Tasty Q&A
with Sophie Barnes
What
is their favorite place to visit?
Denmark. It’s where I’m from. My parents have a summerhouse by
the beach in the southern part and a house near Copenhagen. I love it there
plus I get to see the rest of my family.
What
are 5 things you must have with you when you write?
My laptop, a notebook, my Jane Austen Map of London, various
pens in different colors and a hot cup of coffee.
Do
you have any post-publishing regrets?
Yes! In my first book, How Miss Rutherford Got Her Groove Back, Tchaikovsky is mentioned as a
current figure. I meant to change him to a different composer since he wasn’t
even born at the time when the plot takes place, but I forgot. Really wish I’d
seen that during edits. I haven’t used ‘fillers’ since.
Can
you tell us a little about your book?
It’s a fresh spin on Pygmalion featuring a bare-knuckler boxer
from the slums of St. Giles who suddenly becomes the Duke of Huntley.
Navigating high society can be troublesome – especially with two younger
sisters in tow – but thanks to his next door neighbor, the alluring Gabriella
Radcliffe, he comes up to scratch while losing his heart in the process.
What
are some books that you enjoyed recently?
I LOVED Julia Quinn’s The Girl With The Make-believe Husband.
Right now I’m reading Sarah MacLean’s The Day Of The Duchess. Both authors are
auto reads for me.
What types of scenes are your most favorite to
write?
Definitely
dialogue. When the characters are interesting and there’s a bit of tension, the
dialogue pushes the story forward in a fun and interesting way. Describing what
people are doing sometimes gets me while Love scenes are the hardest.
Can
you tell us about your upcoming book?
The sequel to A Most Unlikely Duke is called The Duke Of Her
Desire. It releases December 27th and features Raphe’s sister,
Amelia, as she struggles to renovate a house on the edge of St. Giles and turn
it into a school. Contending with her brother’s friend, the Duke of Coventry
who’s been charged with protecting her, leads to a lot of quarreling, tension
and high passion.
He
never thought he’d become a duke,
or
that the secrets of his past will cost him his greatest
love...
A MOST UNLIKELY
DUKE
Diamonds in the Rough
#1
Sophie
Barnes
Releasing June 27,
2017
Avon
Books
Raphe Matthews
hasn’t stepped foot in polite circles since a tragedy left his
once-noble
family impoverished and in debt. The bare-knuckle boxer has spent
the
last fifteen years eking out an existence for himself and his two sisters.
But
when a stunning reversal of fortunes lands Raphe the title of Duke of
Huntley,
he’s determined to make a go of becoming a proper lord, but he’ll need
a
little help and his captivating neighbor might be just the woman for the
job…
control
her irresistible attraction to Raphe, every day she spends with him
only
deepens her realization that this may be the one man she cannot do
without.
And as scandal threatens to envelope them both, she must decide if she
can
risk everything for love with a most unlikely duke.
Born inmDenmark, Sophie
Barnes spent her youth traveling with her
parents
to wonderful places all around the world. She's lived in five different
countries,
on three different continents, and speaks Danish, English, French,
Spanish,
and Romanian. But, most impressive of all, she's been married to the
same
man three times—in three different countries and in three different
dresses.
When she's
not busy dreaming up her next romance novel, Sophie enjoys spending time
with
her family, swimming, cooking, gardening, watching romantic comedies and,
of
course, reading.
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