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Welcome back to Romance Writers’ Weekly. Victoria Barbour wants us to show the cast of our most recent book or WIP. I’m revealing the two heroes of “Untrue Colors.”
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You have a choice to make…Ryan Reynolds or Jason Statham. This will be a commitment for at least three months of fulltime writing. Chosen yet? Some of you latched right on to the bedroom eyes, and the guy who could smile his way straight under your sheets. Others, and you know who you are, chose the tough guy. The guy who could call you by the wrong name on your first date, and it would take three orgasms and few shared showers before you feel the need to correct him.
This was my decision when writing “Untrue Colors.” It was difficult, and I almost invited both of them into the heroine’s love life, but I restrained myself…barely.
Women have been known to love two men at the same time, but when a writer falls for two men in the story she is writing, chaos ensues.
The story “Untrue Colors” started out as a modern day “My Fair Lady.” Henry, a fictional version of Ryan, is the professor who falls for the heroine. And Henry is amazing. He’s smart, sexy, and has a past that makes him every bit as Alpha as a Navy SEAL. In fact, he’s a retired sniper for the Secret Boat Service in the Royal Navy, the British equivalent of a SEAL.
He is not, however, a take-no-prisoners kind of guy. Alex, the heroine, requires a hero who can fall in love with a woman who survived rape and abuse and help her learn to trust again.
His brother Simon, my Jason stand-in, wouldn’t stop bugging me until I let him into the story as well. At first, a mere background character, Simon’s personality burst out of the story and sent the story into directions that truly pissed off Henry. After all, this is Henry’s book.
Not only does Simon demand a bigger and bigger role, he steals entire scenes, using his own POV. He’s not exactly warm and fuzzy, more cold and manipulative. Yet, his role in the book is crucial.
The romance and action surrounding Henry and Alex more than dominate the book, but Simon leaves his mark and is the focal point of one of the most crucial parts of the story. I promised him his own book eventually, so he let me write the book with him playing second fiddle. Three more months with Jason? Yep. I can live with that.
Who is the hero you’d be willing to spend a few months with?
* This was previously posted in Fresh Fiction.
Jeanne McDonald https://authorjeannemcdonald.wordpress.com/ is next. I hope she posts pictures…
Hmmm. Yeah, they’re both good (and bad). I can see the dilemma. On another note, don’t you love it when secondary characters come in spitting nails and taking charge?! I had that happen as well and it was a pivotal moment. Well done!
Thanks. I loved writing Simon’s own story- I knew so much more about him from our first get together.
How can you tease with Ryan and Jason and not show me????
Sorry- I had purchased these guys (sounds kinky) for the publicity of Untrue colors- so I tend to use them more now.
Choices, choices! I might have to “sleep” on this… 🙂
I honestly don’t think I could choose between those two. You ask difficult questions, Veronica! I’m totally lying I’d go with Jason. LOL 🙂 XOXO!