I’ve gathered some questions I’ve received from emails and interviews and listed them here…don’t hesitate to ask me if you have other questions.

1. How do you pronounce your name?

Lee-ah.  Oh, you mean my last name. Bray-mel, with the emphasis on the ‘mel’.

2. I don’t own an ereading device; how do I read your books?

Since I have regained the rights to both my Samhain and Carina Press books, all my titles will be available in print as well as digital, so you can purchase a paperback copy if you prefer to read that way. 

3.  I just read Texas Tangle and loved it…I took it there was more going on with Brett and Dillon than they both realized. Just wondering.

LOL, I left that completely up to the reader to decide.

4. Come on, that’s a cop out — what’s the real scoop about those two?

When you first meet Dillon, he comes across the confident one, the player. But as you get to see the two of them in action, and especially once the two of them begin interacting with Nikki, you’ll come to realize that Brett is the one who is more experienced, who has tried things Dillon never has despite all his talk. Okay, so I’m still not answering your question, am I? All right, admittedly, while I was writing Texas Tangle, I did toy with the idea that perhaps the fight they had when they were in their teens was out of jealousy, that perhaps Dillon wasn’t jealous that Brett kissed Nikki, but that Nikki kissed Brett. But when it came to writing them as having some latent feelings, it just wasn’t coming out properly so I decided to leave that to the readers’ imagination. It was one of those issues that might be addressed as they settle into the relationship, but that’s for the future, and one place where they shut the bedroom door on me.

5.  Will I have to have read Perfect Proposal to understand Hidden Heat?

No. Perfect Proposal is a follow-up, an epilogue of sorts, to Personal Protection. I loved Sam and Rosie so much I wanted them to finally have their HEA, but I didn’t want to divert attention from the heroes and heroines in the other books to revisit them.  But if you’ve read Personal Protection, you may want to read Perfect Proposal to see what happened to Sam and Rosie after they finally get together.

6. What is the chronological order of the Hauberk series, including the short stories?

7. Will there be any more Hauberk books?

Originally I’d planned for the series to be five, possibly six books long. But writing is also a business and I’ve had to make the tough decision to put it on hold. If you like the Hauberk series, and wish it to continue, please let me know through the contact form. If there’s enough interest, I may be open to writing more books in the series, but it really does depend on whether anyone is waiting to buy it. Now I’m self publishing, I have to pay cover artists and editors and I need to know I can earn back the money I’m spending before I invest a lot of time in writing a full length novel. 

8. I love Texas Tangle but will it ever be available in print?

**Updated 2022** YES! Now I have control of all my titles, I will be releasing all my books in both print and digital formats.  

9. I’m an author and I’d love to be featured on your blog.

While I used to feature other authors as part of my Pay It Forward Friday segment, I’m not finding people reading blogs so it’s really not worth either the other author’s time or mine to create the post. Any messages sent via my contact form asking to be hosted will go unanswered. 

10. I have a story idea — could you write it for me?

No. I have enough of my own ideas that I’m backlogged for years to come.

11. I’m a beginning writer — could you critique my work?

Unless you’re part of a class I’m teaching (and I have your name on my attendance list), no. In this litigious world, I’m not willing to open myself up to lawsuits claiming I’ve stolen your ideas.

12. I can’t afford paying 99 cents for your books — where can I get them for free?

I make my books available via Overdrive which means you can use it to borrow my books (via your local library). If your local library doesn’t have them listed via Overdrive, ask them to purchase them so you can read them. There’s more information about it on this blog post. I also make most of my books available through KoboPlus and for some titles, Kindle Unlimited, so you can download them as part of those programs. 

But before you download any authors’ books from that torrent site that you think you are so clever, know that many authors (including me) have stopped writing series because of pirating. If the books aren’t making legitimate sales, publishers and authors cannot afford to continue investing time in writing and publishing more books in that series. So just stop it. You’re hurting all the fans of that authors’ series by stealing those books.