A Shout Out to a Favorite Author

My most recent novel, How Shall We Love? is a contemporary romance. But what many do not know about this book is that I give a tribute to one of my favorite authors, a man who wrote one of the most endearing fantasies of all time: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Fantasy is one of my favorite genres to read and write, so when I sat down to write a romance, I had to connect it to fantasy somehow! For that reason, I named one of the characters Reuel.

Reuel, the skater-punk/evangelist who has a profound impact on the main character of the novel, is one of my favorite characters I ever wrote. He’s confident, agile and full of forgivable flaws. And while he’s almost nothing like his namesake, he does have character traits similar to a few characters in The Lord of the Rings: the servanthood of Samwise, the playfulness of Pippin, the unwavering character of Aragorn.

I may never write a contemporary romance again, but this one burst forth from me and changed me in ways I didn’t expect.

You can download this book for FREE to your Kindle, or Kindle app, both today and tomorrow. And I’d love to hear from you if you also love the character, Reuel!

link to the e-book