(And it makes me feel sort of itchy to say that because I fear it comes off in the wrong way, but that’s the truth). But we’re able to help others more so than we could before, and that’s the best part. I still clothes shop at Kohl’s and buy household items from. We’re able to do things we couldn’t before, but we’re not very fancy or extravagant people. – Honestly, it hasn’t really changed all that much. – How your life changed after the success of your books? When I first published, my big dream was to make the cost of my book back ($180). – Did you expect that Sign of Love series will make you New York Times and USA Today bestselling author?

– Nope! They’re entirely fictional! My husband likes to think each of my heroes is based at least partly on him, so we’ll let him keep thinking that. – Tell us something more about your main characters Tenleigh and Kyland? Are they close to someone from your real life? – For me, the biggest challenge was to balance making the story realistic, but also making it a “fantasy,” and a love story the reader could lose themselves in.

– What was the biggest challenge during the write up process? I’d read an article several years back about the devastating poverty in Appalachia and began researching it. – I really wanted to write a story about poverty. It’s easier to lose yourself in a story if you can relate to the characters and understand their decisions and responses. They face problems and feel things we’ve all felt, even if under different circumstances. 😀 But if I’m just going by the things people are saying in reviews, I’d say that there’s a good response to the emotions in the book, and that the characters are real and relatable. – I wish I knew! 😀 I’d attempt to duplicate it each time. – Mia, your last book Kyland is averaging amazing 4.9 stars in almost 500 Amazon reviews.

Land of Books says welcome to one of the top Romantic writers on the planet. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and their four kids. Our next guest is New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. To be honest Mia Sheridan is the first one that I notice around the market with such high permanent recognition. It’s very rare for an author to have three books that are averaging 4.9 Amazon stars from hundreds of reviews. Since its publishing month ago the novel gathered almost 500 reviews. Mia Sheridan’s last book Kyland became an instant bestseller.

Kyland by Mia Sheridan