Cooking up Love by Cynthia Hickey ends July 8th

Having grown up in a family of storytellers, I can’t imagine doing anything but what I’m doing. Giving voice to the characters in my head. My maiden name is Melton, and I grew up in the foothills of the Ozark mountains in Arkansas. Being an army brat, I grew up in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Germany, before finally settling in Arkansas when I was eleven. My husband and I now live in Arizona with the youngest of our seven children. We are a true your’s, mine, and our’s blended family. Three of our children are “chosen” and we love them dearly. One of my favorite parts about being a parent is embarrassing my children in front of their friends! Oh, and letting their friends know I kill people for a living. I write inspirational novels under my married name and general market novels under my maiden name. Both books are clean enough that I don’t turn red when my mother or one of her friends say they’re going to buy my book.

Please welcome Cynthia Hickey to my blog. Cynthia is giving away a copy of her book, Cooking up Love. Leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.

Where are you right now (LVR, DR, Bathroom) and what are you wearing? You have to tell the truth. I am in my home office, drinking a bottled Starbucks Mocha, a bag of dark chocolate M&Ms beside me, and I’m wearing coral-colored shorts, a black tank top and no shoes.

What is the funniest, strangest, or most interesting thing you have learned when doing research? That people look at you strangely when you talk about interesting ways to kill people. :o)

What is something that very few people know about you? Although I’ve been on TV twice, once in a documentary about pickles and once in front of a waterfall as the backdrop for the local news, I am very shy.

What is your favorite material item that you own (examples: ipod, Gone with the Wind book, grandmother’s rocking chair) My Kindle Fire. My precious.

If you could live in any time period other than the one we live in, past or future,  when and where would that be and why? I’ve always been fascinated by the prairies days. I know the work would be harder than I would like, but the simplicity of the life has always appealed to me.

If you were writing a book about your life what would the title be? Can’t Say Sane With A Straight Face.

What one novel did you read that made you want to be a part of the story? Gone With the Wind

What is the biggest secret you ever kept (of course it can’t be a secret anymore)? I kill people for a living. :o)

What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done? Parasail a second time after the first time scared me spitless. Somehow, I thought doing it again a few years later would have different results.
 

TABITHA IS IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE

Tabitha McClelland knows accepting a job as a Harvey House waitress can be risky. Traveling alone to the rough-and-tumble West just isn't done by young ladies of good breeding. But far more dangerous is her powerful attraction to Adam Foster. Family means everything to the widowed chef, but the selfsufficient Tabitha cherishes her freedom above all else.

Adam is captivated by the fiercely independent Tabitha. Fraternizing with the female employees is strictly forbidden, but the Harvey Girl awakens feelings too compelling to ignore. Can Adam convince Tabby to share his dream of a future in California—together?

If you'd like to contact Cynthia you can contact her here. 

Cynthia Hickey (Melton)

www.cynthiahickey.com

http://christianfictionhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com

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