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Joan Kilby | Best Friends To Lovers
MAD ABOUT YOU is based
on one of my favorite romance tropes, both as a reader and a writer--Best
Friends to Lovers. Maybe I'm drawn to these types of stories because that's how
my husband and I got together. I'd just come out of a relationship when I moved
into a group house where my future hubby was living with mutual friends. We
shared the house for a whole year before we got together romantically. At first
I thought he didn't like me. Later I found out he was shy because he was
attracted to me! Then we both went traveling, separately, and returned home
within a few days of each other. I'll never forget the first moment we saw each
other again. It was like a scene from a movie. Time seemed to stop as we saw
each other through new eyes. Suddenly, possibilities opened up for something
more than friendship. Not long after that, on New Years Eve, we kissed for the
first time. And the rest, as they say, is history. :-)
Scott and Cassy in MAD ABOUT
YOU had known each other much longer when the story begins. At seven years
old, Scott set up a lemonade stand in his new neighborhood. Cassy was his only
customer. They bonded over lemonade and cookies and ever since, they've been
there for each other. So when Scott asks Cassy to drop everything and help him,
she agrees because she would do anything for her best friend.
In Friends to Lovers stories the couple have a history. Cassy and Scott know
each other inside and out. Or they thought they did. As they begin to fall in
love and relate in new ways, they discover things they never knew about each
other before. Suddenly the relationship becomes fresh and exciting.
Where there's affection, there's also conflict. The reader knows the couple can
get over obstacles because they've done so in the past. What friends don't fight
and make up at some point in their relationship? But it's a big leap from being
โjust friends' to figuring out that what they feel for each other is really
love--and acting on that knowledge.
Cassy's terrified she'll lose Scott as her best friend if the romance doesn't
work out. And Scott's never had a romantic relationship that's lasted. His
mantra is: girlfriends come and girlfriends go; friends are forever. Love is a
much bigger--and scarier--emotion. What if he loses Cassy from his life? For a
guy with abandonment issues, that's the absolute worst thing that could possibly
happen to him.
Do you enjoy friends-to-lovers stories? Do you have a favorite book you've read
with that theme? Or have you experienced that type of relationship yourself?
Comment to go in the draw to win a $15 Amazon gift card.
About MAD ABOUT YOU
Can a fake engagement between best friends turn into the love of a
lifetime?
Accountant Cassy Morris knows sheโs putting her heart on the line when she
agrees to move in with her best friend, multi-millionaire geek Scott Thornton,
while she manages his nanotechnology lab and finds an angel investor for his
revolutionary new product. Sheโs loved him forever even though heโs only ever
regarded her as a friend. But Cassy never could refuse Scott anything...
When Scott is named Seattleโs sexiest man, the attention from women threatens to
get in the way of him finishing his pet project and putting it on the market.
Cassy steps up once again and pretends to be his fiancรฉ. A lifetime of repressed
sexual tension explodes in a passionate affair. Soon Scott is wondering how he
can convince Cassy to turn their fake engagement into reality...
Comments
29 comments posted.
Re: Joan Kilby | Best Friends To Lovers
I can't recall ever reading a book that was considered a friends-to-lovers book. Yours would be the first, and I would really love to read your book. As far as my life goes, I've had the chance, over the years, to take someone that was a friend to the next level. In my eyes, there had to be more than just a friendly attraction there for me to act on it. I had to really have that "animal magnetism," for lack of a better term, in play, along with the friendship, in order to take it to the next level. Just having a person for a friend, doesn't mean that I wanted to take things to the next level. In fact, one of my friends wanted to take things to a romantic level, and I just couldn't do it. I loved him as a friend, but after everything that we went through, I just couldn't see myself romantically involved with him. I knew his family, and he would have been a wonderful Husband, but there was no "spark" in that department.
(Peggy Roberson 12:08pm April 1, 2014)
I've never had that kind of relationship but I do enjoy reading about it.
(Rita Wray 12:44pm April 1, 2014)
I do like that theme but can't think of a favorite book title
for it. I think that some of the strongest marriages I have
seen are friends to lovers, they already know all of the
great and not so great but love and are attracted to each
other anyway.
(G. Bisbjerg 12:48pm April 1, 2014)
I enjoy friends to lovers stories... knowing two people have been there for each other for years suddenly finding more... thanks for sharing!
