I’ve always thought reading Historical Romance is a lot like
time travel. The reader flies on the
wings of imagination back to another place and time. Maybe it’s Regency England, maybe it’s
Frontier America, or maybe it’s Stone Age Britain. The point is, the story must feel authentic
and the when the reader finishes the book she should feel like she’s BEEN
THERE.
These eras we love to visit aren’t always neat and clean;
often life there isn’t easy. People
lived challenging and sometimes short, violent lives, but if we want
authenticity, I feel we need to embrace a measure of historical truth. As a writer of Historical Romance, I try to
balance the magic with the pain, the laughter with the hardship, the love with
the hate and the realism with the fantasy.
A one-dimensional setting is no more fun than one-dimensional characters.
And the beauty is that in the end love
always wins.
This is true of my new Historical Romance, Devil Black. Dougal MacRae – aka the Black Devil – may not
be easy to love at first. He’s a
rapscallion, after all. But his heart is
true, his honor is bright, and in the end he is willing to walk the very edge
of danger for the woman he loves. Who
can ask for more?
Devil Black is available now as an ebook or paperback
through Amazon.com or direct from the publisher, The Wild Rose Press. Travel back to Dougal’s time and experience
an authentic hero. I believe you won’t
be disappointed!
1 comment:
It does sound like it would not be disappointing. Thanks so much for sharing.
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