 |
| Available now! |
by Joanne Rock
I’m a sucker for a summer story. I think that’s why a lot of
my contemporary books have ended up set at the beach. Single in South Beach.
The Murphy Brothers. Double Play takes place on Nantucket. Always Ready is
set on a beach in Puerto Rico.
Right now I’m writing a Harlequin Desire series that’s
mostly set in New York City, but with all the wealth at my hero’s disposal, I
have him jetting to Costa Rica and Miami.
I know that a story doesn’t have to be set in the summer or
at a beach to be a good “beach read” but then again, it doesn’t hurt. All
summer long, I turn to stories with that extra level of escapism where the
summer days never end, the sunsets are long and violet, and the heroines hope
that the fall doesn’t come. Maybe I’m projecting? My latest Young Adult
project, Sun Kissed, is YA beach
reading—romances at summer camp. The tag line—every summer has a story.
It’s not just what I write either! This weekend I read Summers with Juliette, a book by debut
author Emily Madden, happy to lose myself in someone else’s vision of long
summer days. It was a beautiful book of quirky friendships and heartfelt
romances… set in an Australia beach town. It was everything I hoped for in a
beach read, but kept me reading for hours more with three main character
threads to follow. I loved it.
What do you look for in a summer read? A beachy setting?
Thorough escapism? Something light and frothy as opposed to darkly emotional? Share with me this week in the comments below and I’ll send one random poster a copy of my May Desire release,SECRET BABY SCANDAL which is set in New Orleans.
Where the hero has a house right on Lake Pontchartrain J
