Goodreads asked Susan Meier:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Susan Meier This is a great question because it has a funny answer. I was on the phone with a friend and we said, What's something NO ONE has ever written about in a romance novel. It took a half hour or so but we realized no one had ever written about a heroine who has to come home and run the family business...a funeral home. LOL

Though it sounds odd, the research was fun. Creating characters to fit the story was equally fun.

I realized after the book was out that a funeral home setting wasn't something that interested readers...lots were turned off by the funeral home aspect and the book didn't sell...but I'm still glad I wrote it. I'm glad to have met Finn and Ellie...they were/are great characters. The small town of Harmony Hills was a hoot.

The book makes you laugh and cry. I think if readers would give it a chance they would love it.

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