
Everyone loves Vicious. I agree, he’s pretty amazing. However, Jaime is my favorite Hothole to date. Where did the concept for Defy come from?
Honestly, I was in the Hot For Teacher anthology and we were required to write a teacher-student romance. It all kind of rolled from there. As I was writing Defy I pretty much realized that Vicious needed his own book, and that’s how the whole series started.
Dean and Rosie’s story was so emotional! Does writing a story like that have a personal impact on your psyche? Or do you compartmentalize your characters?
Oh yes, for sure. I feel what they feel. I go through the same stuff. When Rosie was afraid of dying, so was I. It was a difficult book to write but I’m so proud of it.
We’re dying for Trent and Evie’s story! Anything you’d like to share about Scandalous before it releases September 29th?
Honestly at this point I’m just waiting to hit publish. I’m so so excited to give you this crazy couple. I absolutely loved writing this book.
As you know, I have a major crush on Jaime. Will I see him a lot in Scandalous? Pretty please say yes!
Sorry! Scandalous is probably the least interconnected book in the series. Edie didn’t grow up with them and doesn’t have any ties to the group. You see Jaime a few times but the subplots don’t surround the other HotHoles.
Do you have anything specific you’d like to share with your readers? What should we expect next?
Expect the unexpected. I’m not just saying that. There are very exciting things ahead, but I’m an erratic writer so I don’t want to announce anything specific before the book is ready and I lock down a release date.
If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Read minds. Goddammit, that would be so awesome. But also so, so dangerous.
Do your books turn you on?
They do. Especially Scandalous, by the way.
Tea or Coffee?
Coffee every morning and at 3pm, tea in-between.
Are you a morning person or night owl?
Night owl for sure. I’m barely functioning before ten a.m. I don’t do anything important before 11 p.m, just in case I screw it up.
Where is the worst place you could get stuck?
I’m a pretty chilled person so I’m not really too concerned about getting stuck in the middle of nowhere. But my heart is with Texas right now and I wouldn’t wanna go through what the Texan people are going through <3
What is your biggest addiction?
Coffee probably. I was going to say wine but that would sound quite alarming. lol.
Name one thing you’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t? [Other than marry Chris Pratt…just kidding]
Bahahaha! A tragus piercing. I have a helix but not a tragus. I’ll get one. Someday. I just don’t want to do it now because I know it’d be a bitch to workout without earbuds for a while. Wow. This is boring. Nonetheless, it’s the truth.
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UF Health partners with a local developer to integrate health care into new residential community.Welcome! We are working our way through the book of Ruth, the second chapter. I appreciate comments, because I am working on a presentation on Wisdom literature for today from the Old Testament, and this short book is a great illustration of some of the features of those writings. Thanks for your help.
In this chapter, Ruth meets Boaz, a rich landowner who is related to Naomi, and gleans in his fields. He takes special notice of her, and makes sure that she is given special consideration and protection. When Ruth asks him why he is doing this, because she is a foreigner, Boaz says he has heard of what she has done for her mother-in-law, and gives her a blessing as a refugee, and the blessing is from the God of Israel.
I'm reminded of Martin Luther King's hope that people will be regarded for the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. How do we judge others? How do we regard those who are strangers because of language, culture, and place of origin? The choice for Boaz was kindness.
When Ruth tells Naomi about Boaz, she gives thanks to God for his kindness, and her lament turns to blessing. In verse 20, Naomi says about Boaz, "Blessed be he