With over sixty books to my name, I have written quite a few different kinds of
couples, but my favorite is always the “opposites attract” couple. Part of it is
because I like the banter that usually goes on between the hero and heroine. The
other part of it is that in my own marriage, my husband and I fit this category.
He is laid back and hates plans. I think that plans don’t fail; you fail to
plan. He is even tempered and loves to be around people. I am an Italian with a
creative bent and a temper. Also, people are good in small—very small—doses.
But, since we are about to hit our twenty-four-year wedding anniversary, I say
we figured out a way to work through those things. We do have a few things in
common—our love of the absurd and a totally immature sense of humor among other
things.
In my March Entangled release, SNOWBOUND SEDUCTION, I have
another pair of opposites. First we have Trevor MacMillan,
English bad boy chef with a title and has a privileged background. He has always
had family support and is the darling of the tabloids. On top of it, he plans
very little. His life seems to float along and everything works out good for
him. He is in charge of the kitchen and handles the savory food for their shared
restaurant.
Then, we have Elaine Masterson. Daughter of an alcoholic mother
who abandoned her to the foster system—not to mention a father she never knew.
She had to struggle for school, to work her way up through the culinary system
and finally to La Cordon Bleu in Paris. She has had no real close friends, other
than their mutual business partner Mick. She plans everything, and I mean
everything. From her baking to her personal life (what little of one she has),
Elaine must have a plan to be able to function. Her specialty is baking and she
handles all the desserts for their restaurant.
Every opposites attract story has to have one thing to bring the characters
together. In SNOWBOUND
SEDUCTION, food is that mutual thing. Their love of cooking and the
restaurant they run in Atlanta gives them a deep connection they cannot see when
they are in every day life. So, I threw them in a cabin in the middle of a
blizzard in the Canadian Rockies so they had to deal with it.
It was a pleasure to watch these characters realize that while dealing with
someone who is clearly different than you are, there are some amazing results if
you learn to accept those differences and appreciate the things you agree upon.
And in the end, for every romance, the heart of it is finding acceptance with
the person you love.
From an early age, USA Today Bestselling author Melissa Schroeder loved to
read. First, it was the books her mother read to her including her two
favorites, Winnie the Pooh and the Beatrix Potter books. She
cut her preteen teeth on Trixie Belden and read and reviewed To
Kill a Mockingbird in middle school. It wasn’t until she was in college
that she tried to write her first stories, which were full of angst and pain,
and really not that fun to read or write. After trying several different genres,
she found romance in a Linda Howard book.
Since the publication of her
first book in 2004, Melissa has had over fifty romances published. She writes in
genres from historical suspense to modern day erotic romance to futuristics and
paranormals. Along the way she has garnered an epic nomination, a multitude of
reviewer’s recommended reads, over five Capa nods from TRS, fifteen nominations
for AAD Bookies and regularly tops the bestseller lists on Amazon and
Barnes & Noble. She made the USA Today Bestseller list for the
first time in 2013.
Since she was a military brat, she vowed never to
marry military. Alas, fate always has her way with mortals. Her husband just
retired from the AF after 20 years, and together they have their own military
brats, two girls, and two adopted dog daughters, and is happy she picks where
they live now.
Trevor MacMillian is the tart and incredibly sexy executive chef who's made
pastry chef Elaine Masterson's life a living hell. But when she catches him in
nothing but a tiny little towel, it's almost enough to make her forget they're
stranded in a luxurious mountain cabin together...or that she hates him almost
as much as she craves him like a sinfully forbidden dessert.
Being alone
in a romantic secluded cabin might just kill Trevor outright. If Elaine hates
him now, how much will she hate him if she finds out he's been fantastizing
about her full, kissable lips? So Trevor argues with her. Makes her angry—until
an intense and unexpected kiss turns their hostility into insatiable hunger. And
with this much heat, the snowstorm outside doesn't stand a
chance...
This blizzard is blazing hot...
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