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Mimi B Rose
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Heart's Ease
Romance
Author Insight
There's a body in Lac St. Patrice
My series relies on the forced proximity trope to push the hero and heroine together. The Alpha Charles is investigating some disappearances and deaths of women in his territory, and he's at Chantelle's house when the police find another body. Chantelle thinks she knows the victim--this makes it personal to her. This death will help bring Chantelle into the shifter world, as it establishes Charles's commitment to getting justice for those who are hurt and killed. The inspiration for the disappearances plot line comes from the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls movement in Canada. Institutional racism and the historic oppression of Indigenous women and girls has led to many deaths and disappearances. In my story these incidents can be traced to sorcerers who masqueraded as priests in New France. These villains are a metaphor for the violence against Indigenous women and girls that has been perpetrated by religious and secular institutions since settlers first came to this continent.
Book Excerpt
Heart's Ease
His phone rang. It was his cousin Michel’s number.
“There’s a body in Lac St. Patrice. The police want us to take a look at it.”
“Wolves?” Charles asked. Chantelle gasped from the other room.
“Yes. Same as before. A young woman.”
“Ostie!” This was bad. The pack’s relationship with local police was strong, but with all the recent wolf attacks, it had become strained. “Do you need me there?”
“Since you’re in town.”
“Right.” He ended the call.
He returned to the living room. Chantelle looked so beautiful lying on the couch. Her black hair framed her sweetheart face so perfectly. “I’m sorry, but I have to go. The police have found a body.”
“A body—where? In Lac St-Patrice?” Chantelle’s face drained of all colour.
“Yes.”
“I have to come with you. One of my youth went missing last week and…”
Oh, no.
“You’re in no shape to go gallivanting across town.”
She crooked an eyebrow, saying, “Gallivanting?”
“You know what I mean. You’ve been attacked—”
“By wolves. I know. That’s why—”
“No.”
She hung her head and sniffed.
Dammit, why did she get to him? “You can’t come with me. But I’ll drive back here when I’m done and fill you in.”
“Okay.” If she asked me for anything right now, I would say yes. Her eyes were shining.
Oh boy, he was in trouble, big trouble.
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