Jennifer Pierce Interview

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I currently live in Arkansas with my husband and two children. I’m a paralegal by trade and write on the side.

Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
A. I started writing in 2015. My dad died in 2014 and I devoured books as my therapy then decided to give writing my own book a try.

Q: Could you give us the highlights of your professional writing career including how you got your first writing break?
A. I wrote my debut novel, Hidden Danger, for a Love Inspired Contest. I didn’t make it past the first round but I plowed through, finished the book and submitted it. It was rejected. I had already started working on my second book, Expecting Danger, by this time. I decided to shelve Hidden Danger until I was finished with Expecting Danger. One day I was on Facebook and learned that #PitMad was going on on Twitter. I pitched Hidden Danger and got a like. They ended up offering a contract on it. And the rest is history as they say.

Q: Would you tell us about your current book release Deadly Connection?
A: Private Investigator, Reid Lucas, and his mentor, Joe Lockhart, haven’t spoken in years, but when Joe wants to meet in a small-town diner, Reid’s interest is piqued. Without explanation, Joe calls and tells Reid he has five minutes to get waitress, Quinn Matthews, and her son out of the diner before they’re kidnapped by the group of men about to walk through the diner’s front door.

Quinn Matthews’ life is simple and safe, exactly how she likes it—until Reid Lucas walks into the diner. Now, she and her son are running for their lives, and she has no idea why. But when the father of her son shows up and dies saving them, she realizes they all have one deadly connection: Joe Lockhart. Now, she’ll have to trust the mysterious private investigator to not only save their lives but connect her past to her present so they can figure out who is after them. And why.

As the danger escalates, unexpected feelings arise. Reid doesn’t believe he’s worthy of Quinn’s love–or God’s. And Quinn is too worried about having her heart broken again and the effect of having a new man in her son’s life. Can they let go of their preconceived notions of love and relationships, or are they doomed to just let go of each other?

Q: Where did you get your inspiration for Deadly Connection?
A: I had the opening three paragraphs of the novel collecting dust on my laptop. Love Inspired Suspense offered another contest so I dusted off the story and wrote the novel.

Q: What is the main thing you hope readers remember from this story?
A: That no one is too far from God.

Q: What inspires you to write?
A. The characters won’t leave me alone until I’ve told their stories. I’ve always had a vivid imagination and writing lets me share my imagination with the world.

Q: Would you share with us what you are working on now?
A. I’m working on a book I plan to submit to Love Inspired Suspense one day. I’m also plotting a three book romantic suspense series.

Q: When you’re not writing what do you like to do?
A. I’m a voracious reader.