Declaration of Love Characters
I thought you might like to meet the characters from Declaration of Love today. I knew I wanted Kate, the heroine, to look a little like her ancestor, Lucy Carlson Barton, from For Liberty and Love. And the hero, Grady Guthry, I wanted him to be a handsome dark-haired leans-toward-rugged kind of guy. I designed […]
Meet the Characters from Theo
In my children’s book, Theo and the Day the Bells Rang, there is a fun cast of characters. Let’s start with Theo. He’s eight years old. He lives in Philadelphia on busy High Street with his father, mother and sister above his papa’s goldsmith shop. Theo adores his big sister Lucy. Can be full of […]
Covering Christmas Character Inspiration
I’m excited for you to meet Keller and Cobie from Covering Christmas. They are both new characters to the Rodeo Romance family, and I didn’t really have an idea of what I wanted them to look like. Then, I happened upon a photo of a cute guy with dimples for days, and decided he was […]
A Joyful Home Character Inspiration
Are you ready to meet the characters from A Joyful Home? I had such a grand time creating Bo Birke and Rafe Judson. I know I wanted Bo to resemble her great-great-grandfather Gunder Birke. I found the perfect inspiration in actress Emily Rose. She looks like Gunder, and she also has that quiet, sweet appearance […]
A Joyful Promise Character Inspiration
When I was creating the characters for A Joyful Promise, I knew I wanted the hero, Baylor Birke, to resemble his ancestors. Tall. Blond. Handsome. I was looking through a website with models and knew the moment I’d found the inspiration for Baylor when I set eyes on an all-American looking guy. Davey Fisher is […]
A Joyful Love Character Inspiration
Would you like to meet the character inspiration for A Joyful Love, book two in the Silver Bell Sweethearts series? Continuing the Birke family traits, I knew the hero, Caleb Birke, needed to have blond-ish hair and blue eyes. He’d be big, tall, and strong, like his father, Gunder. I turned to the NFL to […]
A Joyful Ring Character Inspiration
I had an amazing time creating the Birke family and the fictional town of Lovely, Oregon, in the Silver Bell Sweethearts series. I thought you might like to see the inspiration behind the characters in the first book, A Joyful Ring. All I knew when I began pulling together ideas for the characters in this […]
Favoring the Farmer Character Inspiration
Favoring the Farmer was one of those stories that yanked at my heartstrings and made me laugh throughout the whole writing process. I really loved Dane and Bellamy, and was so happy I could give them a happily ever after. Dane had been mentioned in previous stories, but we didn’t know much about him, other […]
The Bridge Character Inspiration
I thought you might like to see the inspiration behind the characters in The Bridge. Let’s start with the first character you meet in the story. Matt Cohen was my choice for Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Archer Raines. He just fit exactly what I had in mind for Archer’s character. As soon as I […]
Sunrise Surf Characters – Meet Dellas Reeves
Today, I wanted to share about one of the secondary characters in Sunrise Surf (releasing July 31). Dellas Reeves first made an appearance in Sunset Shore. He’s the nephew of Doctor Laken Hayes, and was only supposed to spend the summer with her. Only, his mom went off the rails, and he decided to stay with […]
Sunrise Surf Characters – Meet Laken
Last week, I shared about Logan, the hero from Sunrise Surf (releasing July 31). This week, I’m excited to introduce you to Doctor Laken Hayes. In my mind, Laken had long dark hair, but that was about all I had for inspiration for her before I started the story. Then I landed on a photo of […]
Sunrise Surf Characters – Meet Logan Wright
I love sharing the inspiration behind the characters in my books. Sunrise Surf (releasing July 31) has a hero who is undercover. It was a lot of fun to write two versions of his character. Logan Wright is an Oregon State Police Officer spending the summer in Seaside, Oregon, pretending to be a carefree surfer […]