The fifty-something character who took over my latest book

I almost always feature a third character in my longer romances. In addition to the male and female lead, there’s a third voice with a different, though related story.

In The Beach Reads Bookshop, we have Luis, the third of the Hometown Brothers, a young billionaire who suddenly learns he’s a father. We have Deena, the child’s caregiver who reluctantly comes with Luis to Teaberry Island to run The Beach Reads Bookshop.

The third character, Carol Fisher, is a woman in her fifties who was so much...