I don't always write a contemporary romance novel, but when I do... it turns out better than the last one. My last contemporary romance novel was Whenever You Want. Right now, that is hands-down my most popular novel. Yeah, it's a riot. Everyone loves it. If I Tie U Down is better.
It's the story of Shannon and Fletch. She's a closet vandal who cannot resist pranks, jests, and graffiti. He's a musician who does everything from playing the drums in a rock band to thwacking a wooden block in the orchestra. They are not supposed to meet... But when they do, it irritates every last person who knows them. And with that... a romantic comedy is born.
My personal acquaintances will have questions about the cover. I'm here to answer them. Yes, my daughter drew the cover for me. She is a brilliant graphic illustrator. She drew Shannon so quickly it was frightening, but Fletch was a process. She kept bringing it back to me and I kept saying he needed to look better. I love how he's hanging upside down.
Long ago, I used to live in a really scary part of Edmonton and this book is set in that world. I like it because if you were riding the bus in Edmonton, you could be sitting next to Fletch and Shannon, and you wouldn't know it. Everyone who lives in that area is so mysterious and polar. They could be serving food at the soup kitchen, reporting in at the halfway house, working at the peepshow, working at City Hall, going to the Church of Scientology, selling lip balm, or returning library books. It's a wild place, but you don't get to meet any of those people in the story... just Shannon and Fletch. The adventures they have together make a romance that doesn't have anything to do with being romanced by a billionaire or any other popular trope when it comes to romance novels. This is something new.
I haven't decided on a release date. As I have said before, I cannot work with release dates. I just have to do my own thing, so I'll drop it one day. Keep an eye out for it.
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