The last person Emily Rose expects to reconnect with is Jeremy Peter, her childhood best friend. When Jem walks back into her perfectly settled life, Em puts up her guard. She has no desire to place her heart on the line again.
She’s moved on and is in a serious relationship with someone else. But the universe—and her kooky sister—have other ideas.
Thrust into an unexpected and dangerous adventure together, Em is forced to confront her unresolved feelings for Jem and decide what kind of life she really wants. That is if they both survive.
a romance writer is, “Where do you get your ideas?” That is a much easier
question to answer rather than the ubiquitous, “What’s your book about?” Almost
all my stories have started as a picture. Yes, you heard correctly; a simple, inspiring
picture.
we have used as a cyber writing-club. Our fierce leader posts three prompts
every Monday. One of them is always a picture. Jenn is a professional
photographer and has a great eye for good visuals. Her chosen pictures never
cease to incite great ideas.
started with one of those photos, a simple idea for a piece of flash fiction.
By the time I was finished with the one-thousand odd word story I had fallen in
love with my two main characters and I had to see their story through.
shameless) pantser. The few times in my life I’ve planned a story, I never
really stuck to the plan. I find that my characters guide me as I write. In the
words of the great Madeleine D’Engle, inspiration usually comes to me during
work, not before it. So it was that while I’m writing this fun and sweet love
story between two best friends a couple other equally lovable characters popped
into my head.
she is not crazy and wild like Celia, she does have a tendency to believe in
spells and magic. It was only natural she would be “reincarnated” in part as
Emily Rose’s younger and irreverent sister.
by the time I finished writing it I was hooked. With her zany sense of style
and comical wisdom she became irresistible to me. So much so, I’m seriously
considering writing her own romance. I have to give Marcy her own
happy-ever-after.
As I write my current WIP (another
photo-inspired story) I’m reminded that the only thing that separates writers from
the totally insane is the fact that writers know the voices in their heads are
fictional while the mad…well, not so much.
I hope my voices keep talking to me for many years to come and that
people are willing to listen to their stories.
Natalina doesn’t believe you can have too many books or too much coffee. Art and dance make her happy and she is pretty sure she could survive on lobster and bananas alone. When she is not writing or stressing over lesson plans, she shares her life with her husband and two adult sons.
Author Dahlia Donovan 