Welcome Frank.  Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to sit down and talk with me.

Frank: *settles significant bulk into chair, looks around uncomfortably*  You’re welcome.  Julie Ann Walker told me to come, so here I am.

BnK: Can I get you anything before we get started?

Frank:  Coffee.  Black.  *reaches into shirt pocket and pulls out Root Beer-flavored Dum Dum*

BnK: For my followers that don’t know you please tell them a little about yourself?

Frank:  *shoves sucker in cheek, talks around it* I’m an ex-Navy SEAL who started a custom motorcycle shop on Goose Island, Chicago.  It’s called Black Knights Inc.

BnK: Can you tell us what you do at Black Knight Inc?

Frank:  I build and sell custom motorcycles.

BnK:  Okay, now please tell us what you really do at BKI?

Frank:  *shifts in chair, eyes narrow slightly*  Julie Ann Walker spilled the beans, didn’t she?  *big sigh*  Okay, the truth is, Black Knights Inc. is the cover for my covert government defense firm.  I employ a bunch of ex-spec-ops warriors and we take on the jobs too hot for Uncle Sam to handle.

BnK: Can you tell us a little about the guys that you work with.  Any favorites?  Any you would like to slap upside the head? You know give us some dirt.

Frank:  *pops sucker from mouth and frowns, considering*  I guess I’ve known Snake and Rock the longest.  They were part of my SEAL Team.  But all the guys who work for me, each and every one, is a cog in the machine that makes up Black Knights Inc.  Take out one component, and the entire unit breaks down.  As for slapping anyone upside the head, I have to admit I’ve wanted to do that to all of them at one point or another.  There’s a lot of testosterone running amok around that place.  Still… Ozzie is the one who pushes my buttons most often.  Oh, hell… er… heck, who am I kiddin’?  That kid pushes everyone’s buttons.

BnK: What about your resident mechanic *wiggles eyebrows*

Frank: *frown deepens, but eyes twinkle*  Talk about someone who pushes buttons…

*Becky comes in*

BnK: Hello Becky!

Becky:  Hello!  *squeezes Frank’s shoulder and grabs the extra seat*

BnK:  Can you confirm everything that Frank has been telling us?  *hands Becky the interview to look over*

Becky: *reads quickly and shakes head*  A man of very few words, isn’t he?  But, yeah, he gave you the basics.  The absolute bare minimum.

BnK:  So tell me how do you both feel about Julie Ann Walker telling your story?

Frank:  *crosses arms and scowls*  She’s got a big mouth.

Becky:  *rolls eyes*  She’s only doing her job.  And I think she does us all justice.  Frank’s just upset *hooks thumb in Frank’s direction* because she once described his face as a “big, beautiful mess.”  The big guy here likes to act all tough, but he’s really just a softy.

Frank:  *fighting a grin*  That’s not what you said last night when-

Becky:  *slaps hand over Frank’s mouth*  This is a professional interview, you big dillhole!  Keep it PG!

BnK: Do you think Julie Ann Walker did a good job of keeping it true?  Anything you wish Julie put in or left out?

Frank:  I wish she left it ALL out.  I’m supposed to be the government’s biggest secret.  Instead I’m here, talking to you about-

Becky: *interrupting*  I heard she had to leave out a particular sex scene that involved one of my suckers.

Frank:  *glancing over, eyes wide*  She wouldn’t have dared to put that in a book.

Becky:  *nodding and grinning*  Oh, yeah.  She dared.  But her editor made her remove it.

Frank:  Thank God for small miracles.  That stuff’s supposed to be private.

BnK:  Becky I have to ask.  Pirates?  Really, Pirates?  You couldn’t think of a better way to get Frank’s attention?

Becky:  Hey! *holds hands in air*  It’s not like I intended to get abducted or anything.  I was out minding my own business- 

Frank: *interrupting* She was out minding her own business in the middle of the goddamned… er… gosh darned pirate-infested Indian Ocean. 

Becky:  *grinning*  Okay, so maybe he has a point.

Frank:  But in her defense, trouble does seem to find her wherever she goes.

