Are you curious about the title of my post today? Seems a bit silly to write a post about NO ROMANCE on a site all about romance, doesn’t it? But hang with me. I think you’ll understand soon.
You see, my character Skye did NOT want to be in a romance novel. She didn’t mind pushing her friends into romance in the first two books in my Roadtrip Romance series, but none for her, thank you very much. Sad news, Skye. It’s a three-book series, and it’s your turn.
What does Skye have against romance?
It’s not necessarily against romance itself, so much as what it leads to.
Skye lives for freedom and adventure. Nothing to tie her down, if she can help it. Especially now that she’s free from school.
Only one problem. Her father has given her an ultimatum. Find a job or lose her beloved convertible. How’s a girl supposed to go on adventures without a ride?
So, she’s spending the summer working for her sister … at a wedding planning business! See any irony here? Yeah, she does too.
She sees even more when a certain groomsmen (he’s in TWO different weddings) keeps finding excuses to swing by the shop. No thank you, mister. She firmly lays down her ground rules. She lives by the motto FLIRTS–fun living in right this second. Nothing serious for her. Especially not with a bow-tie wearing stuffed shirt of an attorney. And to top it off, he has an old man name. Benjamin.
So, why does she keep finding herself hanging out with him? Not to mention being surprised at his lack of boring-ness. Behind those bow-ties lies a lot of adventure. But can she give up her stance on serious relationships? Or will she cling to her FLIRTS and refuse to give in.
Obviously, I can’t answer that, because I don’t want to spoil the ending. But I will say, I had a lot of fun writing about a girl who didn’t want to fall in love. And I hope you love reading about her too.
Do you love a character who fights the romance she (or he) finds herself in? Or do you prefer a character ready to fall head over heels?
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Operation: Find a Job Guy
She’s set on saving her car … and her heart.
Skye Jones has one goal for the summer—keep her father from taking away her convertible. That’s the only reason she’s agreed to work at her sister’s bridal shop in Boulder, Colorado. It will buy her some time to figure out if there’s a non-boring job out there. Why else would she have anything to do with weddings when she has no interest in marriage?
Benjamin Smith can’t quite figure out how he ended up a groomsman in two different weddings over the summer, but with his sister and a cousin both getting married, he’s spending a lot of time at Happily Ever After events. Falling for a blonde with no dreams of settling down wasn’t in his five-year plan, but the more he sees Skye, the more he wants to figure her out. But all she sees him as is a boring attorney and her complete opposite.
Romance was supposed to be for Skye’s friends. But Colorado might hold more than she knew she was looking for.
Amy R Anguish grew up a preacher's kid, and in spite of having lived in seven different states that are all south of the Mason Dixon line, she is not a football fan. Currently, she resides in Tennessee with her husband, daughter, and son, and usually a bossy cat or two. Amy has an English degree from Freed-Hardeman University that she intends to use to glorify God, and she wants her stories to show that while Christians face real struggles, it can still work out for good.
I like a romance where the character are fighting against a romance.
This one was a lot of fun to write. :)
I think a hero/heroine who is against romance makes for a great story, there’s lots of potential for fun stuff to happen while they are proved wrong and fall in love.
I’m in the UK so please don’t enter me for the giveaway.
I enjoy the variety fighting love, falling in love from the beginning, gradually falling in love, realizing the one you love has been right in front of you the whole time. It keeps things interesting to read different ways of love.
I like romances where one or both characters aren’t interested in getting married. Heaven only knows there’s a whole more to life than getting married. It does depend on WHY they don’t want to marry, of course. One of the reasons I like romances is that there’s that HEA, which doesn’t always happen in real life. I like books that are realistic, but I also like that “fantasy” that everyone will have an HEA, too.
I love a variety, but the fighting against falling is a favorite!
I enjoy a story where one or the other character is fighting romance. Actually, I just finished a book like that. Your book sounds like a good, fun read.
I agree. It definitely makes for fun moments! Thanks for commenting.
Totally agree. who wants to read the same story over and over again? ;)
I’m right there with you. Got to have my happily ever after, but let’s not make it too unbelievable. :)
Nice! I definitely had a lot of fun writing it.
Nice! I’m so glad you think it sounds fun. I had a lot of fun writing it.
I like both! Either one can be enjoyable if done well with lots of romantic tension.
Romantic tension is always fun!
I’m with Cherie–I like both! Not sure if I can pick one over the other.
I enjoy a story that the character is not sure that romance is for her even though it is hitting her right upside the head. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you.
The best part is, you don’t have to! :)
So glad you joined us!
I understand the two types of character, both the heroine ready for that special man to arrive and the one who does not want to fall in love because it is complicated or because she has suffered.
I am that girl who the few times she has liked a boy has been a bad idea because I get disappointed, at the same time I am a little scared of falling madly in love because I know that it will be difficult to think of someone and that I start to care who that boy is with. , if he likes another person, he only sees me as a friend, etc. I am happy as the sensible friend without romance or complicated feelings in my life thank you very much.
But at the same time I want to fall in love with someone and get married and I am aware that maybe there is someone who treats me like a princess and is worth it. So I understand each type of character.
Sounds like you understand them very well. Thanks so much for commenting!
I don’t mind when the character fights the romance a little. Or at least doesn’t just jump right in with both feet!
It’s not as much fun when they don’t fight at least a little. ;)
I enjoy a romance where one character isn’t as open to love as the other character is, it keeps the book interesting sometimes.
I agree!
I enjoy both as long as the characters and story is interesting to me!
Makes sense to me!