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Sizzling sex,
humor, relatable characters and heart wrenching conflicts, Unfinished Business,
my recent novel, has all of these. Add
in a devastating small town scandal and the woman who wants to hide it and you
have the latest book in Totally Bound’s bestselling What’s Her Secret line.
From an author’s
perspective, the fun challenge of writing a book centered around a secret is,
obviously, coming up with a secret. The trick is the secret must be compelling
and tension building but also something understandable and relatable. To
achieve that satisfying balance in my story, I created the character, gave her
a goal and then used her motivation to dig around in her past to uncover her
secret. I say uncover because I didn’t know what her secret was until I got to
know her first.
At the start of
the story, Hayley, the main character, wants to reinvent herself. She’s left
her small, country hometown and moved to the city to a fresh start. She has a
new job and new friends who know very little about her past. At the heart of her desire to reinvent
herself is a search for her own identity. As a member of a small community, she
had been surrounded by people who knew most everything about her. They
influenced her in ways she didn’t realize. It was only after she moved to the
city, away from everyone and everything she’d ever known, that she understood
how much she’d been influenced by their values and lifestyle. Once she’s on her
own, the freedom to become who she wants is both thrilling and
intimidating. As she struggles to find
herself, she does a couple crazy things. Lucky for her, Nick, her guy friend,
is looking out for her.
Better still,
Nick is that sweet, sexy guy-next-door type who know when to be gentle and
encouraging and when to be tough and demanding.
