Robin Caroll | Discovering My Heroine

Don’t you just love a spunky, confident and capable heroine? I sure do. When my
husband returned from a white water rafting trip with a friend, he showed me the
video and was so impressed with one of the river guides who was a woman. I have
to admit, I was intrigued enough that my brain started moving toward a scenario
of a heroine as a river guide. What would she be like? Why would she love the
river and white water rafting so much? So I dug deep to find out.

In TORRENTS OF DESTRUCTION, Katie Gallagher is the middle child, sandwiched between two brothers. She loves her brothers deeply, even if they tend to bicker back and forth as many siblings do. Their father died and left them the family business—the river rafting guide service. Their mother disappeared and that’s a bone of contention between Katie and her brothers in that they believe their mother met with foul play and is dead while Katie believes her mother abandoned them. Although this core difference of belief could rip them apart, the Gallagher siblings rely on their love for one another and sense of responsibility.

As I learned more about my heroine, I knew Katie would be strong, determined,
responsible, but also stubborn and temperamental. She’d have to be to work in
such a male-dominated field. I knew I wanted to pit her against a strong
hero—uber FBI agent working undercover—so she had to be strong emotionally as
well as physically.

I needed to figure out her soft spots aside from her brothers. As I was working
on my character outline, I sat outside on my porch. Our then dog, a Blue Heeler
named Shadow ran across the yard chasing a squirrel. I knew Shadow belonged to
Katie and that she and her dog had a love and bond that wouldn’t break. How cool
would it be to have a dog so well trained and in tune with his human that he
would thrive in a white water raft? So I wrote Shadow into the story, making him
not only a constant companion for Katie to show a side of her soft and nurturing
personality, but also use their bond as a plot point in the story itself.

In the end, Katie is a kick-butt type of heroine, with a heart of gold and a
stubborn streak a mile long. And she’s quite addicted to peppermints!

“Caroll’s latest is a thriller, complete with edge-of-your-seat action.”
~ROMANTIC TIMES

"I love boxing. I love Hallmark movies. I love fishing. I love scrapbooking.
Nope, I've never fit into the boxes people have wanted to put me in." ~Robin
Caroll is definitely a contradiction, but one that beckons you to get to know
her better.

Born and raised in Louisiana, Robin 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 30 published
novels.

When she isn't writing, Robin spends time with her husband of twenty+ years, her
three beautiful daughters and two handsome grandsons, and their character-filled
pets at home--in the South, where else?

She serves the writing community as Executive Director/Conference Director for ACFW.

Her books have finaled/placed in such contests as the Carol Award, Holt
Medallion, RT Reviewer's Choice Award, 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 www.robincaroll.com.

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