Q: What one thing would you like readers to know about you?
A: The one thing is the most important thing—and that is that Jesus is my Lord and my savior and I do everything in this life for His glory. I’ve been a Christ follower my entire life and God is the one who gave me this dream to write and He is the one to open the doors.
Q: What is the craziest, most risk-taking thing you’ve ever done?
A: Moving to Oregon from Texas! That sounds crazy maybe, but I lived in East Texas along with both sides of my family who have been there since before Texas was a republic (a country of its own). When my kids were very young, my husband and I pulled up roots and moved to Oregon for ministry. That was scary and heartbreaking, and yes, risky.
Q: Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.
A: I’m a workaholic who loves to sleep.
I struggle with an addiction. (to chocolate and other wonderful foods) Okay well maybe that isn’t much of a surprise.
I’m also an artist and a musician—but I left those talents in the dust to write.
Q: Would you tell us about your current book release Never Let Go and where the idea for this story came from?
A. Here’s the back of the book copy: As a forensic genealogist, Willow Anderson is following in her late grandfather’s footsteps in her quest for answers about a baby abducted from the hospital more than twenty years ago. The case may be cold, but things are about to heat up when someone makes an attempt on her life to keep her from discovering the truth.
Ex-FBI agent–and Willow’s ex-flame–Austin McKade readily offers his help to protect the woman he never should have let get away. Together they’ll follow where the clues lead them, even if it means Austin must face the past he’s spent much of his life trying to forget. And even if it puts Willow’s tender heart at risk.
In this fast-paced and emotional page-turner, bestselling author Elizabeth Goddard keeps the stakes high, the romantic tension sparking, and the outcome uncertain until the very end.
Where I got the idea: I came across a newspaper article about a forensic genealogist who helped solve a missing persons case. It turned out that it wasn’t a crime, but the person had chosen to disappear and start a new life somewhere else. It wasn’t until she died that her background was questioned and the genealogist was brought in and discovered her true identity—she had completely changed her identity and left her family. The family learned about this and at least found closure. But I was fascinated by this concept and of course had to use this kind of character in a story.
Elizabeth Goddard
Elizabeth Goddard is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than thirty romance novels and counting, including the romantic mystery, THE CAMERA NEVER LIES–a 2011 Carol Award winner. Four of her six Mountain Cove books have been contest finalists. Buried, Backfire and Deception are finalists in the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense, and Submerged is a Carol Award finalist. A 7th generation Texan, Elizabeth graduated from North Texas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and worked in high-level software sales for several years before retiring to home school her children and fulfill her dreams of writing full-time.
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