What is the title of your latest release?
TO CATCH A SINNER
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
TO CATCH A SINNER is suspenseful friends to lovers romance between a relentless journalist and an enigmatic lawyer who fall in love before they realize their relationship has a fatal flaw. Set in a fictionalized Washington DC, the story explores themes of identity, found family, and the pursuit of a new American Dream.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I knew that the story would be set in the DMV because of a recently renewed love I have for the area. I knew that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American history and Culture would be an important setting for the story. My characters were both going to be first generation Ghanaians and the DC area has such a rich and diverse first gen population. Significantly, the house that sparked the idea for this story in the first place is located in McLean Virginia. The Potomac river was my muse for a lot of the story and so my characters spend a lot of time in places that it touches.
Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
Absolutely. She’s the kind of friend who can dance ,or listen to you talk, all night. Who remembers your drink order, and makes sure you're inside before she drives away when she drops you off at home. She can talk you off a ledge and convince you to take a leap of faith. She’s honest with you but in a loving way and isn’t a hypocrite.
What are three words that describe your hero?
Confident intelligent compassionate
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I learned a lot about the effort to repatriate plundered antiquities and stolen cultural artifacts. The importance and value of preserving culture and history for culture for future generations isn’t something I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about. But now, it’s constantly on my mind. I've walked through museums all over the world full of other people’s history and never once thought about what I was participating in. These are actual pieces of cultural heritage and tradition that have been stolen from the people they belong to in the name of voyeurism and a sense of cultural enlightenment. I consume art very differently now.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
A bit of both. For my first draft, I write without editing until I get to the end of the story. It’s a very superficial end. Every crucial scene for the plot is there but the manuscript is, at that point, half the length of what the final draft will be. For draft 2, I go back to the beginning and allow myself to edit what I’ve written each day because this is the draft I want to be able to send to my alpha readers.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
My favorite indulgence is a heaping pile of freshly fried Puna yam with beef suya on the side from a Ghanaian restaurant not far from where I live. It’s delicious and I am obsessed.
Describe your writing space/office!
I live in a classic townhouse without any extra rooms so I’ve carved out a space in my bedroom that I've carved out as my “office” Besides my shelves that have all my books, and gifts from readers, it has a standing desk, walking pad, and my chair. I use the walking pad for an hour each day, but I can’t write while I walk, so I spend most of my time in my chair. To write, I need a really comfortable, but sturdy chair and a clutter free desk. I wear my noise cancelling headphones -with nothing playing-, keep a tall glass of ice water by my side. Other than that, the only other thing I need is luck on my side.
Who is an author you admire?
This is a hard question because I admire so many authors, for a myriad of reasons but if I had to pick one, it would be Kennedy Ryan. She’s built a career with intention and clarity that is unwavering and authentic.
Is there a book that changed your life?
Books, in general, changed my life. I’m a huge reader and there are so many stories that changed the way I think about life, people, myself that it’s hard to pinpoint one. I’d have to say that the first book I published, Then Came You, literally changed my life. It taught me so much about myself, allowed me to reimagine a life I thought was already scripted. I’m living my wildest dreams because I wrote that book and even though this career often takes more than it gives, I wouldn’t change a thing.
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published). Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
After a nearly two year break from writing, I took a trip to Ghana with my family where I spent a month soul searching. I came back and started working on a manuscript, unsure what I would do with it. A week after I sent the manuscript to my developmental editor, I got an email from Liz Berry from Blue Box Press asking if we could schedule a call. On the call they offered me a two book deal and were interested in the manuscript I’d already started working on. That call felt like a strike of lightning that was an answer to my prayers. There were tears after that call, and immediately some shock at the luck that keeps bringing opportunities to me. There are so many talented writers who deserve a chance like this but they are so rare. Especially for Black writers. I bought myself a bottle of bubbly and poured a libation for my ancestors who continue to inspire and guide me.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Romance. Always and forever. When I’m writing, I read other things and I especially love historical fiction and science fiction.
What’s your favorite movie?
Black Panther
What is your favorite season?
