Today, The Price of Passion was released on Amazon. Other venues will follow in the next few days as my distributor ships them to various retailers. A print version will be released in about two months.
So what was I thinking when writing this story? Read below.
Let's face it, sometimes
you read a book and have expectations. As an author, I understand that
many of my readers have held expectations as to the outcome of my
characters in The Legacy Series. A few have found fault about the paths I led them down while others have enjoyed them nevertheless.
Like
people in real life, we expect certain things out of characters. Their
behavior can disappoint us or thrill us, depending on the choices they
make in life. In The Price of Passion both Robert and Jolene are faced with decisions regarding who they will marry.
As
writers who study character development, that is really is what it is
in a nutshell -- the development of personalities that our characters
possess. Each is slightly flawed or extremely flawed. However, if you
haven't picked up in the series by now, each main character is really
faced with how they deal with innocence, deception, love, and passion.
Each carries a price in life.
Characters
in books are supposed to grow. You may discover in Book #4 you would
like to slap Jolene up the side of her head or tape her mouth shut.
Yes, she is bullheaded, prideful, and fiercely independent. Like
others, she has a lesson to learn, so hopefully by the time you read
"The End," you'll discover that she has grown into a mature young woman.
What
about Robert? Does the rogue finally settle down and pursue Grace?
Does mild-manner Alastair find love? Does Geoffrey Chambers ever stop
being a pain in the you-know-what? And then there is Philippe, Suzette,
and Robert, with a past that is enough to make your head spin.
The
focus on this last chapter is, of course, on the younger generation.
However, in the end, I've tried to wrap it up neatly with a nice happy
everafter bow, except for one part that may surprise you.
I
hope you enjoy it. As usual, I cried in a few spots and laughed in
others while writing it. Authors get engrossed in their characters'
lives as much as readers.
And by the way, thank you for following me on this journey with The Legacy Series! You are the best.
Fondly,
Vicki
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