Think Rhett Butler, Heathcliff and Mr Darcy.
Heroines who know what they want from life and are not frightened to show how they feel.
Ever since I was about 13, I have been fascinated with the romance genre. I would stare in awe at the glossy covered novels of Judith Krantz and devour every word.
I would hold these often gold embossed novels in my hands and wonder what it would be like to write romantic tales and have readers savouring every word. To have people, comma, cry and lose themselves (hopefully!) in your stories.
The varied characters, settings and intricacies of my favourite genre never ceases to amaze me.
When I started pulling ideas together for "Rock My World", my debut contemporary romance novel, I hoped to create the magic of the romance novels I read.
Stevie Vee, my ghostly 80s rock singer, whose spirit can't rest - but why?
Matt Jardine, the sexy, arrogant journalist. Is there more to him than just his newspaper empire family name?
And reporter Ruby Cameron, my protagonist. Feisty, always championing the underdog and often inadvertently putting her foot well and truly in it!
From gorgeous locations to time travel and moral dilemmas, romance novels boast some of the most imaginative, funny and creative authors around.
In a world where news can often be depressing, it is heart-warming to know there are novels out there which can reach out to the reader and truly deliver the "feel-good factor".
How could anyone not fall in love with reading romance?
Julie is the author of romance novel Rock My World - available to buy now!
Ruby Cameron is an ambitious reporter for a local paper where she is fed scraps of news, and lives with a man whose “idea of living dangerously is to leave the heating on when we pop out to the shops”. But after catching her squeaky clean boyfriend in flagrante delicto she ups sticks and moves into her own small home, only to discover the ghostly presence of a cheeky rock star who becomes her confidant as the dynamics of her small town, and her feelings about her dashing new boss, begin to throw up more questions than she can answer. Will Ruby discover who she really is, and perhaps more importantly, who she wants to be?
About Julie
I trained as a journalist but writing romance has always been a dream of mine. When I’ve not got my head in a book or drafting one, I write verses and captions for greetings card companies. Writing at home seems to be incredibly difficult for me – I usually require coffee, music and noise. “Rock My World” is my first contemporary romance novel . I have just finished writing my second novel and am polishing that at the moment whilst beginning to do some research for my third. These are also contemporary romances with a good dose of humour (hopefully!). I’m married, have two sons and live in Scotland.
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