{"id":4471,"date":"2010-08-31T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=4471"},"modified":"2010-08-31T00:00:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T04:00:05","slug":"is-love-meant-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/31\/is-love-meant-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Is love meant to be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please welcome the fabulous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahmayberry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Sarah Mayberry <\/em><\/strong><\/a>to the blog today. If you haven&#8217;t read her yet, you should. She&#8217;s one of my favourite authors, and I&#8217;ve read every single book she&#8217;s ever published. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Hot Island Nights<\/strong><\/span> is the solitary <strong>Contemporary Romance Top Pick<\/strong> this month. <a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/september_contemp_8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out my review of it here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~**~**~<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you  believe that some relationships are Meant To Be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4481\" title=\"standinbridesseduction\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/standinbridesseduction.jpg?resize=158%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"250\" \/>I was thinking about this question this weekend,  spurred on by the fantastic Yvonne Lindsay book I\u2019m reading.\u00a0<em> <\/em><strong>Stand In Bride\u2019s Seduction<\/strong> is  about one of those classic romance novel situations &#8211; an identical twin is asked  by her sister to stand in for her with her fiance while the first sister rushes  off to deal with a mysterious crisis. Of course, the first sister and the hero  have no chemistry, but things are hugely different with the stand-in sister &#8211;  even though they\u2019re identical twins, there\u2019s just something about the second  sister that cooks the hero\u2019s goose.<br \/>\nWhich, as I said, got me thinking. There are lots of  scientific theories about sexual attraction and love and pheromones, but as a  romance reader (and writer!) I tend to favor the idea that some couples are just  meant to be.\u00a0 I know of a real life example of this &#8211; my good friend and her  husband met while they were both working overseas and the night of their first  date, she went home and told her flat mate that he was the man she was going to  marry. Two weeks later, he proposed, and she said yes.\u00a0 Ten years later, they  have three children and a great marriage.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4482\" title=\"lovers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lovers.jpg?resize=250%2C166\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/>As a big believer in love, I am seriously invested in  the idea that sometimes you just know that the person standing across the room  from you is The One. It appeals to me on so many levels, even though I know that  in real life love probably sneaks up on most of us in small increments as  intimacy deepens.<\/p>\n<p>As a writer, I like to play with the idea that  sometimes my characters are aware on a deeply unconscious level that the other  person is The One &#8211; but for reasons of their own they\u2019re not quite ready to  plunge head-first into all that that represents.\u00a0 Sometimes that unwelcome  awareness manifests itself as a niggling sort of irritation with the other  person &#8211;\u00a0<em>why are they  unsettling me so much? Why do I feel so uncomfortable when they\u2019re around?<\/em> &#8211;  and other times it manifests itself as straight-up I-can\u2019t-stand-you  conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In my current release, <strong>Hot Island Nights<\/strong>, my hero  and heroine definitely do not hit it off on their first meeting, even though on  a very primitive level they are aware of each other. Elizabeth is tired and  jet-lagged and keyed up, having flown all the way from England to hunt down the  man she believes is her biological father, while Nate is hung-over and deeply  reluctant to get sucked into someone else\u2019s personal crisis. As Elizabeth  eventually discovers, Nate may look like a care-for-nothing surfie with a hot  body and no conscience, but in reality he is doing his best to cope with the  aftermath of serious trauma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #731112;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border: double; border-color: #B08326; padding-right: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eharlequin.com\/storeitem.html?iid=22261&amp;cid=192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3261\" title=\"pirate\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/hotislandnights2.jpg?resize=220%2C348\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4488\" title=\"9toppick_fall\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/9toppick_fall.png?resize=116%2C37\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"37\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Hot Island Nights<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #731112;\"><br \/>\nAuthor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahmayberry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Mayberry<\/a><br \/>\nPublisher: Harlequin Blaze<br \/>\nPub. Date:  September 1, 2010<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0373795703<br \/>\nRetail: $4.99<br \/>\nPages: 224<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em> Elizabeth Morgan didn&#8217;t intend to abandon her very proper life. But that&#8217;s the best way to find her true\u2014and less proper\u2014self. So here she is in Australia, standing in front of a man who&#8217;s clad only in a towel. Nathan Jones is so tempting he could be the ideal candidate to help this good girl be very bad!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sure enough, thanks to Nathan&#8217;s talented hands, Elizabeth is living all her sensual fantasies. And while the sex is great, something more is developing. She trusts him, and wants to share her secrets with him, and&#8230; Suddenly this feels more like a real relationship than some fun in the sun. Luckily, there&#8217;s a cure for too much commitment\u2014more wickedness!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/september_contemp_8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read my review<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #731112;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These two people need each other &#8211; they just don\u2019t  know it in those first few moments. But they also can\u2019t stay away from or stop  thinking thinking about each other.\u00a0 And when Elizabeth discovers the extent of  Nate\u2019s problems &#8211; and they\u2019re sizable &#8211; she faces a tough choice: disengage and  move on from the messy, difficult challenge he represents, or dig in and do her  best to help him come to terms with his past. A hard decision to make at the  best of times, but when her fling with Nate is supposed to be a holiday romance,  it becomes even more daunting.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts and stories about  instant attraction, love at first sight and The One. Do you believe in any of  the above? If not, why not? And if you do, what makes you believe? I\u2019ll be  giving away 2 (two copies) of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eharlequin.com\/storeitem.html?iid=22261&amp;cid=192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Hot  Island Nights<\/span><\/a> to two random posters\u00a0 &#8211; just comment and you\u2019ll be in the  running to win. So, over to you&#8230; I\u2019m looking forward to your  responses.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Other books by Sarah Mayberry:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eharlequin.com\/storeitem.html?iid=21286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4489\" title=\"hersecretfling\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/hersecretfling.jpg?resize=111%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"175\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4492\" title=\"herbestfriend_sm\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/herbestfriend_sm.jpg?resize=111%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ebooks.eharlequin.com\/27F751D6-C6A0-442C-81E4-EFEF092906A1\/10\/141\/en\/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F24F0B89-710D-48F5-B1DA-55BC32C21982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4490\" title=\"amorousliasons\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/amorousliasons.jpg?resize=111%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ebooks.eharlequin.com\/27F751D6-C6A0-442C-81E4-EFEF092906A1\/10\/141\/en\/ContentDetails.htm?ID=832AA433-8AE5-4703-937B-800E6AF9C04E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4491\" title=\"cruisecontrol\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/cruisecontrol.jpg?resize=111%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4471\" data-postid=\"4471\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4471 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please welcome the fabulous Sarah Mayberry to the blog today. 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