Author Interview: Rachel Brimble

Today it's my pleasure to welcome Rachel Brimble back to the blog to talk about her latest book in her Ladies of Carson Street series, Trouble for the Leading Lady.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how your writing journey started? 
Of course! I live in a small market town near the wonderful city of Bath. My husband and I will be celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary on 5th June and we have two beautiful daughters who are 22 and almost 20. Oh, and my third child is a chocolate Labrador called Tyler!

My dream to be a published author started when I was around eight or nine and devoured Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven series. I did not seriously pursue my dream until 2005 when my youngest daughter started school full-time. I spent just over a year writing and polishing my first novel which was accepted by the Wild Rose Press in 2007. Since then, I have had over 25 contemporary and historical romance novels published and haven’t looked back!

If you had to give an elevator pitch for your latest novel Trouble for the Leading Lady, what would it be? 
When good time girl Nancy Bloom meets theatre manager Francis Carlyle sparks fly, but as they work side by side towards a shared goal, what they thought impossible becomes entirely possible… I like to think of this trilogy as being a little like the Harlots TV series but with a bigger dose of humour and romance.

Bath, 1852.

As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath's Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.

His lie and betrayal led to her ruin.

Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, an ambitious man always looking for the next big thing to take the country by storm. A self-made man, Francis has finally shed the skin of his painful past and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath's bawdiest pubs.

Guest Post: Dreams Can Come True by Rachel Brimble

Today it's my pleasure to welcome Rachel Brimble back to the blog to talk about her Templeton Cove series and Christmas at the Cove. 

Writing a series of books set in a small town is a dream come true ––something I’ve wanted to do ever since I discovered Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven series when I was nine or ten. The idea of having recurring characters appeals to me in both my writing and reading choices.

Obviously, I’ve moved on from Enid Blyton, but my shelves now groan with the weight of the books I collect and refuse to part with. The downside of loving a particular series is I have to buy the entire backlist (if I’ve come in past book 1) or keep buying each book the author releases.

To name a few favourites, any series or trilogy by Nora Roberts, The Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shalvis and The Virgin River series by Robyn Carr – each of them has influenced some small aspect of my Harlequin Superromance series set in the fictional UK seaside town of Templeton Cove.

Author Interview: Rachel Brimble

Today I welcome author Rachel Brimble back to the blog to find out about her latest book Christmas at the Cove.

Rachel lives with her husband and two teenage daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. In 2012, she sold two books to Harlequin Superromance and a further three in 2013. She also writes Victorian romance for Kensington--her debut was released in April 2013, followed by a second in January 2014 and the third is released Jan 2015. 

Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family and beloved black Lab, Max. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.

She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!

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More family for Christmas? 

Scott Walker doesn't have time for a relationship. The sexy mechanic has career ambitions, not to mention a mother and three sisters to take care of. The last thing he needs is Carrie Jameson, the beauty he never forgot, arriving in Templeton Cove over the holidays with some unexpected news. 

Scott still finds Carrie irresistible, and he's not one to shirk responsibility. Scott's issues with his own dad make the prospect of parenthood a minefield. But if he and Carrie can overcome their fears, this Christmas could bring them the best gift of all.

Can you describe Scott in 3 words?    
Loyal, honest, passionate

And in the interest of fairness, describe Carrie in 3 words? 
Caring, determined, intuitive

Author Interview: Rachel Brimble

This morning I'm delighted to welcome Rachel Brimble to my blog to talk about her latest book What Belongs to Her.

She's ready to take back what's hers

Since the moment a local crime boss claimed ownership of her family's fairground, Sasha Todd has dreamed of righting the wrong. Now it's time to act, and backing down from the man's estranged son is definitely not an option. After all, giving up her legacy to hot-blooded John Jordon means losing the chance to finally heal the wounds in her past. 

Stopping John in his tracks—and resisting the sizzle between them—is Sasha's best defense. But there's more to him than she thought, which changes everything. With what matters most at stake, she'll have to risk a brand-new future with John, or walk away from the man whose heart belongs to her.

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Can you tell us a little bit about your latest book?
What Belongs To Her is the third book in my Harlequin Superromance series, but can be read as a stand alone. I created my fictional UK seaside town for one book when I started but as I continued to write, I didn’t want to leave Templeton Cove. Luckily, my editor didn’t either!

This story is about Sasha Todd and her quest to get the town’s fairground back into her family after her grandfather sold it to the town’s crime lord – when he is sentenced to a long prison sentence, she sees this as her opportunity to get back what belongs to her…until the crime lord’s son arrives in town with entirely different plans for the fair.