Spring
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
My birthday is on Valentine's Day and I love celebrating it with the people I love. My parents always made it a big deal - I’d get a birthday and Valentine's Day card from them. On the years I was single, I never missed getting flowers or cards. So that was nice.
I’m not huge on parties, but I love gathering with my closest friends and family over a meal where our conversation drowns out the music. Until it’s time for Beyonce themed karaoke.
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
There are so many good things on television right now. I just watched Widows Bay and loved it. Bad Sisters, Tehran, Slow Horses, Savage Beauty, Alchemy of Souls and The Last Empress are all my recent watches on streaming channels that I don’t hear enough people talking about. I don’t go to the movies often but I went to see You, Me, and Tuscany. It was an amazingly fantastic rom-com. This is a banner year for reading. Kin by Tayari Jones is definitely going to be one of my top reads of the year. I am anxiously awaiting Score by Kennedy Ryan and LOVED Struck Speechless by Tati Richardson!
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
I love Ghanaian food of course, but I also love Lebanese food. My father's stepfather was Lebanese and he was raised on their cuisine. My grandmother’s kibbeh is still the best I’ve ever had. On my mother’s side, cooking is a tradition and my mother and aunts taught me to cook traditional Ghanaian food. It’s delicious and I’m thrilled my children love it, too.
What do you do when you have free time?
I cook I bake I love to bake
What can readers expect from you next?
I have so many projects I'm working on all of them suspenseful. I'm working on a dual timeline historical romance set against the backdrops of Ghana’s political upheaval. No matter what, they can expect epic storytelling with lots of lots of fun, cultural insights, food, music - a multisensory experience that I strive to give my readers with every story.
From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dylan Allen writing as Lucy Wilson-Tagoe comes the first story in her new Blurred Lines Duet series...
Who gets to tell this story?
The sinner who lived it?
Or the saint who stole it?
Sin Sackey is driven by the same hardwired need as every eldest first-generation daughter—to make her family proud. And she built her career and chose her partners with that single goal as her north star.
Everyone said she had it all. And for more than twenty years, Sin let herself believe they were right.
Until a near-death experience makes the truth impossible to deny.
Her relationship is on life support. Her journalism career is in freefall. And the city she thought she'd conquer has chewed her up and spit her out.
With everything to prove—and everything to lose—Sin moves back home to Washington, DC, determined to start over. No more chasing shadowy criminals. And no more men who look too good to be true.
But on the eve of the first day of the rest of her new life, the saying about old habits proves painfully accurate.
A new lead falls into her lap, and Sin dives back into the story that nearly cost her everything.
Then, when a man who is all the things she's sworn to avoid invites her to dinner, she says yes.
After everything she's been through, it's reckless.
But this story could resurrect her career—and take down an entire black-market empire. She's closer than ever to catching its elusive leader, and she can't let go now.
And this man—who makes her blush, makes her laugh, and understands things she usually has to explain—could be the one. So, she lowers her walls just enough for him to climb over.
But just when it seems her gamble might pay off, her lead starts to feel more like a trap. And the man she's let herself love appears to be the one who set it.
To Catch a Sinner is a steamy, suspenseful friends-to-lovers romance between a relentless journalist and a mysterious lawyer with a complicated shared past. Set against a fictionalized Washington, DC, this fast-paced, high-stakes story explores reclaiming identity, challenging power, and the pursuit of a new American dream.
Romance Suspense [ Blue Box Press, On Sale: June 23, 2026, e-Book, ISBN: 9798903270255 / eISBN: 9798903270248 ]
Lucy Wilson- Tagoe is a Ghanaian-American writer and lawyer. She crafts suspenseful women’s fiction and romantic thrillers that center characters from all over the African Diaspora and the Global South.
She’s an passionate cook, a serial hobbyist, and a voracious reader.
Lucy studied History at Tufts University. She received her degrees in Law from Howard University and The London School of Economics.
A child immigrant and the child of immigrants- she calls the world home.
Lucy currently lives near Baltimore (the best city in America!) with her husband and their two children.
To Catch a Sinner is her debut novel.
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