Mar 29, 2024
Chatting with Ashlyn McKayla Ohm about her upcoming release, Why the Mountains Stand, reminded me of how often I see myself in characters and learn from their lessons (and hopefully avoid having to make some of the same mistakes in the process). Listen in to how that happened for Ashlyn in this episode.
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This Time She's Climbed All the Way to Canada!
As if the Rockies weren't enough, Ashlyn Ohm takes us to Canada where Addison will coach a difficult athlete... and deal with some of her own issues along the way.
We talked about the way Ashlyn related to her character, and how she kept trying to downplay some of the issues that needed to be addressed. Ouch. Been there/done that.
She also shared about her upcoming poetry collection, High Country Hymnal, featuring mountain-inspired poetry of all kinds. Then, she's going back to fiction and going to explore some of the side characters from the Climbing Higher series. EEEP!
Why the Mountains Stand by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm
Coaching figure skating at an athletic center in Whistler,
Canada, seems like a dream come true to Addisyn Miles—especially
since it offers an opportunity to pursue her relationship with
Darius, the man who’s become more than a friend. But her excitement
fades when she’s assigned to coach Darius’s troubled cousin.
Withdrawn and turbulent, Kenzie Howard is also an unsettling
reminder of Addisyn’s own shadowed past. But when Kenzie
rediscovers a local legend, Addisyn realizes that there’s more at
stake than either of them expected. Helping Kenzie means risking
her job at the center and even her relationship with Darius…but it
could also set Addisyn free from the shame she’s carried for
years.
Kenzie has spent a lifetime walking the tightrope of
perfection—until she crashed. The legend offers the only faint hope
of escaping the nightmare her life has become, but to discover the
truth, she’ll have to trust an unlikely ally: Addisyn. As the girls
come closer to the brink of discovery, Kenzie’s secrets begin to
unravel. Now, they’re both faced with a choice: allow the scars of
their past to destroy them both…or finally see the purpose beyond
their shared pain.
A tale of redemption and restoration, Why the Mountains Stand is the
climactic finale to the Climbing Higher series, celebrating the
healing power of friendship and the transformative promise of
faith.
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You can listen to her previous episodes HERE and HERE.