Rionna Morgan's Sarah Johnson

Lucky day seven in the Murder We Write tour and I have an opportunity to scoop a fellow journalist by getting an interview with his source. I’m talking about Sarah Johnson from Rionna Morgan’s book, LOVE’S JUSTICE. Sarah, your mother was a great writer. I don’t say that lightly. I’ve been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize but your mother won. Tell me about her last story.  

Her last assignment was to investigate the treatment of women inmates at the Freeman Women's Prison in Freeman City, Alabama.  While there, she was killed in a fire in her cell.  

My condolences on the loss of your mother. What made you decide to look into her death?  

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Thank you for the condolences. I have always wanted to. But something kept me from it. Going to college, studying psychology and profiling, starting my own investigation firm in downtown Portland, spending time with my father. I just never really made the time. When Justin showed up in my life, I felt like it was a perfect opportunity to look into her last assignment.

Your search went much farther than just the prison she was in undercover. It crossed several states. Give me the scoop on what you were following. 

When Justin and I were researching my mother’s final assignment at the women’s prison in Alabama, we found that she was investigating something herself. In order to know what that was, we had to follow her clues. And her clues led us many places. 

Tell me about my competition. His name is Justin Breslow. I’m sure he isn’t as good a reporter as I am. 

His editor at the Dallas Herald thinks he’s a great writer. Justin sure respects my mother’s work. So hopefully he’s emulating her. 

Thank you Sarah for sharing your story with my faithful readers. It is quite a mystery. Maybe I should take a chance at seeing what I can dig up?

You are welcome. It was so much fun to be here today.

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Growing up out West, Rionna Morgan followed her love of horses to the rodeo arena and her love of English to the classroom and to writing. She has been looking forward to sharing her stories with you her whole life. Rionna is a founding member of Montana Romance Writers; she reads as much as she can possibly hold, and she loves most of all combining the chilling edge of a knife with the sweet surrender of romance. Rionna shares her home in Missoula, Montana with her husband, her four children and the mountains outside her window.

Love's Justice info: Sarah Johnson is a profiler in Portland, Oregon. She thinks she has successfully moved beyond the pain of her mother’s death 15 years ago. Her mother, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, died in an Alabama women’s prison while on an undercover assignment. However, when Justin Breslow shows up at her office claiming to be an investigative reporter from Dallas wanting to do a feature on her mother, Sarah realizes the pain has just been dormant. She agrees to work with Justin; she’s always wanted to retrace her mother’s final days, but she has no intention of sharing family secrets with a perfect stranger. Sarah and Justin unravel a plot more complex and sinister than they expected. They pursue a trail of deceit and corruption to a women’s prison in Alabama, a centuries old hotel in Georgia and a family ranch in Texas. Nothing is simple or as it seems. Along the way, Sarah tries not to fall for Justin’s Southern charm, and Justin fights to resist Sarah’s beauty and sharp intellect. This unlikely duo will find more than they ever hoped to—in the prison, in their own backyards, and in each other’s arms. Whether they survive to enjoy their discoveries is the final mystery.  

An Excerpt from Love's Justice “What if I didn’t go as a snoopy reporter?” Justin closed the small space, successfully trapping Sarah between the refrigerator and the counter. “And just went as a man?” With a smooth shift of his body, he slid into an amazing fit against her. Sarah drew in a quick breath. The air-cooled kitchen suddenly became a furnace. His hands gripped the counter on either side of her. His face was so close she could see her reflection in his eyes. “That is exactly what I don’t need.” “Don’t need, but maybe want?” Justin moved closer. Their lips were just a breath apart. “Don’t,” Sarah breathed. Her heart rapped hard in her chest. Justin smiled, enjoying watching her eyes cloud to darkness. This was going to be easy. “Don’t what.” His lips brushed hers. “Tell me. Don’t what?” Sarah fisted her hands in his shirt. To pull him closer or push him away, she wasn’t exactly sure. Panic and need and she didn’t know what all, tumbled around in her stomach. Instead of taking the time to decipher what to do, she just acted and tugged him to her. He caught her bottom lip, soft and warm, between his teeth. He felt her body give against his. He savored the taste of her, the warmth. “I’m going with you,” he whispered against her lips. She nodded her head, but his words never registered. My plan is working perfectly, he thought as he pulled her deeper into the kiss. Below are ways to catch up with Rionna. Drop on by…she loves the company!
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