Okay, so I’m a convert to the romance genre. Sure, I liked
books with romance in them. But I wanted a fast-flowing plot, with good versus
evil, a villain, and a hero. I wanted to be surprised with who would win in the
end.
With romance, I knew what was going to happen: the guy gets
the girl. I’d read enough to know that, and I couldn’t really get into the
reasons why they couldn’t be together.
I was bored
reading them.
Can you imagine?? Now, there’s nothing I like more than a
good romance, with some many reasons that make a relationship impossible. I
find myself flipping the pages going, “Oooh, how are they going to get out of
this? It will never work!”
So why the switch? I’m not entirely sure. My husband says I
don’t have a romantic bone in my body, so maybe reading romance novels allows
me to see those difficult situations and root for the couple to make things
work out.
I also think reading (and writing) romance is a great escape
from the heavier issues of real life. Don’t get me wrong – I’m doing great –
but trying to get a son off to college and daughter to work for her dance trip
money and teaching school and trying to keep the dog out of the mud…. A romance
novel is like a vacation I can take right on my couch. I can related to the
heroines and heroes, and I really want them to find their good life too.
So about two and a half years ago, I tried my hand at
writing a romance novel. My first one wasn’t very good – no, really! UNTIL
SUMMER ENDS is my third attempt at a full-length romance novel, and it was the
first where I really felt like I’d gotten the right pieces in the right places.
And I really do love the happily-ever-after in this book…I
hope readers will too!
About
UNTIL SUMMER ENDS: Sophie Newton is determined to prove herself to
her father, who insists she could never run a successful business. She opens a
beachside taco stand called The Sandy Tortilla and plans to make her own way,
one burrito at a time.
When she loses her summer help, Sophie rushes to find somebody
to help take orders. She finds that somebody in Montgomery Winters, a
struggling actor from LA. Mont takes the job; the money's useful, though he
finds that his curvy boss is what really keeps him around.
As Sophie and Mont work together, they discover an intense
attraction between them. But when Mont's agent calls him about a career-making
audition, he decides he must pursue the opportunity, even though he can't get
Sophie out of his head. Now, Sophie must choose between chasing after the man
she's falling in love with and the business she's fought so hard to build.
Buy
Links:
Amazon: http://getBook.at/SummerEnds
Paperback comes out on May 9, 2017.
About
Elana Johnson: Elana's work includes the young adult dystopian
romance seriesPossession, Surrender, Abandon, and Regret, published by Simon
Pulse (Simon & Schuster). Her popular ebook, From the
Query to the Call, is also available, as well as a young adult
dystopian short story in the Possession world, Resist.
Her newest release is the beginning of a new adult fantasy
series. ECHOES OF SILENCE came out with Amazon
Publishing on May 3, 2016. See all of her books here.
Elana also writes inspirational western romances under the pen
name Liz Isaacson.
Check out all 5 books in the Amazon #1 Bestselling Three
Rivers Ranch Romance series, and get ready for the rest of the
series by the end of 2016.
Her newest release is UNTIL SUMMER ENDS, a contemporary romance
novel from Cleis Press/Start Media.
Find
her online:
Website: http://elanajohnson.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElanaJ
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/elanajohnson
Join her romance-only newsletter: http://eepurl.com/b9f1vv
(get a free novella when you do!)
Giveaway
for the blog tour: Kindle Paperwhite. Direct people to this website:
http://elanajohnson.com/giveaways/paperwhite
(Enter yourself too!)
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