Today I have another author treat for you! Please welcome Vallory Vance and her latest release One Stormy Night.
Alexis Joplin, popular host of the travel
show, Overnight Stays, is embarking on her final scouting expedition with her
partner and best friend, Shane Fowler. Over the course of the last two years,
the duo has grown closer not only at work, but outside of the job. While their
friends and co-workers may whisper that something more than friendship is the
source of their mutual admiration, they deny it even as their personal feelings
are reaching a critical apex.
Shrouded in the dark beauty of a hundred
year old inn, while lightning flashes and thunder rumbles, neither Alexis nor
Shane can hold on to the pretense any longer. They give in to one night of
passion with the promise that in the morning, they’ll awake as friends.
But
is it a promise they both can keep?
From Romantic Sub-Genre to Romantic
Sub-Genre, I’m a Fan
I read across a variety of romance genres
from erotic historical, to contemporary to paranormal to absolute fantasy. And
I love them all because my favorite romantic tropes can be refreshed with the
right hero and heroine and an enthusiastic author.
The first trope that pops into my mind is
the marriage of convenience. The heroine has to marry a wealthy baron in order
to save her family’s land and station in society. You can also bring this
forward and our heroine assumes a secret identity to marry the CEO of a large
corporation in order to prevent him from foreclosing on the land which has been
in her family for a century. Elongate that time to a war-torn millennium
between two rival species of shape-shifters and only our heroine’s marriage
will bring peace and you’ve got a paranormal romance. Change the landscape to
somewhere other than Earth and there’s that fantasy novel.
But there is also is also the – second
chance at love. These always get me no matter the setting or the time period.
These stories of reunion and renewal wiping out the pains of the past are some
of my favorites.
Then there are the friends-to-lovers
stories. I have to admit that I’m a sucker for these as well. Maybe the heroine
or hero has harbored a secret crush for years while the object of their
affection dated or even got married! Or maybe they’ve both been in love and too
shy to say anything for years, content with a sideways glance every now and
again. Then BAM! Love and fireworks!
While there is a certain amount of regret
for the time lost between the second chance couple, I don’t feel that way with
the friends-to-lovers. While they might not have been in bed together, they’ve
been loving each all along.
And in the hope of capturing the spirit of
being secretly in love, I wrote One
Stormy Night - Two very good friends,
one centuries-old inn and a storm brewing…
About Vallory:
This new author is a color inside the lines
Human Resources professional living in the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex by
day. After her family consisting of a husband of almost twenty years, three
kids and two dogs have filled her evenings with laughter, she sits down to her
laptop to write tales of the first moments of falling in love when nothing else
seems to matter.
As a fortieth birthday present to herself,
she decided to share her stories. Vallory Vance is the pen name she uses to
write contemporary romances that range from sweet to spicy.
Find
me online at:
Vallory Vance ~ Sweet and Sexy Romances: www.valloryv.wordpress.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/vallory.vance
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