As anyone who knows me can tell you, I have a weakness for card sharks...which is why I can't resist the premise of J ana DeLeon's new novel " Unlucky." Mallory, the heroine of "Unlucky", is using her notorious bad luck to "cool" cards on her uncle's casino boat when she teams up with a dealer/undercover agent to catch a band of money launderers - and maybe see her luck turn.

Here's our interview with Jana:

1) What was the inspiration for your book?
My husband and I got married in Vegas in 2000. Before we left, I studied and studied blackjack combinations, determined to beat the house. Unfortunately, I have absolutely, positively NO LUCK. In fact, my luck is so bad that when I sit down at a table, not only don't I win, everyone else starts losing too. So I came up with Mallory Devereaux, the unluckiest woman in the world, who needs to make some money fast and decides to do it by "cooling" cards at a poker tournament of criminals.

2) Are you working on something right now?
I just accepted an offer last Friday for the first two romance/mystery hybrid books in a related series. The first is entitled GHOST-IN-LAW and features a woman being haunted by her dead ex-mother-in-law.

3) What is something about you that would surprise your readers?
I used to race motocross, and in fact am in to all kinds of extreme sports. In addition to motocross bikes, I've owned competition watercraft (Waverunners), shifter karts (like miniature Formula 1 cars) and a crotch rocket. I was sponsored by a Yamaha store in Dallas and other companies such as Oakley.

 

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