WICKED WEDNESDAY
Please welcome back Rachel Brimble. She's talking my favorite genre, romantic suspense, and that means a wicked villain.
Although I write
mainstream romance, romantic suspense and historical romance, I have to admit
when I create a villain I love,
romantic suspense is without a doubt my favourite sub-genre to write.
When writing a
suspenseful story, it’s imperative the author connects with the villain as much
as they do the hero and heroine. During the creative process of writing If I Want You, it was actually the
villain who came to me before the protagonists.
If I Want You is a ‘whodunit’ type mystery where the villain is not
revealed until the end of the book, so I have to be careful how much I tell you
about this character. The story has a definite sense of obsession running
throughout which starts with the heroine realising the man who abducted her as
a child might be running free and pursuing her a second time even though she is
now an adult.
For me, creating a
villain starts with understanding why they are villainous – some people will
argue there is a possibility that some people are born evil, but I don’t
believe that. So, in order for me to be entirely invested in my wicked character, I have to first imagine
their childhood and adolescence to ensure their motivations are believable.
With the villain
in If I Want You, the character’s
motivation for stalking the heroine is steeped in their childhood. Their entire
mindset, actions, resentment and beliefs stem from the experiences and emotions
they endured when they were young. Thoughts festered, revenge was plotted and,
eventually, obsession developed.
Having a villain
who believes they are just in their beliefs and actions makes for a scary
individual who I hope the reader is a little afraid of, but also, a whole lot
invested in catching. I love writing romantic suspense for this exact reason –
how can I not love knowing the reader is turning the pages more and more
quickly? Is vying for the hero and heroine to escape or apprehend their
tormenter?
I have written eight
romantic suspense novels so far but, I have to say, the villain in If I Want You is undoubtedly my
favourite!
Happy Reading…
Blurb & Buy
Links for If I Want You…
While Tori battles the vile memories of her own
kidnapping as a child, she accepts the help of widowed father, Mark Bolton. As
he and Tori join forces with the local police, their attraction and intimacy
grows…along with their fears for Abby.
Links are uncovered between Abby’s
disappearance and Tori’s kidnapping, and Tori is forced to accept the monster
who held her captive is back. But this time, Tori is all grown up, and there is
no way she will let him hurt another little girl.
Buy Links:
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-i-want-you-rachel-brimble/1127157672?ean=2940158911118
Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Rachel_Brimble_If_I_Want_You?id=E-g7DwAAQBAJ
Rachel Brimble Bio
& Links:
Rachel lives with her husband and their two
daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. Since 2007, she has had several
novels published by small US presses, eight books published by Harlequin
Superromance (Templeton Cove Stories) and four Victorian romances with
eKensington/Lyrical.
In January 2018, she signed a four-book deal with
Aria Fiction for a new Edwardian series set in Bath’s finest department store.
The first book, The Mistress of Pennington’s released July 2018 with book two
coming February 2019.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists
Association and Romance Writers of America and has thousands of social media
followers from all over the world. To sign up for her quarterly and new release
newsletter, click here to go to her website: https://rachelbrimble.com/
Amazon Author
Page:
Goodreads:
Bookbub:
No comments:
Post a Comment