Today Liz Flaherty joins us. She is a good friend and, as you will see, a fellow Carina Press author. Liz, tell us what you've been doing.
Life is new and wonderful for me these days. I retired from the post office in 2011, promptly gained 15 pounds--overnight, I swear!--and promised my grandkids, The Magnificent Seven, that I would make each of them a bed-size quilt. I also planned to write all day, every day.
What was I thinking?
I've learned to write when I feel like it, sew when I feel like it, and maybe even to eat a little less--or maybe not. For the first time, we're wintering in Florida and I'm enjoying the newness of it. I'm having a Very, Very Good time.
I recently finished the sixth quilt and my sixth book--I'm not an overnight success, but I never give up. JAR OF DREAMS, is a new release by Carina Press. I am thrilled to the point everyone I know rolls their eyes as soon as I open my mouth.
Six quilts! I'm impressed. Liz, tell us a little about JAR OF DREAMS.
For as long as she can remember, Lucy Dolan has been jotting
down her hopes on slips of paper and saving them in a pickle jar—her jar of
dreams. It was the first thing she saved when the beloved family diner went up
in flames, and it's safely buckled in her beat-up minivan when she lands in
Taft, Indiana, to start over. She rents a room and goes into business with her
landlady, but then Gert's nephew comes charging in to "rescue" his
aunt.
Boone Brennan will be damned if he'll
let Lucy take advantage of Aunt Gert, who raised him and his sister. Believing
that she's just passing through, he's deeply suspicious of her—despite the
sparks that fly between them.
Just as Boone and Lucy are starting to
open up to each other, a series of fires throws Lucy under suspicion. Boone
wants to trust her and his feelings, but with the whole town against her, will
he stay by her side? Or will Lucy move on and find another place to make her
dreams come true?
This sounds like a great story. I have a few questions for you.
