What is your book Saving the Lakeside Hotel about?
The book starts with Stacy and Emily arriving at the Lakeside Hotel in Switzerland for a week’s holiday. They soon see that the hotel has seen better days; although it’s comfortable and the staff are friendly, there are only four guests and everything is shabby. The girls make friends with Rico, the manager’s son, and learn that Lakeside is going to be sold and probably demolished soon – though it isn’t what Rico wants. He and Stacy try hard to find a way to prevent this…
What three words would you use to describe the book?
Scenic. Romantic. Up-beat.
Do you plot or do you let yourself drift when writing and let your characters surprise you?
I always plot, but somehow, the characters still end up doing their own thing!
What was the most difficult scene to write?
The scenes where Rico is grieving for his mother, who died a year or so before the book opens, were toughest to write. I think most people can identify with that kind of grief, but having experienced it makes it no easier to write about.
