1.
What do you wish men understood about women?
That men
knew when to keep quiet and let women vent and when to offer support and/or
advice.
2.
Do you only work on one book at a time?
No, I
always have a few works in progress on the go, both contemporary and
historical.
3.
Who is your favorite fictional couple?
I don’t
think I have a favourite, but Heathcliff and Cathy from Wuthering Heights
intrigue me as they can’t live with each other and they can’t live without each
other with pretty disastrous consequences.
4.
Favorite TV show?
I have
two – Robin of Sherwood – a mystical take on the Robin Hood story and Six Feet
Under, which is set in a Los Angeles funeral home and appeals to my warped
sense of humour!
5.
Do you set daily writing goals? Word count? Number of
chapters? Do you get a chance to write every day?
No,
I don’t set writing goals of any kind, if I put that pressure on myself I
wouldn’t get anything done. I don’t get to write every day either, especially
during the summer when there is a lot to do in the garden etc., but almost
every day.
6.
Who was the last person you hugged?
My
mum, who was visiting me for a few days recently.
7.
What are you working on now?
My current project is an
historical romance called Into
The Unknown and is set in
England and Ireland during World War Two. Kate Sheridan is an Irish emigrant
facing up to the hostility towards the neutral Irish during World War Two.
Charlie Butler is a newly-promoted RAF pilot, struggling to come to terms with
his growing love for Kate and the horrors the war will bring to them both.
8.
Tell us about your latest release and where we can find it
My latest release is Only You, a contemporary romance set in London,
England. As Jane Hollinger puts it bluntly herself,
she’s the wrong side of thirty, teaches Adult Education Classes, and is
divorced. So why is she more concerned about the “Badly Blond Bloke” who
enrolled so late for her family history evening classes that she doesn’t even
know what his name is yet, than finding a new man on the dating website her
sister, Mags, and best friend, Carol, have subscribed her to? Why does she have
a nagging feeling that she thinks she’s seen him somewhere before? And why is
it that Mags is the journalist on a fashion magazine and gets to interview sexy
actors and pinch designer clothes and not her? Life can be such a bitch
sometimes but for Jane that’s all about to change…
Excerpt:
Only two students
joined Jane in the King’s Head. It was a huge pub on the corner of the street
where the adult education centre was. There was a strong smell of curry in the
air. Diana’s nose wrinkled as they made their way through the busy pub to an
empty table.
“I didn’t even get his name!” Dave complained, apparently still upset
about getting the brush off. “Did you?” he asked Jane.
“No, he’s not on my list. Must be a last minute addition.”
“Comes to a family history class and doesn’t even tell us his name.”
Dave rolled his eyes. “Cute, but I’m not sure about the hair.”
“You’re gay?” Diana asked bluntly.
Jane cringed.
“Well spotted!” Dave beamed at her. “Yep. There’ll be no fruit of my
loins to carry on the name, so I’m going to try and do the old family tree and
give it to my brother’s kid. He’s got no interest in it at all, as you’d expect
from a thirteen-year-old, but in the future…”
“The badly-blond man,” Jane said. “It’s silly, but do you recognise him
from somewhere?”
“Badly-blond!” Dave laughed. “Good one. No, I think I would have
remembered him.”
“Why?” Diana was curious.
“I don’t know; I mean, the hair is a complete disaster, but it just
struck me when I saw him, I don’t know.”
“Looked like he was on drugs to me,” Diana declared.
Jane saw Dave roll his eyes. “They still have ancestors, Di.”
“Diana, please.”
He held up his hands. “I stand corrected. Diana it is. Another round?”
Blurb:
Jane Hollinger is the wrong side of thirty, divorced and struggling to
pay the mortgage her cheating ex left her with. As a qualified genealogist,
teaching family history evening classes is a way for her to make ends meet. But
she begins to wonder if it’s such a good idea when a late enroller for the
class is a little... odd. “Badly-blond Bloke” both scares and intrigues Jane,
and when she discovers he is her all-time favourite actor and huge crush,
Robert Armstrong, she’s stunned. Even more stunning to Jane is the fact that
Robert is interested in her romantically. He’s everything she ever dreamed of,
and more, but can she overcome her fear of living in the public eye to be with
the man she loves?
About me:
Lorna Peel is an author of contemporary and historical romantic fiction.
She has had work published in three Irish magazines – historical articles on
The Stone of Scone in ‘Ireland’s Own’, on The Irish Potato Famine in the
‘Leitrim Guardian’, and Lucy’s Lesson, a contemporary short story in ‘Woman’s
Way’. Lorna was born in England and lived in North Wales until her family moved
to Ireland to become farmers, which is a book in itself! She lives in rural
Ireland, where she write, researches her family history, and grows fruit and
vegetables. She also keeps chickens (and a Guinea Hen who now thinks she’s a
chicken!).
Thank you for featuring me on your blog, Rachel!
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