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Rebecca York | Bad Nights
September 6, 2013
I’m often asked what kind of research I do for my books. Research is one of the
really fun aspects of being a writer. I get to go to great places, sometimes
because I know I’m setting a book there and sometimes because I want to find out
if it’s a good setting for a book. The same goes for experiences. I wasn’t sure when I went down in a submarine in
the Cayman Islands how I’d fit it into my romantic suspense novels, but I’ve
used it several times. The same goes for my glider flight in California, which I
used in my current Sourcebooks romantic suspense, Bad Nights. Maybe I wouldn’t have had the guts to go up in a glider—out of the blue, so to
speak. But when my husband came back from a business trip and told me he and his
brother-in-law had taken glider flights, I said that the next time we visited
the relatives in California, I was going to do it. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t scared as we drove north from Santa Barbara to Santa
Ynez. My reservation was in the afternoon, and I had a nervous lunch at a
charming vineyard. Then Norman drove me to the little airport that was little
more than a grassy strip out in the country. The glider was so small it looked
like a toy. And with no engine, it had to be towed into the air by a light
plane. Of course, I wasn’t taking the controls. The pilot sat behind me where he
couldn’t see the look of terror on my face. But I finally relaxed and got into
that flight over the California countryside, including over Reagan’s former
ranch. (A location I’ve used in several suspense novels.) For years, the ride was just a cool experience. But when I was writing Bad Nights, the first book in
my Rockfort Security Series, I knew how I was going to use it. The story starts with heroine Morgan Rains spending the weekend at her isolated
house in the Blue Ridge Mountains. When a naked man stumbles into the woods
outside her cabin, her whole life changes. Jack Brandt has been tortured and
interrogated by a militia group that he infiltrated on an undercover assignment
for Rockfort Security. When the bad guys track him to Morgan’s house, they
escape together into mountain country. And as they scramble to save their lives,
they get to know each other a whole lot better. Jack’s been fighting his attraction to Morgan, but he silently admits he loves
her when she’s kidnapped by the militia leader, and he and his partners have
only twenty-four hours to save her life. But how can they silently invade a
heavily fortified militia compound? Using gliders to swoop into the camp.
Although I knew what it was like to fly in a glider, I had to do some
research—on how to actually fly the craft. You can see Jack’s glider on the
cover of Bad Nights.
It’s a lot snazzier than the one I flew in. But then I didn’t crash when I
landed—the way Jack’s partner, Max Lyon, did. I love using real-life experiences in my books. Sometime I’m going to figure out
how to incorporate one of my hot-air balloon rides. Or watching the recent riots
from our hotel room window in Turkey. BAD NIGHTS BY REBECCA
YORK – IN STORES SEPTEMBER 2013 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rebecca York’s newest series
will keep you on the edge of your seat When Professor Morgan Rains goes out to investigate a strange sound coming from
her backyard, the last thing she expects to see is a naked man covered with
burns and bruises. Jack Brandt is a former Navy SEAL on an undercover mission,
and he’s barely managed to escape from a terrorist militia’s torture. Jack and
Morgan are thrown into a pressure cooker of danger and intrigue, and they soon
find themselves falling in love. When Morgan is captured by the terrorists, Jack
must rescue the woman whose life now means more to him than his own. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rebecca York’s writing has
been
compared to Dick Francis, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Maggie Shayne. Her books have
been translated into twenty-two languages and optioned for film. She lives in
Maryland, near Washington, D.C., which is often the setting of her romantic
suspense novels. Rebecca’s next romantic suspense novel from Sourcebooks
Casablanca, Betrayed, will be in stores in July 2014. For more information,
please visit http://rebeccayork.com.
Comments
27 comments posted.
Re: Rebecca York | Bad Nights
Sounds like a fun read. I used my library's "Suggest a Purchase" page for this book. I usually can get it this way since not many people have discovered this cool thing yet!
(Laura Gullickson 12:16pm September 6, 2013)
im so excited to read this book
(Denise Smith 10:47am September 6, 2013)
Now this book I can't wait to read!!! Thanks so much for the giveaway too!
