Interview Kay Harris Author of Don’t Let Him Go
Give a warm welcome to Kay Harris, author of Don’t Let Him Go released on Valentine’s Day!
Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a frosted heart sugar cookie or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about Kay and Don’t Let Him Go.
What inspired this particular story? I spent one glorious year living and working in San Francisco. The city herself inspired me to make her the setting of a love story. As I traveled home from work each day on the ferry I crossed under the Bay Bridge and the idea of that bridge, connecting two places – one a little fancier and flightier than the other, one a little more raw and down to earth – it stuck in my mind. When I got home each night I sat at my computer and Candace and Jack’s story just flowed out of me. Three years later I am seeing it published and it’s a bit like a dream coming true.
Who is your favorite character of all of the books you’ve written and Why? My favorite character is Sean Rush. He’s the hero in my first book “Love on the Rocks.” It’s no secret that he’s not-so-loosely based on my husband. Big, quiet, and sexy-as-all-get-out, Sean still makes swoon.
Do you see yourself in your characters? I think there’s a little of me in some of my characters. My passion comes out in Jack from “Don’t Let Him Go” and my emotion comes out in Candace. But in other ways, we don’t have much in common. I think mostly I want to be friends with my characters. And it’s nice to have friends that are not like me, but have differences that fit with my personality, like pieces of a puzzle. I suppose that’s what they are together as well, especially in Jack and Candace’s case. They seem like opposites, but in many ways they complement one another. For Candace, who has always felt out of place in her own family, it is difficult for her to see how that puzzle might fit together, until it does.
You’ve got a time machine, a cloak of invisibility, and one hour. Where would you go, and what eavesdropping would you do? November 22, 1963, the grassy knoll.
What’s your approach to writing? Are you a plotter or follow your characters flow (Pantser)? I am mostly a pantser. I am prone to daydreaming. So I start typing out what I’ve come up as soon as I hit a computer. The characters are definitely leading me. But I can’t type as fast as I can dream so I will often put a few sentences down to remind me of my ideas moving ahead in the story. That allows me sleep at night, otherwise I’d be up typing all night long!
SPEED ROUND FOR A LITTLE ADDED FUN:
Speed Round (one word only answer): Yep, I know torture for a writer!<evil laugh>
Favorite movie: The Abyss (I love you Ed Harris!)
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Last book read: Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton
Favorite color: Green
Stilettos or flipflops: Birkenstocks
Coffee or tea: coffee
Ebook or audiobook or paperback: Ebook
Pencil or pen: pen
Favorite song: Forever in Blue Jeans by Neil Diamond
Streak or not: Why not?
Favorite dessert: Crème Brulee
Favorite junk food: Chips and salsa
Favorite thing to do to relax: read!
Champagne or gin: neither
Paranormal or Historical: Historical
Wonder Woman or Top Model: Wonder Woman!
Favorite TV show: The Office
Hot or cold: hot
POV: first sometimes, third sometimes
I’d die if I don’t have: my Kindle
Review or Not: Review
Tell us a little about Don’t Let Him Go.
The only thing worse than getting stuck with a bad client is falling in love with him.
Candace Gleason passed the bar, landed a great job, and is making a killer salary–basically, all of her dreams are coming true. Until she’s assigned to keep the boss’s petulant son out of trouble.
Jack Morrison is the rebellious black sheep of a mighty real estate family. He runs a nonprofit whose mission is to save poor people from evil corporations, like the one his own family owns. He is obnoxious, ridiculously charming, and insanely hot. He is the bane of Candace’s very existence.
Sparks fly from the moment they meet. Candace suddenly has more to worry about than keeping Jack out of jail. She has to keep him out of her heart.
A peek between the paged of Don’t Let Him Go:
I folded my arms across my chest and glared at Jack as he moseyed into the room. “You ambushed me.”
Jack came to a stop a few feet away and nodded. “I did.”
“That’s it?” I spread my arms out and leaned forward. My voice rose despite my effort to control it. “That’s all you have to say?”
“What do you want me to say? You’re smart. You can see what I did back there. I used you for my own gain.”
“You’re a prick!”
“I’m not surprised you feel that way. But I am sorry you had to get caught in the crossfire.” He moved to the couch and took a seat in the middle of it, purposefully giving me the high ground.
He slung his arms over the back of the couch casually, making him look like an arrogant ass. And that is exactly what I thought of him at that moment. So I called him on his supposed apology. “Are you?”
“Yes, I am. But you’re not innocent, Candie. You put yourself in this position by going to work for Morrison.”
“It’s Candace!” I shouted, on the edge of insanity.
He didn’t respond. He just looked at me with that infuriatingly handsome face and waited, an amused grin dancing on his face.
Buy Links:
AMAZON, B&N,: AMAZON CA, AMAZON UK, AMAZON AU, and THE WILD ROSE PRESS.
About the author:
Kay Harris has had a diverse career with jobs ranging from college professor to park ranger. Now she adds author to her repertoire. Kay writes romance novels that contain a little bit of sweet, a dash of sexy, a touch of heartbreak, and a whole lot of fun!
Kay grew up in the Midwest and has since lived all over the western United States including Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. She loves to hike, is obsessed with museums, and enjoys taking her extremely tall and very handsome husband on adventures.
WEBSITE: http://www.kayharrisauthor.com
BLOG: https://www.kayharrisauthor.com/blog/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/KayHarrisAuthor
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKayHarris/
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15060640.Kay_Harris
BOOKBUB: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/kay-harris
It was wonderful having you with us today. Please feel free to stop by anytime. Good Luck with Don’t Let Him Go.
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