Lisa Renee: Polarized Love

Join me in welcoming Lisa Renee as she talks about her new release Polarized Love!

Lisa, welcome!

Would you like to know how an author researches for their novels?

In April, I wrote my third novel in the Single Again series, which I released September 1^st, 2020.

I wanted to write a story that started on an Island because next year I’m working on an Island series with Celebrate Lit.

The bonus for me is there’s an Island only a thirty-minute ferry ride away from where I live. The unique aspect to Rottnest Island is the rare and small population of Quokkas. Quokkas are a rare marsupial only found on this Island, and occasionally sighted on the mainland of Western Australia.

These creatures made a fascinating sub plot. Here’s an excerpt from the text:

“A reporter, hey?” His brown eyes sparkled as he angled toward her. “What are you investigating?”

“There’s been an unusual amount of deaths among the Quokka marsupials. They’re already vulnerable to extinction. Rottnest Island has kept them safe from predators like foxes or cats, but scientists are trying to work out why an increased number has become sick recently.”

His eyes widened. “So, I better not touch one? They might be diseased.”

She leaned in and whispered, “No. They’ve ruled that out. Now the police are involved. Something suspicious is going on. One corpse had traces of plastics, but they could’ve been poisoned on purpose.”

He scrunched his brow. “Who’d want to hurt those cute mini-kangaroos?”

She let out a laugh. The Quokkas did look like baby roos, and they were adorable. “I know, right? It doesn’t make sense. That’s why I’m on a mission to find out. But I only have today to investigate.”

“Can we help?” He glanced at his friend and back. “If you don’t mind Wally coming along?”

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My thirteen-year-old daughter is home educated and a brilliant writer for her age, so we made the Island trip a joint-venture. Mikayla is constructing her first novella. We both love photography too.

Check out our quick YouTube video of our island trip and meet a Quokka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2a1LUd1I50

Polarized Love starts with a try-hard reporter, Bethany Michaels, who throws up on an American Navy chaplain during the Rottnest Island Ferry ride. That’s one way to create a love interest. Don’t you think?

Why are the rare marsupials dying on the Island? Will the handsome American, Lachlan Peters, help Bethany Michaels with her cause or distract her from her mission?

Beth has served her family and father’s church faithfully, and now it’s her turn to leave the nest and spread her wings. But does her dad push her into the arms of the right man to launch his daughter into her God-given destiny?

When an American sailor, Nick DeHann, arrives on the shores of the West Coast of Australia, Beth is swept away with the promise of high aspirations. As the rushed relationship unfolds, Beth finds herself torn between following someone else’s dream or settling for the comfort of home and all she’s ever known.

Lachlan Peters returns to San Diego from his time in the Navy and tries to gain his footing in a life that has passed him by. Will Lachlan realize what he’s missing out on before Beth commits to another man?