Librarian pens second steamy novel, ‘Promise Me’
February 9, 2010
Deborah Schneider, author of 'Promise Me', sits beside her favorite statue in Issaquah, that of late City Clerk Linda Ruehle, on the corner of Rainier Boulevard and East Sunset Way. By Greg Farrar
Upon meeting Deborah Schneider, you wouldn’t expect her to be the author of a steamy romance novel. But you would be wrong.
And if you thought steamy romance novel summed up either her first or her second and most recent book, “Promise Me,” you’d be wrong again.
She had shopped “Promise Me” around years ago, but no one wanted it until she sent it to small publisher The Wild Rose Press, which is owned by women. They wanted to buy the book, but asked for it to be sexier, Schneider said.
“I didn’t think I could, but I guess I did,” she said during a recent interview, blushing at the mention of the racy scenes. “You never know what you can do until someone asks you to do it.” Read more
