Blog Tour: The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston

I am SO excited to be on this blog tour! I absolutely loved The Rules for Disappearing and I'm pretty sure everyone should read it!

Interview

Fiction Freak: Why did you decide to write a book about the Witness Protection Program?

Ashley Elston: I was fascinated by the idea of it. There is so much mystery surrounding this program obviously because the people in it can’t talk about it. And then I started thinking about what it would do to a family – would they get stronger or fall apart? And that’s how THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING was born.

FF:What research did you do while writing The Rules for Disappearing?

AE: Mostly Internet research. Again, not many people out there are talking about what it’s like to be in the program. I guess it’s good they won’t be able to correct me if I got it wrong, either.

FF:Have you ever suspected anyone of being in the WPP?

AE: Sadly, no. I’m from a small Louisiana town similar to the one in the book and everyone knows everyone. Nothing that exciting ever happens around here.

FF:What's one of your most embarrassing moments? (That you experienced or witnessed!)

AE: Probably the most embarrassing moments I’ve witnessed come from my days as a wedding photographer. By the end of most receptions, there are many people that later regret I was just off the dance floor with my camera ready.

FF:If you could change your name, what would it be and why?

AE: Having all sons, I never got to use the name I had picked for a girl – Adeline. If I had to change my name, I would choose that.

FF:What's one of your favorite crime shows?

AE: I love The Mentalist. I think that show is so clever. Another favorite of mine is Castle.

FF:Would you have handled things like Meg did in the book?

AE: That’s a hard one. I’d like to say I’m tough, and strong and ready for any challenge but I’m also a chicken that can’t get through a scary movie. So probably not.

FF:What's something you think would've told Meg at the beginning of the book? (without spoilers of course!)

AE: Listen to your gut.

FF:The ending was...shocking, to say the least. Did you plan that? Or did it just happen?

AE: I intended, in the beginning, for it to be a stand-alone but I felt like there was more to this story, especially with some of the characters. 

FF:What's your favorite recent read?

AE: I’ve been reading a lot of ARCs from fellow Lucky 13ers and they are all fabulous. I just finished ALL  OUR YESTERDAYS by Cristin Terrill and it was amazing.

FF:Favorite Hyperion book?

AE: Cristin’s book I just mentioned makes the list as well as TIME BETWEEN US by Tamara Ireland Stone, NANTUCKET BLUE by Leila Howland and THE NEPTUNE PROJECT by Polly Holyoke. Also, I’m a huge Ally Carter fan and a Rick Riordan fan. And I loved reading Mo Willems’ Pigeon books to my boys.

FF:And finally...Country boy or city boy?

AE: Definitely country boy! I married one and am raising three more.  

The Rules for Disappearing Synopsis

She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will be her last.
Witness Protection has taken nearly everything from her. But for now, they’ve given her a new name, Megan Rose Jones, and a horrible hair color. For the past eight months, Meg has begged her father to answer one question: What on earth did he do – or see – that landed them in this god-awful mess? Meg has just about had it with all the Suits’ rules — and her dad’s silence. If he won’t help, it’s time she got some answers for herself.
But Meg isn’t counting on Ethan Landry, an adorable Louisiana farm boy who’s too smart for his own good. He knows Meg is hiding something big. And it just might get both of them killed. As they embark on a perilous journey to free her family once and for all, Meg discovers that there’s only one rule that really matters — survival.

Author Bio

Ashley Elston lives is North Louisiana with her husband, three sons and two cats. She worked as a wedding and portrait photographer for ten years until she decided to pursue writing full time. Ashley is also a licensed Landscape Horticulturist and helps her husband run a commercial lawn and landscaping business. They also custom harvest pecans and have cows. Yes, cows.

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