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So, knowing all this, why do I write romance? Because I love the happy endings. Because I’m not so good at battle scenes-I skip over them and go straight for the emotional heart of a story. Romance is the genre where you find that heart.

What does this have to do with my latest release Dream Man? I got the idea for Dream Man from a really old song called “These Dreams” by Heart. “These dreams go on when I close my eyes. Every second of the night I live another life.”

My geeked-out brain went - wow - cool. To be someone else all together when you sleep. To live a life un-expected in the real world. My muse grabbed onto the idea and ran with it. I’ve written two short stories with this theme and now Dream Man.

What if, I thought, what if a woman in a coma came to life at 3^rd stage REM. What if it wasn’t her but someone else all together? Who would she be? A murder victim? A time traveler? A missing person trapped?

If so, who would believe her? Who would help her? What if they fell in love?

Admit it, it’s intriguing, isn’t it?

Dream Man plays with the idea that we are all somehow connected. That actions hold consequences far into the future. There may or may not be re-incarnation in this book. The geek in me lets you decide for yourself but coincidences mixed with dreams draw my characters into a very dangerous mystery that they may have tried to solve before.

The story is set in our world, a time and place we know well and yet things aren’t what they seem. Still love prevails, as it seems to in all my books, if you only believe.

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Dream Man is Nancy J. Parra’s ninth book. She is currently hard at work on another mystery/romantic suspense and loves to hear from readers. You can check out her website http://www.nancyjparra.com for her other titles and reviews.   She also publishes articles for writers on the craft of writing and has a blog post every Sunday with tips and reviews at www.nancyjparra.blogspot.com.