Featured Interview With Liz Flaherty
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up on a farm in Central Indiana, fully intending to move to the big city the very minute I reached adulthood. Instead, I live five miles away from the family farm. We are owned by seven grandkids (the REAL Magnificent Seven) and three cats.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was always fascinated. I still remember “Look” being the first word in the first reader in first grade. That same week, I sat in the barn while my parents milked and read the book aloud. By the time I was 10, I was determined I would write books of my own. It only took me about 40 years to get one published!
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading Nan Reinhardt, Kristan Higgins, Cheryl St. John, Kathleen Gilles Seidel, Mary Balogh, Holly Jacobs…oh, way more than I can think of. I love romance, but my heart is with women’s fiction. I am fascinated by the woman’s journey.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is THE HEALING SUMMER. The story takes place in Peacock, Tennessee and revisits many of the people from ONE MORE SUMMER. Carol, the heroine, is a beautician. Steven, who thinks he’s no one’s hero, is a cardio-thoracic surgeon. Their story has a place so deep in my heart I don’t even know how to describe it. They are a couple, it is a romance, but it’s also…more. A teenage girl named Reese becomes a part of the family they don’t even know they are. The blurb says, “When Steven Elliott accidentally rides his bike into Carol Whitney’s car at the cemetery, the summer takes on new and exciting possibilities. Long friendship wends its way into something deeper when their hearts get involved. Feelings neither of them had expected to experience again enrich their days and nights. But what happens when the long summer ends? When Carol wants a family and commitment and a future, Steven isn’t so sure. He’s had his heart broken before—can he risk it again?”
Oh, yes, he’ll risk it again. Will it be worth it? I’ll leave that for you to judge.
I’m not sure how long it took me to write this book. Some stories are so much a part of you that you don’t know where the start or where they end. This was one of those.
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