Interview with Becky Wade about her book,
Let It Be Me (Misty River Romance, Book #2):
Congratulations on your new novel that releases today (May 4, 2021)!
Happy BOOK Birthday! Let’s talk about it…
Alexis: Why did you give Leah a career as a high school teacher? What subject does she teach?
Becky: The heroine of Let It Be Me, Leah, was a math prodigy as a child. She was so extraordinarily gifted that, at the age of eighteen, she was offered a scholarship to Princeton to pursue her PhD. It was a dream come true for her ... that she had to turn down because her mother signed over custody of her younger brother to her. Dylan was just seven at the time and raising him became the most important priority in her life.
In order to support herself and her brother, Leah took a job as a middle school math teacher. Later, when Dylan started veering down the wrong path, she moved him to the town of Misty River (where my series is set) and accepted a position teaching the high school's most advanced math students.
Alexis: What draws Sebastian and Leah to each other?
Becky: Emotionally, Sebastian and Leah are drawn together because they're both very intelligent, high-achieving, straight-forward, hardworking, and independent.
Plot-wise, Sebastian and Leah are drawn together when Leah receives DNA results indicating that her parents are not biologically related to her, as she'd always believed them to be. Because Sebastian is a pediatric heart surgeon, he's able to help her navigate the world of hospital records when she begins her search into the secrets surrounding her birth.
Alexis: Why is Leah the one woman who Sebastian wants but cannot have?
Becky: Sebastian is attracted to Leah from the moment they meet. But he can't have her because he soon finds out that she's the woman his best friend, Ben, set his heart on years before. Ben has been nothing but loyal and supportive of Sebastian since childhood. Sebastian would never betray him.
Alexis: How does Sebastian’s past as a foster kid affect his relationships today?
Becky: Sebastian spent the bulk of his childhood in foster care. To this day, he struggles to trust. He allows very few people into his heart. He's afraid of loving and then having those he loves taken from him the way that his mother was taken.
Alexis: What are the themes of this story?
Becky: The theme of Let It Be Me is God's sovereignty. I really enjoyed exploring that topic as it relates to family bonds and the events of our lives ... both joyous and heartbreaking. At the end of the day, God is sovereign over all. Which is just as it should be. I truly hope that this story will bless and inspire readers.
Alexis: Thanks for the interview, Becky! Do you have closing comments?
Becky: Thanks so much for interviewing me on your blog, Alexis!
~*~
Author Bio:
Alexis: Why is Leah the one woman who Sebastian wants but cannot have?
Becky: Sebastian is attracted to Leah from the moment they meet. But he can't have her because he soon finds out that she's the woman his best friend, Ben, set his heart on years before. Ben has been nothing but loyal and supportive of Sebastian since childhood. Sebastian would never betray him.
Alexis: How does Sebastian’s past as a foster kid affect his relationships today?
Becky: Sebastian spent the bulk of his childhood in foster care. To this day, he struggles to trust. He allows very few people into his heart. He's afraid of loving and then having those he loves taken from him the way that his mother was taken.
Alexis: What are the themes of this story?
Becky: The theme of Let It Be Me is God's sovereignty. I really enjoyed exploring that topic as it relates to family bonds and the events of our lives ... both joyous and heartbreaking. At the end of the day, God is sovereign over all. Which is just as it should be. I truly hope that this story will bless and inspire readers.
Alexis: Thanks for the interview, Becky! Do you have closing comments?
Becky: Thanks so much for interviewing me on your blog, Alexis!
~*~
Author Bio:
Becky’s a California native who attended Baylor University, met and married a Texan, and settled in Dallas with their three children and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
She loves writing funny, modern, and inspirational contemporary romance!
She’s the Christy and Carol award winning author of My Stubborn Heart, the Porter Family series, the Bradford Sisters series, and the Misty River Romance series.
~*~
Book Blurb for Let It Be Me:
The one woman he wants is the one he cannot have.
~*~
Book Blurb for Let It Be Me:
The one woman he wants is the one he cannot have.
Leah’s a math prodigy who’s only ever had one big dream—to earn her PhD. Raising her little brother put that dream on hold. Now that her brother will soon be college bound, she’s not going to let anything stand in her way. Especially romance… which is far less dependable than algebra.
When Leah receives surprising results from the DNA test she submitted to a genealogy site, she solicits Sebastian’s help. Together, they comb through hospital records to uncover the secrets of her history. The more powerfully they’re drawn to one other, the more strongly Sebastian must resist, and the more Leah must admit that some things in life—like love—can’t be explained with numbers.
~*~
Buy Becky’s book on Amazon or Barnes and Noble
~*~
Connect with Becky:
Website: www.beckywade.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorbeckywade
Instagram: http://instagram.com/beckywadewriter
Twitter: http://twitter.com/beckywadewriter
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/beckywadewriter/
Blog: http://inspiredbylifeandfiction.com/blog/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5298259.Becky_Wade
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/becky-wade
~*~
Enter this book giveaway contest for your chance to WIN a copy of Becky's book by filling out the entry form on the Rafflecopter widget below:
This sounds like such a sweet story!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the interview was when she said "The theme of Let It Be Me is God's sovereignty." That would be enough to make me want to read the book right there.
ReplyDeleteS. Daisy