I have to admit I like nice men, both in my real life and in the stories I
write. Although my favorite fictional hero of all time is Mr. Rochester of
Jane
Eyre, I find I can't write difficult men. And Mr. Rochester did terrible
things
to Jane. He let her think he was going to marry another woman and then he
almost
tricked her into an illegal marriage, knowing full well she was a woman of
very
strong moral convictions. Still, I fell in love with him the same way Jane
did.
In my own writing, every time my hero starts to do something mean to my
heroine,
I feel I have to fix him. I don't like him if he's not good to her. I've
written
a few men who think themselves scoundrels, but the minute they meet their
heroine, they fall in love—whether they admit I to themselves or not. With
love
comes the desire to protect her—even though she can protect herself, thank
you
very much. He can't bring himself to do anything that would hurt her.
So, my hero may have good reasons to avoid emotional attachment. He may have
been bitterly disappointed in love in the past. She may be off limits for
some
reason, be she the coach's daughter or his best friend's little sister.
Maybe
she's his administrative assistant, or maybe she's his boss. He can fight
the
attraction he feels for her, even pushing her away in ways she doesn't
understand. But deep down, he's a good guy—the sort of man you want to wake
up
with every morning. The sort of man you'd trust to be a father to your
children.
Even Mr. Rochester is redeemed by the end of the book. He almost loses his
life
trying to save his mentally disturbed first wife from a fire she started. A
truly selfish man wouldn't do that. As a result, he's blinded and
disfigured,
but on the inside he's the man Jane is still in love with.
Sex columnist Désirée "Rae" Knight is in a bind—and not the kind she
usually
likes. Her newest assignment, and possible big break, is an article for her
magazine on the sex resort that just opened. The only problem is it's
couples
only. Although she writes about having red-hot sex, she's been single longer
than she'd like to admit. Enter her coffee shop crush, who she's been
secretly
ogling every morning. Trouble is, he doesn't know she exists.
When Nate Winslow recognizes the shy, quiet woman at Sufficient Grounds
as
the author of the sex columns that fuel his fantasies, he's surprised. And
the
last thing he expects is an invitation to join her at a sex resort. But his
answer is hell yes!
Rae and Nate have enough chemistry in the bedroom to set the sheets
ablaze.
When Rae insists they limit their relationship to sex only, Nate agrees
since
he's burned out on love. But the more they push each other's boundaries, the
more they realize one week won't be enough.
Romance Erotica
Sensual |
Erotica [Entangled Scorched, On Sale: February
19, 2018, e-Book, ISBN: 9781640634756 / eISBN: 9781640634756]
Alice Gaines loves her romance hot. She’s been writing since forever and
has
no plans to give it up.
Alice lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in a
fixer-upper she never fixed up. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her
knitting, crocheting, cooking, or vegetable gardening. Her main companions
are
her pet corn snake, Casper, and a collection of neglected orchids.
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