YOU'LL PROBABLY THINK I'M CRAZY, BUT…

I don't do a lot of reading when I'm on deadline–not only do I not have the time to thoroughly immerse myself in a book, but I don't like to muddy my brain waters by reading a story other than my own.

But I love to read. So what to do?  Well, mostly I read magazines.  Or sometimes, crazy as it sounds, I just grab one of my own books from the shelf.  It gives me the comfort of reading, without muddying those brain cells. The time I did this the book grabbed was Not Quite a Gentleman, a Regency-era historical that was published in September 2005.

 

The idea for Not Quite a Gentleman began with a single scene that played out very vividly in my mind–the heroine coming upon the hero while he's swimming in the lake.  Naked.  From that scene an entire book was born, one that led to a sequel, Never a Lady .  I really enjoyed writing NQAG–I loved my doctor hero who had no use for Society, yet found himself falling for a society diamond, and for the heroine who was supposed to marry a titled gentleman yet could not think of anyone other than the country doctor.  And then there were spies, and murder, and all sorts of mayhem, as well as, of course, romance (and that naked-at-the-lake-scene).

The stepback artwork for Not Quite a Gentleman depicting the scene that inspired the entire book

So,tell me–do you ever re-read books? If so, what are your comfort reads?  Do you have any exciting plans this weekend?  Hope you're enjoying yourself!