have two boys, twins. They keep us hopping. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
What do you do for a living?
I’m a computer expert and I wear many hats for my company. Luckily, we have a team of IT experts—all women. And we all get along. I love coming in to work. We make sure our company’s secure, but beyond that, we support our guys when they go into the field. Now we’re working on making sure everyone’s got facial recognition tech in their phones. My colleagues and I have, um, a permissive philosophy regarding data we need. If one of our guys needs something and it’s behind walls, we go get it. No question.
Greatest disappointment?
I’m really sorry my parents had to lead such stunted lives after my father defected. Back home in Russia they thought he’d died, so they had to keep under the radar in America.
Greatest source of joy?
My family, no question. My husband and my two sons. But I also love our friends. After so many years being essentially alone, I now have very good friends, and it is a joy.
What do you do to entertain yourself or have fun?
Well, I am at heart a nerd, so I’d have to say my greatest form of entertainment is video games. And I’m pretty good at them. My husband likes going out camping, which to me is unfathomable. Dirt and insects and cooking gross things over a fire. Nope.
What is your greatest personal failing, in your view?
Before falling in love, I’d say my greatest personal failing was my inability to connect with other people. I basically lived my life in my house, never going out. But now my life is full of people, and we are all deeply connected.
What keeps you awake at night?
Well, my father designed man-portable nuclear weapons, so nuclear warfare is pretty much always in the forefront of my mind. It can happen, we all know that. We just have to hope reason prevails, forever.
What is the most pressing problem you have at the moment?
Honestly? I don’t have that many pressing problems. Probably because Metal takes care of a lot of issues for me. We both worry about the boys, what kind of future they will have, can we keep them healthy? They are very loved, and we do what we can to protect them. But every loving parent has that kind of worry.
Is there something that you need or want that you don’t have? For yourself or for someone important to you?
No. Wanting anything more than what I have would be greedy and ungrateful. I have a husband who loves me, we have two fabulous kids. We’re all healthy. We earn more than enough money for our needs. We both love our jobs. We have good friends. That’s more than enough for a happy life.
Midnight #5
In their race for the truth, love must prove more powerful than America’s worst enemy…
When a gorgeous, bleeding woman on the run falls into the arms of Sean “Metal” O’Brien, the former SEAL medic knows just what he can do. Heal her. Tend to her. Keep her safe.
What he can’t seem to do is keep his guard up. Something about the haunted, hunted beauty knocks down all his defenses.
Felicity Ward is no stranger to secrets. Raised in the Witness Protection Program, her whole childhood was a lie. But she couldn’t have known that her family’s secrets—secrets she didn’t even know she was keeping—could spark a nuclear war.
And nothing could have prepared her for the tough, sexy warrior who first saves her life and then vows to protect it, no matter what.
If you love smart women, strong men, and thrilling romantic suspense, read all of Lisa Marie Rice's Best-selling Romantic Suspense series: The Men of Midnight!
Romance Military | Action | Fiction Adventure [Oliver-Heber Books, On Sale: April 15, 2025, e-Book , / ]
Lisa Marie Rice is eternally 30 years old and will never age. She is tall and willowy and beautiful. Men drop at her feet like ripe pears. She has won every major book prize in the world. She is a black belt with advanced degrees in archeology, nuclear physics and Tibetan literature. She is a concert pianist. Did I mention the Nobel? Of course, Lisa Marie Rice is a virtual woman and exists only at the keyboard when writing erotic romance. She disappears when the monitor winks off.
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