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Time To Say Goodbye …
I love this song by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman. It begs the question: when is it time to say goodbye? To a job? To a relationship? … To a series?
TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE denotes the third and final book in my current series. In it a lonely and distinguished lord risks all to save a secret royal bride from a wicked prince.
It was never meant to be a series, though. When I wrote TOO GREAT A TEMPTATION (book one), it was supposed to be a stand-alone title. But there were so many characters (read: loose ends), I had to keep writing. Three books later, I was finished … or so I thought.
I decided to start a new project after I’d completed TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE … but there was something nagging me: four (single) brothers who kept asking, “What about us?”
After two failed book proposals, I realized things weren’t going so well because it wasn’t time to say goodbye to the old characters from the previous series; there were still loose ends.
And so I’m happy to announce that my new series will feature the Hawkins brothers: the four charming brigands readers first met in TOO GREAT A TEMPTATION and now TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE. Now that their sister (the heroine in TGAT) is married to a duke, it’s time for the pirates to retire their wicked ways, polish their manners … and enter high society.
Share your stories about goodbyes (or times not to say goodbye). One random winner will receive an autographed copy of my current release TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE.
Cheers!
Alexandra
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Aug 4th
2008
6:40 am
cheryl c. Said:
I HATE to say good-bye to people in my life. I have always gotten very emotional.
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Aug 4th
2008
8:20 am
Emily McKay Said:
You piqued my interest with the “lonely and distinguished lord” line. Can you tell us more about your hero?
Thanks for blogging with us today, Alexandra!
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Aug 4th
2008
8:25 am
Crystal B. Said:
Goodbyes are always hard. I think the hardest are those when you know that you will never see the person again.
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Aug 4th
2008
8:53 am
Shana Said:
I was so sad when, a few years ago, my critique partner and good friend moved to another city. She’s not far, but we can’t drop by one another’s houses like we used to.
Looking forward to the new series, Alexandra!
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Aug 4th
2008
11:08 am
Margo Maguire Said:
I totally understand the problem with loose ends. Sometimes you can’t just give up on the characters you introduced in a book – they eventually have to have their own stories. And I love finding these characters in subsequent books by authors I enjoy. Looking forward to reading Too Dangerous to Desire!
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Aug 4th
2008
11:13 am
Alexandra Benedict Said:
I hate goodbyes, too. Perhaps that’s another reason I wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye to my characters.
Emily, the hero in TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE is Adam Westmore (the brother of a notorious duke). Adam lost his wife to a shipwreck years ago: a shipwreck he survived and feels guilty about. He’s grieving, and he’s a determined recluse when he spots the heroine, Evelyn Waye, atop a cliff, undressing … before she throws herself into the sea. Determined not to let another innocent woman drown, he rescues her … and the romance begins.
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Aug 4th
2008
11:31 am
sarah kate Said:
I hate saying good-bye too.
I don’t like to say it.
I have friends that I miss thatI had never a chance to day good-bye. And some friends that I never said good-bye to that have come back into my life.
sometimes…
WHAT? Morgan Freeman has been in a car accident in Miss? … Sorry… Breaking news just now on the radio!
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Aug 4th
2008
12:40 pm
peggy Said:
Sayimg good-bye is not easy for
me to do.I hold on as tight as i can not wanting to let go.
But when the time come’s it just breaks my heart to say good bye.
and i hope one day to open the door with a big hello.
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Aug 4th
2008
3:13 pm
Shirley Karr Said:
Hey Alexandra! Thanks for blogging with us today! And I’m chuffed you’re going to write about the Hawkins boys — I didn’t want to say good-bye to them in TGAT.
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Aug 4th
2008
3:32 pm
Quilt lady Said:
I hate good-buys also. I had some friends from up north that moved close to me years ago and we became very close for a few years and then they moved back to where they were from and it really tore me up. I still miss them and think about them from time to time and it has been about 30 years.
I also hate to see a series I am reading come to an end. I am reading the last book of one now and I hate to see it end.
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Aug 4th
2008
3:39 pm
Helen Said:
I also don’t like to say good bye there are so many people that I don’t get to see anymore and I really miss them.
I am so glad you are going to write about the Hawkins Brothers I love these guys I only have 100 pages left to read in Too Dangerous To Desire and I am loving it another fantastic book. I have to go to work today and will finish it when I get home can’t wait to get to the end but I really don’t want it to end I am loving it.
Have Fun
Helen
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Aug 4th
2008
4:06 pm
Gail Said:
I can’t believe Alexandra is the guest today! I just finished reading
TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE this morning. I couldn’t put it down after I started it the other day and so I had to finish it on the treadmill this morning. I really enjoyed the book.
I am glad we do not have to say “good bye” to the Hawkins brothers as well. Do you have any idea when the first of the new series will be out? Write as fast as you can and best wishes to you, Alexandra.
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Aug 4th
2008
4:52 pm
Jane Said:
I had a hard time saying good bye to my coworkers when I quit my job a few years ago. I hated the job and was happy to leave, but I was sad that I was leaving my coworkers who became my good friends. I look forward to reading about the Hawkins brothers.
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Aug 4th
2008
5:11 pm
Alexandra Benedict Said:
I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying/ed TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE.
And I’m glad to hear you’re looking forward to the Hawkins Brothers. I don’t have an exact release date, but sometime Summer 2009.
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Aug 4th
2008
7:23 pm
eap Said:
O hjave saod goof-bye to a few people without actuaally saying goof-bye if they hurt me or further contact will hurt me. I don’t contact the person again and if O need to do so I keep it extremely bussinesslike and impersonal.
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Aug 4th
2008
10:54 pm
Alexandra Benedict Said:
I’d like to thank the ladies at Jaunty Quills for inviting me to blog today. And thank you readers for posting your thoughts. It’s been fun.
And now, after a random draw, the winner of an autographed copy of TOO DANGEROUS TO DESIRE is … Cheryl C. Congratulations Cheryl.
Please e-mail me privately with your info. Just visit the contact page at my website: http://www.AlexandraBenedict.ca
Cheers!
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May 1st
2010
11:44 am
Cherise Mechler Said:
Andrea Bocelli is truly a master. He has a super great voice that sounds heavenly.;~.
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