I was born in central Europe back in the '70s, and although I've grown up in Canada and lived all my young life there, I've recently returned to the place of my birth to teach English and continue with my writing.

The inspiration for this novel comes from several places--my personal experiences, my imagination, and books I've read. It's the story of a repressed and spoiled little rich girl who kills her tutor and tried to become sexually perverted in a desperate effort to rebel against her strict upbringing. She then meets a nice kind man who teaches her goodness and she becomes a very good person, but then the secret sins of her past come to light.

I was looking for a catchy title and thought, hey, this fits the bill.

The plot is a complicated mix of fact and fiction. The story itself is based on a little-known murder that happened in the Rockies back in the 1950s, and I based my story on the summary of details I read about it in an archived article while I was gathering ideas and material for the writing of this book.

My character Flora is one I know very well, she's based on several girls I've known in real life. I also regret to admit she's based on me in part. Flora Darby, c'est moi.

Although discipline has its place, it's important to give teenagers freedom to grow as individuals and to let them make mistakes and learn from them, otherwise a strict upbringing can have negative psychological effects on them.

Crossing sexual taboos like incest can lead to destructive consequences.

Finding a good positive guide or mentor in your life is a very important thing that can really change your life for the better and get you on the right paths in life.

My next novel has been contracted and is pending publication within the next year or so. It's titled LOVE AND MADNESS.

I need peace and quiet to enter that realm of the imagination.

Bad choices in youth can come back to haunt you at a later time and have bad consequences, but no matter what happens to the flesh, our soul is saved if we believe and trust in God.