Enjoy this fun interview between bestselling author
SOPHIE JORDAN and
Fresh Fiction Editorial Manager,
Danielle Dresser!
For readers who arenβt caught up, can you tell us a bit about theΒ Rogue Files series, and your latest
release,Β This Scot of Mine?
Well, believe it or not,Β This Scot of MineΒ is the fourth book
in the Rogue Files series. They're all connected through characters often family members. By
book four it's a little challenging to relate how they are all connected. Book five, possibly the
last in the series, is coming this October. Hmm. Maybe it's time for a family tree!?Β Β
This Scot of MineΒ is a
crazypants idea I came up with while on a writers retreat .... I pitched
it to some of my other fabulous writer friends and we all brainstormed until I arrived at the final
idea of a girl who PRETENDS to be ruined and pregnant (all lies for good reason) and gets
paired up with the hero who needs to get married but has this curse hanging over his
head.Β
Iβve read about secret babies before, but not so much about made-up pregnancies in
historicals! Clara was such a fun heroine. What was your favorite part about writing her as a
character?
Thank you - I loved her strength. She's very resourceful and really a heroine
with modern sensibilities. She wants to do the right thing, but not at the sacrifice of herself.
She'd rather endure ruin than marry someone she doesn't want to wed.
Hunt, our hero and laird of his clan in Scotland, is in an interesting predicament - a
family curse that seemingly kills the laird before his firstborn child is born. Did you do any
research into curses throughout history? Where did the idea for this particular curse stem
from?
I didn't research curses, but we can probably blame my love of
Disney.Β Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White,
to name a few. I feel
as though I was raised on these animated films. Oh!! And let's not forget Buffy! Anything
featuring star-crossed lovers battling a prophetic curse always ending in the
words "....Β and die!" feeds my ID.
You write across a variety of genres! Do you find your writing process varies between
them, or is it similar for each? Any advice for writers looking to expand into different genres?
It's always about the story for me -- two characters falling in love against
insurmountable odds. That's the story no matter the genre. Writers should focus on that
foremost and always. The genre is just the "wrapping"...
This Scot of MineΒ was
recently discussed on theΒ Fated
Mates podcastΒ - how cool! Do you listen to any podcasts or follow any
sites/blogs regularly?
I listen to Fated Mates, of course! Sarah and Jenny are hilarious and smart. I
love them. I also enjoy the Wicked Wallflowers and Boobies & Noobies. I also belong to
several FB reader groups and feel as though I get a good dose of what's happening in
romance land that way.Β Β
What can readers expect from you next?
M
y next historical is THE DUKE'S STOLEN BRIDE ... already up for preorder. It's
Marian's story. You'll meet her in THIS SCOT OF MINE. I'm also still writing young adult, and I
had a book just release
, THE ME I MEANT TO BE. Next summer (2020), KISSING
LESSONS will release.
Rapid Fire Random Questions
Favorite candy: gummy bears
Favorite way to be kind to yourself:
getting a massageΒ
Best compliment you recently gave to someone:
I try to let people know when they are kind. I just tell them that -- probably a
few times a week. Whenever I encounter a nice person I tell them that "You're a kind person".
There's so much focus on the negative and ugliness out there, I want to draw attention to the
good.
Favorite flower: Orchid
Random interesting fact you like to tell people:Β
Hmmm... maybe: You can catch up on sleep deprivation and elongate your life by
sleeping-in (heavily) at least one day a week. I heard a doctor on the news say this once and
it's always stuck with me. I try to sleep in one day a week to make up for the other nights I
didn't get enough sleep.
Best vacation youβve ever taken:
Scotland!
Earliest celebrity crush: Beau from
Dukes of Hazard ... I was four years old.
Cake or pie: Pie
Last book you read that you really LOVED:
Scoring Off The Field by Naima Simone
You have a totally free afternoon - no deadlines, no obligations, no Twitter
notifications!Β What do you do?:Β Veg out and watch TV and take a nap!
Many thanks to Sophie for joining us today!
Rogue Files #4
From
USA Today bestselling author Sophie Jordan comes the next heartstopping
romance in her beloved Rogue Files series.
A daring deceptionβ¦
Desperate to escape her vile fiancΓ©, Lady Clara devises a bold lie - that she's pregnant with
another man's child. With her reputation in tatters, Clara flees to Scotland to live out her days
in disgrace, resigned to her fate as a spinsterβ¦until she claps eyes on the powerful and
wickedly handsome Laird Hunt MacLarin.
She's the answer to his curseβ¦
Laird of an ancient clan, Hunt needs an heir, but he comes from a long line of men cursed to
die before the birth of their firstborn. When the Duke of Autenberry approaches him with a
proposition- -
marry my ruined sister--it seems the perfect solution. Even better,
the defiant lass stirs him to his very soul.
No escaping the truth...
Except marriage cannot set them free. No matter how much Hunt desires her. No matter how
much Clara burns for him. Soon she is falling for her husband, but is love enough to end the
curse? Or is the tragic history of the MacLarin Clan doomed to repeat itself?
Romance Historical [Avon, On Sale: March 12,
2019, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780062463661 / eISBN: 9780062463678]
A sensual and
original romance that requires tissues at the ready
Sophie Jordan took her adolescent daydreaming one step further and penned her
first romance in the back of her high school Spanish class. This passion led her to pursue a
degree in English and History.
A brief stint in law school taught her that case law was not nearly as interesting as literature -
teaching English seemed a natural choice. After several years teaching high school students
to love ANTIGONE, Sophie decided it was time to pursue her long-held dream of writing. Two
years later, she landed her first publishing contract.
Her first book, ONCE UPON A WEDDING NIGHT, was a 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers'
Choice Nominee for Best First Historical. Her second novel, TOO WICKED TO TAME, released
in March 2007 with a bang - landing on the USA Today Bestseller's List. A few books later
marked her first appearance on the New York Times bestseller list with the release of IN
SCANDAL THEY WED.
And as if she's not busy enough, Sophie writes young adult fiction for HarperTeen and
contemporary paranormals for Pocket. Sophie resides in Houston with her family and loves to
hear from readers.
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