Connecting Threads
I’m a total sucker for books that are connected. Not series, necessarily, but books that have common characters. I love it when a character I connected with in a certain book goes on to have their own story, and their own HEA.
I love it as a reader, and I find myself doing it as a writer.
Maximo, my hero from A Mistake, A Prince and A Pregnancy has a sister. In one scene where she was a key player, it came out that she was promised to a man, the sheikh of a far off country. A man she’s never met. That was when I knew I had to tell her story. If only so I could find out what happened when it came time for her to marry!
Isabella’s story, The Inherited Bride, will release in the UK in February. (I am absolutely thrilled that the book is out in February! I always associate February with romance, so that made me smile.)
Isabella has always known her duty. Her responsibility. To marry the High Sheikh of Umarah and open up trade routes and a much needed alliance between the desert nation and her home country Turan.
But, if you’ve read Mistake, you’ve seen a little glimpse of Isabella’s desire to experience a little bit of freedom before going from one tightly controlled existence to another.
Her bid for independence goes disasterously wrong, and she ends up with a strong, silent escort whose bent on taking her straight back to her intended husband.
Isabella had always intended on fulfilling the marriage contract she was bound by…but on her journey to her fiance she finds herself drawn to the wrong man.
The Inherited Bride is about duty, honor and desire. And what happens when those things are in opposition to each other.
And I just love how that first appearance of Isabella in Mistake to her HEA in The Inherited Bride shows her growth as a person.
But until February, you can meet Isabella in A Mistake, A Prince and A Pregnancy. 😉
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Oh yay! I have Mistake in my handbag waiting to be read. I picked it up when I went shopping last week 🙂 Have been concentrating on reading medicals for my partial request, looking forward to a great Presents next!
Ah, The Sheikh! How I love that story…
Joanne, *squee* and thank you! I hope you enjoy Maximo and Alison…and the little bit of Isabella that’s in there. 😉
Jackie, is it bad to say I love it too? It was SO hard to write and get right, but it’s been the most rewarding and stretching experience I’ve had as a writer. Can’t help but love it for that alone!
I can’t wait to read this book–love those sheikhs that are attracted to forbidden women… 😉 I love the title too. When is it coming out in the US?
Okay so I have to ask – why do you always associate February with romance? Please don’t say because of St Valentine’s Day……
Kate, I know you do. We have something in common…we have mind melds. 😀 For the record, I LURVE your sheikh/forbidden love book. (The Sheikh’s Forbidden Virgin…it’s fabulous…all of you buy it!! 😀 )
Elissa, *shniff* yes, that’s why. NOOO don’t tell me that card companies made it up and that it’s commercial and made up. 😛 I likes it. And also too, I associate EVERY month with romance!!
Hi Maisey,
I won a copy of AMAPAP (sounds like a music awards show, doesn’t it ;-), and just finished it. I really enjoyed it, but why did you have to tell me I have to wait until NEXT YEAR to find out how Isabellas story goes!
Sue!! I’m so glad the book made it to you, I was scared sending something to Ireland for the first time. (pauses to contemplate the AMAMAP awards…)
Well, yes, next year, but it’s only three months away really!
It makes me so happy that you want to read Isabella’s story…and that you liked Alison and Max. 😉
Maisey, if you feel the need to assuage your fears, you can continue to post books to me 😉
Thanks so much for the prize, I really enjoyed it.
hehe…Sue that WOULD help…
I’m glad you enjoyed. Thanks SO much for the feedback!