What is the working title of your book?
Tainted Love
Where did the idea come from for the book?
Tainted Love is book two of the Sweetest Taboo Saga, so the idea came naturally. Tainted Love is the sequel to Sweetest Taboo and takes off where Tom and Isabel’s story left off.
What genre does your book fall under?
*Mature* Young Adult – contemporary romance
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
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can definitely envision Isabel being played by an attractive young
Latina, someone like Justin Bieber’s GF, Selena Gomez. Isabel’s journey
with Tom starts at 15 and spans several years (in Sweetest Taboo) so Selena would be perfect. She would clearly be more appropriate for Tainted Love because Isabel is in her late teens/early twenties in the sequel to Sweetest Taboo.
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As for Tom Stevens, that’s difficult
since the ideal actors I envision are not the right age (i.e. Harrison
Ford, Michael Douglas, etc.). If Matthew McConaughey lost his Texan
accent and had slightly darker hair, he might just do the trick!
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What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Isabel thought her life was on track –
she was doing well in school, moving quickly toward her future, and
deciding who she wanted to be. Best of all, she’d reunited with Tom, the
love of her life. But it doesn’t take long for her history – and his –
to start catching up with them, presenting a range of uncomfortable
questions. Does he really love her? Are they meant to be together? And
what exactly has he been doing in their time apart?
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
Tainted Love will be published by
Terra-Mía Press, a small and independent publishing house, but is not
represented by an agency.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Since this is the second book of the series, the first draft of Tainted Love took me a bit less time to write…roughly 4 months (Sweetest Taboo took me nearly double, 8 months to compete the first draft).
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Tainted Love is probably closest to Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Disaster, but without the violence, explicit sex and severe language. Tainted Love is definitely for mature YA audiences since the story unfolds in a university setting.
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
The readers/reviewers of Sweetest Taboo
inspired me to write a sequel because they were keen and interested in
learning about Tom and Isabel’s future. If it weren’t for my readers,
Tom and Isabel’s story would have ended with Sweetest Taboo.
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
If readers have read about Tom and Isabel, then the ending of Sweetest Taboo was enough to pique their interests and these readers are already anticipating what awaits Tom and Isabel in Tainted Love.
Find out more!
www.SweetestTabooBook.com
2 comments:
I break it down like this...
Teachers (adults) should never have relationships with students (children)..it is not right.
until the student has reached adulthood and gratuated high school it is completely wrong.
After high school...If the teacher has the student in class - it is wrong...to many problems can arise on both sides.
Dating after high school graduation between 2 adults is up to the adults.
Dating when a college age person and a college teacher/prof is between them as long as they are not connect thru classes or advisorship.
Common sense is needed and it is up to the adult(older person) to take the lead and halt things to protect both parties.
Your books sound interesting. Congratulations and thank you for the giveaway..
I think that once both parties are adults, I'm fine with teachers and students being attracted to each other because that's the way of things at times. BUT! They need to wait until they are no longer student and teacher before acting on that.
Thanks for the interview!
f dot chen at comcast dot net
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