My guest is romance author, Tammy Faulkner. For those who may not recognize the name—yet, she's part of the dynamic writing duo known as Lydia Dare.
Tammy is here, today, to share her magically sinful fairy tale of a fae who's mission is to save the Duke of Robinsworth by improving his attitude, among other things. It's a sassy tale complete with mayhem and a wicked grandmother—not quite the same sort of wicked you would associate with fairy tales, but definitely shocking. Well, at least to the ton. *giggle* A woman, I mean Fae, after me own heart. And then there is Ronald...
So how does an author, who has a houseful of rough and tumble males and has a touch-me-not attitude, manage to write such wonderful happily ever after stories? It's a mystery. *grin* I love mysteries and Tammy's latest story!
I am a lone woman in a sea of testosterone. That sounds like a book
in the making, doesn't it? If you know me, you know that I am a mom of
boys. There’s not a girl in sight at my
house, aside from the dogs and they don’t really count because they will often
side with the boys over me, mainly because the boys drop more food than I do
when they’re eating. It’s a fact of
life. He who is the messiest eater is
loved the most by the dogs. Go figure.
I think this sea of manliness and me being adrift in it is one of
the many reasons I write romance. Don’t
get me wrong—I love nothing
quite as much as sitting on the bleachers during a football game and watching
boys pound one another into submission.
Or rooting from the edges of a gymnastics competition for my youngest
son as he flips and twirls and does amazing things with his body that I could
never even dream of. But in the midst
of all this manliness is still… me. And
I’m a female. I believe in the happily
ever after. I believe in love and romance and that little quiver in your
stomach when you see the person you love and you didn't expect him or her to be
there. (And I still have that little
feeling even after twenty years with my husband.)
I got honored by my lovey dovey friend the other day with one of
those “I’m thinking about you,” posts today on Facebook. She’s famous for them, and I always give her
a hard time when she posts them for her brother and sisters. By “hard time” I mean that I interrupt their
love fests with my own e-hacking and e-puking emoticons. Her love posts are always something
wonderful and glowing, like her own little bit of sunshine she’s spreading
around the world. My own sister would
fall out on the floor, either laughing like crazy or with dead shock if I ever
posted such a thing on her page. With
all my romance novels and all my own ways of sharing love with the masses, I am
not a very affectionate person. My
family calls me the touch-me-not because I am sort of one of those “don’t
slobber on me” people when someone tries to hug me.
I am a little envious of the hug-givers—they seem like they are so
welcoming and so full of sunshine. Yet
I can’t always make myself hug them back.
My blank stare turns into something akin to panic and then my hand
shoots out to shake with them instead.
Then I feel bad.
I write romance novels because I believe in the
happily-ever-after. But you won’t often
catch me being one of those lovey-dovey sorts of people. I wish sometimes that I could do it. But it’s just not me.
However, I think I’m going to go try to post some love on my
sister’s Facebook page and see how it goes. She’ll either be really touched by
it and say awwwww. Or she’ll fall
out laughing. I will admit that my
friend’s lovey dovey post did make me feel kind of warm and fuzzy for a bit so
maybe there’s something to it. I’m
going to test it out and see.
- How about you? Do you practice random acts of kindness?
- Do you share lovely little thoughts for your friends in public?
- Or do you just go around hugging everybody?
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A LADY AND HER MAGIC Tammy Falkner
Rules Are Made to be Disobeyed...
Sophia Thorne is new to the Regency's
glittering high society, which resembles her magical homeland only insofar as
both places are filled with ridiculous rules. Which means no matter where she
goes, she's bound for trouble...
And Scandals Are Meant to be Shocking...
Do click on the cover. It enlarges and I love the cover art!
As half of the Lydia Dare writing team, Tammy Falkner has
co-written ten books, including A Certain Wolfish Charm and In
the Heat of the Bite. A huge fan of Regency England, her new series explores
the theory that the fae can walk between the glittering world of the ton
and their own land. Tammy lives on a farm in rural North Carolina with her
husband and a house full of boys, a few dogs, and a cat or two.
For more information,
please visit http://www.tammyfalkner.com and follow her on Twitter, @TFalkner.
