Hi there! I’ve been hinting at one of two surprise book releases coming out this year. Well, I’m finally ready to share the details about one of them. But, there’s a story behind my story. Since last fall, I’ve been working on the first draft of the next Mara Brent book, Edge of Justice. I…
I recently sat down for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) about the new Mercy Gale series in conjunction with a conference I attended. Here’s a transcript of my interview. 1. What inspired you to write the Mercy Gale series and Thicker Than Water? Was there a real case, a personal experience, or did this one…
A companion playlist to Thicker Than Water, the new mystery thriller by Robin James. These are the songs Mercy Gale has been blasting since high school—when life at home was chaos and trust came hard. Loud, emotional, and just the right kind of messy.
When I outline a book and build character sketches, I often hear a character’s emotional truth in music before I can put it on the page. A lot of their story is defined by the music of their generation. If you’ve read Thicker than Water, you know Mercy’s core family comes from three different generations….
Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved Chapter One “Unless you can walk on water, I don’t think you’re gonna make it, lady.” At the ripe age of twenty-eight, had I already graduated to being a lady? My Uber driver was probably twenty-one at best. He had shaggy brown hair and wore a Nirvana tee shirt…
Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved Chapter One I liked his hands. The way he gripped his glass in one, then reached for me across the table with the other. Warm hands. Strong. I traced the lines of the corded veins over his wrist and webbed around his knuckles. “Mara?” he asked. “Did you hear…
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