The Heart that Loves is Always Young—Greek Proverb
My genre of choice is suspense and/or mystery. BUT, I love
including romance within my books. Why? Let's list a few reasons:
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Readers love it! Romance is the best
selling genre of today's publishing world.
·
It brings a warmth to a novel that lures
readers to continue their reading.
·
It's a great escape. Readers have a real
world. A world filled with problems and heartaches at times, and for them, for
a little while they can forget their own lives.
·
Encouragement. We know not everything is
or ends as a fairy tale story in real life, but it's an encouragement to strive
for that fairy tale—realistically—and hope to improve our own romantic lives.
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Romance brings out emotions. The world
calls us to be strong, career driven and the “amazon” woman. But reading
romance—included in whatever genre—touches the emotions that are sometimes
hidden within ourselves.
Suspense is known as mysterious, dramatic, at times a little
scary or intense. But when I create touches of romantic passages (clean!) in my
books, I can lighten that heavier scene.
Let's show you an example:
Knight In Shining Apron,
Book Two of the Appleton, WV Romantic Mystery series
Excerpt from Chapter 19
“I lovingly
insist.”
How could she
resist that dazzling smile every time he wanted something from her? The answer?
She couldn’t, even though she could feel her skin tingle with a tad bit of
unease. Not enough to make her draw back for long, or object too strenuously.
Long time habits died hard. At least for her. But she’d meant that pledge to
God and to Joel. Trust or die trying. That's why she was going along with his
idea of talking to Stu about plans to rebuild. But would the bank agree if they
already had a problem with a loan for a more up-to-date oven?
She cocked her
head sideways to look at the man driving his sporty convertible. Yep. Just as
beautiful as she’d thought not a minute before. She chuckled when the vision of
him protesting at her latest verbal compliment about being beautiful flashed into
her mind.
“Men aren’t
beautiful, My Princess,” he'd said.
But they were.
At least, he was. He couldn’t win that argument. She laughed now, thinking
about their argument, and he joined her, even though she knew he didn’t know
why.
“Right on
time.” He didn’t bother to open his door, only scooted up in his seat and
stepped over the door. He flung open her door and took her hand to help her
out. “Have I told you lately how beautiful you are?”
“No, you
haven’t. It’s been all of fifteen minutes since you picked me up and informed
me of that very fact. Far too long for me to remember it.”
Joel tucked her
hand in the crook of his arm. “Don’t you be sassing me, My Princess.”
“Oh, I won’t.”
What fun he was.
Just a touch of
romantic warmth in this excerpt, but in the midst of Starli overcoming her
emotional problems, it gives the reader a break and propels them further into
the story. It helps create a barrier between the hardships we put our
characters into and the light that shines onto them at times. For a suspense/mystery
novelist, it's vital.
To everything there is a season...a time to love.
--Song
of Solomon
Knight in Shining Apron -- Cover Blurb:
By Carole Brown
Starli Cameron gave up her career
plans to be a concert pianist to marry the man of her dreams. He turned out to
be a nightmare. When he dies in a car accident, Starli takes the insurance
money and builds a successful and upscale restaurant: Apple Blossoms in rural
West Virginia. Threats from someone
determined to ruin her life and the suspicious romantic advances from her new
chef force Starli to search her heart and finally turn to God for real healing.
Sir Joel Peterman-Blair, top notch
chef from England, is roped by his uncle, into filling in as head Chef at Apple
Blossoms. Joel, with his sanguine-personality, has always laughed and flirted
his way through life. But now, confronted with and attracted to the most beautiful
woman he’s ever met, Joel has to prove his sincerity and depth of character to
his icy-cold employer. Can his love for God and for this woman reach out far
enough to rescue her from her own mistrust and bitterness? Will he learn that
life is not all play?
And can they both work together to
find the source of threats that seem to be coming from Starli’s past?
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Meet Carole Brown
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| Carole Brown |
Bio:
Besides being a member and active participant of many
writing groups, Carole Brown enjoys mentoring beginning writers. An author of
ten books, she loves to weave suspense and tough topics into her books, along
with a touch of romance and whimsy, and is always on the lookout for
outstanding titles and catchy ideas. She and her husband reside in SE Ohio but
have ministered and counseled nationally and internationally. Together, they
enjoy their grandsons, traveling, gardening, good food, the simple life, and
did she mention their grandsons?
Personal blog: http://sunnebnkwrtr.blogspot.com/
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Carole-Brown/e/B00EZV4RFY/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1427898838&sr=8-1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/browncarole212
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