Thanks for hosting me on Fresh Fiction today!
Describe SCANDALOUS
EVER AFTER in 6 words.
Friends to lovers, secrets, horse-racing, HEA. (I might have fudged those 6
words a little.)
Favorite thing to munch on while you write?
I always have a glass of water and usually have a big mug of coffee by me too.
Iβve been known to eat lunch while I writeβsoup is quite an adventure while
youβre typingβand if thereβs candy around, itβll find its way to my desk too. My
favorites are Jelly Bellys and gummy candies.
Tell us something interesting about Kate and Evan that we wonβt find out
in the book.
I could see those two becoming lovingly competitive after the end of the book.
Kate is a crack shot, Evan is resourceful, and theyβre both excellent riders.
Theyβd push each other to become better and tease each other a lot along the way.
If you had to pick ONE line from SCANDALOUS EVER AFTER as
your favorite, what would it be and why?
βAnd beneath the blue sky, they banished the gray.β
The hero of
SCANDALOUS EVER
AFTER, Evan Rhys, has depressionβthough since he lives in the 1810s, he only
knows to call it βgrayness.β This line comes at the end of a scene in which heβs
finally told the love of his life, Lady Kate Whelan, about the gray feeling. He
wants her to know him completely, hoping that sheβll love him completely. She
accepts him just as he is, and then theyβ¦well, you know. ;)
Why do you love regency romances and which are your favorite?
I fell in love with the Regency through Jane Austen, and I stayed in love with
it when I studied history as a grad student. The Regency styles are still
beautiful and elegant to us, so the world is visually appealingβbut the way the
society worked is completely gone now. During the Regency, the nobility could
still make their living from the land alone. So itβs both familiar and alien at
once, with social restrictions that make for intriguing boundaries for
characters to push against.
Some of my favorites are Julia Quinnβs Bridgerton series, which reminds me of my
own big, loud, loving family. I also love Rose Lernerβs books, which look
outside the upper class and Londonβand are so beautifully and vividly written.
Most of my TBR pile is historical romances, and I have more favorite authors
than I can easily name!
Whatβs the last book you read?
Ok, I know I just said I mostly read historical romances, but the last book I
read was
The Complete Book of Home Organization by Toni Hammersley. I
didnβt so much read it straight through as I did flip through here and there,
marking pages and projects I want to try. While Iβm on deadline, I have
fantasies about getting completely organized once Iβm done with my current
project. When I really do finish, though, weβll see how much of my ambition is
translated into reality!
What are you working on next?
Iβm finishing up the first book in a spinoff-slash-new historical romance duo
called
The Roguish Runners. Itβs connected to my previous duo,
The Royal Rewards.
I hope readers will enjoy seeing some familiar characters and meeting new ones!
And after that, maybe Iβll organize the house a little before my next deadline?
Or more likely, Iβll just dive right in and write something new. :)
Romance of the
Turf #2
Does love really heal all wounds?
After being widowed by a steeplechase accident in Ireland, Lady Kate Whelan
abandons the turf. But once her mourning is complete, her late husbandβs debts
drive her to seek help in Newmarket amidst the whirl of a race meet. There she
encounters antiquities expert Evan Rhys, her late husbandβs roguish friendβwhom
she hasnβt seen since the day of his lordshipβs mysterious death.
Now that fate has reunited them, Evan seizes the chance to win over the woman
heβs always loved. But once back within the old stone walls of Whelan House,
long-held secrets come to light that shake up everything Kate thought she knew
about her marriage. Now she wonders who she can trust with her heartβand Evan
must decide between love and a truth that will separate him from all his heart
desires.
Romance Historical
[Sourcebooks Casablanca, On Sale: July 4, 2017,
Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781492649021 / eISBN: 9781492613756]
Of
True Love and Horseracing: Theresa Romain redefines the meaning of
charming
Historical romance author THERESA ROMAIN pursued an
impractical education that allowed her to read everything she could get her
hands on. She then worked for universities and libraries, where she got to read
even more. Eventually she started writing, too. She lives with her family in
Wichita, Kansas.
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(Anita H 4:19am July 17, 2017)
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