Bio: Robin Lee
Hatcher is the bestselling author of 70 books. Her numerous awards include the
Christy Award for Excellence in Christian Fiction, the RITA Award for Best
Inspirational Romance, and the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. Robin and her
husband currently reside in Idaho .
Beloved is the third book in the Where the Heart Lives series.
However, this book features a new story and main characters that are different from
the previous books in the series.
Welcome back, Robin. Why
did you become an author?
Does that question mean I had a choice? {{grin}} Seriously,
I was a reader and lover of books from a very young age. My storytelling career
began at the age of ten when I told my school friends that my mother had been
born in a covered wagon on the way west on the Oregon
Trail . I was always scribbling lovesick poetry on my binders and
keeping journals and writing long letters. And finally the day came (after
reading a book where I hated the ending) when I decided to try my hand at
writing a novel. That was just before my 30th birthday. I just finished writing
my 71st release this summer. I had no clue that would happen. It just did.
If you weren’t an
author, what would be your dream job?
I would still be in the storytelling arts but as an actress.
I love the theater! I love movies!
I do, too. I have
already been involved in movies and live theater, and I’m about to be again. If
you could have lived at another time in history, what would it be and why?
I have a hard time imagining myself in a world where there
weren't all of our modern conveniences. Could I take penicillin back with me?
Could I choose to be wealthy rather than poor? If so, I would choose Regency
England. No terrible corsets to twist me into the perfect "S" shape or
half dozen petticoats to roast me in the summer. I love the witty repartee that
is part of the Regency world.
What place in the United States
I've visited all but seven of the states, so I would like to
go to all seven. I've only made it to one state in New
England , and I would very much like to visit there in the fall
when the foliage is spectacular.
How about a foreign
country you hope to visit?
What lesson has the
Lord taught you recently?
To thirst for more of Him.
Tell us about the
featured book.
Beloved is the third and final book in the Where the Heart
Lives series. Unlike many of my historicals, Beloved takes place in
the world of upper society. City life. Beautiful homes. Exquisite clothes.
Servants to tend to the needs of the characters. I absolutely fell in love with
Diana and Tyson and wanted to give them a wonderful ending to their story. Here
is the official blurb:
Diana Brennan came west on the orphan train and was given a
home with a loving couple who cherished and spoiled her. At 17, she fell hard
for Tyson Applegate, the son of a wealthy mine owner. After a whirlwind
courtship and marriage, Tyson took off for adventures around the world,
including fighting with the Rough Riders in Cuba . Receiving no word from him in
years, Diana’s infatuation with her dashing husband died an ugly death, and she
is ready to move past the old pain and marry again, just as soon as Tyson is
declared legally dead.
But when Tyson returns, claiming to be a changed man, he
wants to reunite with his wife and run for the senate. While Diana suspects the
election is his real reason for wanting her by his side, she agrees to maintain
his home and to campaign with him, but when it is over, win or lose, she wants
her freedom.
He agrees with one condition—she must give him a chance to
change her mind about him.
Oh, I know I’m going
to love this book, but then I haven’t read one of yours that I didn’t. Please
give us the first page of the book.
Chapter 1
May 1900
To say the least, it was inconsiderate of Diana’s
almost-dead husband to show up at her engagement party.
Conversations around the dinner table in the Calhoun dining
room fell silent as guests began to notice the tall, dashing stranger standing
in the doorway, his gaze fixed on Diana Applegate. He wore formal evening
attire, as if he too had been invited to the festivities. But this was no
guest.
Brook Calhoun, Diana’s soon-to-be fiancé, leaned toward her.
“Who is he? Do you know him?”
“Yes,” she answered, disbelieving the word as it came out of
her mouth. “It’s Tyson.”
“Tyson…Applegate?”
“Yes.”
“Great Scott!”
Tyson smiled at her from across the room, but there was
nothing friendly about the expression. An odd humming started in Diana’s ears,
and she felt as though she was observing the moment from a distance. Was any of
it real? Was he real? This couldn’t be happening. It couldn’t be.
Get up. Get up and go talk to him. Make him leave. Get him
out of sight. But her body refused to obey her mind’s demands. Do something.
You must do something. Now. Now!
Give me more …
quickly! How can readers find you on the Internet?
My web site and blog are at http://www.robinleehatcher.com. Links
from my site will take readers so the social media pages where I am found. I am
most active on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/robinleehatcher.Thank you, Robin, for sharing this new book with us.
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Beloved (Where The Heart Lives)
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