Jennifer Vido: What inspired your new release, HER SECRET HOPE, the final book in A Season in Pinecraft series? Shelley Shephard Gray: I was excited to write this third book because in a lot of ways I knew it was going to be the most difficult to write. Of the three friends portrayed in the Pinecraft trilogy, Lilly Kurtz had the most to overcome. I also wanted to tie up the series in a neat bow-something that isn’t always easy for me to do-I’m usually anxious to continue their stories.   Jen: For those unfamiliar with the trilogy, what brings Lilly Kurtz to Pinecraft, Florida? Shelley: Like her two best friends Mary Margaret and Betsy, Lilly first journeyed to Pinecraft for a vacation and to do a bit of soul-searching. In this novel, her two friends are already married and she’s feeling a little left-out all over again. She takes a job at the Marigold Inn as a maid to not only give her a way to make a living but to enable her to be independent. She soon becomes part of the inn’s work family.   Jen: What happens when she crosses paths with Eddie Byler? Shelley:  Eddie Byler…