Research makes me happy. I love research. To me it’s one of the best things about being a writer. With every book there’s always something to research even if I’ve looked into it before. Montana Medic’s Match gave me the chance to research paramedics, which I’ve done in the past. I have a friend who is a firefighter and paramedic. But this time I researched flight paramedics. Then I had to figure out who would be in charge, the flight nurse or the flight paramedic. To my surprise it’s the flight nurse because she has the most training.

I watched a lot of videos to see the inner workings of the helicopter and the crews. Helicopter accidents and common injuries that can happen were another thing I read about. I looked into the schooling and certifications necessary for flight nurses and paramedics. And then I had to look into battlefield medics and surgeons and what was involved in becoming an army medic. (I knew what was involved in becoming a surgeon since my husband was one). The hero was a battlefield medic and his best friend was a field surgeon. All of which is very interesting to a research geek like me.

My poor husband wonders why I research things like divorce laws in Texas. No, honey, I’m not looking for me but for my character. I wrote a book about a bomb unit detective and got to talk to an FBI agent about that. I was a little worried but she said I wasn’t asking the right questions to make them worry. Thank goodness!

Since I write about a lot of cowboys, cowgirls, rodeos, barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, and more, I read a lot about that. And horses! I love looking at horses and all the stuff that goes with them. What type of horses do they raise? What are the characteristics of those horses? What do they look like? I can get lost looking at horse pictures for hours.

I write about doctors a lot. I’m married to one who was a general surgeon and a radiologist. My daughter is a physician’s assistant, who has worked in OB/GYN and general practice, pediatrics, and is certified in lifestyle medicine.

One of my earlier books was about wildlife smuggling, specifically birds. Interesting but also horrible to an animal lover like me. I still want to write a book about search and rescue teams and their K9s. I love dogs so reading anything about dogs is always good for me. Cats are fun too. Of course I need to watch cat videos on Instagram! It’s research, after all.

I’ve researched a lot of other things as well, far too many to list. No matter how carefully I research something, or who I talk to, or even places I’ve lived, I can make mistakes. And even if I’m writing about something that is a personal experience there’s often someone who doesn’t think I know what I’m talking about!

I do my best to be as accurate as I can be. But the main thing I want to do is entertain and the more I can know about my subject the more believable I can make it.

Do you like research? Do you like to read about new experiences or something you know nothing or very little about?

Make a response and I’ll choose a winner for an e-book of The Wrong Brother. And if you’ve already read that one, you can choose another one of my e-books and I’ll be happy to send it to you.

Cheers!

About the Author.

Eve Gaddy is the award winning, national bestselling author of forty novels. Her books have sold over a million copies and been published in many countries and several languages. She writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, romantic mystery, and a bit of paranormal romance as well.

Eve’s books have won and been nominated for awards from Romantic Times, Golden Quill, Bookseller’s Best, Holt Medallion, Daphne Du Maurier and many more. Eve was awarded the 2008 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Series Storyteller of the year, and was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series romance. She loves her family, books, electronics, the mountains, and East Texas in the spring and fall. She also loves a happy ending. That’s why she writes romance.

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A Texas Soldier’s Love

by Julie Benson

When the past comes knocking…

Owen Crawford vows to return to active military duty after he’s injured by a bomb that also killed his childhood best friend. Sent home to Texas to heal and facing possible forced retirement from Special Forces, Owen’s on borrowed time. He needs a miracle, and the best physical therapist in town is his high school sweetheart, who’s never forgiven him for leaving.

Carly Maddux can almost taste freedom. She’d promised her dying mother that she’d raise her baby brother and now that he’s a senior in high school, Carly can’t wait to resign as director of the Equestrian Therapy program her mother founded and leave Service Texas far behind. And then Owen arrives, injured, humbled but still hotter than ever, convinced she can make him whole.

She’s definitely saying no. She’s spent her entire life sacrificing her dreams for others. But then one hot kiss from Owen has her rethinking her dreams, and who’s in them.

Challenging Her Protector

by Charlee James

He vows protection. Anything more is impossible…

SEAL vet Jordan “Iron” Holt is a man torn between heaven and hell. Following the death of a teammate and his medical discharge, Iron has kept himself separate until he’s asked to help his friend rescue his girlfriend’s sister from a forced marriage. Iron’s game, but quickly out of his depth as the sheltered heiress is unlike any woman he’s ever met. Naïve, thoughtful and kind, Iron’s entranced, but knows his attraction is wrong. Vivienne is young and on the cusp of freedom.

For the first time in her life, Vivienne is free to do what she wants, think what she wants and eat what she wants. For twenty-six years, every detail of her life had been meticulously mapped out and scrutinized by her controlling parents. Freedom is heady, but Iron’s soul speaks to her. Her new life is a gift, but she’s determined to keep Iron in it.

