Linda Lovely is the author of the Smart Women, Dumb Luck romantic thriller series, and the Marley Clark mystery series. Both serve up a main course of suspense along with varying amounts of romance and humor. Her manuscripts have earned final spots in 15 contests, including RWA Golden Heart and Daphne du Maurier contests. Dear Killer, the first in Lovely's Marley Clark Mystery Series, was a finalist in the RWA Golden Quill published novel competition, while Dead Line (previously titled Final Accounting) made the finals of the National Readers' Choice Awards for Romantic Suspense. A journalism