THE STORY BEHIND THE STORYThe new identity idea was one that had been on my mind for a few years before Rowan moved into my head and wouldn’t leave me alone. The start of a new beginning, free of old obligations, is one that fascinates me at the same time as it frightens me.
You may have noticed that I never referred to this as witness protection. Witness protection is, as you can imagine, difficult to research because everything is confidential. I’m sure I’ve bent the rules on police protocol on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, but this is fiction, so it’s allowed, isn’t it?
What I really wanted to do with this story was break the stereotype that heavily tattooed men are bad boys. In my experience, they are often the biggest sweethearts - like Rowan. He’s the opposite of the tattooed b
