I collected the photographs below for inspiration when I was writing Annie Crow Knoll: Moonrise. I knew Annie’s granddaughter, Breezy, would be a cyclist. Then Jemma presented herself as Breezy’s adopted sister from China. The Boston Marathon bombing influenced the tragic event in Chapter One, so the young women became world-class cyclists preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Their grandfather Drew, Annie’s ex-husband (I’m so glad I didn’t kill him off in Sunrise as written in the first draft because he became a key player in Moonrise), gets them involved in cycling when they visit him in California. Drew hires Liam to coach his granddaughters, and Liam and Breezy begin to fall in love. There you go, the beginning of Moonrise. 
I’ll be sharing more history and photographs from the final novel of the Annie Crow Knoll trilogy during this 5th Anniversary celebration. All the trilogy eBooks are on sale for a limited time.
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