Please give us a short introduction to what Restless Hearts is all about? Sarah is the daughter of a doctor in 1850s Boston. She has assisted in her father’s medical practice and has hopes to become a doctor herself. But she’s a few years too early for acceptance by the medical community, so she poses as a married woman and boards a ship for San Francisco, determined to make it on her own. What did you find the most interesting while researching the history for this book? I didn’t know that people from all over the world headed for the San Francisco gold rush. I knew that there had been an influx of Chinese, but gold seekers arrived from as far away as Europe. Until I started to research it, I’d assumed that it was basically an American phenomenon. …show more content…
No, originally I had planned one book with three women characters. I’m not a real plotter, but as I started to make notes I realized I had three distinct stories. I like the way they worked out, and I’d be hard pressed to choose my favorite among them. How do the other books in the San Francisco Gold Rush series tie in with Restless Hearts? Not to give too much away, but the women who feature in Books Two and Three know Sarah and her friends. I like the fact that the men in their lives have interesting stories as well. The male love interest in Book Two (Lily’s story) is Sarah’s brother, and the male love interest in Book Three is Aidan, Jamie’s friend from New York. His story is quite compelling, if I do say so myself. What are you working on right now? I’m working on Book Seven in my Forever Series titled More Than Forever. There will be a total of eight books when I’m finished later this year. They’re novella length and range from 27,000 to 41,000 words. Each book is a stand-alone story (I greatly dislike cliff-hangers), and features a women at a crossroads in her life. They’ve been fun to write. BTW: the first book in that series is free. Where can our readers discover more of your work or interact with