Tuesdays with Taryn
Hallee Bridgeman
Please help me welcome a good friend, and fellow author, Hallee Bridgeman who is not only an amazing lady with a pretty popular blog, Hallee the Homemaker but she's also writes edgy Christian romances while balancing a busy life as a wife and mother of three.
What book(s) most
influenced you as a writer?
I haven’t read her work in a number of years, but I used to
devour every Nora Roberts that ever hit the stands. I was recently compared to her, style-wise,
in a review. That really pleased me,
because she kind of makes her own rules regarding POV and such, and it WORKS.
What book do you read
over and over again?
These Happy Golden
Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tuesday Trio-
1)
Movie-
I have a hard time pinpointing favorite
movies, because I immediately think of another one, then another one, and so
on. When I saw this question, the first
things that came to mind were Aliens
and Tombstone. Not exactly the answer you expect from an
inspirational author, but there you go.
2)
Music-
I’m not a fan of music, per say. If you
look at my iPod, I have a few Christian pop bands like Mercy Me and Newsboys,
but I prefer to have my radio tuned to a Christian talk station where I can
hear sermons and Christian talk shows.
3)
Decadent
Dessert- Chocolate slathered in chocolate and dripping with chocolate.
What’s the most
interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a
novel? An entire fleet of Spanish ships disappeared in a hurricane and have
never been recovered. They’re filled
with gold doubloons. Occasionally, one
washes up on shore on the beach in Central Florida.
Novel on your Nightstand:
Who/what are you
currently reading? I have not read a
piece of fiction in years. But, after
seeing The Hunger Games, I am fascinated to read what words would have produced
such visuals. I plan on reading that
trilogy this summer.
Whom would you cast
as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie?
I don’t know a lot
about current pop culture. If you handed
me a People Magazine, unless Harrison Ford or Halle Berry were somewhere in the
folds, I’d likely not recognize anyone.
That said, in Sapphire Ice,
Book 1 of the Jewel Trilogy, the male Hero is very much Italian. So, I did a search for Italian actors and
found one who would fit the bill at least visually: Raoul Bova.
Robin, my Heroine,
would be perfect if played by Anna Sofia Robb.
Blurb for Sapphire Ice:
To Robin Bartlett, men were nothing more than violent users.
After a hair-raising childhood, Robin and her two younger half sisters battled
simply to survive. Determined to give her sisters a very different life from
that of their mother; to never have to rely on a man for anything, she worked
two jobs and put them both through college, while accepting help from no one.
Her heart had turned to ice and she had no use for men or God.
Antonio “Tony” Viscolli had grown up on the streets, homeless. At seventeen, he entered a downtown church with the intent of casing it, but found himself on his knees at the altar. After being fostered by the youth minister, Tony followed God’s leading and eventually became a very successful and powerful businessman. In a fallen world, he was a gem.
When Tony bought the restaurant where Robin bartended, she immediately resented his intrusion into her well ordered, but exhausting, life. She suspected his offering her special attention and constant kindness was merely his way of expecting something from her in return, something she wasn’t willing to give.
Tony knew God had led him to Robin. Would she ever allow herself to trust him? Could she ever allow herself to trust God? Or would the winter of their tragic youth rise from the shadows of the past and freeze any chance at happiness?
Antonio “Tony” Viscolli had grown up on the streets, homeless. At seventeen, he entered a downtown church with the intent of casing it, but found himself on his knees at the altar. After being fostered by the youth minister, Tony followed God’s leading and eventually became a very successful and powerful businessman. In a fallen world, he was a gem.
When Tony bought the restaurant where Robin bartended, she immediately resented his intrusion into her well ordered, but exhausting, life. She suspected his offering her special attention and constant kindness was merely his way of expecting something from her in return, something she wasn’t willing to give.
Tony knew God had led him to Robin. Would she ever allow herself to trust him? Could she ever allow herself to trust God? Or would the winter of their tragic youth rise from the shadows of the past and freeze any chance at happiness?
You can find Sapphire Ice (and the other two novels, all available now) at
You can find it and put it on your bookshelf at
You can also find out more about Hallee as a writer and a homemaker at her site/blog
3 comments:
Wonderful interview Hallee. And of the three books my favorite so far has been the third Topaz Heat. But they all three have something special about them.
Hope you sell a million copies!!
Teresa R.
Thank you so much, Teresa.
I really enjoyed being here today, Taryn! Thank you for having me!
Glad you joined me today Hallee! Can't wait to have you back again when you have your next new release.
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