Bio: Multi-published
and Best-Selling author Cynthia Hickey had three cozy mysteries and two
novellas published through Barbour Publishing. Her first mystery, Fudge-Laced Felonies, won first place in
the inspirational category of the Great Expectations contest in 2007. Her third
cozy, Chocolate-Covered Crime,
received a four-star review from Romantic
Times. All three cozies have been re-released as ebooks through the
MacGregor Literary Agency, along with a new cozy series, all of which stay in
the top 50 of Amazon’s ebooks for their genre. She has several historical
romances releasing in 2013, 2014, 2015 through Harlequin’s Heartsong Presents,
and has sold more than 260,000 copies of her works. She
is active on FB, twitter, and Goodreads. She lives in Arizona with her husband, one of their seven
children, two dogs and two cats. She has five grandchildren who keep her busy
and tell everyone they know that “Nana is a writer.”
Welcome back,
Cynthia. Tell us about your salvation experience.
I was thirteen and attending a Presbyterian revival where my
uncle was preaching. God called me, and I answered. A few months later, my
uncle baptized me in a pond in his cow pasture, along with my sisters. I took Bible
correspondence courses in high school, but it wasn’t really until I was an
adult that I really understood what a relationship with God was. I rededicated
myself in 1991.
You’re planning a
writing retreat where you can only have four other authors. Who would they be
and why?
This one is a bit harder, but one of the authors would be
Janice Hanna Thompson. We have a blast together! Another would be Diana
Gabaldon. I’d like to pick her brain on writing memorable characters. JK
Rowling, on creating a new world. Janet Evanovich on how to keep a series
running forever.
Do you have a
speaking ministry? If so, tell us about that.
No, this is something that frightens me.
What is the most
embarrassing thing that has happened to you and how did you handle it?
There is no way I can pick just one time. I’m always doing
something embarrassing. I usually laugh it off, to relieve the tension.
People are always
telling me that they’d like to write a book someday. I’m sure they do to you,
too. What would you tell someone who came up to you and said that?
I tell them to go and write it. It’s that simple.
Tell us about the
featured book.
Betsy Colter's Heart is On the Line
Betrayed by her soldier fiancé, Betsy takes a job as a
Harvey Girl waitress and vows to steer clear of military romance. But soon
she's falling for her army pen pal, Dr. Spencer Gregory. When a wounded Spencer
returns home and rebuffs her friendship and love, Betsy's deepest fears come
true.
Though he's a decorated soldier, Spencer sees himself as a
burden—one he won't saddle Betsy with. But keeping her at arm's length is no
longer an option when Betsy's former fiancé shows up eager to win her back. If
their romance is to survive the war, Spencer must set aside his pride and win
her heart.
Please give us the
first page of the book.
Betsy Colter stared out the train window, refusing to
imagine her ex-fiancé Lloyd’s face reflected in the glass. Night fell, leaving
the world outside in darkness except for lamps illuminating the train platform.
Oh, she shouldn’t be so melancholy. She’d discovered weeks ago that her heart
wasn’t as broken as she’d originally believed. Lloyd never did make her pulse
race or mouth go dry. He was just … Lloyd, the boy who’d always been there.
She sighed. Well, no more. Now, he belonged to another, and
Betsy sat on a Santa Fe railroad train heading
from Kansas City , Kansas ,
to Colorado Springs , Colorado . Or at least she would be once the
train started moving again.
Why not venture out and see what the country might have to
offer? Her parents were gone. Father had died five years ago from an accident
at the mill and her mother only a few months ago from a car accident. As an
only child, Betsy had no one to talk to about the path her future should take.
She made her own choices, following God’s lead the best she could, and tried to
keep loneliness at bay. And now, in her purse sat a contract. She was going to
be a Harvey Girl.
I look forward to
reading this book. How can readers find you on the Internet?
Twitter: @cynthiahickeyThank you, Cynthia, for sharing this new book with us today. I love Harvey Girl stories.
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A Doctor's Heart - Christianbook.com
A Doctor's Heart (Heartsong Presents) - Amazon
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Smiles & Blessings,
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