It's all about your experienceext_224439October 4 2010, 18:41:45 UTC
Love the excerpt!
For me, the heroes I start off thinking are going to be unsexy are ones who do a job that I associate with my male relatives, which sucks because my brother has had loads of sexy jobs - firefighter and chef and he was obsessed with becoming an Navy SEAL when he was in high school. *sigh*
So I usually avoid those heroes, but I couldn't resist Stephanie Tyler's Hard to Hold, which was awesome.
I was surprised by the setup in Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander, for sure. I still kind of can't believe the author made that one work ...
PS: Obviously you enjoy writing about characters with unusual careers for a romance novel. And I loved the hell out of the class dynamics in Start Me Up and Lead Me On. So may I ask plaintively for more books with blue-collar characters?
Robyn Carr and Victoria Dahl? Two of my favorite authors... how could I possibly resist? But wait! The name of an author I have never heard of?! I simply must look up Jean Brashear! =)
This looks fabulous!ext_275296October 4 2010, 20:49:22 UTC
Lorraine Heath's Just Wicked Enough had a hero who seemed weak (no money, no power - only a title to earn him a marriage), had been an a-hole in the previous book, and had no idea how to show emotions. But he turned out to be wonderful for exactly those reasons. I love it when an author can turn the weaknesses into strengths.
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For me, the heroes I start off thinking are going to be unsexy are ones who do a job that I associate with my male relatives, which sucks because my brother has had loads of sexy jobs - firefighter and chef and he was obsessed with becoming an Navy SEAL when he was in high school. *sigh*
So I usually avoid those heroes, but I couldn't resist Stephanie Tyler's Hard to Hold, which was awesome.
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PS: Obviously you enjoy writing about characters with unusual careers for a romance novel. And I loved the hell out of the class dynamics in Start Me Up and Lead Me On. So may I ask plaintively for more books with blue-collar characters?
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And then hitting the wrong keys before finishing my comment for slightly less awesome.
Since I'm still tragically not as versed in romance as I could be, so I'm mostly just saying that this looks intriguing.
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