Interview with Ainsley St Claire, author of Promise

What can you tell us about your new release, Promise?

It is second in the Venture Capitalist series, but can be read as a stand-alone. Based in San Francisco, it is the story of a woman dealing with child abandonment and a man who was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth and a paparazzi darling. Together they are sizzling hot, but they struggle to get together.

What or who inspired you to become an author?

I’ve always had stories in my head and one night in a terrible bout of insomnia, I outlined my first book, In a Perfect World. Which on reviewer called a spicy version of Nicholas Sparks. Since then Promise is my third book and I have plotted out five more with ideas for two separate spin-offs.

What’s on your top 5 list for the best books you’ve ever read?

Ever? Books have always brought about life changing events. As a girl I loved the Trixie Belden series and through the thirty-three books I found a love reading. In high school I read To Kill a Mockingbird and it inspired me to go to law school. Jane Austin’s Emma was the first love story I read and I was hooked on love stories. I love complicated love stories. Characters aren’t perfect and I love to celebrate that, but still help them find (with lots of hot and steamy) that happily ever after.

Say you’re the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?

I’m inspired by the independent author community. I think I would line up several indie over coffee and chocolate (or if it’s late a glass of good scotch and chocolate) and just talk about what inspires them and what they would do differently.

What’s your favorite thing about writing?

I have two busy young boys. I love that I can write while in line for carpool or waiting for a sport or activity to end. I get some of my best inspiration in the car.

What is a typical day like for you?

No two days for me are the same. I have a job working in legal consulting and will travel one week a month. Thankfully I don’t sleep a lot and will write late into the night after my kids go to bed. My favorite day is one where I speak at a conference in the morning and then go hide in hotel room, order a thin crust pepperoni and mushroom pizza to be delivered with a lot of Diet Coke and just let the story pour out of me.

What scene in Promise was your favorite to write?

(Spoiler alert!) When she confronts her birth mother and tells her off.

Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?

I am a ray of sunshine with a bit of hurricane thrown in.

Ainsley St Claire is the author of the new book Promise. 

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