Kat

I have no control over the re-issuing of my Silhouette backlist, that's entirely in their hands. I don't know if they've ever considered re-issuing those three connected books. Feel free to ask them, however; they're very responsive to reader input. I think there's a spot on the eharlequin.com site to contact them.

You're the second person here to ask about them, however, so I'm considering offering the three books as a contest prize, so watch for that.

Thanks,

Justine

Justine, if you read this, thank you for creating a wonderful character that has become so memorable to me.

Thanks so much for coming by and for your very kind words. MSOD was indeed a very special book. It was also one of the hardest I've ever written. When I realized Dar wasn't going to just go away and leave me alone, I was terrified, for fear I would somehow mess it up, not do it justice, or hurt someone. I spent many an hour asking myself where I got off thinking I could or should write this!

The title, by the way, came from the lyrics of a song written by an acquaintance of mine, which fit Dar so perfectly it just had to be the title of this book. The chorus went:
Someday when there's nothing left to lose
When trouble's the only one to stay long
You no longer live the life you choose
There'll be somebody waiting, somebody waiting,
On the morning side of dawn.

I also had some wonderful help in the form of people on a now sadly defunct disabilities online bulletin board, people who taught me some valuable lessons. I especially remember one of them, who said, so very wisely, “If you think making love is only the actual sex act, then your problem isn’t your body, it’s your head.” As I said in the dedication, if this story reached you, it was their doing.

Thanks again, and welcome to the board!

Justine

First of all, I am so terribly sorry to read of your husband's serious illness. After reading in the opening of your books how the two of you came to reconnect, &, ultimately, marry, I feel part of a rooting section for the two of you. I hope that he is, or will soon be, quickly on the mend.

Thanks for your response to my thoughts about MSOD. Dar is a wonderful character, & I love your writing so much that I wouldn't ever consider not keeping them all so I can re-read them again. Thinking of the comment that you quoted from the disabled board member, his/her comments were so true. I still believe the love scene from "Coming Home" is the sexiest one I've ever seen in films, since, the participants were showing extraordinary love for one other, not just having sex. Because of that, that love scene will always be indelibly engraved in my mind.

Thank you. He is doing much better than when he first came home after four months in various hospitals. It has indeed been a long, hard journey, and we have no idea where we are on the road except...not at the end!

Justine