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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Kiss and Tell -- my favorite kind of Desires
I'm not usually a kiss and tell type of girl, but I will share some of my Desire secrets with you. My favorite kind of Desires are the ones where the hero and heroine are trapped together, either by circumstances, geography or other such means. There are times when I just don't want to see any other characters in the story. Or as little of them as possible.
Now, I do like my secondary characters most of the time. They serve a purpose- usually as confidants and sounding boards for the main characters, but my all time favorite kind of Desire is when the hero and heroine are together, alone. I love the give and take, the push and pull. I recall Sandra Brown writing a story that I loved, called Two Alone. A plane or helicopter crash lands on a remote island and only two survive. They really don't know each other, but what they do know, they don't like. It's extremely riveting how the two fall in love while trying to survive.
I love my hero cowboys. I always will. And if you notice, most of my rich wealthy type heroes, come from basic down home means. In HEIRESS BEWARE, Mac Riggs is a small town sheriff. In BUNKING DOWN WITH THE BOSS, Sam Beaumont grew up on a ranch, in FORTUNES VENGEFUL GROOM coming next year, rich oilman Reese Parker is an ex-rodeo champ and in THE CEO SEEKS REVENGE, the story I'm working on now, Wade Beaumont, brother to Sam, also grew up on a ranch. I manage to get my cowboys in, somehow, even if it has to be in their backstory. It's a transparent secret, I know, but it's working!
I love stories with TRUST being the main issue and conflict. A betrayed love, makes for a great read. The road back for both hero and heroine, is always a hard-won battle.
I'm wondering what kind of Desires you like best?
Secret babies? Scandals? Revenge?
And what kind of heroes do you like?
I kissed and told. Now, it's your turn!
posted by Charlene Sands at 10:10 PM
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3 Comments:
christa said...
I like the fact that a rich and wealthy hero still acts down home and not powerful and like he's better than everyone else.Trust is a major issue in romance novels. The h can say she trusts the H but as soon as someone tells her something about the H, she has her doubts about him. This is the case in the Desire I am reading now even if it is from 1988.
5:16 PM
Playground Monitor said...
I love TWO ALONE! Someone used it in a workshop in Dallas as an example of great sexual tension and I had to run out and find a copy once I got home.
I love forced intimacy, secret babies, amnesia like HEIRESS BEWARE, beauty and the beast, Cinderella... heck, I like them all.
I love a hero who has a chink in his armor -- something that makes him just a bit vulnerable. Then I love to watch that chink cause him to fall in love. He can be alpha or beta, but that chink will get him every time.
Marilyn
9:29 PM
Charlene Sands said...
Christa,
I agree about a hero with that down home feel. So glad you're enjoying the older Desires too. I have a bunch and still love them. I think they are wonderfully written stories.
And Marilyn - I think forced intimacy is the best too. And the fact that I never forgot the title and circumstances from that SB book, written years ago, tells you how powerful that story was. I wish she was still writing straight romances. She always picked the perfect titles. They were hers, I understand and the editor's. I do also agree about chinks in a hero's armor. That's not always easy to do, but when it's done well, those stories are keepers.
2:11 AM
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