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He kissed me. And not just any kiss. He kissed me like he owned me, as if he bought me last night and my orgasm was the payment. His tongue didn’t explore my mouth instead it taunted me, gliding in and out between my lips in a rhythm that reminded me of hot sex. He shifted his hand to the back of my head and trapped me to him. My bag and its contents dropped to the floor. . .
What would you do for six figures?
Billionaire Chase Stone offers Jasmine a six-figure job that requires a full-time commitment in his office as well as his bed. If only she knew that before she agreed, then life would’ve been easier. It’s not that he’s unattractive. Jasmine just didn't graduate from Harvard with honors so she could be some rich guy's over paid mistress. What’s even more repulsing is that he lives with three women and wants her to be the fourth.
Not going to happen!
But Chase won't give up, and Jasmine won't give in. Someone's going to have to change because the more they meet, the more something thick, hot, and electric bridges between them, until neither can breathe or think.
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How formulaic are romance novels
According to Wikipedia, romance novels place their primary focus on the relationships and love between two people. They also must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending."
I think all of us can agree on that, but let's get deeper into the true elements of a good romance novel.
Usually,
The hero meets the heroine
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maybe they like each other or maybe they don't
. . . then you have a sweet to hot courtship, depending on whether it is erotic or not.
Next something stupid happens that makes the hero or heroine look like an unforgivable asshole, which causes them to break up.
For some very RATIONAL reason, they get back together. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding. Perhaps, the heroine is a ninny.
Regardless, they love each other again!
Everyone lives Happily Ever After.
THE END
As a reader, I expect these elements in any romance I pick up. I just hope, like any other reader, that these elements are done with some pizazz or interesting twists.
As a writer, I spend weeks coming up with ways to add jazz and substance to this idea of a romance novel's formula. I mean no one wants to truly hear that it's formulaic. . .but if there is no happily ever after or at least happy for now ending. . .many would scream, "This isn't romance!"
Even worst, what if the hero never meets the heroine or if they don't meet until the middle of the book? What a waste of reading.
Then there's the break up. You can't have it be TOO Horrific, but then you don't want a boring, irrational split either.
We romance writers walk a tight line between experimentation and formula. Not all of us try to push the limits, but I am definitely for breaking the rules. Some of my experimental books have done really well and made readers think out of the box of what they consider a romantic relationship. Others turned fans off completely. In the end, I think we all have fun. I'm addicted to the writing process and my trustworthy fans relish the literary adventure.
So here, I go to you with this question. How formulaic do you think romance novels are, and is it a good or bad thing?
By the way, check out this hilarious video below on how to make a romance novel!!
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Kenya Wright always knew she would be famous since the ripe old age of six when she sang the Michael Jackson thriller song in her bathroom mirror. She has tried her hand at many things from enlisting in the Navy for six years as a Persian-Farsi linguist to being a nude model at an art university.
However, writing has been the only constant love in her life. Will she succeed? Of course.
For she has been coined The Urban Fantasy Queen, the Super Iconic Writer of this Age, The Lyrical Genius of Our Generation. Granted, these are all terms coined by her, within the private walls of her bathroom as she still sings the Michael Jackson thriller song.
Kenya Wright currently resides in Miami with her three amazing, overactive children, a supportive, gorgeous husband, and three cool black cats that refuse to stop sleeping on Kenya’s head at night.
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