A Life Through Books: Virtual Book Tour: The Apple of Erin's Eye by Cynthia Hilston #romance #giveaway #interview #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours

Contemporary Romance (Clean)

Date Published: 10-12-2024

Erin has planned her life down to alphabetizing her spice cabinet, so when she is stood up on the wedding day she's dreamed of since she was a little girl, her ordered life spirals out of control. When her best friend, and maybe something more, Aaron, challenges her to step outside of her small-town life and explore the world, Erin makes a monumental decision that will take her from teaching middle schoolers in rural Ohio to her dream job as a governess in New York City. Determined to start fresh, to eat meat again, and to ditch her planner, Erin embraces her novel life, but teaching loveable Jessica isn't the only new facet. Her employer, millionaire Daniel Goldstein, is as closed off as the books lining the shelves in his penthouse library where Erin and he spend their evenings sharing their love of books, wine, and perhaps each other. But as Erin opens her heart to new possibilities and loving again, she can't ignore the growing mystery that Daniel is hiding something…or someone.

In this small-town, big-city contemporary romance, Erin learns that no matter where she goes, she takes herself with her. Does that mean finally finding love in the Big Apple, or was it waiting for her in her hometown all along?

Interview

What is the hardest part of writing your books?

Usually just starting! Sometimes I may feel inspired by the opening scene, but then it’s a matter of showing up and writing a little each day.

What are your most played songs?

I don’t listen to music during the writing process, but I do enjoy Enya when I’m drawing. It gets me into a creative spirit.

Do you have critique partners or beta readers?

Yes, I’d been a part of two writer groups for several years until recently. Now, I’m still in touch with several of the other writers, and we still read and critique each other’s stuff.

What book are you reading now?

Andrew Klavan’s A Woman Underground and J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy

How did you start your writing career?

I’ve been writing since I was eleven. It started with short stories about my best friends and me and also poetry. Then I wrote fanfiction in various fandoms for two decades. In 2015, I finally decided to dedicate fifteen minutes a day to writing a book I’d been wanting to write since 2006 about my late grandma. I was determined to finish it, even if no one read it and I never wrote anything else. Almost a year later, I finished it, and since then, the ideas have kept flowing. I’ve published nine novels and two collections of short stories and have three more books in the works.

Tell us about your next release.

It’s a nonfiction book called A Boy and His Mom: The Blessings of Autism and is about my experiences raising a child with autism from a faith-based perspective. I hope it brings encouragement to special needs parents and awareness to others who don’t know what it’s like. This is a departure from my typical writing, as all my other works have been fiction.

About the Author

Bestselling author of the Lorna & Tristan series, Cynthia Hilston is a stay-at-home mom of three young kids, happily married, and lives in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Writing has always been like another child to her. After twenty years of waltzing in the world of fan fiction, she stepped away to do her debut dance with original works of fiction, although she still dabbles in fan fiction.

In her spare time – what spare time? – she devours books, shamelessly watches Hallmark movies and When Calls the Heart, pets her orange and black kitties, looks at the stars, drinks wine or coffee with good friends, and dreams of what other stories she wishes to tell.

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