Featured Interview With Olivia Gaines
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
As an award-winning, best-selling Amazon author, Olivia loves a good laugh coupled with some steam, mixed in with a man and woman finding their way past the words of “I love you.” An author of contemporary romances, she writes heartwarming stories of blossoming relationships about couples not only falling in love but building a life after the hot sex scene.
When Olivia is not writing, she enjoys quilting, playing Scrabble online against other word lovers and spending time with her family. She is an avid world traveler who writes many of the locations into her stories. Most of the time she can be found sitting quietly with pen and paper plotting more adventures in love.
Olivia lives in Hephzibah, Georgia with her husband, son, grandson and snotty evil cat, Katness Evermean.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I think I was 9 when I wrote my first story about a runaway puppy looking for a new home.
My teacher read it and we started a newsletter in elementary school. I guess from there it became my “thing.” I wrote for my high school, college and later the Army Times, all under my government name of course.
I have been a storyteller all of my life. After a very long career in corporate, education and marketing, I came home to spend time with my words. I have been writing full time for the past four years. I love it.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love romantic suspense. I am a die hard Julie Garwood fan, but I love the humor of Evanovich and the storytelling skill of Beverly Jenkins.
I am inspired by the every day characters who walk into my life. I love the What if…
I take the What if and put a spin on it like no other, but I have fun telling the story.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
In my latest book, Oregon Trails, I am continuing my Modern Mail Order Bride Series of men who live off the grid looking for wives to help them bring a vision to life. I then pair them with successful and powerful women who want to bring it down 3,000 levels and enjoy the simple life.
I love this series.
I am not relegated or regulated to any set formula. I can allow the series to evolve naturally based on the state, the location and the characters I want to bring to life.
Paul and Kalinda have got to be the most fun couple I have ever written. AS in all of my stories, they are surrounded by a cast of kookie characters which every one can relate to because these characters are people you know.
Paul has a bunch of tiny houses on the side of a mountain where he has created his version of the Appalachian Trail with rental properties. he doesn’t know marketing and needs a wife who can. He also has a digestive disorder which has made his life miserable. In walks Kalinda who pulls all the pieces together as well as a life with Paul.
Kalinda Marsh agreed to be his wife and help him build new paths. Together, the trails of Oregon weren’t the only things they set ablaze.
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