Blog Tour: Interview and Giveaway with Darcy Flynn, author of Keeper of My Heart

Click on the button to view all tour stops

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

What or who inspires you to write? 

First, I want to thank you, Vanessa for having me on the Bornean Bookworm today! 

Out of all the people, places and things, that inspire my writing, music has been the most powerful influence. When I listen to music, moving pictures start flowing through my head, and from there, a story begins to form.    

Tell us about your debut, Keeper of My Heart. Where do all the inspirations for characters, setting, story, etc. come from? 

My heroine, Katie McCullough, must face the death of a dream of owning the town’s lighthouse compound when, my hero, Max Sawyer, a new hotel developer in town outbids her for the property. The fun starts when she wrongly assumes he is turning the property into one of his ‘Serenity Spa Resorts’.  

Here’s the blurb: 

Katie McCullough doesn’t know it, but Max Sawyer, the over confident, insufferable thief who outbid her for the lighthouse property, is none other, than her mystery lighthouse sailor. The one man who captured her heart five years earlier, the one man who has since been the plum line for every other unsuspecting male who has crossed her path. Unfortunately for Max, he doesn’t measure up either.  

Still reeling from losing the property she’d planned to call home, sparks fly when Katie assumes Max is turning her beloved lighthouse compound into one of his ‘Serenity Spa Resorts.”  Outraged, Katie sets out on a mission to dismantle the property…and his plans.  

Except Max’s plans have absolutely nothing to do with hotels and everything to do with winning Katie’s heart. 

I came up with the story simply through my own love of lighthouses and from my girlhood dreams of someday owning a lighthouse compound and living in the keeper’s house. I visited three coastal towns when researching the setting. As soon as I saw St. Michaels, Maryland, I knew that's where Max and Katie's story would take place.  

How about your next project? Would you mind giving us a sneak peek of how the book would be like? 

I'd love, too. I’m working on a story about a young woman who is struggling to keep her Bed and Breakfast afloat in the face of fierce competition from her neighbor who is the owner of a successful hunting lodge and the man she believes responsible for her father’s demise. It takes place in west Texas and it’s my first cowboy romance. I’m having so much fun writing it!   

If you get to choose one of the greatest classic authors to be your mentor, who would it be and why? 

Jane Austen is of course a favorite for her independent and intelligent heroines. But my favorite romance author and the one who has influenced me the most, is Georgette Heyer. I don't believe she's considered a "classic' yet but her books are so much fun and such joy to read. She, herself, considered her books pure entertainment. That's what I hope to give to my readers.    

Your guilty pleasure. 

Definitely chocolate! Milk, dark, with or without nuts…doesn't matter!   

Your latest obsession (that has got nothing to do with books or writing). 

Musical theatre! I go as often as I can.  

Complete this sentence: 'I swear by…'

...nothing. 

THE BOOK

Katie McCullough doesn’t know it, but Max Sawyer, the over confident, irritatingly handsome hotel developer who outbid her for the lighthouse property, is none other, than her mystery lighthouse sailor. The one man who captured her heart five years earlier, the one man who has since been the plum line for every other unsuspecting male who has crossed her path. Unfortunately for Max, he doesn’t measure up either.

Still reeling from losing the property she’d planned to call home, sparks fly when Katie assumes Max is turning her beloved lighthouse compound into one of his ‘Serenity Spa Resorts.” Outraged, Katie sets out on a mission to dismantle the property…and his plans.

Except Max’s plans have absolutely nothing to do with hotels and everything to do with winning Katie’s heart.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darcy was born into the rich culture of New Orleans, La.  As a city filled with colorful historical intrigue and broad creative energy, her natural bent to the arts coupled with her love for one of the most romantic cities in the world has been the inspiration and anchor of her artistic multi-dimension endeavors. Darcy was always compelled by the need to express herself and like her mother’s famous gumbo, her previous expressions included a little bit of everything - art, music, acting and dance.

Although, published in music, art and the Christian non-fiction market under another identity, it was the empty nest that turned Darcy to writing romantic fiction. A lover of lighthouses, Darcy’s first novel, Keeper Of My Heart, unfolds in a small Maryland fishing village on the Chesapeake Bay.

Darcy, a former Mrs. Tennessee, continues to be surrounded by all things creative in Music City and when not in writing in her London flat, lives on a beautiful horse farm in historic- Franklin, Tennessee with her husband, son, two English Setters and a calico cat.  Darcy enjoys stargazing, raising rare breed chickens and gardening.

Visit Darcy at www.darcyflynnromances.com

 GIVEAWAY

Author Darcy Flynn is generous enough to offer 5 ebook copies in a giveaway. To enter, simply fill out the form below. Contest opens from Feb 18 till Feb 25.