Love & Other Lies
by Madeline Ash
Published by: Destiny
Romance
Publication Date: January 20th, 2015
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Synopsis:
Small town vet Abby Benson has fled to the country to put her shameful past
behind her. She’s just beginning to find her feet again when handsome stranger,
Rue Thorn, arrives in town and begins to stir things up. Rue is gorgeous, kind
and thoughtful and the two share an instant attraction. But convinced he’ll
despise her if he learns about her history, Abby reluctantly keeps him at arms
length.
Determined to win Abby over, Rue tries to reshape himself as the
sort of guy he thinks she might be interested in. And for a while it seems his
act is working. But when he finds out that Abby has been lying to him, it isn’t
long before everything start to unravel …
A moving story of trust,
forgiveness and the power of love from the author of Uncovered by Love and The
Playboy’s Dark Secret.
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What Makes a
Hero?
In Love & Other Lies, Rue is a good guy hero. He’s kind-hearted,
thoughtful, and easy going. Unfortunately this is exactly the wrong kind of man
for Abby. She’s a reformed compulsive liar, terrified of a relapse, and can’t
bear the thought of dragging a decent man into her mess. She doesn’t consider
that he’s exactly the right kind of man for her, because he can see she needs
support and gives it without question.
Funny how the wrong man turns out to
be her hero!
Now, on the topic of heroes…about a
year ago, a friend of mine commented that romance heroes aren’t actually heroes. She believes it’s a misnomer –
they’re hardly saving the world. This made me wonder what makes a romance hero heroic? Why are they called heroes at
all? I can’t answer on behalf of all lovers of the romance genre – there are
many types of romance hero – but there are certain qualities that all the
heroes in my books possess to make them worthy of the title.
My heroes are:
Admirable. The hero needs to act in
a way that others admire – including the heroine.
Courageous. They always find the
courage to fight their demons – and to fight for the heroine’s love.
Strong: My heroes are resilient,
often having to endure internal conflict.
Kind: Even burdened by internal conflict,
they never act inexcusably.
Combined, these qualities are all it
takes, in my opinion!
What are the ideal traits of your
perfect hero?
About the Author
Madeline lives and writes in Melbourne. She is an author with Destiny
Romance and Tule Publishing.
Online, she calls madelineash.net home, although she does have
capricious blogging tendencies so might not always have fresh tea ready
for visitors. That's not to say she doesn't welcome company.
She writes
contemporary romance.
Author links:
***GIVEAWAY***
eBook copy of Love & Other Lies.
eBook copy of The Playboy's Dark Secret (a connected book to
L&OL, as the heroes are brothers).
A print copy of Uncovered by Love.
$20 voucher for the online book
distributor of their choice (Amazon/iTunes/etc).
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Sounds like a great love story!
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ReplyDeleteIf only our real lives could compare to those of the characters in a book!
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