(Bonnie Capuano 11:03am September 6, 2013)
I give you credit for being such a daredevil!! You've done things that I can only dream about!! Your book sounds like once I pick it up, I won't be stopping until it's finished!! Those are the types of books that I like, and I'm so glad you stopped by to tell us about your latest one!! Congratulations on your book!! I'm sure it's going to do well!!
(Peggy Roberson 11:14am September 6, 2013)
You've done some amazing things for research! Can't wait to
read this, sounds like something I would love!!
(Jolene Allcock 12:36pm September 6, 2013)
I love the way you are doing research for this book. It must be scary, exciting and uplifting.
(Anna Speed 12:44pm September 6, 2013)
Now that is some adventurous research... love your books!
(Colleen Conklin 12:49pm September 6, 2013)
I see you're living an exciting life, and I liked your blog post very much. I would love to win and read your book BAD NIGHTS, it sounds so very exciting, suspenseful with action and some romance. Thank you so much for this chance to win. The Very Best of Everything to You.
(Esther Somorai 1:00pm September 6, 2013)
Thanks! I do force myself to do things that scare me. That
includes the Voyage to Mars ride at Disney Land. But I have a
lot of trouble w/ steep drops. Which is why I mostly stay away
from roller coasters.
(Ruth Glick 2:22pm September 6, 2013)
Well, I thought with that last comment I'd be Rebecca York.
Oh well. It's me!
(Ruth Glick 2:23pm September 6, 2013)
I love a ride on an airplane, I'd love to jump from one. Thanks for the opportunity to win your book.
(Mary Smith 2:56pm September 6, 2013)
What a fun author research experience!
(Jackie R 3:04pm September 6, 2013)
You have peaked by interest with just the small portion I have read. Nerve-racking experiences all for the sake of better writing....I love it! Thank you for the chance to win!
(Melanie Backus 5:14pm September 6, 2013)
I have to give you credit for having done such adventurous, brave things for your research for your books! Can't say that I'd have the backbone to do it. Bad Nights sounds like such a good book, and I definitely want to read it!
(Linda Luinstra 5:34pm September 6, 2013)
I would love to read this book! Thank you for offering this interesting story as one of the giveaways!
(Barbara Wells 5:48pm September 6, 2013)
I loved reading your post. You're a lot more adventurous than me! Bad
Nights sounds like an exciting book! Congratulations and thanks for the
chance to win!!!
(Linda Brennan 6:08pm September 6, 2013)
I have a big streak of yellow right down the middle of my back. I love reading adventure, but there is no way you'd catch me out there hang gliding, sky diving, bungee cording, etc! So you go, girl! And keep on writing about it so that I can experience it vicariously. ;-)
(Marcia Berbeza 6:13pm September 6, 2013)
Count me in. Research is interesting at times. But I love you doing it, because I can just read about it.
(Jane Squires 6:48pm September 6, 2013)
BAD NIGHTS sounds wonderful!
(Mary C 8:25pm September 6, 2013)
You are awesome. I would love to do all that. I do all that
when I read your books though. So keep up the research and
experiences. Thanks for sharing.
(Eva Millien 9:17pm September 6, 2013)
Wow, Congrats on your new book: BAD NIGHTS. I love the sexy
book cover too! Look out James Bond cause here come Jack and
Morgan for a hot and exciting love story. I would love to
win and read this exciting book this Fall. Thank You very
much. Cecilia CECE
(Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez 9:27pm September 6, 2013)
I love to have hot, naked man to save, only if he save me right back. Love the excerpt. It is fill with lots of tensions and conflicts.
(Kai Wong 10:35pm September 6, 2013)
I would love to get to go places in the name of research ;)
Love your post!
(Krysten Michelsen 11:51pm September 6, 2013)
Congrats!
Sounds like a lot of fun with this book! :)
(May Pau 8:42am September 7, 2013)
I would imagine that any experience would be useful to a
writer.
(Mary Preston 6:16am September 8, 2013)
Sounds like a great read. Definitely adding to my TBR.
(Stephanie Fredrick 6:02pm September 8, 2013)
This sounds like a really intriguing book!
(Marcy Shuler 7:25pm September 8, 2013)
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