Please enjoy this guest
post by Bella Andre, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the
contemporary romance series, The
Sullivans. Then read on to learn how you can
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and Amazon and iTunes gift cards!Why I Love Family-Based Romance Series
A guest post by Bella Andre
I love reading romance (I read one book a day when I can!),
and one of my favorite tropes is the family-based series. I absolutely love
Julia Quinn's historical romance Bridgerton series and have loved taking that
idea of the big family into present day with my Sullivan contemporary romance
series.
What I love when I read - and what I want my readers to get
from The Sullivans - is to feel like they're a part of the
family, and to know each of the characters so well that they can begin to
know/anticipate what they will start saying and doing at family gatherings. I
love it when I'm reading a big family scene and I know, "Oh, this
character is going to react like this" or "This character will hate
this!" I love it even more when the characters surprise me and I learn new
things about them.
One of the advantages of writing a series about a large
family is that even as the hero and heroine are having conflict with each
other, we can see them being loving towards their families, so we know the
depth of love they're capable of.
There are plenty of big family scenes in my Sullivan books
for you to get to know each character, what they're like, and how they feel one
another. Just like a real family, every Sullivan has a special relationship
with each of the others. Smith and Sophie are extra close, as are Marcus and
Lori. Ryan and Zach are so close in age that they spent a lot of time together
as kids and have a special bond as adults.
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About The Sullivans: In this sexy, emotional and funny contemporary romance series, each member of the Sullivan family will eventually find true love...usually where he or she least expects it.
Get the eBooks via Amazon US, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, the iBookStore, or the Kobo Store.
Audiobooks are also available for the first five in the
series (with more coming soon). Plus, keep an eye out for paperback editions
coming from Harlequin Romance starting Summer 2013.
Her books have been Cosmopolitan Magazine "Red Hot
Reads" twice and have been translated into nine languages. Winner of the
Award of Excellence, The Washington Post has called her "One of the top
digital writers in America" and she has been featured by NPR, USA Today,
Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. She has given the keynote speech at Book
Expo America on her self-publishing success and has sold more than one million
books.
If not behind her computer, you can find her reading her
favorite authors, hiking, swimming or laughing. Married with two children,
Bella splits her time between the Northern California wine country and a 100
year old log cabin in the Adirondacks.