When Vivienne asks Iron to help find her friend that her family disappeared after she helped Viv escape, danger comes to their doorstep, and they will need each other to survive.

When the Marquess Needed Me

by Lydia Lloyd

The Marquess of Leith is notorious for never keeping a mistress longer than two weeks. While society views his rule as evidence of his depravity, he sees it as the best way of ensuring that his personal affairs remain neat and tidy. Therefore, when his best friend, Montaigne, asks Leith to take Miss Beatrice Salisbury as his next mistress, everything in him protests. Beatrice is too rustic, too opinionated, and far too shrewd.

Ever since she was ruined six years ago, Beatrice Salisbury has been living happily in the country with her mother and siblings, free from the constraints of society. But now financial calamity has struck, and her ancestral home is in jeopardy. So she turns to the only money-making scheme within her grasp: becoming a courtesan.

From the beginning of their stint as man and mistress, nothing goes according to plan. Leith is not at all the libertine Beatrice imagined, and her appetites awaken wild desires that he has long denied. Soon, their physical entanglement has become so much more—but will they be able to make their love last for more than a fortnight?

Montana Medic’s Match

by Eve Gaddy

Can a one-night stand become the love of a lifetime?

Veteran and flight paramedic Connor McFarland relishes his playboy reputation. He has zero interest in settling down until one red-hot hookup in Vegas kick-starts his heart. For the first time, he’s not ready to walk, but when they part, Connor realizes that with only her first name, it will be nearly impossible to find his dream woman again.

When celebrating her divorce, Sierra Evans acts out of character and indulges in a sexy, mind-blowing one-night stand. But Sierra’s too wary of men to date and can’t risk being hurt again. Starting over as a flight nurse in Marietta, Montana sounds perfect until she learns that the man she still fantasizes about is now her co-worker.

Connor is ready to commit, but Sierra wants to keep it casual. Then her ex comes to town intending to woo her back and Sierra faces a choice—should she let her fears rule her or trust that the bloom of love she’s found with Connor can blossom into a life together?

Holding Out For a Hero

by Dakota Harrison & Fiona Marsden

Marina di Maggoli knows exactly what she wants in a future partner. After years of failed matches, it’s time to look for the right kind of man to take his place beside her in Kurrajong Crossing society. Besides, with all her former friends settling down and starting families, Marina is ready to compromise on finding love for the sake of ending her unbearable loneliness.

Briar Appleton has no intention of ever having a relationship or children. He lost his mother and grandmother far too young to cancer and refuses to pass that risk onto a future generation. Teasing and tormenting the snarky, uptight Marina is something he is up for. They’ve been circling each other for years—long before he started delivering organic produce to her mother when he was a teenager and caught her looking down her nose at his recycled vintage clothing.

When the teasing turns into something more, Marina and Briar have to make choices they never planned on and take risks they always shied away from. Can they find a way to be happy together—for the sake of their new family?

The Seal’s Promise

by Stella Holt

He never expected to return to his hometown, but now he can’t leave her behind again.

Dr. Dalton Hart left his small Southern beach town fifteen years ago to become a Navy SEAL. Now he’s back, and Sandy Point is buzzing over his return. He thought he came home to help his family, but his oldest brother will barely speak to him and his childhood friend is trying to avoid him. Worse, if he wants to stay, he’ll have to face the secret that’s haunted him ever since he left.

Brooke Garcia can’t believe this ripped, blue-eyed SEAL is back in her life or that she’s stuck working with him. She’s no stranger to smooth-talking hometown heroes—she married one, and he broke her heart. Now a single mom, she doesn’t have time to indulge in walks down memory lane. Brooke never forgave Dalton for the way he left town without even saying good-bye, and she’s not interested in making amends.

But soul mates have a way of finding you…even when you’re not ready.

Reckless with the Cowboy

by Elsa Winckler

Cowboy Becket Weston likes women, plural, and has a reputation for breaking hearts. His bad-boy behavior masks a deeper need to atone for past mistakes. His side-hustle—using a pseudonym and posting comic drawings of ranch life on social media—lets him explore life, love, and grief without being exposed. He even has a following! But no amount of introspection can explain his fascination with Eleanor Campbell—Main Street, Marietta’s newest shopkeeper. She’s definitely not his type, so why does she keep turning up in his drawings?

Ellie Campbell isn’t one for staying long in any one place, but when she inherits money from her grandmother and decides to open a yarn store in small-town Marietta, it feels like she’s putting down roots. She’s not looking for a relationship after one too many hard knocks, literally, but Becket Weston gets under her skin like no other, igniting passion that’s impossible to ignore.

He’s a bad boy playboy and everyone knows it, but there’s something about him that just doesn’t add up. Does Ellie have the courage to stick around and find a way into his heart?