What
I love about romance is that it comes in so many delicious flavours. From sweet
to spicy, angsty to flirty, contemporary to historical to futuristic to
paranormal to everything in between. I love the sheer breadth and depth that
romance affords both readers and writers.
When
I write my Harlequin Presents, the stories generally veer toward the angsty.
Big conflicts. Strong alpha heroes and frequently vulnerable, if gutsy on the
inside, heroines. I love those stories. But my other love is romantic comedy,
and there isn’t a huge amount of scope inside your average Presents for comedy.
Wit, yes. A wry smile, absolutely. A cutting retort from your heroine that
makes your hero’s ears bleed and your reader punch the air with her fist, sure.
But laugh out loud comedy? No. It would be wrong.
So
when I was offered the opportunity to write something for Tule publishing, a
story where I set the creative boundaries, I jumped at the chance. And so
Second Chance Bride was born. And just to really shake things up, I started it
in a brothel. Yup. A romance that begins in a brothel :)
And
oh my, I had such fun with this story! I took my hapless heroine, Scarlett Buck
(yup, why the hell not?) all the way from Marietta, Montana, and dropped her in
the outback of Western Australia with no cash and a pressing need to get home.
Luckily for her, she meets Mitch, but to find out what happens next, you’ll
have to read the book.
But
here’s a wee taster - Mitch and Scarlett are in Broome, and Mitch finds
something in the closet...
She was just drying off when she heard him yell, “What the
hell is that?”
Darn. She had a fair idea where he
was and what he’d found and realized that maybe the gown hadn’t been quite as
well hidden as she’d hoped. After all, there was at least a hundred yards of
tulle in the skirt. But there were at least a dozen yards of closet too. Did he
have to go open that particular one?
Anyhow, no point admitting anything
just yet. He was a man after all. Maybe he’d just found the ironing
board.
How
do you like your romance? Dramatic? Sweet? Medical? Suspenseful? Or are you
like me and like to mix it up a little and throw in a little romantic comedy
(or something else) every now and then?
Leave
a comment about your reading preferences and two lucky people will receive a
$10 Starbucks gift card.
Happy
reading,
Trishx
*** Trish's winners are Mary Preston and Bonnie! Please email totebag@authorsoundrelations.com with your mailing info.***
*** Trish's winners are Mary Preston and Bonnie! Please email totebag@authorsoundrelations.com with your mailing info.***
