Tell us about your main characters- what makes them tick?
The female protagonist in Chasing Wild Horses is
Samara Grant. She’s a woman I describe as feisty and headstrong. She will tell
you exactly what is on her mind when it’s on her mind. She keeps her distance
and intentionally comes and goes as her own defense mechanism. If she keeps
herself detached from others then there’s no real way any one can hurt her. The
past trauma she’s suffered drives her to stay on the move and forego any real
deep connections to people. But while she can be viewed as selfish and
stubborn, she’s also compassionate at her core. When she cares about someone,
she cares about them very deeply, like her younger brother Jamari and
grandmother Bunny. She doesn’t expect to like anything about living in Lutton,
but the longer she stays, the more she begins to open herself up. I loved exploring
how she evolved over the course of the book.
The male protagonist is Chase Collins. I think of Samara as a
wild fire, she is loud and wild, difficult to tame. On the flipside, Chase is
more like an artic blizzard. He’s cold and rough, very withdrawn and severe.
He’s spent his entire life being treated like trash, always the underdog. When Chasing
Wild Horses opens, he’s at the point where he doesn’t even give people a
chance to judge him anymore. He operates off the assumption everyone is an enemy.
He’s very predictable, sticking to what he knows. Like Samara, he’s doing a
form of self-protection. The losses he’s suffered in the past have shaped him
and turned him into even more of an outcast. He doesn’t mind being a loner,
though. It’s easier if he’s by himself on Wild Horse Ranch because then at
least he doesn’t have to worry about judgments. I loved writing Chase, because
he’s SO hard on the outside while having a softness on the inside. Samara and
Gramps bring that softer side out of him.
Mila Nicks is an emerging romance author on a mission to pen heartfelt love stories featuring women of color.
From the time she was a small girl with crayons and an overactive imagination, she’s had a passion for storytelling. In addition to receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, she is presently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing. She has also served her country in the United States Air Force.
When she isn’t penning uplifting love stories, you can find this imaginative writer traveling across the globe, sampling new cuisines, or spending quality time with her spunky pet Chihuahua, Zayden.
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