He'd jumped to all the wrong conclusionsAnd Fern wasn't about to explain herself to him. True, Connor had found her, a total stranger, sprawled, half-naked and incoherent, on his bed. And after all, she was in the apartment he lent on occasion to his friend - his very married friend.But she never expected to see the disturbingly handsome man again. And she certainly never thought she'd be working for him in romantic Bermuda. But she was a professional and he was her client. And she wouldn't let his harsh judgment and constant taunting get to her. At least that's what she resolved...before she realized that what Connor thought of her did matter.
Following in her father's footsteps, Elizabeth Power wanted to be a writer from a very early age. Once she realised that copying Rupert Bear stories word for word from her albums wasn't really the thing to do, she was on her way!
By the age of fourteen, Elizabeth had produced her first full-length novel—alas! never published—and by the age of fifteen her teenage years meant life was so full that all literary ambitions became somewhat overshadowed.
Married in her early twenties, Elizabeth found that the needs of the home became her priority. Despite the ever present nagging little voice in her conscience that constantly reminded her of those unfulfilled writing ambitions, the creativity had stopped.
A few weeks before her thirtieth birthday, Elizabeth was thinking about what she had done with her first thirty years and realised she had been telling herself that she would "start writing tomorrow" for at least twelve of them! She couldn't help wondering, "whatever happened to that dream?" Within two weeks her "tomorrow" would come when fate took a hand in the form of redundancy!
Writing was now Elizabeth's life. After several attempts, the letter that was to change her life arrived from Mills & Boon. They wanted to publish her book. The novels flowed, and they have continued to publish her books ever since.
Living in England's beautiful West Country, she likes nothing better than taking walks with her husband along the coast or in the adjoining woods, and enjoying all that nature has to offer.
Travelling ranks very highly among Elizabeth's pleasures, and so many places she has visited have been recreated in her books.
Of her writing, emotional intensity is paramount. She says, "Times, places and trends change, but emotion is timeless." A powerful storyline with maximum emotion set in a location in which one can really live and breathe whilst the story unfolds is what she strives for.
I tried, God knows I tried - but it had every trope I hate. Non stop bitchy bickering, misunderstandings that are wholly perpetuated by an h who is determined to 'play along with the lie' because 'why should I defend myself and tell the truth', OW/OM drama with the h and H using people to make each other jealous, instalust and a whole lot of treacherous body syndrome.
What I hate the most though is the snappy, shrill, cold, 'waspish' dialogue with a whole lot of tight lipped delivery. Gave up because I was feeling myself getting too pissed off to continue.
Back of the Book " He'd jumped to all the wrong conclusions
And Fern wasn't about to explain herself to him. True, Connor had found her, a total stranger, sprawled, half-naked and incoherent, on his bed. And after all, she was in the apartment he lent on occasion to his friend - his very married friend.
But she never expected to see the disturbingly handsome man again. And she certainly never thought she'd be working for him in romantic Bermuda. But she was a professional and he was her client. And she wouldn't let his harsh judgment and constant taunting get to her. At least that's what she resolved...before she realized that what Connor thought of her did matter."