Music is a part of our lives. When we’re driving in the car listening to the radio helps break the monotony. When we exercise, a good strong beat helps us keep up the pace. Sometimes when we’re sad, a song can either lift our mood or bring us even further down.

Occasionally when I’m writing a particular book, a song will speak to me. It’s not like I go looking for particular song to go with a particular book, they usually just sneak up on me.

When I was writing When She Was Bad, it was a Keith Urban song, Tonight I Wanna Cry . Right now I’m in the process of writing Marrying John Doe, the second book in my RX For Love trilogy set in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I’m about 2/3 of the way done and it didn’t have a song. Then, I’m driving one morning and a song comes on the radio–Come Back to Me by David Cook.

This is the perfect song because the lyrics are an uncanny reflection of one of the pivotal scenes in the book.

I bet you dollars to donuts (I’m not sure what that phrase really means but I’ve always wanted to use it) that you have a song. One that you and your boyfriend/husband share, one that you exercise to or one that picks you up when you’re feeling down. I’d love to know what it is….so could you share??