Date Published: September 23. 2024
Publisher: ACX
Narrator: Catherine Hein Carter
Run Time: 5 hours, 34 minutes
Interview with Linda Griffin
What is your favorite part of the book?
That’s a really tough question! Without giving any spoilers, I’ll say the scene with Brett, Teresa, and Aiden in the park. I also love the emotional nuances Catherine Hein Carter added to her narration.
Does your book have a lesson? Moral?
Love is a dangerous illness, and the rebound effect, which in medical terms is the worsening of symptoms after a course of treatment ends, can have unexpected results in romance too.
Are your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
Of all the characters in all of my books, Teresa is the most like me. She has my pet peeves, my religious philosophy, and even my favorite T-shirts. Everybody else came from my imagination.
Of all the characters you have created, which is your favorite and why?
They are all my favorites in one way or another, but I’m particularly fond of sassy six-year-old Sasha. “Golly shakes!” as she would say. I particularly enjoy writing mouthy women, and sometimes the main character’s best friend, like Sasha’s mother Alix, is more fun to write than the heroine.
What character in your book are you least likely to get along with?
I think I’d find alpha male Frank too overwhelming for my taste. Whirlwind romance is exciting, but it can be scary too.
What would the main character in your book have to say about you?
I think she would be dubious about my ability to relate to her life as the single mother of a deaf child. And she would give me hell for all the stress I put her through.
Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
Each book is meant to stand on its own, except for Beyond Stonebridge, which is a sequel to Stonebridge. I never expected to write a sequel, but after I finished Stonebridge, I spent four months obsessively rewriting the ending, and the only way I could get myself to stop was to wonder what would happen next. While I’d love to write another case for Detectives Aaron and Farrs from Guilty Knowledge or Detective Brady from Morgan’s Landing, it doesn’t seem likely right now.
About the Author
As soon as Linda Griffin learned to read, she knew she wanted to be a “book maker” and wrote her first story, “Judy and the Fairies,” at the age of six. Her passion for the printed word also led her to a career at the San Diego Public Library, including 22 years as Fiction Librarian. She retired to spend more time on her writing, and her stories have been published in numerous journals. She has had ten books published by the Wild Rose Press.
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3 comments:
This sounds like a good story.
Thank you, Marcy.
This looks like an awesome read. Thanks for sharing.
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