She asked her friend to recommend some titles-and quicker than you can say “Jayne Ann Krentz,” she fell in love. But when a friend in her critique group began working on a romance novel, Wilks decided she needed to give the genre another try. Somehow her stories always ended up having a strong romantic subplot, but she hadn’t read a romance since the early 80’s and didn’t think “those little books” were her kind of stories. Having read and loved science fiction for years, that’s where she first tried her hand when the writing bug bit. She came to writing romance in a roundabout way. When she first started writing over 10 years ago, it hit her like the first drink for an alcoholic. It was originally sold in the Romance section of bookstores, but more and more you will be able to find copies cross-shelved under Sci-Fi and Fantasy as the popularity of the series grows!Įileen has lived in the West Texas town of Midland, TX for over 30 years-three years as a young teen, and the remaining years since she moved back here as an adult.

With thirty two books in print and novellas in nine anthologies, she has been a finalist in the prestigious Rita Awards three times, as well as receiving several nominations from Romantic Times, including one for Career Achievement in Series Romantic Suspense.Įach book in her World of the Lupi series gains a larger audience. Since then, her books have appeared consistently on national bestseller lists. Now, in a race to fend off evil, Lily finds herself in uncharted territory, tested as never before, and at her back a man who she's not sure she can trust.Įileen Wilks’ first book, a Silhouette Desire published in 1996, hit the USA Today Bestseller List and was nominated for Romantic Times' Best First Short Contemporary award. Logic and honor demand she keep her distance, but the attraction between them is immediate and devastating-and beyond human reason. Rule has his own reasons for helping the investigation-reasons he doesn't want to share with Lily. Only one man can help her-a were named Rule Turner, a prince of the lupi, whose charismatic presence disturbs Lily. To hunt down the killer, she must infiltrate the clans. Lily Yu is a San Diego police detective investigating a series of grisly murders that appear to be the work of a werewolf. National bestselling author Eileen Wilks draws readers into a bold new world where the magical and mundane co-exist in an uneasy alliance-and a cop balanced on her own knife-edged struggle is their only hope against a cold-blooded killer. The USA Today bestselling author tempts success in this stunning debut novel.

Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks