"Who inspires me now is just about any author who is gutsy enough to tell it like it is, rather than writing stories about how we all (as Christians) wish life was really like."
"I get to live through her as she deals with the headaches and joys of moving toward her goal to run the Bailey House, a bed and breakfast on the Outer Banks."
"I want to whet the reader's appetite for a deeper relationship with Christ and therefore weave the power of Scripture into the fabric of all of my stories."
"I don't think I could write a novel that didn't include a strong faith element. It's everything to me and, I feel, a worthy dimension to all my books."
"This book applauds the blessing of second chances and gave me the intriguing opportunity to write from the points of view of three equally strong characters..."