Bnk:  But I can see that it worked.  How are you two doing?

Becky:  Oh, we’re good.

Frank:  Better than good.  *wiggles eyebrows*

Becky:  *rolls in lips and giggles*

BnK: Can you tell us what is next for the BKI crew?

Frank:  Julie Ann Walker just finished with Rock’s story. It’s titled THRILL RIDE and it’s slated to hit the shelves this coming April.

Becky:  The story begins with Rock on the run after he’s been listed as a rogue operator.  It’s mostly set in the jungles of Costa Rica, and it is one hot read, even if I do say so myself.

BnK: Thank you again you two for sitting down and talking with me for a little bit.

Becky:  You’re so welcome.  We’re always happy to help out Julie in any way we can.

Frank:  *snorting*  Speak for yourself.

Becky:  *shakes head and pushes up from chair, extending a hand toward Frank*  Come on, big guy.  I’ve got something special planned for you back at the shop.

Frank:  *wiggles eyebrows at BnK before standing and following Becky from the room*

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Lets take a look at the BKI series

Hell on Wheels

Book 1 in the Black Knight Inc Series

PUBLICATION DATE:   08/07/12
ORDER LINKS:  Amazon | B&N

 He’s the bad boy she’s always wanted…

Nate “Ghost” Weller has loved Ali Morgan nearly half his life. But he’s done something so heinous he’s convinced she’ll never forgive him if she discovers the truth, so he keeps his feelings and his secrets to himself. Then she blows into town with a mother lode of bad guys on her tail and Nate can’t deny she’s in serious trouble. Unfortunately, he’s the only one who can help her.

She’s the good girl he’s kept at arm’s length…

Ali knows Nate as the most solemn, aloof man on the planet. Sadly, he’s also the sexiest. For years she’s avoided him, unable to stomach his dark scowls and brooding silences… especially when she secretly yearns for his touch. Now she must rely on him to save her from the malevolent shadows ghosting her every move. When the bullets explode, so does their passion. But can love really conquer all? Or are some things just too terrible to forgive?

In Rides Trouble

Book 2 in the Black Knight Inc series

PUBLICATION DATE:   09/04/12
ORDER LINKS:  Amazon | B&N

Rebel with a Cause

Becky “Rebel” Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys-she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them.

Man with a Mission

Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank’s way of life. The last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blonde to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Yet it’s just his rotten luck when she ends up in a hostage situation at sea. Come hell or

high water, he will get her back-whether she says she needs him or not.

Rev It up 

Book 3 in the Black Knight Inc Series

PUBLICATION DATE:   10/01/12
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He Never Misses a Target

Jake “the Snake” Sommers earned his SEAL codename by striking quickly and quietly – and with lethal force.  That’s how he broke Michelle Carter’s heart.  It was the only way to keep her safe – from himself.  Four long years later, Jake is determined to get a second chance.  But to steal back into Michelle’s loving arms, Jake is going to have to prove he can take things slow.  Real slow…

She Aims to Make Him Beg

Michelle Carter has never forgiven Jake for being so cliché as to “love her and leave her.”  But when her brother, head of the Black Knights elite ops agency, ticks off the wrong mobster, she must do the unimaginable: place her life in Jake’s hands.  No matter what they call him, this man is far from cold-blooded.  And once he’s wrapped around her heart, he’ll never let her go…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julie Ann Walker is the USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Author of the Black Knights Inc. romantic suspense series. She is prone to spouting movie quotes and song lyrics. She’ll never say no to sharing a glass of wine or going for a long walk. She prefers impromptu travel over the scheduled kind, and she takes her coffee with milk. You can find her on her bicycle along the lake shore in Chicago or blasting away at her keyboard, trying to wrangle her capricious imagination into submission. Look for the first two books in her fast-paced series: Hell On Wheels (August 2012) and In Rides Trouble (September 2012). For more information, please visit www.julieannwalker.com or follow her on Facebook www.facebook.com/jawalkerauthor and/or Twitter @JAWalkerAuthor. 

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