This week, we shine the spotlight on author,
Kristin Wallace
Kristin knows what you love! Money!!! Kristin is giving a way a $10 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky person leaving a comment below. Tell us what you would do if you were to suddenly become an 'overnight heiress'! Winner will be drawn the end of day (8 p.m. CST) Thursday - Good Luck!
BIO
Kristin Wallace is the USA
Today Best Selling Author of inspirational and contemporary romance, and
women’s fiction filled with “Love, Laughter and a Leap of Faith”. She is the
author of two best selling series, Shellwater
Key Tales (sweet contemporary romance) and Covington Falls Chronicles (inspirational romance).
Kristin’s new series The Heiress Games, launches April 10 with Book 1, Least Likely Heiress. Book 2, Not Quite
An Heiress launches May 8 and Book 3, The Forgotten Heiress, launches June 5.
Get a sneak peek with a FREE Chapter Sampler with the opening chapters of all
three books.
Thank you for stopping by today, Kristin. Lets find out a bit more about you, shall we?
I always asked ‘where do you get your
ideas’. So, where do you get yours?
The Heiress
Games started out as a single book in another series. I had the idea of a
rather eccentric heiress who dies and leaves all her money to a pet. That pet
happens to be a pig. I’ve thought leaving the money to a pig just seemed
funnier. The heiress then chooses three women who are descendants of the family
to compete for custody of the pig (and control of the money of course). At some
point the single book morphed into a different series and grew to 3 books, each
one following the actions of one of the “heiresses”.
The one very
different element of the series is that all three books show the same basic
events, but from the point-of-view of the other characters. There are even
certain “group” scenes that appear in all three books, but each time you see it
through different eyes.
Which comes first, the story, the
characters, or the setting?
I think in
this case it was the premise of people competing for custody of a pig. Then I
had to figure out who they all were and the connection between them. The women
are family descendants and all related in some way to the heiress who passes
away. The men involved ended up being best friends who were once foster
brothers together. One of them is the lawyer in charge of overseeing the will
(and The Heiress Games). He brings his two best friends to help watch over the
women.
Which of your heroines most represent
you, or the ‘you’ you’d like to be? Why?
Wow, I don’t
know. My characters tend to be a lot bolder than I am in real life, LOL. Maybe
I wish I could be more like that in general.
What is the single most important part
of writing for you?
I’d say
writing compelling characters. If readers don’t care about my characters, they
won’t care about the story.
What’s the most romantic thing a guy
can do (or has done) for you?
I think I’m
still waiting for that. Maybe it’s why I write romance novels. If I don’t have
romance in my life, I can write about it someone else’s life.
Those are my Top Five. Now please pick YOUR
three from the following:
How long have you been writing
- have you always wanted to be a writer?
I was always a voracious reader. I started writing down stories in high
school, but it never occurred to me that I could be a writer until my mid-20s.
Even then it took me about 10 years to get my act together and really make a
push to be an author.
If I was a first time reader
of your books, which one would you recommend I start with
and why?
Might as well start with my first book, MARRY ME. It’s the first book in the Covington Falls Chronicles,
inspirational romances set in a fictional southern town. It’s still one of my
favorite books, with plenty of heart and laughs. It’s about a very reluctant
wedding planner.
My other series is set in a small Florida beach town, Shellwater Key
Tales. If you like sweet contemporary romance, LEFT TURN AT PARADISE is the first book in that series. The main
books in that series center on three childhood friends who all return to their
hometown and become involved in reviving an old dinner theatre.
Who, if anyone, has influenced
your writing?
My favorite authors are those who can make me laugh and cry. Susan
Elizabeth Phillips and Kristan Higgins are probably the two I want to be “when
I grow up”. I really admire authors who
know how to write humor well, but also can fell all the emotions. Those are the
core elements of my books. I can’t take a whole book filled with only angst and
drama.
Now, let's talk about the book.
BLURB
A
fortune…and love…is at stake
Eccentric
heiress, Victoria Armington, has died and left her vast fortune to her pet pig,
Matilda. Now three Armington descendants have been chosen to compete for
custody of the pig…and control of the money. Then there’s the lawyer in charge
of overseeing the competition, and his two best friends, who arrive to make
sure nothing goes wrong.
Welcome
to The Heiress Games…
Heiress #1: Eve Bennett – The
Least Likely Heiress
She’s
a struggling single mother whose claim to the Armington name stems from an affair
between Palm Cove’s founder and his mistress. Winning the money will mean her
family will never want for anything again. There’s just one big,
knee-weakening, mouth-watering problem…the talk, dark and gorgeous lawyer in
charge of the Heiress Games.
For
high-powered attorney, Cameron Reed, sorting out the craziest will he’s ever
encountered could mean a partnership at his firm. He’s survived becoming
an orphan and an endless round of foster homes, and now he’s one step away from
realizing his dream. If only he can keep from losing his heart to the one woman
who could ruin all his plans.
As Cam and Eve fight their feelings, there’s also a
saboteur at work. Someone who might stop at nothing to make sure no one wins.
ALERT! The Heiress Games is like no other series. You’ll
actually see the same events unfold in Books 2 (Not Quite An Heiress) and 3
(The Forgotten Heiress), but from the other characters’ points of view. Each
romance will come to a satisfying conclusion, but you’ll have to wait for the
ultimate winner to be announced at the end of the series. The author apologizes
in advance for writing a cliffhanger, but knows you’ll love the journey to the
grand finale.
EXCERPT
Looking
up, Cam realized he’d already reached the diner. A blonde-haired waitress stood
out front, talking on a cell phone. His heart stuttered to a stop. Then started
again. Something dark and rich settled in his gut. His scattered brain managed
to record a few critical details. Golden hair. Rounded hips. Legs that seemed
to go on forever. And lips, he noticed, as he drew closer. Amazing, entrancing,
have-to-taste-them lips.
The golden goddess pocketed the
phone and went to sit on a bench under a big tree. She moved like heaven.
Despite the ugly pink uniform, the woman sparkled like a polished gold coin.
Wait
a minute…a blonde in a waitress uniform?
In an instant, Cam knew he’d found
his heiress, along with a mountain of temptation.
He walked over to the bench. For one
brief second Cam hoped he was wrong. Maybe his heiress was still inside and
this woman just looked a little like the picture in the file. Eve was part of
the grand scheme cooked up by Victoria Armington, which meant Eve was as good
as a client, which meant she was off limits. He couldn’t get personally
involved with her in any way.
“Eve Bennett?”
Her head lifted. “Yes?”
He was so screwed.
Wow! Definitely on my TBR list!
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