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Her number one rule: don't fall for a musician. That’s all well and good until an assignment thrusts her into the spotlight and right into the middle of a love triangle between country music’s number one star and a charming songwriter who prefers to stay out of the tabloids.
Celia’s head is telling her to run from them both, but her heart is begging her to hold on. The problem is which one does she hold on to? She knows she’s playing with fire and no matter what decision she makes, someone’s going to get burned.
In the heart of Music City, Celia will be forced to make a choice and in order to do so she'll have to face the past she thought she left behind. Feel the heat in the Behind the Strings series where secrets will be revealed, loyalties will be tested and Celia will be left to decide if what she really wants, is worth what she’ll lose in the process.
Meet Jesse, Celia & Logan from Behind the Strings
If you had a free day with no responsibilities and your only mission was to enjoy yourself, what would you do?
Celia - Oh gosh, that’s a tough one! I’m not much of an adventurer, so I think maybe I’d drive back to my tiny home town and hang out with my mama. Maybe do a little baking, well I would watch mama do some baking while I sipped on some coffee. I unfortunately didn’t inherit her cooking skills.Logan - I would probably head to the mountains somewhere in the midwest where there was no paparazzi. I’d rent a cabin and sit there with my guitar and write some songs. Technically that may be work, but I can’t help it! Music is in my soul.
If you could spend the day with someone you admire (living or dead or imaginary), who would you pick?
Jesse - Johnny Cash. He’s the reason I packed up my car and drove from Texas to Nashville to ride out this dream.Logan - I’m gonna go with Waylon Jennings or George Jones. I’d be starstruck the whole time, but I’d love to just shake their hands. I’m working hard to try and fill the shoes they left in this country music world.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? And, what is your current state of mind?
Celia - I think for me perfect happiness comes in a few different levels. I absolutely love my job. I love writing and country music, so it doesn’t get better than being able to interview artists and tell their story.I’m not that great at relationships. Mama says I have “Daddy Issues.” I refuse to believe it, but my track record isn’t so hot.
Logan - Perfect happiness for me is settling down with someone who always has my back. I also want to ride out this country music roller coaster of stardom as long as I can. I want to make music as long as people will let me. I’m having a little trouble in the love department, but I have faith it’ll work out in the end.
What do you consider to be the most overrated virtue and why?
Celia - I think discipline is overrated because you’re not born with it. You have to really work at it and even then it's not full proof. It’s almost like you set yourself up to fail. Like if you tell yourself not to eat that cookie and an error later, you end up eating that cookie. You’re not a failure because you didn’t have the discipline not to eat it. We punish ourselves a lot if we slip up and I don’t think that’s fair.Logan - Maybe humility. I understand the reasoning behind it, but I also think that if you work really hard at something and you want to pat yourself on the back that you shouldn’t feel ashamed to do so.
Tell us 3 things about yourself that the readers do not know about.
Jesse - 1. When I first got to Nashville I found out real fast I had stage fright. Froze right up my first couple times on stage. Thank goodness I over came that.2. I pierced my ear as a dare from my sister. I teased her after she got hers done and she said I wouldn’t be able to handle the pain. Ten years later and the hole’s still there.
3. My mom hasn’t visited me since I moved to Nashville because she’s afraid to fly. So, I go home to Austin A LOT!
Logan - 1. My mom is a school teacher in the town where I grew up.
2. I used to firmly believe there were monsters living under my bed until I was eleven
3. I have gone skinny dipping in the lake near my childhood home more times than I can count. Thankfully, I never got caught!
About the Author:
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Throughout the years Courtney has wanted to be many things. Her aspirations have ranged from Olympics gymnast and actress to a pirate. Yes, a pirate. Growing up she vacationed in the Thousand Islands where every year the town of Alexandria Bay holds a Pirate's Weekend. That is where her love of pirates began. Unfortunately, Courtney's dream of becoming of being a pirate never came to fruition, but as a writer she still gets to play make believe.
Courtney published her first novel in 2013. Tear Stained Beaches defined the staple of what her self-publishing mantra would become, strong, independent women finding their place in the world. She delivers that message in her following two novels, Holding on to Georgia and Behind the Strings.
She has been asked to speak at local book clubs, on podcasts and empowering websites. Besides working on her 4th novel to release in 2020, Courtney spends time developing content that lays the groundwork to inspire others to dream big and believe in themselves because life is too short to wonder, “what if.”
