Leigh Michaels - Just One Season in London

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What is one of your favorite scenes in Just One Season in London, and why?
by Leigh Michaels

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It’s tough to pick a favorite scene from a book that actually has 66 scenes in all. (Yes, I went through and counted. I’m a bit OCD.) And when there are several main characters, it’s even more difficult to single out just one. So I’m going to cheat and choose one scene for each of my three main characters.

Rye: My favorite is when Rye comes home from striking a deal which will take the family to London and announces the great news, fully expecting that his mother and sister will fall on him with grateful tears and hosannas. But when the reaction isn’t at all what he expects, Rye, in typically clueless-male mode, has no idea at all how things went wrong – and he makes all the wrong assumptions. He’s such a guy in that scene, and truly, guys haven’t changed all that much in 200 years.

Miranda: No contest; it’s the scene where Miranda gathers up her nerve and offers to become Marcus’s mistress if he will fund her daughter’s London Season – and then he turns her down. I love that scene because Miranda is completely gobsmacked for all the wrong reasons – mostly because she should be feeling relieved at preserving her virtue, but in fact she’s got her feathers all ruffled because he doesn’t seem to want her. And after that she cannot stop thinking about him no matter how busy she keeps herself.

Sophie: I loved writing Sophie’s last scene, where she hijacks her brother’s horse, climbs onto a trunk to reach the saddle, rips out the skirt of her traveling dress so she can ride astride, and takes off madly across the park, chasing down the man she loves. Sophie’s a determined young woman, so determined that sometimes common sense takes a back seat. Would he really drive away forever without seeing her again? Doubtful – but Sophie doesn’t stop to think; she just goes after what she wants.

The truth is, I loved writing all 66 scenes of Just One Season in London. Mostly that’s because the characters honestly care about each other and want what’s best, not what is most convenient for the family. Even when Rye and Sophie snipe at each other, it’s clear that this brother and sister are really very fond siblings.

Rye and Sophie and Miranda aren’t trying to marry money for their own sakes but in order to make life easier for the other two – and that makes all three of them heroes in the best sense of the word, each one worthy of a truly happy-ever-after ending!

JUST ONE SEASON IN LONDON BY LEIGH MICHAELS—IN STORES JULY 2011

A family that courts together…

Viscount Ryecroft has a beautiful sister he needs to marry off… if only he had the money for her Season in London.

His family is in financial ruins, and his mother is willing to do anything to help her children, including sell herself to the highest bidder… Finds passion on their own…

Sophie Ryecroft will sacrifice love to marry for the good of her family… but instead finds passion and solace in an attractive alternative.

With so much riding on their one and only Season in London, Rye, Sophie, and Miranda can’t help but get hopelessly entangled with all the wrong people… Celebrated author Leigh Michaels effortlessly weaves three tales of unexpected romance with surprising twists you won’t soon forget.

--------ABOUT THE AUTHOR--------

Leigh Michaels is the author of nearly 100 books, including 80 contemporary novels and more than a dozen non-fiction books. More than 35 million copies of her romance novels have been published by Harlequin. A 6 time RITA finalist, she has also received two Reviewer's Choice awards from RT Book Reviews, and was the 2003 recipient of the Johnson Brigham Award. She is the author of On Writing Romance, published in January 2007 by Writers Digest Books. Leigh also teaches romance writing on the Internet at Gotham Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa, where she is working on her third book from Sourcebooks, The Wedding Affair, which will be in stores in September. For more information, please visit www.leighmichaels.com.

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