Valentine’s Day – the Most Romantic Day of the Year, right??
Hi all!!! I have author Rachel Brimble here today talking V-Day. Welcome, Rachel!
Valentine’s Day – the Most Romantic Day of the Year, right??
What does Valentine’s Day mean to you? Is it red roses, chocolates and hearts all the way? Do you get mad if there isn’t a card gleaming on your doormat first thing in the morning? Want to shove your partner’s head down the toilet if he doesn’t come home bearing an armful of flowers and declaring undying love?
I’m of the mind Valentine’s Day is for teenagers or the people who haven’t dated long and are spending their first Valentine’s together. First love, first discovery or maybe even re-discovery with a new partner—Valentine’s is a fabulous way to show how you’re feeling and make that person feel special.
I’m not so sure it’s for those of us who’ve been married for 15 years plus!
Or do you disagree?
As I’m a romance writer, you’d be forgiven if you assumed I adore this day and shout its importance from the rooftops, encouraging every man in the country to treat his lady like a queen. I don’t. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike it, but romance to me is in so much more than flowers and chocolate on this one day.
My husband is a romantic – he’ll buy me flowers today. He’ll buy me a card. But more importantly, he’s done a million little things that meant so much more to me during the last 365 days.
Better? He’ll not even realize they were romantic – which I LOVE and makes me still LOVE him every day––twenty years after the night we first kissed.
He’ll think nothing that he absently rubs my feet every single night while we sit and watch TV together.
He’ll think nothing that he takes care of buying the groceries for our dinner four nights out of seven, comes home after working all day and cooks the four of us a meal I wouldn’t have a chance in hell of creating, LOL!
He’ll think nothing of the fact he makes me still belly laugh more than anyone else I know.
And he’ll have no idea how it makes me feel that he still sneaks a peek when I’m undressing…
This is romance to me – this is what love and desire is about. It’s not a single day in a hundreds of others that proves a man’s love. I hope I manage to capture those ‘little things’ that a man can do for a woman in my novels––because whether he realizes it or not there’s an element of my Mr. B in every hero I write…
Thanks again, Rachel! What a fun post! Everyone, Rachel’s latest romantic suspense release, “Finding Justice” is available now from Harlequin Superromance.
Blurb:
Old friends, new secrets
Sergeant Cat Forrester lives by her own set of rules. When her childhood friend is murdered, Cat’s world is thrown into chaos. Especially because Jay Garrett-a man from her past-is a suspect, and he needs her help to prove he’s innocent. After all they once shared, how can she say no?
The attraction flares between them, and getting involved with a suspect is a huge risk. But the more time Cat spends with Jay, the stronger the tug on her heart. He is the same caring, irresistible man she remembers. Yet she can’t let her emotions interfere with the case—solving it is top priority. But as she digs deeper, she discovers Jay has secrets that may jeopardize any possible future together.
Buy Links:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-justice-rachel-brimble/1112482920?ean=9780373718351
Her next Victorian romance, “The Seduction of Emily” (E-Kensington) is available for pre-order:
Blurb: 
Seduction is a wicked game, and no one plays it better than the devilish Will Samson in Rachel Brimble’s captivating new novel. . .
Since girlhood, Emily Darson has accepted that she will marry Nicholas, the son of her father’s trusted business partner. The marriage contract safeguards her family legacy, Emily’s fortune, and everything she values–except her independence. Only when a sinfully handsome scoundrel enters her life does Emily realize quite how much a loveless match will cost her.
Will Samson has advanced from expert pickpocket to confidence trickster of the highest caliber. Now he has come to Bath to exact vengeance on the man who destroyed his mother–the man Emily will soon marry. But from his first glimpse of the enemy’s bewitching, spirited fiancée, Will’s plan changes.
Amid the ballrooms and salons of elegant society, heated glances explode into scandalous kisses. Revenge is sweet, but surrender will be irresistible. . .
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-seduction-of-emily-rachel-brimble/1113984015?ean=9781601830876
Bio:
Rachel lives with her husband and two young daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. In 2012, she sold two books to Harlequin Superromance. She also writes Victorian romance for Kensington–her debut was released in April 2013.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family and beloved black Lab, Max. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England…although she hopes a dream visit to Canada might just change her mind!
She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!
Links:
http://rachelbrimble.blogspot.co.uk/
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