Welcome to the Books & Beverages Blog Tour hosted by Mountain Brook Ink publishing! We’re so excited that you are joining us for the next two weeks of fun. We look forward to introducing you to some new authors — maybe you’ll even find a new favorite! The tour begins at Annie Douglass Lima’s blog on February 15, 2016 and goes through March 1, 2016, ending with Anna Weaver Hurrts. Please check below for the complete schedule of the tour.

Featured Authors:

Heather L.L. FitzGerald – Debut author of young adult fantasy series, The Tethered World Chronicles
Kimberly Rose Johnson – Multi-published author of sweet romance series, The Wildflower B&B Romance
Angela Ruth Strong – Multi-published author of Finding Love in Sun Valley, Idaho, book one in the Resort to Love series

Each stop will include an opportunity to enter for a FREE KINDLE FIRE as the grand prize, as well as three runner-up opportunities to win a $10 Starbucks gift card! Check the bottom of the post for either a Rafflecopter FORM or a Rafflecopter link for your chance to enter!

And now without further adieu, please welcome Kimberly Rose Johnson. This week, she’s sharing about her latest release, Island Hope. Here’s a little bit about it.

Metal sculptor Hope Michaels gave up on art when her creativity was zapped by another. Burying herself in her electrical contracting business, Hope takes a job on Wildflower Island. She never imagines that a job at the Wildflower Resort will turn everything in her life upside down. But that’s exactly what happens when her best friend and employer, Piper, plays matchmaker.

A lonely widower throws all his energy into raising his teenage daughter, but when he is promoted to manager of the Wildflower Resort, things at home don’t go as smoothly as planned. Worried about his relationship with his daughter, he seeks advice from a feisty-but-sweet newcomer. Will she help smooth his path or will things only get more complicated?

1. Is Wildflower Island based on a real place? Wildflower Island was inspired by a real island, but it’s not real. Anderson Island in Washington State was my inspiration, but that island is too small and didn’t quite work for my story, so I created Wildflower Island.
2. The Wildflower Resort sounds like quite the place. Is it based in fact or is it purely fiction? Purely fiction. However, I think it was inspired by my experiences at various resorts.
3. How do you decide what pieces to take from these real places and what pieces to leave out? Great question! I think it’s simply if it fits the story it stays and if it doesn’t it goes. All of the places on the island are fictional, but have been inspired by places I’ve been to. For example I was camping once and walked into a general store that was similar to the one I describe in the story. I wish I could remember where it was, but the memory is very faint, more like an impression.
4. How does this book differ from the others in the series? The fun thing about Island Hope is that all the characters we’ve gotten to know in the series appear in this book. We get to see what is going on in their lives and how they are doing which is fun. We also get to meet new people and see how they become part of the community on the island.
5. Are there any more to come? There are no more books contracted in this series, so I’d say no. It’s really hard to say goodbye to The Wildflower B&B Romance series, but I’ve contracted a new series, so it’s time to let go and move on.
6. What is the most challenging aspect of writing for you? For me the last quarter of the book is the greatest challenge. So much needs to happen and I have to make sure everything gets wrapped up in a satisfying way. That is always where my writing slows down and I tend to procrastinate just a bit more than usual. LOL

Kimberly Rose Johnson holds a degree in Behavioral Science from Northwest University. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their yellow lab. She writes sweet Christian romance and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. She enjoys taking long walks with her husband and dog, reading, dark chocolate and time with friends.
You may contact Kimberly via her website at http://kimberlyrjohnson.com/

Island Hope is available at Amazon.

Here’s a link for create space for people who prefer paperback books. If they join her FB group, she will send them a discount code for createspace. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1566138407009549/

TOUR SCHEDULE:
2/15 – Annie Douglass Lima
2/16 – Beckah
2/17 – Ginger Solomon
2/18 – Sandra Robbins
2/19 – Jennette Mbewe
2/20 – Erika Keswick
2/21 – Marisa Deshaies
2/22 – Autumn Macarthur
2/23 – Crystal Scott
2/24 – Stephanie Florentino
2/25 – Diana Montgomery
2/26 – Liz Tolsma
2/27 – Sarah Ruut
2/28 – Ashley Taylor
2/29 – Kat Vinson
3/1 – Anna Weaver Hurrts

GIVEAWAY – Mountain Brook Ink will be giving away ONE KINDLE FIRE as a grand prize, and three Starbucks gift cards ($$ ?) as runner-up prizes. Winners will be chosen at random through Rafflecopter from all names collected throughout the blog tour.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks so much for joining us!