Tell us about Dangerous Ally.
Lacey Jordan is expecting dinner, and hopefully, an engagement announcement. Not her own, of course. After two serious screw-ups, she’s all but sworn off relationships. But when she arrives at her father’s house to celebrate his future happiness, he’s nowhere to be found.

As the hours pass, the worst scenarios Lacey’s mind can conjure send her rushing into action. But the reality is even more frightening as she discovers that her father’s recent scientific breakthrough is one that people would kill for. To make matters worse, the source of the information is the one person she’d hoped to never see again.

Caleb Mansfield, her father’s former protégé and her former lover, needs Lacey’s cooperation, and the very trust he’d stolen years before. But Lacey can’t be certain if Caleb’s working with her or against her.

Running out of time, she has nowhere else to turn. As the trail leading to her father narrows, Lacey becomes a target, risking her life to save him. Too late, she understands that with Caleb back in her life, she’s risking her heart as well.

It sounds very exciting. What genre is it?
Romantic Suspense.

What kind of readers will it appeal to?
Readers who enjoy Julie Garwood‘s style of suspense along with snappy dialogue and characters wtih depth will enjoy Dangerous Ally.

What was the most challenging part of your creative process?
I love every part of the creative process, but the most challenging for me is when an integral scene is visualized in my head, but I can’t get it onto paper with the right words. Some scenes flow so naturally and work so well the first time, but then there are those that I have to re-work and re-work until they’re right.

Sounds like it took a long time, did it?
I started writing in January of 2008 after my mom passed away from cancer. In September of 2009 when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I had a completed manuscript that I knew could be improved. So after winning my own cancer battle, I got involved with a local writers chapter, found two wonderful critique partners, and basically rewrote the whole story.  It was finally a finished work I was proud of in June 2012.

Oh wow, tell us a bit more about yourself.
My name is Michelle Grey. I am a life-long mid-westerner and have been married for twenty-five years. We have four amazing kids and one darling granddaughter. As I mentioned, my writing journey began when I watched my mom go through the dying process. I wondered if she left any unfulfilled dreams in her heart and realized that I had an unfulfilled dream of my own to be a fiction writer. Since then, I’ve fought and won a battle with ovarian cancer, and completed and published my debut novel, Dangerous Ally.

Have you got a blog where readers can keep up with your work?
My critique partners and I host a blog on our website: www.threewritersofromance.com.
Twitter: @MichelleGrey13
What’s next?
Dangerous Ally is the story of Lacey Jordan and Caleb Mansfield. My follow-up novel, Game Changer, is slated for Summer 2013 and is the story of Caleb’s sister Rachel who’s going to throw a big old monkey wrench into the well-oiled life of Garrett Staker.

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