But I'll be back to talk more in a little while, so if there's anything you want to ask me, fire away! Reply Delete On that note, I've got to go write something. Now that the 3rd Abandoned at the Altar book is done, I'm talking to Avon about going back to the Girl-Bachelors, but with a twist. Yes, I am going back to tell everyone about how Lucy and Wes got together. Lisa, glad you're enjoying the new series. Aidan in Scandal of the Year is a bit like that, too. He's a favorite archtype of mine-that guy smoldering for the one woman he can't have. Avon is giving away some very cool prizes. Thank you!īella, that's funny about matching up with me in the Avon Scavenger Hunt! For those of you who don't know about it, go to my website, click on the pink tile and play. Yikes.īrittany, what a beautiful compliment about Emma Dove. And you're right about politicians' wives. I wish this blog had a reply feature so I could talk to each of you individually!Ĭhelleyreads, I love what you said about heroines because that's the kind of heroine I like to read and write. Morning, everyone! Gosh, all of you must be East Coasters or early risers! Thanks to all of you for coming by. Which fictional heroines do you wish you could meet in real life and why? Which real women do you most admire? Share your ideas of the perfect heroine here at the Romance Dish and you could win a complete set of my Girl-Bachelor Chronicles. Some of the fictional ones I’d like to meet include Scarlett O’Hara, Scout Finch, Shakespeare’s Kate, and yes, Julia. Some real life heroines who I think could be described that way include Josephine Baker, Amelia Earhart, and Abigail Adams. That’s a brave thing to do, especially within the strict social restrictions of a hundred years ago. I like reading about women who defy convention and go against established rules. Of all the characters I’ve created, Julia is the one I’d most like to meet in real life because I have a secret admiration for people who live life Their Way and make no apologies for it.

Julia was one of those rare characters an author creates that comes onto the page as if by magic-so vivid in my imagination that she almost seemed like someone I actually knew. Julia first walked (or should I say, drove?) her way into my imagination as a secondary character in my previous book, Wedding of the Season, and from the moment I created this wild-living, free-spirited woman who races her Mercedes motorcar all over England at the scandalous speed of 40 mph, I knew she had to have her own story.

When I began writing my latest book, Scandal of the Year, I already knew the heroine.

Scandal of the year by laura lee guhrke