But now she’s been found.
Published: January 1st 2020
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
ASIN: B07SJF3RBM
Book Interview with Terri Reed about her
upcoming release Secret Mountain Hideout
Secret Mountain Hideout is the second book in my series set in the fictional town of Bristle Township, Colorado revolving around the men and women of the sheriff’s department. As I was writing the first book, Buried Mountain Secrets, I fell in love with the town and the mountains and had the thought it would be a great place to hide. The germ of a story idea took root. Soon I started developing the character of Ashley Willis. Why was she hiding? What was at stake? Who in the sheriff’s department would be a perfect match to both protect her life but capture her heart? As I took stock of the deputies, I realized the youngest and newest member of the team would be a good fit to pair with Ashley.
From beginning to end, it took roughly four months to write Secret Mountain Hideout, with a week pause in the middle to do copy edits for Seeking the Truth, which came out in August.
#3. Do you have favorite character(s) in this book? Every character is my favorite while I’m writing them. LOL For this book, I enjoyed discovering the many layers of Ashley. She constantly surprised me with her backstory and the choices she made throughout the book. I always think a character will be one way but during the writing process, they seem to have a mind of their own. |
I hope readers will be encouraged to do the hard things in life, even when they are scary and risky. Ashley had to be brave to face her fears but with God and the love and support of friends, she came through the situation and was better off for it.
I chose Colorado because it’s a beautiful state with a wonderful landscape that could be used in a variety of ways through many different stories.
#6. How did you name your characters? Believe it or not, the hero is named after K-9 Chase, a beautiful and heroic German shepherd dog with my local county sheriff’s department. For Ashley’s name, I wanted something that was very southern California sounding yet had a bit of a lyrical ring to it. I went to a baby-naming site and looked through the popular names for the year the character would have been born. There were many names that I thought would work but I kept coming back to Ashley. So I went with it. |
At the beginning of every Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense book is a Bible verse. For each book I write I try to be open to God’s leading on the verse. Sometimes I’ll hear something in church or read a passage in the Bible or Bible study I’m working on that will resonate with me for the story. Sometimes I pick a word that has significance to the story and search the Bible for verses that speak to that significance. This is what I did For Secret Mountain Hideout. I searched the Bible for a verse that would bring comfort to someone who was hiding from evil. I came across Psalms 64:1-2.
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My favorite is Proverbs 3:5-6. This real speaks to me in so many ways.
If we trust God with our heart, all of our heart, He will direct our paths.
Terri Reed’s romance and romantic suspense novels have appeared on Publisher’s Weekly top twelve, Nielsen’s Bookscan top fifty, Amazon Bestseller and featured in USA Today. Her books have been finalists in Romance Writers of America RITA contest, National Readers’ Choice Award, Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award and finalists three times in American Christian Fiction Writers The Carol Award contest. Her novel A Family Under the Christmas Tree was adapted into a Hallmark movie retitled Picture a Perfect Christmas. Contact Terri @ P.O. Box 19555 Portland, OR 97224 http://www.terrireed.com https://www.facebook.com/terrireedauthorpage/ https://www.instagram.com/authorterrireed/ |