When I thought about my guest post, I had just watched Raiders
of the Lost Ark. Again. I’m a
complete and total sucker for Indiana Jones!
But not the guy with the whip. Oh, no, I’m in love with the professor.
The nerd.
Aren’t bow ties sexy?
The hero in my novel TIDES OF LOVE -- Noah Garrett -- is
a marine biologist. And a biology professor. The 1898 version, spectacles and
all. No, Noah doesn’t carry a whip, but he’s a tough customer when forced
against the wall. And his mind….ah, nothing says sexy like an intelligent man all
buttoned-up and shall we say…repressed.
The fun is unleashing the hidden passion in the quiet,
a-little-on-the-shy-types.
In TIDES OF PASSION, Noah’s brother, Zach, has lost the game of
love. He’s a great friend, a wonderful father, a capable leader…but he feels
like love has slipped through his fingers. For some reason, when I was writing
him, I saw shades of Jake Perry (Josh Lucas, Sweet Home Alabama). Gentle,
misunderstood, gorgeous! (Of course, the other guy was Patrick Dempsey. Oh,
what a choice!)
The perfect here? Yes.
Second runner up? I don’t think so!
Who inspired Tanner Barkley, the hero in my mid-December novella
release, TO DESIRE A SCOUNDREL: A Christmas Seduction? Easy. Billy,
Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in The Departed. A flawed, kind, vulnerable man
with a goal in life that is destroying him. The low-key love story in this film
really resonated with me. 
What’s not to love?
The first hero I ever created holds a special part on my heart.
Adam Chase, hero in TO SEDUCE A ROGUE, was alone in the world. Until he
met the love of his life, Charlotte Whitney. Of course, he fought tooth and
nail before giving in. A very stubborn guy. Yes, he can be an insensitive,
brash, arrogant bastard at times. But we love anyway. Why? Because his
vulnerability is there…just beneath the surface. It’s visible if you look hard
enough.
Sound like anyone we know and love? (Instead of Chewbacca, Adam
had a horse he was very fond of.)
Harrison Ford is the man!
Read more about Tracy Sumner and her books (including lengthy
excerpts for all new releases) on www.tracysumner.com.
Purchase TIDES OF PASSION: Amazon || Barnes &
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HAPPY READING!
Tracy’s story telling career began when she picked up a copy
of LaVyrle Spencer’s Vows on a
college beach trip. A journalism degree and a thousand romance novels later,
she decided to try her hand at writing a southern version of the perfect love
story. With a great deal of luck and more than a bit of perseverance, she sold her
first novel to Kensington Publishing.
When not writing sensual stories featuring complex characters
and lush settings, Tracy can be found reading romance, snowboarding, watching
college football and figuring out how she can get to 100 countries before she
kicks (which is a more difficult endeavor than it used to be with her four-year-old
son in tow). After stops in France, Switzerland and Taiwan, she now lives in the
south. However, after spending a few years in “the city”,
she considers herself a New Yorker at heart.
Tracy has been awarded the National Reader’s Choice, the Write
Touch and the Beacon – with finalist nominations in the HOLT Medallion, Heart
of Romance, Rising Stars and Reader’s Choice. Her books have been translated
into German, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish. She loves hearing from readers
about why she tends to pit her hero and heroine against each other and that
great novel she simply must order in five seconds on her Kindle.
Ciao!
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Hi Tracy, I found you on twitter. Love the photos. I watched Indiana Jones last night too. I fell for Harrison Ford when he was Han Solo. Guess I'm more into bad boys than bow ties, but to each his own.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great selection of heroes here. For me a hero is all about attitude. They have a sort of cockiness without being "too much". Oh, and he's got to be tall, dark and handsome :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice post and inspirations.
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Great post, heroes & photos :-) I loved Harrison Ford in 'Six days, Seven nights', so funny!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to check these books out.
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