Goodreads asked Erin Hahn:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Erin Hahn YOU’D BE MINE came about after I watched a documentary on the Carter family and their contribution to country music. Towards the end of the film, Johnny Cash is interviewed and he’s gushing (in a very cool Johnny Cash way) about how star struck he was in the presence of Ma Carter and her daughters (including June). It occurred to me, that to the world he was JOHNNY CASH, but to him, she was JUNE CARTER. I loved that more than I can express. The fact that to him (And anyone who really knows country music), she was the legend. Out of that sprung Clay and Annie. Clay, the bright new talent and Annie, the prodigy daughter of legends. I didn’t want a famous boy falling for the plain Jane girl next door. I’ve read that story. I wanted something different. I wanted the famous boy falling for the even more famous girl.

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