(Colleen Conklin 12:54pm April 1, 2014)
This book sounds good. I'd really like to read.
(Susan Falkler 1:22pm April 1, 2014)
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (part of her Bride Quartet) is a good friends-to-lovers book. Thanks for the post and giveaway.
(G S Moch 2:22pm April 1, 2014)
Sounds like a really good spring read. I always wonder if the friends to lovers relationship works or if it ends the relationship altother.
(Vennie Martinisi 4:14pm April 1, 2014)
Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by. I'm really enjoying reading all your
comments.
Peggy, I definitely think you need that spark. I think you made a wise choice in
your case.
Rita, I'm glad you like the theme.
G. Bisbjerg, I agree about friends to lovers having strong marriages. I'm still
with my husband after thirty years!
Susan, I hope you enjoy it if you get it.
GS Moch, Nora Roberts is awesome. I'll have to look for that book.
L Lam, thanks for commenting!
Vennie, I think in real life it can go either way, that's why this trope is so
interesting.
(Joan Kilby 4:32pm April 1, 2014)
I do like the theme...the build up
(Diane Pollock 5:17pm April 1, 2014)
I love friends to lovers stories. I recently read NO STRINGS ATTACHED by Nicolette Day and really enjoyed it.
I met my hubby at work and though we were friendly, we were more co-workers than friends at first.
(Marcy Shuler 7:10pm April 1, 2014)
It sounds like a everyday romance. Also lovers that stay
friends can make a good marriage.
(Deb Pelletier 7:44pm April 1, 2014)
I just finished reading one and yes I do like them. It
gives the conflict and tension more depth. Some of them are
good and some are not. If there is not spark then it is not
worth the effort. Too much conflict just does not do it for
me either. There has to be a happy balance.
I think your book sounds very good so far. I can't wait to
read it.
(Tina Ullrich 10:19pm April 1, 2014)
I love the from friend to lover trope. I do believe that being friend with the person first would lead to a better relationship.
(Kai Wong 1:29am April 2, 2014)
i really dont have a fav i love romance books all of them
(Denise Smith 4:03am April 2, 2014)
Yes, I enjoy friends-to-lovers stories, as well as all sorts of other stories. Variety is the spice of life!
Can't recall a book with that theme. (Hey! I'm in my fifties! It's amazing I can remember where my car keys are!)
When I first saw the cover, I thought it was Erin Andrews and Maks from Dancing with the Stars. Oops!
(Elaine Seymour 9:41am April 2, 2014)
I do enjoy friends-to-lovers stories, although I don't have a favorite. I think being friends is so important in a relationship. Your book sounds great. Thanks for this chance to win a copy.
(Nancy Reynolds 9:43am April 2, 2014)
Sounds interesting. I think friends can work as a romance.
(Pam Howell 9:49am April 2, 2014)
I always considered my husband to be my best friend.
(Anna Speed 12:09pm April 2, 2014)
I think it's great to be friends and know you really like the other person's company before the love factor comes into place.
(Sandy Fielder 1:06pm April 2, 2014)
I love the title and the cover!
(Denise Austin 2:01pm April 2, 2014)
I enjoyed your post!
(Terri Childress 2:26pm April 2, 2014)
After 32 years of marriage my husband is still my best friend. Your book is a must buy.
(Judi Estrin 8:22pm April 2, 2014)
Very steamy, I'm sure. :)
(Sally Hannoush 9:21pm April 2, 2014)
I have seen this cover before!! I love fake engagement stories!!
(Lisa Hutson 10:30pm April 2, 2014)
I really enjoy reading friends to lovers stories. The most recent one I have read is Tawny Weber's A SEAL'S KISS. My beloved late husband of 39 years and I started out as good friends, turned into best friends, and evolved into a wonderful and warm loving relationship.
(Cathy Phillips 4:20pm April 3, 2014)
Your book sounds interesting. I've never known anyone who went from friends to lovers in real life.
(Carol Woodruff 7:18pm April 3, 2014)
Best friends to lovers is a great trope.
(Mary Preston 9:31pm April 3, 2014)
Love to read about friends to lovers. Especially when the relationship creeps up on the lovers. Your book is a must read.
(Sharon Extine 1:17am April 4, 2014)
It sounds so similar to my
own story sans the
engagement part. I would
love to read this particular
book as soon as I can lay my
hands on it :)
(Sukriti Goyal 2:49pm April 8, 2014)
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