Most of us would look at that statement and say “Okay, big
deal.” But it really is kind of ironic, I spent almost 30-years riding a rig as
an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and I saw blood more than a few times,
LOL. I treated and transported trauma and acute illness, I even delivered
babies! When I was busy with a patient the blood didn’t seem to bother me, but
if I was just an onlooker for some reason — YIKES!
I stopped riding a few years ago, 911 response is much easier
on a younger person, but I do miss it. Now I sit on the sidelines, my son and
his wife are both EMTs, my daughter was a Paramedic for many years, my husband
is also “retired” from EMS, and I write about it as both a journalist and as a
romantic dreamer.
When I first wrote Final Sin it was a dual purpose. Years earlier there was a horrible murder (it
was in all of the papers) and a major part of the crime scene was less than a
mile where I live and it gave me the heebie-jeebies and I wanted to exorcise that feeling. The gruesome opening scene of the book was inspired by this
true-crime, and then the similarity ends. Of course, knowing me, I wrote about
a burgeoning romance between a paramedic who responds to the carnage and the Deputy
Sherriff who is investigating the murder.
I had fun writing some of the unusual and sometimes humorous
events in the book and YES, these things really have happened. There was the
night my husband responded to a call for a heart attack victim and there was a
lady who only wanted her car battery jumpstarted with the defibrillator! Of
course that scene made it into the book.
Jake (sheriff) and Julie (paramedic) do get together, well no
spoiler there, it DOES have an HEA ending. Along the path though there is a lot
of tension and danger. I say this with all of the love I can muster on the
keyboard, I hope it keeps you awake at night. (It did me while I was writing it
because there were some “things” I needed to research in order to make it sound
realistic.
Deputy Sheriff Commander Jake Carson has his hands
full... investigation of a brutal multiple homicide, a troubled son and a
vindictive ex-wife. He meets young, free-spirited paramedic Julie Jennings.
When Julie becomes the subject of an obsession, it puts both of them in
danger...
Final Sin evolved into Hyphema. Matt was Julie’s ambulance partner and we follow his after
Final Sin life —he has a wife and son and they move to a small town in North
Carolina. Oh by the way, you can find Hyphema as a stand alone book or with Final Sin as part of the EMS Novels Bundle Pack.
In Touch of Love’s short
story “the Dead Guy in the Park” I
was actually just being a bit whimsical. I wanted to fit some intrigue and
romance into just a few pages. Oh, the apparent suicide was based on another
real-life incident where, guess what, I responded. They do say that truth is
stranger than fiction.
Today ends the official National EMS Week celebration but I
still want to pay homage to all of the highly skilled men and women out there
who answer the call for help 24X7!
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