Its time to say, Hello, Stranger to the cover of Lisa Kleypas latest novel.
but not as many where the woman is really the prize.
She does not deserve to fade into history.
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There is just an extraordinary, driven woman.
That, to me, is really fun.
It gives historical romance a whole different feeling and flavor.
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Was that a challenge for you, and how did you find that balance?It was a challenge.
Ive always considered myself really squeamish when it came to the sight of blood and operations and all that.
Around this time in 1870, Joseph Lister invented the catgut ligatures that basically just dissolve in the body.
for understand things like that, Ive had to look at actual surgical pictures.
What was it like diving into that?So fascinating.
Everything was being invented as they went along: crime fighting, detective techniques, fingerprinting.
So making Ethan a man of action and making him a historical-romance James Bond has really been fun.
Especially because I have a soft spot for Daniel Craig, so hes good inspiration.
There were men like that back then too.
But thats not the reality of how it was back then that was the ideal.
Were struggling with what some peoples ideal is versus reality.
For so many women, thats still sadly a very real question and concern.
you might see its really deep-seated.
Its not just about romance and sex; its about a woman being loved on her own terms.
Thank God were beyond that.
I still dont quite know what to make of it.
Someone that has not read whats going on in the genre lately would ask that question.
Whats he going to say next?
What new thing is going to happen now because weve just been together in this intimate way?
and you wish you could just say, confirm he touches her knee.
Thats what makes everyones toes curl.
This is your first historical romance series after youd departed from the sub-genre for a little bit.
That led to this new emphasis on strong female heroines with real-life inspiration from women back then.
I just remember waking up feeling such deep anxiety and stress.
It was like a connection to all the happy experiences Id ever had reading.
It was an eye-opener to me.
Hello Strangerhits bookshelves Feb. 27.
