Before we get into the interview, here's a little bit about the book:
After helping her grandfather at their Boston auction house,
Miranda Wimplegate discovers she's accidentally sold a powerful family's prized
portrait to an anonymous bidder. Desperate to appease the people who could ruin
them forever, they track it to the Missouri Ozarks and make an outlandish offer
to buy the local auction house and all its holdings before the painting can
move again.
Upon crossing the country, however, Miranda and her grandfather discover their new auction house doesn't deal in fine antiques, but in livestock. And its frustratingly handsome manager, Wyatt Ballentine, is annoyed to discover his fussy new bosses don't know a thing about the business he's single-handedly kept afloat. Faced with more heads of cattle than they can count--but no mysterious painting--Miranda and Wyatt form an unlikely but charged partnership to try and prevent a bad situation from getting worse.
Upon crossing the country, however, Miranda and her grandfather discover their new auction house doesn't deal in fine antiques, but in livestock. And its frustratingly handsome manager, Wyatt Ballentine, is annoyed to discover his fussy new bosses don't know a thing about the business he's single-handedly kept afloat. Faced with more heads of cattle than they can count--but no mysterious painting--Miranda and Wyatt form an unlikely but charged partnership to try and prevent a bad situation from getting worse.
Interview with Miranda Wimplegate from At Love’s Bidding:
Has anything significant happened in your life in the
past two weeks?
I’m breathless just
thinking about all that has happened. My grandfather accidentally lost an
heirloom belonging to the LeBlanc family, and believe me, that’s the last
family you’d want to cross. To recover the painting and save our auction house,
I’ve traveled with Grandfather to the Missouri Ozarks, but nothing here is what
we expected. And there’s no sign of the painting at all.
Your most embarrassing moment?
That would be when I
was attacked by the headless chicken. Unfortunately, the newspaper man
witnessed the event and that newspaper is his best-selling edition.
What is your first reaction when you meet a handsome gentleman? Blush? Stutter? Run? Flirt? Engage them in intelligent
or witty conversation? Start an argument to see them flustered? Offer a helping
hand? Ask a friend about them?
My first reaction
would be to hide. I hate drawing attention to myself. Then, the one time I decide
to be brave and accuse a handsome man of being a thief, I ended up making a
fool of myself. Sometimes I wish I was invisible.
Are there any children or pets in your life? What do you
love about them?
Back home in Boston
I love to spoil the street kids who sell papers outside of our auction house.
Here in Pine Gap there’s only little Betsy Huckabee, and she’s as ornery as
they come. Still I love her spirit and her bravery. Sometimes I wish I had her
spunk.
What happened the last time you spoke to a large group of
people?
I would never speak
in front of a large group of people.
What are your hobbies?
Going to museums and
discussing art and antiques with my Grandfather. He says I have a good eye for
beauty and value.
Do you have any grandparent figures in your life? How
have they influenced you?
As you can tell, I’m
close to my Grandfather, but lately he’s been behaving strangely. Selling that
painting was a big mistake—one that he would’ve never made had he been paying
attention. I fear that something is affecting his mental capacity.
Any current romantic interests?
I wish you hadn’t
asked, but I’m intended for my cousin Cornelius. I guess it’ll be best for the
family, but I don’t think you could call it a romantic interest. More of a
disinterested interest.
Then there’s Wyatt.
Not that I am interested in him, of course. He would be completely at a loss in
a place like Boston, but he seems to be a good man. He’d make someone a fine
husband…someone simple, with modest tastes and low-expectations.
What is your dearest dream?
To work undisturbed
with the rare objects of art in our back warehouse. Peace for me and my family.
That’s all I’m asking for.
What stands between you and your dream?
This ridiculous
painting went missing and I can’t find it anywhere. To make matters worse,
Grandfather has not been himself. The only person I can rely on is a coarse,
backwoods stranger, Wyatt Ballentine, but can I really trust him? Sometimes I
think he knows more than he’s admitting to.

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Comment fodder:
-- Have you ever been to a cattle auction? How about an antique or art auction?
-- What sticks in your memory about the event?
-- Have you ever lost something precious to you? Or someone else? What was the outcome?
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