Goodreads asked Courtney Hunt:

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

Courtney Hunt For the Starlight Lakes duet, I was at the beauty salon, getting my hair done. On one side, the client next to me was chatting about her memories of her family's lake house. On the other side, the hair stylist told a story about how she fell in love with her best friend's brother. By the time I'd finished getting my hair washed, Starlight Lake was born. Some ideas are like that--just dropped in the author's lap.

For the Always a Bridesmaid series (Forever a Bridesmaid, Once a Bridesmaid, Kiss a Bridesmaid, Desire a Bridesmaid, and Never a Bridesmaid), I got the series idea by chatting with my sister, a professional bridal makeup artist. On our annual family beach trip to Myrtle Beach, she told me about a recent wedding she'd worked where there was a professional bridesmaid. Intrigued by the idea, I was splashing in the surf with my then 6-year-old son when Erin and Lauren started chatting in my head. Of course, my blabbermouth muse always visits when it's most convenient for me... :-)

I bought a composition notebook at Rite Aid and, by the time we left the beach, I'd developed Erin, Lauren, and Erin's brother, Dylan. Erin and Matthew's story is featured in Forever a Bridesmaid, Lauren is the heroine of the second book in the series, Once a Bridesmaid. Dylan is the hero of Never a Bridesmaid, the fifth book in the series.

For The Lost Art of Second Chances, I wanted to write a second chance at love story and started that as my National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) book in 2011. I hadn't been writing long when Nonna Belladonna showed up with a tale to tell and we headed off to World War II Italy.

For Cupid's Coffeeshop, I'd long wanted to write a series set in a coffeeshop as I think it's a fun way to meet people. I had so many ideas that I could make a 12 book series--so I did. The three Lockhart kids--Patrick, Joe, and Zoe--have one year to make Cupid's Coffeeshop a profitable and thriving business again. Each month's installment features a different couple finding their path to happily-ever-after, with a bit of help from Cupid! I love my little fictional town of Ashford Falls so much that I have two spin-off series ideas too. More to come in Ashford Falls.

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