About the Book

QUESTIONS. ANSWERED.

WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR THIS STORY?

     Someone gave me a little cherub figure for Christmas — one day I was holding it in my hand and I thought, what would happen if you came alive?  I held the angel up and looked at it.  And I kept asking myself more What Ifs…

What if this was a cupid?

What if he had great powers?

What if he came to visit someone who wanted him to do the absolute wrong thing…

An on and on.

That’s how the story was born.

YOUR DAUGHTER HELPED YOU WITH THIS STORY ….

     Yes, I had real writers block during the writing of this book, I was so frustrated that I thought of taking the character of the cupid out — I couldn’t get him to work.  Jean was twelve at the time, and she’d follow me around saying I could do it.  Do not remove the cupid, Mom!

A.J. McCREAY, THE NARRATOR, IS A SERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER. ARE YOU?

     Not at all, but both my daughter and husband are very good.  So I got lots of photo tips from them for the story.

WHO IS YOU FAVORITE CHARACTER?

     Jonathan the cupid.  He’s pushy and irritated and not particularly good with teenagers and he has centuries of experience that A.J. wants to deny because she is in love with a guy who is all wrong for her.

WHY DID YOU WRITE IT?

     I wrote it for my daughter, who was in middle school at the time. I wanted her to see the dangers of looking at people from the outside (how they look), and to understand some of the challenges of the in-crowd.  I wanted to write something funny that also had a lesson about love and life.