A Goodreads user asked L.L. Reynolds:

What was your inspiration for writing your latest release?

L.L. Reynolds A few years ago, my young adult son came home for a quick weekend visit and I realized he was extremely ill. Being an RN, (and a very stubborn Momma bear) I refused to let him return to his home in NYC until we got him checked out at the ER.
Long story, short. My son needed two artificial heart valves and a permanent pacemaker due to a strep infection. It’s hard not to think about angels when you’re sitting by your sick child’s bed running IV antibiotics round the clock.
Inspired by a gift my son had given me for my birthday a few months earlier—a wooden angel with the words “Believe in Miracles” splashed across its front, and in an effort to remain calm, strong and somewhat sane for him, I began to tell myself a story as I sat next to his bedside… the story of Rafe Ryder.

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