They say all the girls love a soldier, and all the girls love a Prince Charming – so what happens when one man is both at the same time?
That’s what my June 2014 release is about. The Soldier Prince is part of the 200: Harley Street continuity series, set in a clinic of plastic surgeons in London.
Working on a continuity is great fun– it means you get to bounce ideas off other authors working on the same series, and you can have a lot of fun with their characters. Amy Andrews and I had particular fun with my hero and hers – two Alpha males locking horns.
I think my editor had a lot of fun choosing the pictures for my story of the continuity – because she sent me a picture of Antonio Banderas as inspiration for my hero! She knows I’ve had a crush on Antonio for years and years, and the amount of times I’ve begged for him as my cover model (she always just laughs and says no).
It meant I had a little bit of fun, too, in giving my hero attributes from various Banderas films – and for once my ed let me get away with it. So you have the guitar-playing from Desperado; the fencing from Zorro (and I pinched his nickname from there, too); the ballroom dancing from Take the Lead; and the semi-secret nature of his job from My Spy and Spy Kids (have I mentioned that I have a *lot* of Banderas films to choose from?).
Add in a totally gorgeous house at the edge of Regent’s Park (the one I used as a basis was for sale for something like £35 million!), a feisty heroine with a seriously dark past, and you have glamour and emotion a-plenty.
I’m giving away a signed copy of The Soldier Prince to one commentator. To be in with the chance to win, tell me your favourite Banderas film!
You can find out more about Kate Hardy and her books at her blog (http://katehardy.blogspot.com
***Kate's winner is Indigo Dragonfly! Please email totebag@authorsoundrelations.com with your mailing details!***
8 comments:
Zorro...
Good choice - all that swashbuckling! :)
I know I can't SEE him, but I HEAR him just fine. All the Shrek movies....
The 13th Warrior. Obscure I know, but wowza so full of testosterone!
Bev Mardis / Indigo Dragonfly :-)
What a great list of attributes, trying to imagine them all rolled into one hero!
I'm torn between the 13th Warrior and Zorro :) thanks for sharing!
I LOVED Antonio in THE MASK OF ZORRO. Very yummy!!
Laney - oh, yes! (The kids finally worked out why I took them to see every single one at the cinema, plus Puss in Boots...)
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